Inaugural Sleepopolis Scholarship Awarded

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It is with great pleasure that I would like to officially announce the inaugural winner of the $1,000 Sleepopolis scholarship award! This year’s scholarship award goes to Christian Barham.

Christian is a high school senior and planning to attend the University of Texas at Austin. As a high school student Christian has excelled, graduating with honors as Cum Laude. Christian plans to study Business at the University of Texas.

Below is Christian’s winning video scholarship submission:

Christian’s video submission clearly answered all of the application questions in a way that was both interesting and entertaining to watch. The video, production, and editing quality were sharp throughout. Finally, his ideas on what is the next big industry that’s in need of a shake up were well informed and he communicated a clear path for the type of activities that would be needed to bring that change.

Thank you to Christian and all of the great scholarship submissions this year. Sleepopolis wishes Christian and all who are heading to school this fall the very best of luck!

The 2017 Sleepopolis scholarship award will be opening up soon! Visit to the Sleepopolis scholarship page for more information the 2017 scholarship process.

Logan Block

Logan is the former content director of Sleepopolis. As content director, he reviewed new mattresses every week and curated the comparisons, best of pages, and video guides on the site. Logan perfected his method by personally testing over 200 different mattresses, so he’s not only able to discern the overall vibe of a specific bed, but to contextualize its feel within the bed-in-a-box market as a whole.