Mullan students receives major scholarship

MULLAN — Mullan Jr./Sr. High School student Talan Rupp-Connors was recently named a recipient of a $25,000 scholarship from the Horatio Alger Association. 

According to brian.com account executive Hailee Elko, Rupp-Connors' selection was a testament to his "remarkable perseverance and resilience.”  

He "crafted a compelling 'Adversity Essay' and 'American Dream Experience,' which vividly detailed the personal hardships he has overcome and the dreams he aspires to achieve,” Elko said. 

According to Mullan Jr./Sr. High School Principal Jacki Almquist, Rupp-Connors is a varsity letterman in football and basketball, a member of the National Honor Society, and was selected as an Idaho Top Scholar as a junior. After high school, he plans to attend Montana Technical University and pursue a degree in mining engineering.  

“Talan has been a student at Mullan from kindergarten to his senior year,” Almquist said. “I've enjoyed being his English teacher and principal. His contributions in the classroom demonstrate academic leadership.”  

Founded in 1947, the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc. has awarded $265 million in undergraduate, career, and technical education, and graduate 

In 2024, the Association is awarding more than $18 million in undergraduate and graduate need-based scholarships to 1,800 students across the United States and Canada.