Houston Chase Holmes of Brownwood Honored for Academic Achievement at HPU

2013 May 21

Houston Chase Holmes of Brownwood, a Howard Payne University May 2013 graduate, was recently honored for the 2012-2013 academic year at the annual Academic Awards Convocation ceremony held on HPU's campus. Holmes received the Outstanding Student in Exercise and Sport Science award. Holmes also received the Paul J. Cunningham Memorial Award and the ASC Male Scholar-Athlete Medal of Honor.

Founded in 1889, Howard Payne University is a Christ-centered academic community dedicated to excellence by developing and equipping the whole person for intellectual inquiry, personal and professional integrity, and service to God and humanity.

Located in Brownwood, Texas, HPU offers a full array of undergraduate programs and a limited number of graduate programs in a traditional residential academic community. The university also offers selected undergraduate and graduate course work by electronic means and at extended learning centers in El Paso, Texas, and New Braunfels, Texas. HPU maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio, which contributes to the university's reputation of being "a place where everybody is somebody."