The Flour Bluff Athletic Booster Club is proud to announce the 2025 recipients of the John Paul Barta Scholarship.
- Jayden Paluseo
- Tristen Corpuz
- Conner Murphy
- Thomas Adams
- Eli Cooper
- Kirra Phillips
- Bailey Elwood
- Meredith Gayanilo
- Jenny Dugan
- Claire Yniguez
- Elijah Cain
- Brennan Chapman
This scholarship is named in honor of John Paul Barta, a 2000 graduate, who was a football and baseball player for the Hornets. He was a four-year starter on the baseball team. As a Senior, in football, he was named the District’s Most Valuable Player, and he was a First-Team All-South Texas selection who also earned an All-State nod. Barta went to Wharton Junior College after graduating and enlisted in the Army in 2004. Tragically, Barta was killed while serving our country in Iraq in 2006. In addition to the John Paul Barta Memorial Scholarship, every summer there is a high school home run derby and golf tournament held in his honor.
The recipients of this scholarship each reflect the virtues of John Paul Barta in three key areas:
- Athletic ability and contribution to Flour Bluff Athletics
- Character and class as demonstrated through Flour Bluff Athletics
- Athletes that have been honorable representatives of Flour Bluff High School