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K-State Today

September 25, 2023

Agricultural economics awards 2023-24 scholarships

Submitted by Mary Sullivan

More than 100 Kansas State University students in the agricultural economics department have been awarded academic scholarships for the 2023-2024 school year. In all, more than $224,900 in scholarships were awarded by the department.

Most of the scholarships are made possible through donations and gifts to the Kansas State University Foundation.

K-State students receiving scholarships:

Emma Thorpe, CHS Foundation Scholarship, Andale; Jarek Meyer, Matthew Kent Stamper Memorial Scholarship, Athol; Hannah Macke, Charles Dean and Harriet McNeal Memorial Scholarship, Baileyville; Alexis Hansen, Aaron Patrick Morrison Scholarship and Tim Lim Undergraduate Scholarship in Agriculture, Belleville; Brody Canant, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund; Britney Sanchez, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Bonner Springs; and Weston Guetterman, William S. May Scholarship for Agricultural Finance, Bucyrus.

Mollie Reno, CHS Foundation Scholarship, Cheney; Courtney Clinesmith, CHS Foundation Scholarship, Cimarron; Jaylee Callaway, Dan and Beth Bird Scholarship in Agricultural Economics and Reece Geer, Dan and Beth Bird Scholarship in Agricultural Economics, Clay Center; Trent Beier: CHS Foundation Scholarship and Dan and Beth Bird Scholarship in Agricultural Economics, Clifton; Bailey Price, Hosea S. Harkness Agricultural Economics Scholarship, Coffeyville; Hailey Gillespie, Charles Dean and Harriet McNeal Memorial Scholarship, Colony; Caleb Stout, CoBank Outstanding Student Scholarship and Stanley G. Wendland Memorial Scholarship; Cottonwood Falls; and Evan Fowler, Dan and Beth Bird Scholarship in Agricultural Economics, Cummings

Ella Roberts, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Dighton; Callie Humbolt, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Douglass; Lane Klepper, Joseph Lieber Memorial Cooperative Scholarship, Ellinwood; Hannah Andringa, Dan and Beth Bird Scholarship in Agricultural Economics, Ellsworth; Brandon Springston, Duane and Pauline Murphy Agricultural Economics Scholarship, Garden City; Andrew Husband, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Garden Plain; Daelynn Peine, George R. Hanson Scholarship in Agriculture, Garnett; Kagan Keeten, Charles W. and Lois H. Nauheim Agricultural Economics Scholarship, Glade; Matthew Nemechek, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund and Seyfert Family — Vanier Family Scholarship, Goodland; Riley Buss, CHS Foundation Scholarship and Jim and Mary Lou Birkbeck Family Scholarship, Grantville; and Brynn Boxberger, Dan and Beth Bird Scholarship in Agricultural Economics, Great Bend. 

Connor Fisher, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Hays; Joel Bryan, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund and John T. and Pearl E. Bullock Memorial Scholarship, Hiawatha; Brady Stuewe, Charles Dean and Harriet McNeal Memorial Scholarship, Maci Behrnes, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund and Ruth McClanahan Dotson (Class of 1940) and John Dotson (Class of 1939) Agricultural Economics Scholarship, both from Holton; Piper Schlatter, CoBank Outstanding Student Scholarship, Hutchinson; and Johnathan Hensley, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Junction City

Sarah Wood, J. Adair Hodges Memorial Fellowship, Lake Quivira; Garrett Korte, Otis and Mary Lee Molz Cooperative Scholarship, Latham; Benjamin Suber, Dan and Beth Bird Scholarship in Agricultural Economics and Thomas G. Hobbs Memorial Scholarship, Baylee Wulfkuhle, David and Susan Barton Cooperative Leadership Scholarship, and Brett Pendland, Dan and Beth Bird Scholarship in Agricultural Economics, all from Lawrence; Madeline Welch, Charles Dean and Harriet McNeal Memorial Scholarship, Lecompton; David Branson, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Lenexa; Jaren Rush, Dan and Beth Bird Scholarship in Agricultural Economics, Levant; and Hunter Hatcher, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Liberal

Hunter Engle, Dan and Beth Bird Scholarship in Agricultural Economics, Madison; Korben Clawson, J. Adair Hodges Memorial Fellowship, Meade; Ashlind Gumpenberger, Charles Dean and Harriet McNeal Memorial Scholarship, Mullinville; Dalton Carey, Stanley G. Wendland Memorial Scholarship, Newton; and Kash Liddeke, Bill Hanson Crop Insurance Professionals Association Memorial Scholarship and Stanley G. Wendland Memorial Scholarship, Norwich

