Applicant must be a transfer student transferring 60 academic semester hours from a community college to the university and be a Phi Theta Kappa member.

Applicant must have rendered service to the college. Areas of service include clerical work and maintenance. A minimum 2.0 GPA is required to continue receiving the award.

Applicant must be a Baptist pastor, full-time Christian worker, or family member of a Baptist pastor/full-time Christian worker who is still part of the worker's household. Recipient must be enrolled in a minimum of six hours per semester and maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA.

Applicant must be an incoming freshman with a minimum 3.0 GPA and composite ACT score of 24.

Applicant must be an incoming freshman with a minimum 3.0 GPA and composite ACT score of 22.

Applicant must have an Associates of Art degree and a minimum 3.3 GPA.

Minimum 2.0 GPA required.

Applicant must audition on Fine Arts audition days.

Applicant must be in need of financial aid. Applicant will be selected and interviewed by the Kelly Gene Cooke Charitable Foundation

Applicant must be a resident of Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Montgomery or Webster Counties in Mississippi.

Applicant must be an incoming transfer student.