Ty Cobb Endowed Scholarship

Tyrus R. Cobb ’37 was born in 1915 and after graduation from the University went on to work for the Nevada State Journal where he was a sports writer and later sports editor. In 1960 he was promoted to assistant managing editor and then managing editor. He served as associate editor from 1972 until 1975, the year in which he retired. Although officially retired Cobb continued to write what was first a tri-weekly, then a weekly column, called “Cobbwebs,” for the Nevada State Journal and its successor, the Reno Gazette-Journal. His last column was published after his death in 1997. Through memorial contributions and their own gifts, the Ty Cobb family along with a matching grant from the Gannett Foundation established this fund. Recipients shall have a 3.0 GPA, be full-time undergraduate students in the Reynolds School of Journalism and seek a career in journalism or a journalism-related field.