Jenson Schoenfeld, Charles Dean and Harriet McNeal Memorial Scholarship, and Jonathan Temaat, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, both from Oakley; Jackson Lindamood, George R. Hanson Scholarship in Agriculture, and Jackson McVey, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, both from Olathe; Emma Kasselman, Charles W. and Lois H. Nauheim Agricultural Economics Scholarship, Olsburg; Jackson Arender, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Overland Park; Aaron Maxwell, Charles W. and Lois H. Nauheim Agricultural Economics Scholarship, and Alea Russell, E. Robert and Donna Kern Agricultural Economics Scholarship and Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, both from Paola; and Ethan Leidig, Charles Dean and Harriet McNeal Memorial Scholarship, Phillipsburg

Garin Cooper, Charles Dean and Harriet McNeal Memorial Scholarship, St. Francis; Jayla Johnson, Charles Dean and Harriet McNeal Memorial Scholarship, St. Marys; Adelaide Easter, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Salina; Paige Vulgamore, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund and William S. May Scholarship for Agricultural Finance, Scott City; Matthew Hammes, Charles Dean and Harriet McNeal Memorial Scholarship, Seneca; Corbin Smith, Leonard W Schruben Agricultural Economics Scholarship and Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Sharon Springs; Quinn Allen, Jim and Mary Lou Birkbeck Family Scholarship, Soldier; and Blake Allender, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Spivey

Hattie Polson, Adrian John Polansky II Scholarship and Stanley G. Wendland Memorial Scholarship, Vermillion;  Matthew Pauly, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Viola; Matthew Hafliger, Dan and Beth Bird Scholarship in Agricultural Economics, Wakeeney; James DeRouchey, CHS Foundation Scholarship and Hosea S. Harkness Agricultural Economics Scholarship; Haley Plaschka, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, both from Wamego; Jacob Deay, Charles W. and Lois H. Nauheim Agricultural Economics Scholarship, Wellsville; Chancy Johnson, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund and Sam and Martha Logan — Kruse Family Scholarship, White City; Hannah Cryer, CoBank Outstanding Student Scholarship and Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund; Carson McEachern, Dan and Beth Bird Scholarship in Agricultural Economics; Lauren Rudy, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, all from Wichita; Ryan Feldkamp, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund and Kansas Ag Bankers Scholarship, Winchester; and Gabriel Heger, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Winfield

From out of state: 

Kylie Miller, William S. May Scholarship for Agricultural Finance, Lowell, Arkansas

From California: Margaret Lugo, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Bakersfield; Sarah Kalman, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund and W. Dan and Lynn Weaver Scholarship, Chico; Christopher Faller, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Davis; and Gillian Mae Villa, James E. Pruden, Jr Memorial Scholarship, Santa Mari. 

Cole Rogers, Charles Dean and Harriet McNeal Memorial Scholarship and Orlen Grunewald Agricultural Economics Scholarship, Meeker, Colorado

Rhett Larson, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Ted Heath Memorial Scholarship Fund, and W.L. 'Bill' Webber Memorial Scholarship, Diagonal, Iowa

Mackenzie Malson, Charles Dean and Harriet McNeal Memorial Scholarship, Parma, Idaho

From Illinois: Samantha Mies, Farmers National Company Foundation Scholarship and J. Adair Hodges Memorial Fellowship, Loami; and Lauryn Karr, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund and Kansas Ag Bankers Scholarship, St. Charles. 

From Missouri: Brooklynn Bennett, Flinchbaugh Agriculture Policy Scholarship, Bolckow; Makenna Campbell, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund and Packebush Family — Mary Vanier KSU Family Scholarship, Chillicothe; Garrett Peck, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Columbia; Philip Hodges, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Ladue; Presli Firkins, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Platte City; and Michael Hill, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, St. Paul. 

From Nebraska: Mason Klug, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Columbus; Brock Merkel, Dave Woolfolk Scholarship and Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Lincoln; and Cody Fosket, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund and CHS Foundation Scholarship, Mitchell. 

Brannan Vail, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Bluejacket, Oklahoma

Jenna Wallace, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Hermiston, Oregon

Ray Wright, Charles Dean and Harriet McNeal Memorial Scholarship, Inman, South Carolina

From South Dakota: Trevor Johnson, Cleo Harvey Kuhn Scholarship and Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Centerville; and Liberty Thompson, David and Susan Barton Cooperative Leadership Scholarship, Elkton. 

From Texas: Kristin Gerety, Gladwin A. Read Memorial Fund, Keller; and Madelyn Hill, Charles Dean and Harriet McNeal Memorial Scholarship, Pilot Point.