The Texas United Methodist College Association (TUMCA) has awarded scholarships to seven Rio Texas Conference Students for the 2023 school year. These scholarships represent a personal use of funds contributed to TUMCA by the local churches of the Conference. Scholarship recipients must be United Methodist students from the state of Texas. We are proud of our Rio Texas students…Congratulations!

TUMCA scholarship recipients for 2022 -2023 from the Rio Texas Conference are:

     Name                            University                     Home Church

1. Caleb Bush McMurry Sierra Vista UMC, San Angelo, TX

2. Metts Grant McMurry FUMC Nederland, TX

3. Nolan Steelman McMurry Utopia UMC, Utopia TX

4. Bryan Maxwell SMU University UMC, San Antonio, TX

5. Kaleb Knighten Southwestern St. John’s UMC, Austin, TX

6. Sterlin Rivers Huston-Tillotson Metropolitan AME, Austin, TX

7. John Gilleland Huston-Tillotson First UMC, Bastrop, TX

We at TUMCA are proud of these scholars from churches in the Rio Texas Conference.

James C. Lewis TUMCA President