OCHS names Makelle Heard scholarship winner, yearbooks available for order
Makelle Heard earned OCHS’s 2026 William Eversole Scholarship and will head to Morehead State, while 2025-26 yearbooks are now open for order.
Owsley County High School named recent graduate Makelle Heard the 2026 William Eversole Scholarship winner and said she will attend Morehead State University in the fall. The same live-feed update also put 2025-26 OCHS yearbooks on the order list, giving families a way to secure a copy of the school year and have it shipped directly to them.
The scholarship keeps a familiar path from OCHS to college in view. In 2025, the Owsley County School District said recent graduates Isaiah Hinson and Dominick Hollan each received the William Eversole Scholarship, with each award set at $2,500 per semester for four academic years, or eight semesters total. A 2022 OCHS post said Kerissa Shouse received the scholarship and planned to attend the University of Kentucky to pursue nursing.
Heard’s next stop is Morehead, where Morehead State says it offers nearly 400 foundation scholarship opportunities and more than $48.6 million in University and MSU Foundation scholarships and grants each year. The university says about 98% of its undergraduates receive financial aid, and some scholarship awards are based on factors such as high school, county or state, details that fit the kind of local recognition Heard just received.
The yearbook announcement carried a practical note for families as the school year closes out. OCHS said the 2025-26 books are available for order through the link or directions on the flyer, and that copies will be shipped directly to buyers. The post also thanked Mrs. Jenn Barrett and the OCHS Journalism Class, underscoring the student and staff work that goes into preserving the year’s sports, clubs, awards and daily life in print.
The scholarship and yearbook notices arrived as the Class of 2026 moved through other senior milestones, including a senior breakfast sponsored by the Owsley County Ministerial Association and a senior trip that took students to Washington, D.C., and the Outer Banks. Together, the posts show the school marking both the end of high school and the start of what comes next for Owsley County graduates.
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