Nebraska Cattlemen Foundation announces scholarship recipients
The Nebraska Cattlemen Foundation is pleased to announce it has awarded $30,000 in scholarships to students furthering their education goals in the 2014-2015 academic year.
“The Foundation strongly believes in the importance of a sound education for tomorrow’s industry leaders,” says Scott Langemeier, president of the Nebraska Cattlemen Foundation. “Thanks to the generosity of many donors and participants of the Retail Value Steer Challenge, our primary fundraiser, we were able to award these 30 scholarships, the greatest number in the 46 year history of the Foundation.”
The following scholarship recipients will be recognized during the Nebraska Cattlemen Midyear Meeting in Gothenburg, Neb. Thursday, June 12, at the Nebraska Cattlemen Foundation Lunch.
Eilsabeth Loseke, Columbus – $1,000 Robert E. Lute II Memorial Scholarship
Logan Kizer, Overton – $1,000 Frank and Shirley Sibert Scholarship
Laura Gorecki, Farwell – $1,000 Bill Heller Memorial Scholarship
Eilzabeth McDonald, Phillips – $1,000 Donavan Yoachim Memorial Scholarship
Levi McPhillips, Columbus – $1,000 Cattlemen’s Open Scholarship
Bailey Hinrichs, Ayr – $1,000 Clarence and Lois Jean Hartmann Scholarship
Ben Vrba, Schuyler – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Maci Lienemann, Princeton – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Jacob Sebade, Emerson – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Cody Drudik, Ord – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Larissa Wach, Wauneta – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Brandon Nichols, Bridgeport – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Cole Epley, Superior – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Eleanor Wagner, Petersburg – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Preston Nelson, Genoa – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Justin McCullough, Berwyn – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Morgan Rezac, Ceresco – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Judson Hoffschneider, Arlington – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Brittany Hilfiker, David City – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Benjamin Barelman, Coleridge – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Morgan Zumpfe, Friend – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Maranda Kegley, Kearney – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Matthew Grimes, Raymond – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
McKenzie Beals, Alexandria – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Hannah Kesterson, Lincoln – $1,000 Nebraska Cattlemen Beef Pit Scholarship
Blaine Petersen, Cozad – $1,000 Colonel Melvin Huss Memorial Scholarship
Curtis Wetovick, Fullerton – $1,000 Bill Pullen Scholarship
Kara Ostrand, Mason City – $1,000 Ron and Shirley Huss Scholarship
Haley Harthoorn, Ainsworth – $1,000 Martin Viersen Range Management Memorial Scholarship
Sydney Gehl, Ericson – $1,000 Vance Uden Memorial Scholarship
Established in 1968, the Nebraska Cattlemen Foundation’s mission is to advance the future of Nebraska’s Beef industry by investing in research and education programs. The Foundation’s success and its ability to endow scholarships, to sponsor leadership and education programs, assist with research and infrastructure projects has been possible only because of the support from the Nebraska cattle producers and allied industries.
–Nebraska Cattlemen Foundation
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