INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Commission for Higher Education awarded Madison Angelia Thorsen a 2023-24 Next Generation Hoosier Educators Scholarship.

Thorsen is a graduate of Pendleton Heights High School and is attending Anderson University.

The commission awarded nearly 400 scholarships to the seventh class of Next Generation Hoosier Educators.

Selected through a competitive process based on academic achievement and additional factors, recipients will receive $10,000 annually (up to $40,000 total) for committing to teach in Indiana for at least five years after graduating from college.

A total of 598 students applied for the 2023-24 Next Generation Hoosier Educators Scholarship.

Applications were received from students representing 263 high schools in 88 of Indiana’s 92 counties.

Also, 75% of applicants were Indiana high school seniors with the remainder comprised of current college students.

To qualify for the scholarship, students had to either graduate in the top 20% of their high school class, earn a score in the 20th percentile on the SAT or ACT, or have at least a 3.5 cumulative grade-point average.