Portner awarded Compeer Scholarship

Compeer Financial Awards 41 Scholarships to Minnesota Students

Compeer Financial has awarded 41 scholarships to graduating high school seniors from Minnesota who are pursuing fields related to agriculture. Each student receives a $1,500 educational scholarship from Compeer’s Fund for Rural America.

“Agriculture and other industries in rural areas offer amazing career opportunities for aspiring young people today, and Compeer is proud to help these students succeed,” said Karen Schieler, manager of Corporate Giving at Compeer Financial. “Our vision is to create a world where agriculture and rural communities are dynamic, collaborative and thriving. These hard-working students are a testament to that vision and will help make it happen.”

Scholarship recipients were selected based on their academic achievement, essays and involvement in agriculture and community organizations.

In all, Compeer Financial awarded 123 scholarships across its three-state area of Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Among this year’s recipients, animal science is the most popular major, followed by agriculture business. South Dakota State University and Iowa State University are tied for the most popular school, followed by the University of Wisconsin – River Falls. In addition, 24% of recipients will attend a community college or technical school.

This is the eighth year for the scholarship program from the Compeer Financial Fund for Rural America scholarship program, which has now awarded a total of 960 students with more than $1.4 million in scholarships.

The 41 recipients in Minnesota are:

Minnesota recipients

Cameron Addington, Cannon Falls

William Bastian, Fairfax

Logan Bleyenberg, Edgerton

Tyson Bleyenberg, Edgerton

Weston Collins, Harmony

Brooklyn Drescher, Alden

Nicole Duehn, Brownton

Madison Ehrich, Elmore

Rylee Folkerts, Jasper

Dan Frericks, Melrose