Adelaide Hydeman - 2026 Will M. Ensley Memorial Scholarship Winner

Congratulations to Adelaide Hydeman as she been selected to receive the Will M. Ensley Memorial Scholarship for 2026 graduates of the Shawnee Mission Northwest High School swim programs.  She graduated from the Greystone Academy with a cumulative GPA of 4.0, and achieved a perfect ACT score of 36.  During her final season swimming for Shawnee Mission Northwest she was a team captain, and medaled at the Kansas 6A State Meet in all four of her events.  

In addition to swimming for Shawnee Mission Northwest she also swam for the Kansas City Blazers club team, and ran track and cross country for Christ Prep Academy.  She also kept herself busy by volunteering, teaching swim lessons, and working in the family business.  She plans to attend Oklahoma Christian University where she will continue her swimming career, and pursue a degree in accounting.  

This scholarship is an annual award of $10,000 per year that is renewable for up to four years, and is available to graduating seniors from the Shawnee Mission Northwest swim programs who intend to pursue a post-secondary undergraduate education at an accredited, non-profit institution of higher learning in the United States on a full-time basis or a vocational institution which provides vocational, educational, or technical skills training.