The Prosperity Bank Rodeo Scholarship Endowment was established by Prosperity Bank, formally American State Bank, and friends of the Rodeo Association in 1997. The scholarship is awarded to undergraduate and graduate students who are rodeo team members attending Texas Tech University and have at least a 2.5 GPA. Mr. W.R. Collier was instrumental in the establishment of this scholarship and all support Prosperity Bank has made to Texas Tech University.

Mr. W. R. Collier joined Prosperity Bancshares Inc. (the "Company") as a Director and as Senior Chairman for the West Texas Area of the Bank upon completion of the merger of American State Financial Corporation into the Company in July 2012. Mr. Collier began his career with American State Bank in 1959, starting as a teller and rising to become President and Chief Executive Officer in 1974 and then on to Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of American State Financial Corporation in 1988.

Mr. Collier graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas Technological College, now Texas Tech University, in 1961. He also graduated from the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Active in the Lubbock community, Mr. Collier was a member of the Executive Committee of the Texas Tech University Foundation and served on the President's Council of both Texas Tech University and Lubbock Christian University. He was a board member of the Independent Bankers Association of Texas and served on both the Government Relations Council and the Deposit Insurance Reform Committee of the American Bankers Association, where he is also a former State Vice President for the Texas division.

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Contact

Alex Yack
Alex.Yack@ttu.edu
Senior Director of Development
806.742.2802

Matt Williams
matt.williams@ttu.edu
Director of Development
806.742.2802

Shelbey Havens
shelbey.havens@ttu.edu
Assistant Director of Development
806.834.1108