HOUSTON – KPRC 2 and American Furniture Warehouse are surprising 20 deserving high school seniors with $2,500 scholarships in 2026. All students selected for scholarships have been nominated by their high schools.
Manvel High School’s Kayleon Hyder, is the twentieth recipient of the KPRC 2-American Furniture Warehouse Senior Scholarship from the Class of 2026. Manvel High School is part of the Alvin Independent School District.
Kayleon Hyder has a bright future in engineering. The recent Manvel High School graduate was academically ranked in the top five percent of her class. She was a member of her school’s Technology Student Association, where she competed in CAD engineering, coding and video game design. She also competed in coding at the state level through Skills USA.
As an AP Ambassador, Hyder mentored younger students transitioning to high school who were considering taking Advanced Placement courses. Hyder also helped teach elementary students as an intern with the Alvin ISD STEM Bus.
Hyder’s interest in engineering and 3D printing led her to work on a project designing scaled down versions of the Manvel water tower that were used as centerpieces at an event. She also designed a custom pencil guide to help an elementary school student with autism.
Hyder plans to attend Texas State University to major in Mechanical Engineering. Congratulations to Kayleon and to all of the recent graduates from Manvel High School!
You can see the scholarship surprise for Kayleon Hyder in the video player at the top of this article.