Yesterday, at the 2018 Egg Bowl game in
Oxford, Mississippi, Treasurer Lynn Fitch awarded two MACS Mississippi
Affordable College Savings) scholarships totaling $3,058 to Mississippi
college students during the
halftime Tuition Toss sponsored by College Savings Mississippi.
“I am so pleased to be able to award these scholarships at Mississippi’s favorite Thanksgiving tradition, the Egg Bowl,”
said Treasurer Lynn Fitch. “The cost of higher education just
keeps growing. It is not just tuition, but also books, room and board,
fees, and necessary technology like laptops. College Savings
Mississippi helps make your educational dreams more affordable.”
Michael Boyles, a 19-year-old student at
Mississippi State University from Clinton, Mississippi, won the tuition
toss and went home with a $2,529 MACS scholarship. Hayden Tutor, an
18-year-old student at the University of Mississippi from
Madison, Mississippi, was the runner-up, winning a $529 MACS
scholarship.
As the official halftime sponsor of the Egg Bowl,
College Savings Mississippi hosted the Tuition Toss on the field during
halftime. Two students, who were chosen at random from a pool of
registered contestants, were given 30 seconds to
throw up to 30 footballs through a target. The student with the most
footballs through the target was the winner while the other student was
the runner-up.
College Savings Mississippi is a program
administered through State Treasurer Fitch’s Office and the Treasurer
acts as Chair of the Board for College Savings Mississippi. In addition
to MACS, College Savings Mississippi offers a second
tax-advantaged savings option, MPACT (Mississippi Prepaid Affordable
College Tuition).
For more information about these plans and for official contest rules, visit
www.treasurerlynnfitch.com.
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