Louisville, KY (June 8, 2012) – Ashley Flener, a senior at Hopkins County Central High School, and Morgan Hestand and Nicole Taylor, both seniors at Madisonville North Hopkins High School, are the 2012 recipients of college scholarships from Kentucky Farm Bureau. Hestand and Taylor both received a $2,000 Hopkins County Farm Bureau Scholarship, while Flener received a $4,000 Hopkins County Scholarship. These awards are three of the 234 college scholarships worth a total of $302,450 that the Hopkins County Farm Bureau, Kentucky Farm Bureau Education Foundation and numerous other individual county Farm Bureaus awarded this year to deserving students from across the Commonwealth.

After graduating, Flener plans to attend Western Kentucky University to major in animal science and pursue a career as a veterinarian. She is the daughter of Greg and Lee Ann Flener of Madisonville, KY.

Hestand intends to major in chemical engineering with a minor in mathematics at the University of Kentucky in order to pursue a career as a pharmacist. She is the daughter of Tammy and Matt Davis of Madisonville, KY.

Taylor plans to study at Madisonville Community College for a degree special education with a minor in elementary education so she may pursue a career as a special needs teacher. She is the daughter of Gary and Lori Taylor of Hanson, KY.

The scholarships, offered annually, are awarded to recipients who display the greatest levels of academic excellence, involvement in extracurricular activities, leadership abilities and financial need.

Louisville, KY (June 8, 2012) – Two-hundred and thirty four Kentucky students have been chosen to receive college scholarship grants totaling $302,450 from county and state programs administered through the Kentucky Farm Bureau Education Foundation and by individual county Farm Bureaus.
The scholarships, offered annually, were awarded to recipients who displayed the greatest levels of academic excellence, involvement in extracurricular activities, leadership abilities and financial need. Scholarship sponsors and the recipients are:

Sam Moore Scholarship – $4,000
Awarded to a student attending a Kentucky college/university and pursuing a four-year degree in animal health/veterinary technology or a related field.
Lydia Trimble, Mason County High School

Leadership in Agriculture Scholarships – $3,000 each
Awarded to students of farm families attending a Kentucky college or university.
Renee Laurent, Caldwell County High School; Samuel Janes, Green County High School

Paul D. Everman Fund for Lifetime Learning Scholarship – $3,000
Awarded to a non-traditional student who is interested in pursuing a four-year course of study at a Kentucky college/university.
Michele Wilbers, Northern Kentucky University

Kentucky Farm Bureau Young Farmer Scholarship – $2,000
Awarded to a college upperclassman for the 2011-12 school year. Student must be attending a Kentucky college/university and majoring in agriculture or a related field.
Gabrielle Burgess, University of Kentucky

Kentucky Farm Bureau Young Farmer Scholarship – $1,000
Awarded to a college upperclassman for the 2011-12 school year. Student must be attending a Kentucky college/university and majoring in agriculture or a related field.
Eli Mann, Morehead State University

Louis F. Ison Memorial Scholarship – $1,000
Awarded to a Farm Bureau member who is a full-time student pursuing a graduate degree at the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture.
Connie Tilghman, University of Kentucky

Beautification League of Louisville Scholarship – $1,000
Awarded to a student attending a Kentucky college/university and pursuing a four-year degree in horticulture or landscape architecture.
Joseph Wood, Fleming County High School

Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company Scholarships – $2,000 each
Katie Coldiron, Greenup County High School; Barrett Greenwell, Bethlem High School

Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance Agents Association Scholarship – $1,000
Laura Ashley, Cumberland County High School; Emily Powell, Union County High School

Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation Scholarships – $1,000 each
Emily Drury, Anderson County High School; Macy Cox, Bell County High School; Daniel Bruington, Breckenridge County High School; Nannie Croney, Christian County High School; Callie Howard and Ragan Clark, George Rogers Clark High School; Ethan Long, Trinity Christian Academy, Amanda Smith, Carlisle County High School; Emily Scott, Hart County High School; James Crosswhite, LaRue County High School; Hannah Floyd and Corbin Wilson, McLean County High School; Lindsey Coomer, Metcalfe County High School; Amber Tyra, Montgomery County High School; Vaughn Reed, Muhlenburg County High School; Whitley Crume, Bethlehem High School; Taylor Dye, Owsley County High School; Cory Ramsey, Bracken County High School; Steven Thompson, Pulaski County High School; Megan Martin, Rockcastle County High School; Kati Conn, Rowan County High School; Jacob Phelps, Russell County High School; Gwen Martin, Shelby County High School; Brittany Gaddis, Taylor County High School; Shayla Evans, Whitley County High School

Adair County Farm Bureau Scholarships - $ 1,000 each
Haley Burton, and Karli Jessie, Adair County High School

Allen County Farm Bureau Scholarships - $1,000 each
Katelyne Boles, Allen County Scottsville High School

