NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State track & field and cross country senior Jake Gillum was announced as one of 14 Illinois State University students selected as a Robert G. Bone Scholar for the upcoming 2020-21 school year.
The Bone Scholarship, the highest university-wide honor given to undergraduate students, includes a monetary award from the Bone Scholarship endowment. The scholarship is named in honor of the late Robert G. Bone, president of Illinois State University from 1956-1967.
Gillum, an Exercise Science major, has maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average through his first three years at Illinois State, while juggling the time commitments that come with being a Division I student-athlete.