Geibel Catholic Junior-Senior High School student recipient of Wimmer Scholarship at Saint Vincent

LATROBE, PA – Saint Vincent College is pleased to announce that five college-bound students have been awarded scholarships due to their outstanding performance in the College’s 44th annual Wimmer Scholarship Competition.

The total value of the five scholarships is more than $879,000. 

The first-place finisher is Henry Theriault-Bevins, a senior at Detroit Central Catholic High School in Novi, Michigan. Theriault-Bevins was awarded a four-year, full-tuition, room and board scholarship valued at more than $223,000. 

Four students were awarded four-year, full-tuition scholarships, each valued at more than $164,000. Among them was Cortni Abigale Tinkey, a senior at Geibel Catholic Junior-Senior High School

Cortni, of Mount Pleasant, is member of the National Honor Society and the math team at Geibel Catholic High School. She is a pianist at Emmanuel Bible Church in Brinkerton and a volunteer with the Mount Pleasant Lions Club. 

At Geibel, Cortni is class president, vice president of campus ministries, captain of the Math League team, a student director of musical theatre and a student ambassador. 

The daughter of Dena and Ronald Tinkey, Cortni plans to major in biochemistry at Saint Vincent. Her brothers—Nick, C’07, and Ben, a sophomore—also went to Saint Vincent.

About the Wimmer Scholarship

The Wimmer Scholarship program is named after Archabbot Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B., who founded Saint Vincent College in 1846 as the first Benedictine college in the United States. The program recognizes high school students with outstanding academic abilities and encourages them to pursue a quality undergraduate education at Saint Vincent College.

Scholarship winners are based on their performance on a written examination administered at Saint Vincent. The exam is open to college-bound students who have a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.75 and a documented SAT score of at least 1,250 or a minimum ACT score of 26 or a CLT of 88. A standardized test score is required to sit for the exam unless a student has a minimum 3.75 GPA and has completed at least six AP courses.