EC Senior Receives Prestigious Scholarship

Sunman resident and current East Central High School Senior Luke Weisenbach has received a full ride scholarship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston.

According to school officials, Weisenbach is the first student East Central history who has earned such a prestigious honor.

More than one-third of the nation’s space flights have included MIT-educated astronauts, and the college has also produced 29 Nobel Prize recipients. Among many notable alumni, graduates from the internationally acclaimed university include astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Oliver Smoot.