48 NEBRASKA CATTLEMAN August 2024 NC FOUNDATION CONTINUED FROM PAGE 46 $1,200 Bill Briggs Family Memorial Scholarship Sydney Wellsandt, Unadilla $1,200 Bill Heller Memorial Scholarship Haydn Farr, Maywood William Ford, Cairo $1,200 Bill Pullen Scholarship Dawson Glause, Fremont $1,200 Cattlemen’s Open Scholarship Lauren Hickey, Elwood Wade Sanders, Alliance $1,200 Clarence & Lois Jean Hartmann Scholarship Peyton Fisher, Hershey Addison Hillman, Lincoln $1,200 Col. Melvin Huss Memorial Scholarship Christen Curtis, Royal $1,200 Donavan Yoachim Memorial Scholarship Mekenna Fisher, Hershey $1,200 Dr. Jeff Fox Memorial Scholarship Kaden Wykert, Sutherland $1,200 Frank & Shirley Sibert Scholarship Jacob Wood, Palmyra $1,200 Martin Viersen Range Management & Conservation Memorial Scholarship Sheridan Wilson, Lemoyne $1,200 Robert F. Lute II Memorial Scholarship Cambree Schmaltz, Bayard Tucker Stagemeyer, Page $1,200 Ron & Shirley Huss Scholarship Sydney Hutchinson, West Point Grace Schlueter, Scribner $1,200 Shari Flaming Memorial Scholarship Emelia Rourke, Waverly $1,200 Todd Ricenbaw Memorial Scholarship Sarah Treffer, Cozad $1,200 Vance Uden Memorial Scholarship Jaylea Pope, Ravenna Ashlyn Robinson, North Platte $1,200 West Central Affiliate Scholarship Emily Jonas, Ansley $1,200 Western NE AG Scholarship Alexa Tollman, Crawford $1,000 Retail Value Steer Challenge Scholarship Colton Bernt, Spalding Ashlyn Boeckenhauer, Wakefield Matthew Bruns, North Platte Rylie Carter, Rising City Ceiden Childears, North Platte Leah Christen, Steinauer Autumn Deterding, Cambridge Brenna Deterding, Cambridge Kacey Dethlefs, Ravenna Abigail Hirschman, St. Paul Zachary Hirschman, St. Paul Kelsey Howard, O’Neill JessaLynn Hudson, Belvidere Marshall Humphrey, Aurora Helene Keiser, Gothenburg Jenna Knake, Avoca Madison Kreifels, Syracuse Dalton Kunkee, Lexington Samuel Loy, Berwyn Cassidy Maricle, Albion Ainsley McConnell, Paxton Katherine Mohr, Genoa Seth Oltmans, Beatrice Rio Remund, Arnold Nathan Rippe, Indianola Abigail Russell, Hay Springs Kurt Schneider, Columbus David Switzer, Burwell Gregory Treffer, Cozad Spencer Walahoski, Overton Elsie Woerner, Wilber Jacie Wolfinger, Lexington In addition to the Beef State Scholarship, NCF awarded 55 additional scholarships to the following students: Winners of the 2024 Retail Value Steer Challenge in the three categories were: Also during the Foundation Lunch program, NCF recognized the 2024 scholarship recipients and announced that NCF awarded $69,600 in scholarships to 56 outstanding students, furthering their education goals in the 2024-2025 academic year. The 2024 Nebraska Beef State Scholarship was awarded to Weston Svoboda. This premier award is a $10,000 scholarship that was established in 2014 to support outstanding junior, senior or graduate-level Nebraska resident students enrolled in a Nebraska college or university and pursuing a beef-industry-related degree. Weston is a fifth-generation agriculturalist from Burwell. Being raised in the family business, he quickly developed a passion for the beef industry. While studying ag Total Value 1st – Greg Baxter/Powles Ranch Partnership 2nd – Broken Bow Livestock/ Burwell Livestock Market 3rd – Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Nebraska Carcass Value 1st – Darling International Inc. 2nd – NE ILS Feeders/Roberts Cattle Co. 3rd – Imperial Beef Average Daily Gain 1st – Harlan County Cattlemen/Hunt Limousin 2nd – TC Ranch 3rd – 4+ Feeders economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), he continued learning and developing ag advocacy skills through involvement in various student organizations. A current law student at UNL, Weston ultimately plans to be involved on the family ranch while serving the legal needs of fellow agriculturalists, focusing on estate planning and generational transitions of family farms and ranches. Established in 1968, the Nebraska Cattlemen Foundation’s mission is to advance the future of Nebraska’s beef industry by investing in research and education programs. The foundation’s success and its ability to endow scholarships, sponsor leadership and education programs, and assist with research and infrastructure projects has been possible only because of the support from the Nebraska cattle producers and allied industries. ~NC~
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