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Wisconsin FFA Foundation Announces Scholarship Winners
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 04/20/2018

Over $30,000 in Wisconsin FFA Foundation scholarships will be going to 43 students this next school year. Scholarships were awarded to seniors in high school, or students currently enrolled in a university or technical college.

Foundation Director John Hromyak says the funding for the scholarship program is made possible by generous annual contributions and endowed funds by companies, industry organizations and individual supporters.

"We're grateful to be able to offer scholarships made possible by our benefactors' annual gifts and endowment funds," Hromyak said. "Their investment in our impressive and hard-working FFA members will make a life-changing impact as these students work toward their educational goals."

This year's recipients include:

** Meikah Dado, Amery FFA - Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association

** Deanna Meyer, Amery FFA - Wisconsin Agri-Business Association

** Curtis Weltzien, Arcadia FFA - Star Blends

** Noah Massie, Barron FFA - Elstad Brothers Endowment

** Valerie Berend, Bay Port FFA - Virgil & Ann Martinson Endowment

** Alexis Lins, Beaver Dam FFA - Robert & Herta Laatsch Family Endowment

** Amelia Hayden, Big Foot FFA - Walter & Delores Bjoraker Endowment

** Jessica Noble, Burlington FFA - Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation

** Anna Evenson , Cambridge FFA - Roundy's

** Ciera Ballmer, Clinton FFA - Blain's Farm & Fleet

** Zachary Gillespie, Clinton FFA - Matthew D. Anderson Endowment

** Jules Buttles, Clintonville FFA - Kenneth K. Heideman Endowment

** Keira Kapfhamer, Colby FFA - Mary Elstad & Dean Gagnon Endowment

** Hannah Nelson, Ellsworth FFA - ANIMART

** Brooke Trustem, Evansville FFA - Roundy's

** Heather Griesmer, Hartford FFA - Robert Wohlford Memorial Scholarship

** Brandon Strupp, Hartford FFA - Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation

** Sheila Weninger, Hartford FFA - Wisconsin Agri-Business Association

** Pearl Franke, La Farge FFA - Farmer Community Giving, Organic Valley

** Amanda Attoe, Lodi FFA - GROWMARK

** Samuel Jesse, Lodi FFA - Matthew D. Anderson Endowment

** Casey Aschebrook, Marshfield FFA - Kenneth K. Heideman Endowment

** Crystal Cafferty, Mauston FFA - Dr. Gordon J. Iverson Endowment

** Brooke Brantner, Menomonie FFA - Wisconsin FFA Convention

** Morgan Fitzimmons, Mineral Point FFA - Matthew D. Anderson Endowment

** Dylan Steiner, Monroe FFA - Rodney O. Kittelsen Endowment

** Teagan Turba, New Holstein FFA - Kenneth K. Heideman Endowment

** Kathryn Ann Lampi, Owen-Withee FFA - Matthew D. Anderson Endowment

** Colleen Toberman, Parkview FFA - Badger State Ethanol

** Erica Helmer, Plymouth FFA - Blain's Farm & Fleet

** Alexis Kwak, Prairie Farm FFA - ConAgra

** Abigail Solum, Rice Lake FFA - WPS Farm Show Food Vendors

** Montana Lins, Riverdale FFA - Jon Anderson Scholarship

** Anne Runde, Rock FFA - ANIMART

** Sarah Albers, Sauk Prairie FFA - Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association

** Dylan Herbrand, Sauk Prairie FFA - Harold & Geneva Beals Endowment

** Jared Mack, Sauk Prairie FFA - Arnold & Katherine Cordes Endowment

** Katelynn Zimmerman, Spencer FFA - Wisconsin Agri-Business Association

** Ashley Zimmerman, Spencer FFA - Louis M. Sasman for the Kiwanis Club of Downtown Madison Endowment

** Trenda Conant, Tomah FFA - John & Hattie Van Wychen Endowment

** Kiana Leeder, Verona FFA - Wisconsin Agri-Business Association

** Justin Ehrhart, Waterford FFA - GROWMARK

** Erin Montgomery, Waupaca FFA - Bernie & Marty Staller Endowment

Scholarships were awarded through annual contributions and endowed funds donated by companies, industry organizations and individual supporters, all of which share the organization's passion for agriculture education and leadership development.

The winning applicants will be recognized on stage at the Wisconsin FFA Convention in Madison in June.

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