Created by his family and friends in his memory, the Brian A. Semple Memorial Scholarship benefits average or above average Midland County high school graduates in continuing their education past high school. Scholarship awards based on graduate of a public Midland County high school, must have recently taken or agrees to take a Defensive Driving Course before the beginning of the fall semester, must attend Midland College, an accredited public four-year college or university in the state of Texas, an accredited law enforcement academy, or the Texas State Technological Institute.