Anderson County Farm Bureau Scholarships - $1,500 each
Emily Drury and Luke Warford, Anderson County High School

Ballard County Farm Bureau Scholarships - $500 each
Chelsey Childress, Collin Cooper, Rachel Sullivan, Nathan Myers, Peyton Cooper, Jordan Rollins, and Sabrina Lovelace, Ballard County High School

Ballard County Gary Enlow Scholarship - $500
Megan Brown, Ballard County High School

Bell County Farm Bureau Scholarships - $1,000 each
Jessica Collett, Pineville High School; Macey Culver, Morgan Culver, Caitlin Sharpe, Rayann Moyers, Middlesboro High School; Bethany Grubbs, Devin Hickman, Brittany Collins, Ashley Mason, Bell County High School

Boone County Farm Bureau Scholarships - $1,000 each
Nichole Zaborowski, Larry A. Ryle High School; Morgan Hagstrom, Walton Verona High School

Boyd County Farm Bureau Scholarships - $1,500 annually each
Olivia Dyer, and Erica Kress, Boyd County High School

Breckinridge County Farm Bureau Scholarships – $1,000 each
Alissa Doan, and Charles ‘Brandon’ Henning, Breckinridge County High School

Bullitt County Farm Bureau Young Farmers Scholarship – $1,000
Rachel Thacker, Bullitt Central High School; Jessica Carver, Carly Coulter, Christopher Laytham, Bullitt East High School; Forrest Miller, North Bullitt High School

Carlisle County Farm Bureau Scholarships – $1,500 each
Micah Ellegood, and Michael Joon, Carlisle County High School

Carroll County Farm Bureau Scholarships - $750 each
Celess Parson, and Nicholas Carroll, Carroll County High School

Campbell County Farm Bureau Scholarships – $1,000 each
Morgan Orth, Marissa Glahn, Campbell County High School; Morgan Dunay, Taylor Hardy Abbie Kramer, Bishop Brossart High School

Christian County Farm Bureau Scholarships – $2,000 each
Amber Daniel, Robin Pittman, Hopkinsville High School; Jasmine Dillard, Christian County High School; Zachary Garnett, Heritage Christian Academy

Clay County Farm Bureau Scholarships – $250/semester, for eight semesters
Joshua Hoskins, Jacob Garrison, and Troy Kemp, Clay County High School

Crittenden County Farm Bureau Scholarships – $1,000 each
Elliot Day, Jenna Lynn, Emily Shewcraft, Madison Travis, Crittenden County High School

Fayette County Farm Bureau Scholarship – $20,000
Miranda Richardson, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School

Fayette County Farm Bureau Vocational/Technical Scholarships - $2,500 each
Ester Vasilyuk, Bryan Station High School, Kristian Little, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School

Grant County Farm Bureau Scholarships - $500 each
Andrew Jones, Williamstown High School; Shelby Evans, Walton Verona High School; Evan Beach and Courtney Jaconette, Grant County High School

Graves County Farm Bureau Scholarships – $500 each
Bridget Wilkerson, Mercedes Smith, Amber Carter, and Emily Waggoner, Graves County High School

Grayson County Farm Bureau Scholarships - $500 each
Kenneth Adams, Mary Alvey, Zachary Berry, Shea Boone, Celina Fields, Mary Newton, Timothy Purcell, Emily Woosley, Grayson County High School

Hardin County Farm Bureau Scholarships – $1,000 each
Aaron Miller, Christopher Mudd, Kayla Russell, Catherine Greenwell, John Hardin High School; Emily Churchman, Phillip Wimp, Whitley Blair, Samuel Cofer, Jordan Heibert, Jared Daugherty, Erin Ashlock, Dylan Griffin, and Emma Dennis, Hardin Central High School; Leigh Anne Franklin, Matthew Morgan, Alexander Thompson, and Lindsey Patterson, Elizabethtown High School; Ariel Ashlock, University of Kentucky; Alexandra Skillman and Kayla Wimp, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College; Caitlin Timberlake, Morehead State University

Harrison County Farm Bureau Scholarships – $1,000 each
Macey Gasser and Katherine Sowder, Harrison County High School

Hickman County Farm Bureau Scholarships - $500 each
Nicole Lynch, Alexander Richards, and Kelsey Grubbs, Hickman County High School

Hopkins County Farm Bureau Scholarships – $2,000 each
Morgan Hestand, Nicole Taylor, Madisonville North Hopkins High School; Ashley Flener, Hopkins County Central High School

Jefferson County Farm Bureau Scholarship – $1,000
Javier Alejandro Tapia-Camejo, Central High Magnet Career Acadamy; Adam Setters, Eastern High School; Elise Swift and Miranda Wilson, Atherton High School; Abby Graham, Butler Traditional High School

Jefferson County Farm Bureau Scholarships - $16,000
Michael Eiden, Butler Traditional High School; Chelsea Holleman, Beth Haven Christian School

