Jackson student receives scholarship to Lyon College

BATESVILLE, Ark.—Jacob Smith of Millersville, Missouri has received an athletic scholarship to Lyon College for basketball.

Smith, a senior at Jackson Senior High, is the son of Tom and Sandy Smith of Millersville, Missouri. He is the grandson of Tom and the late Bonnie Smith of Kewanee, Missouri, and Neil and Wanda Griswold of Jackson, Missouri.

Lyon College is an independent liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. Founded in 1872, it is the oldest independent college in Arkansas. Lyon is a learning community distinguished by its honor system, innovative residential house system, and endowed Nichols International Studies program. Lyon is classified as a baccalaureate college by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and is included in the top tier of the country’s best liberal arts colleges by U.S. News & World Report.