Fifty-four students have been selected to receive scholarships totaling $2,000 each through the GROWMARK Foundation. Nearly 500 students from across the United States and Ontario, Canada, applied for the scholarships. Students who received the scholarships will have those funds available for the fall 2024 semester.
May 28, 2024
Fifty-four students have been selected to receive scholarships totaling $2,000 each through the GROWMARK Foundation. Nearly 500 students from across the United States and Ontario, Canada, applied for the scholarships. Students who received the scholarships will have those funds available for the fall 2024 semester.
“As a diverse wholesale agricultural cooperative, GROWMARK sees value in supporting students who are pursuing careers in agriculture as well as any business-related field," said GROWMARK CEO Mark Orr. "We’re excited to be able to help these students achieve their academic goals while also showing them that our industry is full of opportunities including working for GROWMARK or an FS company after they graduate.”
Scholarship recipients are divided into three categories:
Agriculture focus– students earning an associate degree from a community college or technical school. Recipients of this scholarship are:
Name
Program
School
Adelyn Sienknecht
Ag - Associate
North Tama High School
Ally Cytrych
Ag - Associate
Black Hawk College - East Campus
Alyssa Miller
Ag - Associate
University of Wisconsin Platteville
Amanda Ostrem
Ag - Associate
Des Moines Area Community College
Amber Lee
Ag - Associate
Durand High School
Ava Sylvester
Ag - Associate
Fillmore Central School
Bryce Hatfield
Ag - Associate
West Franklin High School
Charlie Ring
Ag - Associate
Effingham High School
Dallis Beverlin
Ag - Associate
Shasta College
Dylan Jenkins
Ag - Associate
Woodland School
Elizabeth Shaffer
Ag - Associate
Olympia High School
Emma Kuhl
Ag - Associate
Michigan State University
Emma Pistorius
Ag - Associate
Meridian High School
Joselyn Kocher
Ag - Associate
Richland County High School
Laney Burns
Ag - Associate
Tucker County High School
Maycee Moore
Ag - Associate
Red Hill Jr./Sr. High School
Morgan Knoblett
Ag - Associate
Palestine High School
Paris Van Dyke
Ag - Associate
North Clay High School
Tucker Stagemeyer
Ag - Associate
Butler Community College
Walker Chandler
Ag - Associate
Stratford High School
Agriculture focus– students earning a bachelor’s degree or higher from a university. Recipients of this scholarship are:
Name
Program
School
Alexandra Zvenigorodsky
Ag - Bachelors
Washington State University
Carmen Trotta
Ag - Bachelors
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Cheyenne Bastian-Brown
Ag - Bachelors
Pennsylvania State University
Eliza Patchin
Ag - Bachelors
Iowa State University
Eric Wisely
Ag - Bachelors
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Jordan Oliver
Ag - Bachelors
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Katelyn Engel
Ag - Bachelors
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Lauren Gatz
Ag - Bachelors
Kansas State University
Madison Schneider
Ag - Bachelors
Southeast Missouri State University
Mary Holley
Ag - Bachelors
Ohio State University
Nicholas Beckner
Ag - Bachelors
Adams Central High School
Ojas Shah
Ag - Bachelors
Normal Community High School
Rain Vasey
Ag - Bachelors
Eastern Kentucky University
Raksha Thapa
Ag - Bachelors
Cornell University
Ram Neupane
Ag - Bachelors
Pennsylvania State University
Ryleigh Whitaker
Ag - Bachelors
Cisco High School
Samantha Stamm
Ag - Bachelors
Oklahoma State University
Steven Tri
Ag - Bachelors
Iowa State University
Zachary Kampwerth
Ag - Bachelors
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Business focus – students earning a bachelor’s degree or higher from a university. Recipients of this scholarship are:
Name
Program
School
Abby Ruebush
Business
Normal Community High School
Addison Fair
Business
Gardner South Wilmington High School
Addison Kampwerth
Business
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ahmed Aamir
Business
University of Waterloo
Ali Stecker
Business
Ashland University
Cole Sarbacker
Business
Stoughton High School
Ella Bussell
Business
Rockcastle County High School
Emlie Limoges
Business
Black Hawk College
Grace Sparwasser
Business
Marian High School
Krrisha Patel
Business
Secaucus High School
Marcella Anderson
Business
Geneva Community High School
Matthew Freel
Business
Kingwood High School
Michael Golla
Business
Memorial Early College High School
Olivia Acheampong
Business
Illinois State University
Talan Miller
Business
St. Joseph-Ogden High School
GROWMARK is an agricultural cooperative serving almost 400,000 customers across North America, providing agronomy, energy, facility engineering and construction, and logistics products and services, as well as grain marketing and risk management services. Headquartered in Bloomington, Illinois, GROWMARK owns the FS trademark, which is used by member cooperatives. More information is available at GROWMARK.com.
CONTACT: Madison Kimpling Student Recruiting Manager GROWMARK 309-557-6429 [email protected]