Graduating high school seniors were awarded $35,750 in scholarships from Sioux Valley Energy and its power suppliers this year. The majority of scholarship funds came from Sioux Valley Energy’s Operation Round Up® program, with additional funds from Basin Electric Power Cooperative (BEPC), L&O Power Cooperative, and the Rodney Park Memorial Scholarship. Park was a journey line worker who worked at SVE from 1973 until 2006 when he passed away. Additional scholarships were awarded to the Cooperative’s EmPOWER Youth Leadership participants.
Scholarship recipients with awarded amounts listed below by school:
Brandon Valley High School:
Ryley McKeown - $2,500 Basin Electric Power Cooperative Scholarship
Jackson Burns and Carson Quam - $1,250 Scholarships
Meg Bebensee - $1,000 EmPOWER Youth Leadership Scholarship
Lukas Gedge, Abby Hageman, Sophia Menden, Mia Parker, and Addison Scholten - $750 Scholarships
Hannah Anawski, Ariana Baartman, and Luke Carlson - $750 EmPOWER Youth Leadership Scholarship
Ayva Lane - $500 EmPOWER Youth Leadership Scholarship
Brookings High School:
Grace Vostad - $1,000 Scholarship
Brielle Smetana - $750 EmPOWER Youth Leadership Scholarship
Chester Area High School:
Valerie Hansen - $1,500 Scholarship
Dell Rapids High School:
Sarah Schoolmeester - $1,000 Basin Electric Power Cooperative Scholarship
Elkton High School:
Claire McMahon - $500 EmPOWER Youth Leadership Scholarship
Estelline High School:
Karsten Saathoff - $1,000 Rodney Park Memorial Scholarship
Flandreau High School:
Luke Sheppard - $1,500 Scholarship
Garretson High School:
Gracie Fiegen - $750 Scholarship
Homeschool:
Narrah E.J. Fick - $750 Scholarship
Howard High School:
Hannah Brown - $500 EmPOWER Youth Leadership Scholarship
Madison High School:
Brody Dossett and Cohen Hahn - $750 Scholarships
Oldham-Ramona-Rutland High School:
Isabelle Pickard - $750 Scholarship
Lydian Gilkerson - $750 EmPOWER Youth Leadership Scholarship
Jordyn Reagle - $500 EmPOWER Youth Leadership Scholarship
Pipestone Area High School:
Samantha Stokesbary - $1,500 L&O Power Cooperative Scholarship and $1,000 EmPOWER Youth Leadership Scholarship
Sioux Falls Christian High School:
Isaac Koole - $1,250 Scholarship
Tri-Valley High School:
Gracie Pedersen - $1,500 Scholarship
Gage Egger - $1,000 Scholarship
West Central High School:
Taylor Borgen, Aubrey Borns, and Cade Foster - $750 Scholarships
Briauna Hoff and Brody Johnson - $1,000 EmPOWER Youth Leadership Scholarships
Sioux Valley Energy, a Touchstone Energy® Cooperative, is a member-owned electric utility, providing reliable electric service at cost-based rates to more than 30,000 homes, farms, businesses, and industries in a seven-county area of east-central South Dakota and western Minnesota.