Seven high school seniors each received $1,000 scholarships from the Rutherford County Sheriff's School Resource Officers.

To qualify, 24 seniors submitted a 500-word essay on, "Ways I Would Improve School Safety," said SRO Jason Urban. A winner was chosen from each school where students wrote the essay. The scholarships are funded from proceeds from the SRO LoneStar Rodeo and individual donations from the SROs.

Winners are Jewell Trail of Eagleville School, Sheridan Sain of Smyrna High School, Kirstin Taylor of Central Magnet School, Daniel Ozment of Stewarts Creek High School, Aya Melhem of Blackman High School, Jeannie Kim of Riverdale High School and KaraLynne Levi of Siegel High School.

This is the 14th year for the SROs to award scholarships.