LINCOLN – On Wednesday, April 26, the Nebraska Cattlemen Foundation (NCF) announced the awarding of over $64,000 in scholarships to help the next generation of the agriculture industry in their academic pursuits. The scholarships were awarded to fifty-nine distinguished students.
Just over $18,000 of the scholarship money went to 18 students from the KCNI/KBBN listening area.
One thousand dollar Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarships went to Ansley’s Emily Jonas, Brewster’s Emily Martindale, Broken Bow’s Jack Myers, Cozad’s Sarah Treffer, Gothenburg’s Helene Keiser, Loup City’s Sadie Ference, Merna’s Sid Miller, Overton’s Spencer Walahoski, Ravenna’s Jaylea Pope, Lexington’s Jacie Woflinger and Stapleton’s Lance Jones and Clay Witthun.
Litchfield’s Landri Loos was awarded the $1,200 West Central Affiliate Scholarship, and Gothenburg’s Heath Keiser received the $1,200 Vance Uden Memorial Scholarship. Dalton Kunkee of Lexington was awarded the $1,200 Donavan Yoachim Memorial Scholarship.
The $1,200 West Central/Trotter Inc. Scholarship went to Callaway’s Silas Cool, and Gregory Treffer of Cozad was awarded the $1,200 Ron & Shirley Huss Scholarship. Kacey Dethlefs of Ravenna received the $1,200 Bill Briggs Family Memorial Scholarship.
A full list of statewide winners can be found below.
2023 Nebraska Cattlemen Foundation Scholars
Albion
Braden Benes – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Alliance
Jayda Meyring – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Wade Sanders – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Braelyn Shrewsbury – $1,200 Jim & Helen Gran Scholarship
Ansley
Emily Jonas – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Bassett
Brooklyn Buell – $1,200 Bill Heller Memorial Scholarship
Bayard
Cambree Schmaltz – $1,200 Donavan Yoachim Memorial Scholarship
Brewster
Emily Martindale – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Broken Bow
Jack Myers – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Cairo
William Ford – $1,200 Robert F. Lute II Memorial Scholarship
Callaway
Silas Cool – $1,250 West Central / Trotter Inc. Scholarship
Cambridge
Autumn Deterding – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Chappell
Rheo Dykstra – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Columbus
Carsten Loseke – $1,200 Frank & Shirley Sibert Scholarship
Cozad
Gregory Treffer – $1,200 Ron & Shirley Huss Scholarship
Sarah Treffer – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Elwood
Lauren Hickey – $1,200 Robert F. Lute II Memorial Scholarship
Genoa
Katherine Mohr – $1,200 Dr. Jeff Fox Memorial Scholarship
Gering
Mackenzie Liakos – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Gibbon
Skyler Summers – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Gothenburg
Heath Keiser – $1,200 Vance Uden Memorial Scholarship
Helene Keiser – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Herman
Luke Mathiesen – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Hershey
Mekenna Fisher – $1,200 Frank & Shirley Sibert Scholarship
Leigh
Makenna Held – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Lemoyne
Sheridan Wilson – $1,200 Martin Viersen Range Management & Conservation Memorial Scholarship
Lexington
Dalton Kunkee – $1,200 Donavan Yoachim Memorial Scholarship
Jacie Wolfinger – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Lincoln
Bryan Garcia – $1,200 Nebraska Cattlemen Beef Pit Scholarship
Colton Reiling – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Litchfield
Landri Loos – $1,200 West Central Affiliate Scholarship
Loup City
Sadie Ference – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
McCook
Ethan Bortner – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Mead
Abby Miller – $1,200 Bill Briggs Family Memorial Scholarship
Merna
Sid Miller – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Milburn
BaiLee McMillan – $1,250 West Central / Trotter Inc. Scholarship
North Platte
Matthew Bruns – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Ashlyn Robinson – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Oakland
Elizabeth Karnopp – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Overton
Spencer Walahoski – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Page
Tucker Stagemeyer – $1,200 Cattlemen’s Open Scholarship
Potter
Kailey Nicklas – $1,200 Western Nebraska Agriculture Scholarship
Ravenna
Kacey Dethlefs – $1,200 Bill Briggs Family Memorial Scholarship
Jaylea Pope – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Richland
Abigail Lutjelusche – $1,200 Bill Pullen Scholarship
Roseland
Samantha Bonifas – $1,200 Clarence & Lois Jean Hartmann Scholarship
Royal
Christen Curtis – $1,200 Todd Ricenbaw Memorial Scholarship
Scribner
Grace Schlueter – $1,200 Todd Ricenbaw Memorial Scholarship
Seneca
Gabriel DeNaeyer – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Shelton
Gracie Wagoner – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
St. Edward
Josephine Cumming – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Stapleton
Lance Jones – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Clay Witthun – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Sutherland
Kaden Wykert – $1,200 Col. Melvin Huss Memorial Scholarship
Syracuse
Madison Kreifels – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Unidilla
Sydney Wellsandt – $1,200 Shari Flaming Memorial Scholarship
Wallace
Ashton Erickson – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
West Point
Cole Hutchinson – $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship
Wilber
Elsie Woerner – $1,200 Col. Melvin Huss Memorial Scholarship
