The Catherman Scholarship is available to a full-time student who has a minimum of a 3.0 GPA and demonstrates financial need. First preference will be given to students who graduated from a Sevier County, Tennessee high school. Next preference will be given to high school graduates of counties adjacent to Sevier County. Final preference is given to students from any East Tennessee County. Students who held this award in a previous year shall have a preference in the selection procedure in subsequent years with all other things being equal.