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2022 Scholarship Winners Announced!

May 19, 2022

Congratulations to our 2022 scholarship award winners!

Each applicant was outstanding and it was difficult for our seleection comittee to choose this year's winners! IAS is honored to award several scholarships to the future ag leaders of our community. This year, we awarded 6 ag scholarships, 2 employee dependent scholarships and 1 Jack Friedman scholarship. By awarding these scholarships, we are investing in the future of agriculture! Please join me in congratulating the following students receiving a scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Innovative Ag Services.


Scholarship Recipient Hometown College Attending Fall 2021 Study Scholarship
Kennedy Dodd Ackley, IA Iowa State University Agriculture Business IAS
Paige Evans Ellsworth, IA Iowa State University Animal Science IAS
Louis Hamlett Aurora, IA Iowa State University Agricultural Engineering IAS
Callie Lynch Cascade, IA St. Ambrose University Equine Therapy IAS
Ellie Neil Fairbank, IA Iowa State University Agriculture Business IAS
Cheyanne Troendle Waterville, IA Northeast Iowa Community College Dairy Science Technologies IAS
Dacia Schoulte Farmersburg, IA Iowa State University Animal Science Jack Friedman
Lane Kramer Hopkinton, IA Hawkeye Community College Civil Engineering IAS Dependent
Nolan Ries Earlville, IA Buena Vista University Exercise Science IAS Dependent

Announcements about our scholarships for the 2023 academic school year will be available in October 2022.

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