Knott County Farm Bureau Scholarship – $1,000
Kameron Vance, Knott County High School

Laurel County Farm Bureau Scholarships – $2,400 each
Tyler Kirby, South Laurel High School; Rachel Wright, North Laurel High School

LaRue County Farm Bureau Scholarship - $500 each
Lucas Pepper and James Crosswhite, LaRue County High School

Livingston County Farm Bureau Scholarship - $1,000 each
Cody Doom, Brandy Johnson, and Ashton Long, Livingston Central High School

Logan County Farm Bureau Scholarship – $500
Aaron Johnson, Logan County High School

Lyon County Farm Bureau Scholarships - $500
Hope Bridges, Lyon County High School

Magoffin County Farm Bureau Scholarships – $1,000 each
Vincent Caldwell, Chelsey Cole, and Anna Fletcher, Magoffin County High School

Marion County Farm Bureau Scholarships – $500 each
Sydney Abell, Taylor Purdom, Zachary Buckler, Anne Thomas, and Mary Newton, Marion County High School

Marshall County Farm Bureau Scholarship - $2,000
Christy Stevenson, Marshall County High School

Martin County Farm Bureau Scholarships - $1,000 each
Kenneth GoForth and Cori Fitch, Sheldon Clark High School

McCracken County Farm Bureau Scholarships – $1,000 each
Allison Kaler, Kelsey Morris, Lone Oak High School

Mercer County Farm Bureau Scholarship – $1,000
Allisa Sowder, Mercer County Senior High School

Mercer County Farm Bureau Young Farmer Scholarship - $750
Matthew Hamilton, University of Kentucky

Monroe County Farm Bureau Scholarships – $1,000 each
Caylan Bybee and Joseph Wilson, Monroe County High School

Muhlenberg County Farm Bureau Scholarships – $1,000 each
Vaughn Reed and Daxton Lear, Muhlenberg County High School

Nelson County Farm Bureau Scholarships – $600 each
Candice Boone, Trevor Burba, Ying Chan, Evan Douglas, Madeline Nehn, Olivia Hart, Victoria Gambrell, Lauren Jones, Lindsey Lawrence, Victoria Mattingly, Whitney Mattingly, Amanda Pate, Melissa Schenck, Eden Wimpsett, David Smith, Jessie Smith, and Addison Wheatley, Nelson County High School; Callie Filiatream, Brent Howard, Jakob Greenwell, Barrett Greenwell, Christopher Conway, and Elizabeth Cecil, Bethlehem High School; Amanda Newsome, Clayton Brooks, Bardstown High School

Oldham County Farm Bureau Scholarship – $2,000
Judith Deibel, South Oldham High School

Oldham County Farm Bureau Boyd Johnson Honorary Scholarship – $3,000
Brennan Dale, Oldham County High School

Oldham County Farm Bureau Current College Student Scholarship – $3,000
Jessica McCall, Murray State University

Pulaski County Farm Bureau Scholarships – $1,200 each
Courtney Inabnitt and Ashley Montgomery, Southwestern High School; Skyler Hunt and Austin Adams, Somerset High School

Pulaski County Farm Bureau Non-Traditional Scholarship - $1,200
Carol Huckelby, Somerset Community College

Robertson County Farm Bureau Scholarship - $400 each
Travis Scott, Robertson County High School

Russell County Farm Bureau Scholarship – $1,000
Jalyn Eastham, Russell County High School

Shelby County Farm Bureau Scholarships – $1,000 each
Callie Anderson, Martha Layne Collins High School; Hannah George and Rachel White, Shelby County High School

Shelby County Farm Bureau Current College Student Scholarship – $1,000
Tyler Bitzer, University of Kentucky

Simpson County Farm Bureau Scholarship - $1,000
Crystal Beachy, Franklin Simpson High School

Spencer County Farm Bureau Scholarships - $1,000 each
Emily Hume and Tyler Greenwell

Trigg County Farm Bureau Scholarship – $500
Hunter McNichols and Hunter Allen, Trigg County High School

Trimble County Farm Bureau Scholarships - $600 each
Katelyne Temple and Sara Long, Trimble County High School

Warren County Farm Bureau Scholarships – $4,000 each
Laura Burchfield, South Warren High School; Benjamin Conner, Warren East High School

Warren County Farm Bureau / R.O. Buchanon Scholarship – $4,000
Austin Cole, Warren Central High School

Washington County Farm Bureau Scholarships
$300 – Sarah Teater, Washington County High School
$500 – Payton Carrico, Amber Fields, Jacob Settles, and Russell Hardin, Washington County High School

Webster County Farm Bureau Scholarship – $1,000
Jacob Scott and Shelby Todd, Webster County High School

Whitley County Farm Bureau Scholarship – $3,000
Jacob Morgan, Whitley County High School

Woodford County Farm Bureau Scholarships – $2,000 each
Hannah Greenwell, University of Kentucky; Autry Graham and Emily Perry, Woodford County High School