Eighteen-year-old former Napier Girls' High School student Brianna Lee has been awarded a $360,000 (NZD) athletic scholarship to Missouri University in Columbia, Missouri. Photo / Warren BucklandEighteen-year-old former Napier Girls' High School student Brianna Lee has been awarded a $360,000 (NZD) athletic scholarship to Missouri University in Columbia, Missouri. Photo / Warren BucklandA Hawke's Bay track star who had 14 international universities chasing her talent is heading to the University of Missouri where she's been awarded a NZ$360,000 scholarship. Though she's never been to the United states, on 18-year-old Brianna Lee leaves for the University of Missouri on Monday. Brianna Lee said said it was biggest decision she'd had to make after being offered 14 athletic scholarships from overseas universities.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 04, 2021 04:41 UTC