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Compeer Financial Awards 41 Scholarships to Minnesota Students<\/h1>\n
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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\u2019s Fund for Rural America.<\/div>\n
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\u201cAgriculture and other industries in rural areas offer amazing career opportunities for aspiring young people today, and Compeer is proud to help these students succeed,\u201d said Karen Schieler, manager of Corporate Giving at Compeer Financial. \u201cOur 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scholarship recipients were selected based on their academic achievement, essays and involvement in agriculture and community organizations.<\/p>\n

In all, Compeer Financial awarded 123 scholarships across its three-state area of Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Among this year\u2019s 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 \u2013 River Falls. In addition, 24% of recipients will attend a community college or technical school.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The 41 recipients in Minnesota are:<\/p>\n

Minnesota recipients<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cameron Addington, Cannon Falls<\/p>\n

William Bastian, Fairfax<\/p>\n

Logan Bleyenberg, Edgerton<\/p>\n

Tyson Bleyenberg, Edgerton<\/p>\n

Weston Collins, Harmony<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Drescher, Alden<\/p>\n

Nicole Duehn, Brownton<\/p>\n

Madison Ehrich, Elmore<\/p>\n

Rylee Folkerts, Jasper<\/p>\n

Dan Frericks, Melrose<\/p>\n

Keith Harner, Northfield<\/p>\n

Maria Hegland, Northfield<\/p>\n

Holly Hughes, Winsted<\/p>\n

Katherine Huneke, Bellechester<\/p>\n

Haylee Jolitz, Slayton<\/p>\n

Kaedyn Judd, Waterville<\/p>\n

Bryson Kellogg, Taopi<\/p>\n

Craig Knutson, Dodge Center<\/p>\n

Jack Langlois, Owatonna<\/p>\n

Taylor Larson, Slayton<\/p>\n

Megan Lawver, Garden City<\/p>\n

Caden Lodermeier, Goodhue<\/p>\n

Michael Mackenthun, Plato<\/p>\n

Adalia Matzner, Ruthton<\/p>\n

Eden Messerli, Winthrop<\/p>\n

EllieRose Nelson, Trimont<\/p>\n

Joseph Neutz, Maple Lake<\/p>\n

Rachel Portner, Sleepy Eye<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lydia Rose, Henderson<\/p>\n

Keeley Runge, St. James<\/p>\n

Dylan Schroeder, Caledonia<\/p>\n

Hannah Schuhmacher, Glenville<\/p>\n

Mara Schwarz, Fountain<\/p>\n

Tyler Steele, Utica<\/p>\n

Darian Stransky, Owatonna<\/p>\n

Gabriella Symens-Otero, Windom<\/p>\n

McKade Tewes, Jackson<\/p>\n

Claire Veenker, Windom<\/p>\n

Haddie Walter, Sauk Centre<\/p>\n

Ella Weist, Lino Lakes<\/p>\n

Abigail Willegal, Gibbon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\u2019s Fund for Rural America. \u201cAgriculture and other industries in rural areas offer amazing career opportunities for aspiring young …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-e-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-05-24 21:11:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142165,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142164\/revisions\/142165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}