ST. PAUL, Minn., July 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The CHS
Foundation has awarded 75 $1,000
scholarships to college students studying agriculture. This year's
recipients include 50 high school seniors and 25 two-year college
students from 31 states. The CHS Foundation is the major giving
entity of CHS Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSCP), a leading global agribusiness
owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States.
"At CHS, we're committed to developing strong future leaders for
agriculture and rural America," says William J. Nelson, CHS Foundation
president. "We are proud to support these promising students
who will play an important role in shaping the future of
agriculture."
An independent, external committee selected recipients based on
their career goals, essays, extracurricular involvement,
transcripts and reference letters. See below for a complete list of
high school and two-year college scholarship recipients and the
institutions they will attend.
Alabama
Derrell Trevor Lee, Wallace
State Community College
Kaela Austin Wright, Berry College
Arizona
Maya Wallace, University of
Arizona
California
Isabella Elaine Curtoni, Merced College
Micaleah Mae Schultz, California State
University
Colorado
Jeffrey T. Koester, Northeastern Junior College
Tara Cook, Kansas State University
Florida
Landon Marion Smith, Santa
Fe College
Tien Luo Ying Weber, University of Florida
Georgia
Makinizi Lynn
Hoover, The University of Georgia
Hawaii
Judy Butay Cacal, University of Hawaii
Idaho
Margarita A
Contreras, University of Idaho
Quinn Inwards, College of Southern Idaho
Kelsey Ann Rogers, College of Southern Idaho
Illinois
Jacob Robert Adams, Lake
Land College
Courtney Beth Gerstenecker,
Kaskaskia College
Kelsie Catherine Hinds, Lake Land College
Molly Novotney, Joliet Junior College
Thomas Poole, University of Illinois
Krista Dawn Temple, University of Illinois
Iowa
Jacob Stanley Beyer, Dordt
College
Hannah Marie Pagel, Iowa State University
Cassandra Rose Stumpf, Iowa State University
Michael Allen Tupper, Iowa State University
Jayden Dean Van Berkum, Hawkeye Community College
Kentucky
Cole Spencer Hamilton, Western Kentucky University
Massachusetts
Anya Beale, Green Mountain College
Maryland
Colby Dean, University of
Maryland College Park
Michigan
Tyler Cappaert, Michigan
State University
Jami Ruth Courter, Northwood University
Richard Ray Dubke, Michigan State University
Jessica Pell, Lansing Community College
Alexandria Leah Schut, Oklahoma State University
Dirk Edward Stoneman, Michigan State University
Katelyn Walters, Black Hawk Community College
Minnesota
Mariah
Daninger, University of
Minnesota Shane Michael Klaphake, Ridgewater College
Jared Douglas Oachs, North Dakota State University
Andrew Carter Pederson, Alexandria Technical & Community College
Matthew Schroepfer, South Central
College
Eleni Solberg, University of Arkansas
Austin Warner, Gustavus Adolphus College
Mississippi
Tracy Lavonne Muhammad, Hinds Community College
Missouri
Austin Fehring, Crowder College
Bretton Michael Hale, Arkansas State University
Rylyn William Klein Small, Sikeston Career & Technical
Center
Montana
Marcelle Tikka, Flathead
Valley Community College
Nebraska
Kami Kay Crabtree, Dordt
College
Marie Greer Potadle, Iowa State University
Nevada
Taylor Serrano, Kansas
State University
North
Carolina
Haley Christine
Shore, North Carolina State
University
Kevin Anthony Todd, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State
University
North
Dakota
Ryan Martin
Brock, South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology
Kayla Lee Grimm, Bismarck State College
Ohio
Mindi E. Brookhart, Ohio
State Agricultural Technical Institute
Amanda Ann Szabo, Wilmington College
Oregon
Brandon Scott Batty, Linn
Benton Community College
Ashtin Lee Olsen, Eastern Oregon University
Cassandra Wagner, Oregon State University/Linn
Benton Community College
South
Carolina
John
Tricoche, Clemson University
Tennessee
Suzanne
Tipton Schultz, Mississippi State
University
Texas
Brackston James McKnight, Sam Houston State University
Landon James Woods, Texas A&M University
Virginia
Briana Mary Collazo, J. Sargeant Reynolds
Community College
Washington
Will
Bowdish, Walla Walla Community
College
Wisconsin
Derrek
Kamphuis, University of
Wisconsin-Farm and Industry Short Course
Marissa Mary Nechuta, University of Wisconsin
Justin F. Runde, University of Wisconsin
Samantha Schoenfuss, University of Wisconsin
Jordan C. Siemers, Cornell University
William Walleser, University of Wisconsin
Austin Allen Wenck, University of Wisconsin
Elizabeth Widder, Iowa State University
Nicole Wright, University of Wisconsin-Farm and Industry Short
Course
Wyoming
Aubree Thomas, Casper
College
CHS Inc. (www.chsinc.com) is a leading global agribusiness owned
by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States. Diversified in energy,
grains and foods, CHS is committed to helping its customers,
farmer-owners and other stakeholders grow their businesses through
its domestic and global operations. CHS, a Fortune 100 company,
supplies energy, crop nutrients, grain marketing services, animal
feed, food and food ingredients, along with business solutions
including insurance, financial and risk management services. The
company operates petroleum refineries/pipelines and manufactures,
markets and distributes Cenex® brand refined fuels,
lubricants, propane and renewable energy products.
SOURCE CHS Inc.; CHS Foundation