Jacob Beaumont

Jacob Beaumont, the 2020 Whitehouse salutatorian, is the sixth Earl Campbell Tyler Rose High School scholarship winner, Cindy Smoak, SPORTyler Executive Director, announced on Wednesday.

“I have dreamed of going to Texas A&M to study engineering since I started high school,” Beaumont said. “This scholarship is helping to make my dream come true. I promise to keep working hard and giving back to my community.”

The scholarship is for $5,000. Beaumont will begin his fall semester this year in College Station.

In high school, Beaumont was active on the UIL math, science, calculator and number sense teams, participating in many UIL events. He was also a member of Key Club, and National Honor Society. He was a four-year member of the Whitehouse tennis team and was a member of the marching band and concert band. Beaumont also spent time as a volunteer for his church youth group. He was selected as the Rotary Club Whitehouse Male Student of the Year.

“We’re very honored to present our sixth scholarship to Jacob Beaumont,” Smoak said. “We know he will be a great representative of the award and will take advantage of every opportunity presented to him at Texas A&M.”

The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose High School Scholarship was established by SPORTyler, Inc. in 2014. This scholarship is awarded to graduating seniors from Smith County high schools that participated in varsity athletic programs. The intent of The Earl Campbell Scholarship is to encourage student athletes to succeed on and off the field.

Recipients should exemplify the enduring characteristics that define Earl Campbell, the scholarship’s namesake: integrity, teamwork, sportsmanship, persistence, and community involvement.

Previous scholarship recipients include: 2015 — Chapel Hill’s Schuyler Wages (LeTourneau University); 2016 — John Tyler’s Ashtyn Beal (Collin College); 2017 — Venisha Harmon, Tyler Lee (UT Dallas); 2018 — Emmanuel Daniels, John Tyler (Texas A&M); and 2019 — River Tomlinson, Whitehouse (Texas).

The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, announced in 2012 by the Tyler Chamber and SPORTyler, recognizes the top offensive player in Division I football who also exhibits the enduring characteristics that define Earl Campbell: integrity, performance, teamwork, sportsmanship, drive, community, and tenacity; specifically tenacity to persist and determination to overcome adversity and injury in pursuit of reaching goals..