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Meet Our Top Four 2022 Scholarship Recipients!

Ethan Rockwell

Valley Center
$5,000 4-H Scholarship
$1,000 Zable Foundation Junior Livestock Auction Scholarship
$5,000 Spanjian Family Scholarship
South Dakota State University
I want to make a difference in this world, helping to protect wildlife and preserve their habitats. With a major in Natural Resource Law Enforcement and minor in Wildlife & Fisheries Science, I can achieve my dream career of being a Conservation Officer/Fish & Game Warden; helping both the environment and people.

Abigail Cotton

Valley Center
$5,000 Drown & Morrison FFA Scholarship
$3,000 Junior Livestock Auction Scholarship
Blinn College
I graduate as Valedictorian, AP scholar, five-time Grand Champion Beef Showman and other accomplishments because I refused to let anyone define what I could achieve. As a livestock veterinarian, I will research cattle genetics. Agriculture is the science of hope for a better future.

Madilyn Golden

Fallbrook
$4,500 Tulloch Family Junior Livestock Auction Scholarship
$1,500 Roxana Foxx FFA Scholarship
Cal Poly SLO
I have spent numerous hours helping raise and train service dogs for veterans with PTSD, and providing therapeutic horse-riding lessons to disabled children and adults. I plan to major in Animal Science and become a veterinarian specializing in equine medicine.

Kyra Chen

Carlsbad
$5,000 Ranglas Family Exhibitor/Participant Scholarship
Duke University
To finance my college education, as a USFSA Synchronized Skating Gold Medalist, I will continue coaching young ice skaters. I am eager to pursue a Biomed career; conducting research that contributes to the development of new medicines.

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