Mike and Vickie Ruble Memorial Scholarship

Overview

The Mike and Vickie Ruble Memorial Scholarship is a $500 scholarship awarded to a Farmington High School graduate who plans to major in teacher education. Mike and Vickie Ruble spent their entire careers as teachers and coaches in Dent and Reynolds Counties. They taught for a total of 62 years combined. Mike (Coach) coached high school and middle school basketball and volleyball for 25 years while teaching physical education and health. Vickie taught for 37 years as an elementary and middle school teacher and served as cheerleading sponsor. Both were loved for their commitment and exemplary service to the Northwood R-4 School District in Dent County, where they spent a majority of their careers. After retirement, both were inducted into the Dent County Teachers’ Hall of Fame in 2010. Coach Ruble had the gymnasium and basketball court at Northwood R-4 named after him during a ceremony in 2015. This scholarship is given by their two children, Matt Ruble and Morgan Ruble Lucas, who have both followed in their parents’ footsteps and become teachers and coaches. Their intent is to support their parents' legacy and assist students as they pursue their dreams of becoming educators and thus positively impacting and shaping student lives.