The Kentucky Corn Growers Association is proud to offer scholarships each year to high school seniors and current college students pursuing degrees in agriculture or a related field from an accredited college, university, or trade school. This year, KY Corn awarded $7,000 in scholarships to the worthy recipients chosen from the pool of truly impressive applicants.
Collegiate KY Corn Scholarship Winners
Emma Perry
Emma Perry, of Christian County, was awarded the $2,000 Kentucky Corn Growers Jim Barton Memorial Scholarship. Emma is pursuing her law degree at the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law in Lexington. Upon graduation from law school, Emma hopes to return to her rural roots in Hopkinsville to apply her law degree to agricultural estate planning, business entity documents, and real estate transactions.
Emma Perry is also a recipient of the KY Small Grain Growers Association Don Halcomb Memorial Scholarship for Community Leadership Through Agriculture. You can learn more about the KY Small Grains scholarship winners here.
Catherine Brown
Catherine Brown, of Hardin County, was awarded a Kentucky Corn Growers Association $2,000 scholarship. Catherine is an equine studies major at Asbury University with particular interest in individualized horse nutrition and fully-integrated equine business. After graduation, Catherine has plans to pursue work at an equine breeding farm and, eventually, start her own training facility.
High School KY Corn Scholarship Winners
Clayton Lester
Clayton Lester was awarded a Kentucky Corn Growers Association $1,000 scholarship. Clayton will graduate from University Heights Academy this spring and intends to study agronomy at Murray State University in the fall. He plans to return to the family farm after completing his education; with a focus on conservation practices, farm preservation, and expansion of his CornCare Initiative non-profit organization.
Claire McCain
Claire McCain, of Washington County, was awarded a Kentucky Corn Growers Association $1,000 scholarship. Claire plans to study agricultural economics at the University of Kentucky in the fall after her graduation from Washington County High School. Influenced by her family-farm upbringing, Claire hopes to pursue a law degree after her undergraduate education and become an agricultural attorney. She plans to give back to her rural community by helping farmers navigate leases, contracts, and regulations.
Mac Jepson
Mac Jepson, of Simpson County, was awarded a Kentucky Corn Growers Association $1,000 scholarship. Mac will graduate from East Robertson High School in May and plans to study agri-business at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville this fall. He has ambitions to expand his family’s produce business, and has already worked to start an agricultural services business to offer arial drone applications to other farms.
We wish these young agricultural leaders all the best and appreciate our board members donating to our scholarship fund.
The KY Corn scholarship application period is open at the beginning of each year, typically from January 1 to March 1. Click here to learn more about the KY Corn scholarships, and explore additional scholarship opportunities with KY Small Grains here.