Lahaie is one of only three education students in the state of Texas to win this prestigious scholarship this year. Lahaie will be invited to the annual TASPA conference in Austin in early December to formally accept her scholarship at the awards luncheon, attended by hundreds of school district recruiters from around the state. Southwestern’s Education Department nominates one student annually to compete for the scholarship against students from universities that have very large education departments, including Texas State University, The University of Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor and Texas Christian University. Lahaie is the ninth straight Southwestern student to win this scholarship − a feat not matched by any other Texas university.