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The Fort Bend County Association recently awarded scholarships totaling over $200,00 to area students. Funds for scholarships are provided by donations, sponsorship and the organizations’ fundraising events such as the annual livestock auction.
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The Fort Bend County Association recently awarded scholarships totaling over $200,00 to area students. Funds for scholarships are provided by donations, sponsorship and the organizations’ fundraising events
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Photo: Kristi Nix / Staff Photo
The Fort Bend County Association recently awarded scholarships totaling over $200,00 to area students. Funds for scholarships are provided by donations, sponsorship and the organizations’ fundraising events such as the annual livestock auction.
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The Fort Bend County Association recently awarded scholarships totaling over $200,00 to area students. Funds for scholarships are provided by donations, sponsorship and the organizations’ fundraising events
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Photo: Kristi Nix / Staff Photo
The Fort Bend County Fair Association recently awarded scholarships totaling over $200,000 to area students.
“These students have been working hard for years to achieve these scholarships, putting in time and dedication to making the grades and being involved. We are proud of the Class of 2020 and all of our scholarship recipients,” Fort Bend County Fair President, Sean Gutierrez, said in a press release.
The Fair awarded individual $4,000 scholarships to 50 Fort Bend County students representing several school districts including Katy ISD, Fort Bend ISD, Lamar Consolidated ISD, Needville ISD and Brazos ISD. The scholarship recipients were chosen from among over 100 scholarship applications submitted in January. Needville High school student Abby Myska plans to use her scholarship to attend Texas A&M University this fall to study engineering.
“Being a recipient of this scholarship means the absolute world to me. I have been looking forward to college ever since my freshman year in high school, and this scholarship will greatly help me step closer to that dream. Growing up while showing livestock at the Fort Bend County Fair, will be something I will carry with me for the rest of my life,” Myska said in a press release. “I have learned about responsibility and humility through this experience. I look forward to returning to the Fair to give back to the following generations just as so many people have given to me. I fully believe that if someone shows you kindness, it is your duty to pay it forward, which I will strive to do in my everyday life.”
Texas A&M student Eutimio Garza is a second-year scholarship recipient.
“To me, this scholarship means so much more than just a simple economic benefit. It is not just a simple dollar sign. It is an opportunity. An opportunity to continue my education and thus to enable me to continue to grow as a person,” Garza said in a press release. “Education allows one to open up more of the human mind to be better able to give more to the community.”
The scholarships are a result of money raised by the Fort Bend County Fair Association and its various committees’ fundraising efforts, and individual sponsors which include Durwood Greene Construction, the Go Tejano Committee, Life Member Silent Auction, Art Auction Committee, Grapes on the Brazos Committee and the Charlie Seely Memorial. Organizers say the annual scholarships represent a portion of the Fort Bend County Fair’s annual commitment to local students.
2020 Fort Bend County Fair Association scholarship recipients:
Rachel Poche, Sugar Land
Abbey Myska, Damon
Layton Meyer, Richmond
Kyla Wieghat, Needville
Bethany Bromonsky, Needville
Kyler Teykl, Needville
Allison Talbott, Sugar Land
Haley Knecht, Sugar Land
Macie Bean, Guy
Karleigh Schlict, Rosenberg
Jillian Voehl, Richmond
Daniela Arena, Sugar Land
Aaryanna Jones, Missouri City
Jordan Holub, Richmond
Sophia Terez, Sugar Land
Ryan Hartfiel, Sugar Land
Victoria Bernard, Sugar Land
Sydney Plemons, Sugar Land
Ethan Castaneda, Needville
Abigail Garza, Richmond
Emmanuel Ogu, Richmond
Victoria Nelson, Rosenberg
Deisy Garza, Needville
Naomi Boyer, Sugar Land
Makenzie Norden, Sugar Land
Mackenzie Flowe, Sugar Land
Kaylee McClanahan, Missouri City
Cassidy Tiemann, Beasley
Kassidi Davis, Missouri City
Zoë Holden, Sugar Land
Jenna Evans, Katy
Cambrie Reinhardt, Fulshear
Kimber Gerston, Rosharon
Megan Vacek, Rosenberg
Alyssa Fisher, Richmond
Clayton Padgett, Richmond
Kelton Poe, Needville
Bryce Vanek, Sugar Land
Jonathan Yuan, Sugar Land
Rylie Brown, Stephenville
Tristan Novosad, Needville
Cynthia Flores, Richmond
Jenna Le Blanc, East Bernard
Lauren Sulak, Richmond
Kane Wieghat, Needville
Elizabeth Anders, Rosenberg
Carson Yanta, Sugar Land
Eutimio Garza, Richmond
Grace Demny, Wallis
Morgan McVey, Sugar Land
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