Scholarship Program.
Scholarships
The Kentucky Corn Growers Association is proud to offer four scholarships to high school seniors and current college students pursuing degrees in agriculture or a related field from an accredited college, university, or trade school.
Two $1,000
scholarships for high
school seniors
One $2,000
scholarship for an existing college student
(undergrad or graduate)
One $2,000
(undergrad or graduate)
Either the student or the student’s parents/guardians must be a Kentucky Corn Grower Association member to qualify. Applicants will be judged on academic performance (minimum GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale and minimum ACT score of 18 if required by the post-secondary institution), citizenship, leadership, and the role they want to play in the future of agriculture. Kentucky Corn scholarship recipients are eligible to reapply.
Applicants must submit the following information with their application form:
- Two letters of recommendation,
- Most recent transcript, and;
- Completion of a comprehensive essay.
Scholarship winners will be announced on or before April 15. Awards will be sent directly to the winners’ accredited institution no later than August 1 and may be used for tuition, housing, books and other educational expenses. If a student is not enrolled in coursework by the Fall semester, the award may be forfeited unless serious illness or injury prevents enrollment. In such a case, the award may be used the following semester.
Questions should be directed to Kentucky Corn Growers Association at 800-326-0906 or laura@kycorn.org
Applications are due in the Kentucky Corn Growers Association office by March 1, for the upcoming school year
Please send your completed application, letters of recommendation, transcript and essay to:
Kentucky Corn Growers Association
PO Box 90
Eastwood, KY 40018
2023 Recipient Features
Miranda Cornett
Miranda Cornett, of London, KY, was awarded a Kentucky Corn Growers $1,000 scholarship. Miranda is graduating from North Laurel High School and will start her Agriculture Economics studies at Somerset Community College. She plans to continue being part of and growing her family’s farm market, Cornett Farm Fresh.
Rivers Gilkison
Rivers Gilkison, of Winchester, was awarded a Kentucky Corn Growers Association $1,000 scholarship. Rivers plans to study Agricultural Economics at the University of Kentucky and has ambitions of being a farm product entrepreneur. Her passions have been playing soccer and helping out on her family’s farm.
Riley Hudnall
Riley Hudnall, of Bowling Green, was awarded the $2,000 Kentucky Corn Growers Jim Barton Memorial Scholarship. Riley is studying agricultural business at Murray State University, and her goal is to work with and educate other agriculturalists like herself.
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Recipient Alumni.
2022 Recipients
Britney Cox (Shelby County)
Margaret Elizabeth Gillum (Todd County)
Bo Bryant (Todd County)
Riley Hudnall (Warren County)