MANHATTAN — Each year Kansas Farm Bureau’s (KFB) Foundation for Agriculture awards scholarships to college students studying in fields that benefit agriculture and rural Kansas. Thirty-nine recipients were awarded $23,500 in scholarships for the 2021-22 school year.

Over the past decade, the foundation has awarded more than $300,000 in scholarships.

“We’re investing in students today to ensure they become tomorrow’s leaders,” says KFB President and Foundation Chair Rich Felts.

Emily Glenn, Finney County, was awarded $1,000 for the Frank and Helen Bernasek Memorial Scholarship, a permanent, privately endowed scholarship fund.

Sydnee Shive, Sedgwick County, received $1,000 for the K-State Agricultural Communications and Journalism Scholarship.

Cara DeTar, Montgomery County, is the winner of the $500 Godfrey and Emma Bahr-Miller Memorial Scholarship, a permanent, privately endowed scholarship fund for students attending a college in Kansas and majoring in a subject related to agriculture.

Kaitlyn Urban, Miami County, was awarded $500 for the DeWitt Ahlerich Memorial Scholarship, a permanent, privately endowed scholarship fund.

Five students received scholarships to Kansas technical colleges. They are Sophie Gerstberger, Wichita County; Austin Patmon, Sheridan County; Seth Ohl, Sumner County; Stuart Rose, Phillips County; and Blaine Whipple, Finney County.

Four $1,000 KFB scholarships were awarded to juniors and seniors enrolled in Kansas State University’s college of agriculture and majoring in a subject related to agriculture. They are Hope Aufdemberge, Riley County; Garrett Craig, Clay County; Kinsey Griffith, Trego County; and Max Harman, McPherson County.

Two $1,000 KFB scholarships were awarded to juniors and seniors enrolled at Fort Hays State University. Recipients are Caleb Hinck, Wabaunsee County, and Andrea Menard, Edwards County.

Twenty-four recipients received $500 scholarships. These students are attending a Kansas college with a Kansas Farm Bureau Collegiate Farm Bureau chapter. Students must be a Collegiate Farm Bureau chapter member.

Recipients include:

Butler Community College

  • Shelby Henley, Sedgwick County
  • Shelby Varner, Butler County

Cloud Community College

  • Abigail Petersen, Cloud County

Colby Community College

  • Regan Hodsden, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

Fort Hays State University

  • Blake Selensky, Gove County

Fort Scott Community College

  • Kyleigh Davis, Ada County, Idaho
  • Guadalupe Rico, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Hutchinson Community College

  • Morgan Carmichael, Reno County
  • Laura Doll, Sedgwick County
  • Macy Hoskinson, Reno County
  • Sarah Sergeant, Coffey County

Kansas State University

  • Leah Bienhoff, Smith County
  • Molly Biggs, Shawnee County
  • Brandon Carp, Sedgwick County
  • Kayley Geesling, Reno County
  • Chad Hibdon, Franklin County
  • Holly Holthaus, Marshall County
  • Shyanne Jones, Labette County
  • Cale McCabe, Reno County
  • Sara Schlickau, Reno County
  • Zoe Schultz, Gove County
  • Katelynn Wilt, Reno County
  • Isaac Wingert, Franklin County
  • Seth Yenni, McPherson County