Keystone Cooperative, Inc. announced the 54 recipients of its $1,000 scholarship program for 2024, which presented scholarships to high school seniors with an interest in agriculture and community service.
The scholarships are geared toward aiding high school seniors with an interest in agriculture pursue their dreams of further education while also empowering the seniors to continue their involvement within the community, and two Clinton Central students, one Rossville student, one Carroll student and one Lebanon student were amongst the recipients.
Keystone stated that while the commitments may have been separately made by the two legacy organizations, Ceres Solutions and Co-Alliance, the students were continued to be considered when the merger was enacted to form Keystone Cooperative. Keystone CEO Kevin Still noted that the focus of investing in rural youth is paramount to ensuring the continued growth of the agricultural field.
“You’ll find the future is bright and encouraging when considering the potential of these students,” Still said. “We are proud to deliver this support for students of this caliber so that they can in turn be productive citizens of our rural communities and eventually the workforce. Congratulations to the class of 2024.”
Applicants for the scholarships were selected based on their academic performance, extra-curricular involvement and passion for agriculture.
Local 2024 Recipients:
- Kolton Davis: Rossville Jr./Sr. High School
- Luke Davison: Clinton Central Jr./Sr. High School
- Evan Johnson: Carroll High School
- Kira King: Lebanon High School
- Hailey Orem: Clinton Central Jr./Sr. High School
2024 Recipients:
- Hayden Arnold: Hagerstown Jr./Sr. High school
- Emily Bell: Frontier Jr./Sr. High School
- Jolene Bendel: Preble Shawnee Jr./Sr. High School
- Lowell Berger: Hagerstown Jr./Sr. High School
- Keegan Bluhm: Adams Central High School
- Jessica Bradley: Southmont High School
- Logen Brand: Dekalb High School
- Kase Clevenger: Frankton Junior Senior High School
- Kori Craig: Hagerstown Jr./Sr. High School
- Nolan Drake: Northeastern High School
- Reece Eggert: New Prairie High School
- Henry First: Lawton High School
- Hunter Foland: Eastern High School
- Caleb Gobel: Benton Central Jr./Sr. High School
- Kortney Goff: Eastbrook High School
- Katelyn Hertges: LaPorte High School
- Tate Heston: Western High School
- Reese Hill: Greenfield-Central High School
- Hattie Hobbs: Hagerstown Jr./Sr. High School
- Katie Holmes: Greenfield Central High School
- Adyson Hood: North White Middle – High School
- Emma Jackson: Wawasee High School
- Abby Jordan: Maconaquah High school
- Mackenzie Larson: Tipton High School
- Caleb Lechlitner: Northwood High school
- Emily Mann: Cloverdale High School
- Cailey Markley: Argos High School
- Brandon McKillip: Northfield Jr./Sr. High School
- Cora McWhinney: Graham High School
- Kinsey Mennen: Lewis Cass Jr./Sr. High School
- Lauryn Merritt: Maconaquah High School
- Anna Minich: South CentralJr./Sr. High School
- Payton Mundt: Cascade High School
- Dylan Musser: Benton Central Jr./Sr. High School
- Jonah Raab: Western High School
- Brent Runyan: North Montgomery High School
- Cade Runyan: Parke Heritage High School
- Dexter Schlichter: Union County High School
- Owen Smith: Seeger Jr./Sr. High School
- Jonathan Snyder: Centerville Senior High School
- Alicia Sottong: Tipton High School
- Sierra Spangler: Yorktown High School
- Trevor Thornburg: Centerville Senior High School
- Brady Tracy: Danville Community High School
- Thomas Wallace: Miami East High School
- Alexis Wilhoite: North Vermillion High School
- Eric Zarse: Tri-County Jr./Sr. High School
- Alexander Zelt: Heritage Jr./Sr. Highschool