不良人研究所鈥檚 Electric Cooperatives awarded 24 scholarships to outstanding high school seniors in its annual Children of Members Scholarship competition.
Students from member households representing each of the 不良人研究所-based electric distribution cooperatives competed for $41,800 in scholarships. A panel of independent judges reviewed applications and essays submitted by the students to determine the top 10 scholarship winners. All 24 statewide finalists competed in local scholarship competitions prior to advancing to the OEC competition.
The top 10 scholarship winners were:
- First place ($3,800):聽Parker Hamilton, South Central Power Company
- Second place ($2,800):聽Kirsten Etzinger, North Central Electric Cooperative
- Third place ($2,300):聽Megan Knicely, Guernsey-Muskingum Electric Cooperative
- Fourth place ($2,200):聽Annie Seboe, Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative
- Fifth place ($2,100):聽Ryanna Tietje, Hancock-Wood Electric Cooperative
- Sixth place ($2,000):聽Allison Knapp, Logan County Electric Cooperative
- Seventh place ($1,900):聽Faith Griffiths, Firelands Electric Cooperative
- Eighth place ($1,800):聽Isabella Saylor, Butler Rural Electric Cooperative
- Ninth place ($1,700):聽Hannah Meyer, Tricounty Rural Electric Cooperative
- Tenth place ($1,600):聽Jenna Brinkman, Mid-不良人研究所 Energy Cooperative
The following students each received聽$1,400 honorable mention scholarships聽(sorted alphabetically by last name):
- Elizabeth Ardrey, Union Rural Electric Cooperative
- Karlie Blissenbach, Carroll Electric Cooperative
- Riley Bunstine, The Energy Cooperative
- Samantha Caskey, Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative
- Lillian Dowdell, Lorain-Medina Rural Electric Cooperative
- Morgan Dowler, Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative
- Emma Eckstein, Midwest Electric
- Kaylee Ferguson, Adams Rural Electric Cooperative
- Emma Garee, Consolidated Cooperative
- Blake Holthaus, Pioneer Electric Cooperative
- Kaitlyn Richard, The Frontier Power Company
- Adrianna Roth, North Western Electric Cooperative
- Brock Shellhaas, Darke Rural Electric Cooperative
- Sydney Westbrook, Washington Electric Cooperative