UnitedAg awarded $81,800 to seventy-four deserving students across California
Irvine, March 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
UnitedAg announces the winners of the 2021 AEF Foundation Educational Scholarship Program. Seventy-four students from agricultural communities across California won awards ranging from $250 to $6,000. In total, the Educational Scholarship Program awarded $81,800. The applicants were awarded based on their application, essay, academics, leadership, and extracurricular activities. UnitedAg also announced the top three scholarship winners. Katherine Miller, a veterinary medicine major at the University of Edinburgh, has been awarded the Maurice McMillan Scholarship, Karli Lundberg, an agricultural systems management major at California Polytechnic State University, SLO, the William C. Goodrich Scholarship, and Hanna Scully, an agriculture business major at the California State University, Chico, the Frieda Rapoport Caplan Memorial Award.
"Supporting our future agribusiness professionals is the purpose of the Agribusiness Education Foundation. During these unforeseen times, it is important that we continue to support our youth in their educational endeavors. Each of these scholarship winners demonstrated a clear commitment to their educational goals and could be our future agribusiness leaders," said Glenn Miller, Education Committee Chairman.
Scholarship winners can use their AEF Educational Scholarship to help offset the cost of tuition, books/supplies, labs, and living expenses.
This year's AEF Educational Scholarship winners are:
Aaron Miller, Santa Paula, CA
Adrian Ortiz, Salinas, CA
Adriana Vargas Mendoza, Soledad, CA
Allyson Dias, Salinas, CA
Allyson Tomasello, Salinas, CA
Alondra Sanchez, Hanford, CA
America Huipio-Piedra, Hanford, CA
Ana Rosa Pacheco, Santa Maria, CA
Andrew Zendejas, Salinas, CA
Arturo Infante II, Castroville, CA
Axel Amaro, Soledad, CA
Belinda Silva Chavez, King City, CA
Brad Cordova, Turlock, CA
Brandon Harden, Salinas, CA
Bryan Amaro, Visalia, CA
Caleb Peltzer, Visalia, CA
Camryn Mazzoni, Forestville, CA
Carson Wallace, Lindsay, CA
Catherine Regan, Santa Ana,
Cesar Avila, Salinas, CA
Cesar Rivera, Ventura, CA
Cristian Vargas, Soledad, CA
David Gonzalez, Salinas, CA
Denver Noell, Hanford, CA
Doris Nogales, Santa Maria, CA
Eddie Lundberg, Santa Maria, CA
Edgar Lopez, Santa Paula, CA
Elizabeth Miller, Santa Paula, CA
Elizabeth Ramirez, Maxwell, CA
Erin Doughtie, Salinas, CA
Flavio Carrillo Gonzales, CA
Grant Bunker, Turlock, CA
Hadassah Legaspi, Salinas, CA
Hanna Scully, Finley, CA
Hannah Ryan, Turlock, CA