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Matthew Tyler Haltom is the recipient of an academic scholarship from the Louisiana Sheriffs' Scholarship Program, Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator announced today.

Haltom is a resident of Shreveport and a graduating senior at Airline High School. (His mother is employed by Bossier Parish Schools.) He will use the $500 scholarship to study pre-dentistry at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Haltom’s parents are the late Rickey Lee Haltom and Kelli and Bill Rehak of Shreveport.

At Airline, Haltom participated in Student Council, FCA, swim team, football, wrestling, and was a freshmen mentor.

Sheriffs’ scholarships are made possible by the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Honorary Membership Program (LSHMP). Louisiana sheriffs provide scholarships to graduating high school students from each parish where the sheriff is an affiliate of the program. Scholarships will be awarded in 60 parishes throughout the state.

Qualities such as academic achievement, leadership and character are considered in making selections of Sheriffs’ scholarship recipients. The only limitations are that applicants be permanent residents of Louisiana and that applicants enroll as full-time, undergraduate students in state.

Caddo Parish scholarships are selected by representatives of LSUS, Southern University-Shreveport, Bossier Parish Community College, and Centenary College.