The following students have been awarded $4000 apiece, $2000 for Fall semester, and $2000 for Spring semester.
List of Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 approved scholarship recipients for the John R. Turner Scholarship
| Last Name | First Name | School |
| Barnett | Brayden | Big Sandy Community |
| Bird | Colby | HCTC |
| Botner | Laurel | Morehead |
| Combs | Andrew | Morehead |
| Combs | Brandon | Morehead |
| Combs | Natalee | Transylvania |
| Coomer | Brady | UK |
| Deaton | Marcus | Eastern |
| Dousay | Waylon | HCTC |
| Duff | Kennedy | Morehead |
| Gibson | Jayden | Big Sandy Community |
| Gross | Brenley | UK |
| Haddix | Timothy | UK |
| Hall | Sawyer | Campbellsville |
| Halsey | Alyson | Upike |
| Henson | Benjamin | Morehead |
| Hollon | Jaylon | Morehead |
| Hollon | John | Lincoln Tech |
| Honeycutt | Joseph | Bluegrass Community |
| Howard | Paxton | Upike |
| Kayatin | Brianna | UK |
| Kayatin | Daniel | HCTC |
| King | Rayelynn | HCTC |
| Little | Misty | Eastern |
| Magee | Ace | HCTC |
| Miller | Carson | UK |
| Miller | Evan | Morehead |
| Miller | Elizabeth | UK |
| Miller | Weston | Eastern |
| Morgan | Jacob | Morehead |
| Mullins | Gavin | Eastern |
| Neace | Emily | Alice Lloyd |
| Neace | Jacob | Morehead |
| Noble | Ryleigh | Eastern |
| Rice | Eli | Univ of Cumberlands |
| Roberts | Maria | UK |
| Salyers | Addison | Morehead |
| Sandlin | Mackenzie | Alice Lloyd |
| Sizemore | McClellan | UK |
| Spencer | Isabella | UK |
| Strong | Connor | Morehead |
| Strong | Tara | Eastern |
| Terry | Braxton | HCTC |
| Turner | Breanna | |
| Turner | Christopher | Morehead |
| Turner | Karigan | UK |
| Wisler | Emily | KMBC |
| Wisler | Tyler | KMBC |
| Zierer | Alec | UK |