2016 AQHF Scholarship Recipients

Coyote Rock Ranch Veterinary Scholarship ($75,000)

• Joshua Singer, Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Jennifer Wright, Argyle, Texas

Margaret A. Haines Telephony Scholarship ($35,000)

• Dusty Anderson, Artesia, New Mexico

Excellence in Equine & Agricultural Involvement Scholarship ($25,000)

Courtesy of the Charles B. Wang Foundation

• Kayla Uhles, Essex, Missouri

Farm & Ranch Heritage Scholarship ($12,500)

Courtesy of the Charles B. Wang Foundation

• Rebecca J. Bagley, Guymon, Oklahoma
• Joel Alan Nelson, Soldier, Kansas
• Katelyn Jessie Varner, Union, Oregon
• KeAnna Jo Ward, Fruitdale, South Dakota

Amy D. Bell “Pay It Forward” Memorial Scholarship ($10,000)

• Emily Renee Woodard, Hawley, Texas

EAAT Hippotherapy Scholarship ($10,000)

Courtesy of Carl and Caroline Swanson Foundation

• Alison Ceresani-Hartman, Advance, North Carolina

Swayze Woodruff Memorial Mid-South Scholarship ($9,000)

• Carey F. Browder, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Adrianna Andreini Scholarship ($8,750)

• Jenna Seal, Meridian, Mississippi

AQHF Youth Scholarship ($8,000)

• Arianne Cox, Canyon, Texas
• Kelsey Dawson, Longmont, Colorado
• Amber Edmonds, Pepperell, Massachusetts
• Julianna Marie Lambright, Middleton, Idaho
• McKenzie Merritt, Lincoln, Nebraska
• Callie Morgan, Boerne, Texas
• Nicholas Muir, Lynnwood, Washington
• Hannah Penny, Mt. Vernon, Texas
• Mateer Strong, Delta, Iowa
• Shaelyn F. Vering, Scribner, Nebraska

Journalism or Communications Scholarship ($8,000)

Courtesy of AQHA Publications

• Sophia Anna Koolwick, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Boon San Kitty Scholarship ($7,500)

Courtesy of Walton Family Foundation

• Taylor B. Spruell, De Soto, Missouri

AQHA Region 1 Quarter Horse Youth Scholarship ($5,000)

• Hannah K. Iwersen, Middleton, Idaho

James F. and Doris M. Barton Scholarship (NY) ($5,000)

• Catherine Fike, Royalton, New York

Rusty & Kay Moody Post-Graduate Scholarship ($5,000)

• Caitlin L. Ackerman, Jericho, Vermont

Scoop Vessels Scholarship ($5,000)

• Bryanna M. Kessler, Kelso, Washington 

AQHF General Scholarship ($4,000)

• Sophia Cima, El Dorado Hills, California
• Victoria Covert, Quartz Hill, California
• Laura Brooke Croghan, Hardyville, Kentucky
• Lacey Jo Edge, Krum, Texas
• Elizabeth Larsen, Fort Collins, Colorado
• Taylor Margaret Serrano, Las Vegas
• Jake Wicker, Straughn, Indiana
• Ronna Jo Woock, Burnett, Wisconsin

Dogwood Scholarship ($4,000)

• Sydney R. Hoffa, Massillon, Ohio

Guy Stoops ProHorsemen Family Scholarship ($3,000)

• Bryce H. Briggs, Pilot Point, Texas

Joyce Wyatt Pennsylvania Quarter Horse Youth Scholarship ($2,000)

• Julia McArdle-Coe, New Berlin, Pennsylvania

Nebraska Quarter Horse Youth Scholarship ($2,000)

• J’Nan E. Wittler, Fairbury, Nebraska

Oklahoma Quarter Horse Youth Scholarship ($2,000)

• Cole Compton, Washington, Oklahoma
• Ann Elizabeth Tebow, Piedmont, Oklahoma

Indiana Quarter Horse Youth Scholarship ($1,000)

• Abigail Weidner, Bloomington, Indiana

Christopher Junker Memorial Nebraska Scholarship ($500)

• Jayde Atkins, Broken Bow, Nebraska