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Missouri 4-H Foundation awards $101,000 in scholarships

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  • Missouri 4-H Foundation

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Missouri 4-H Foundation has awarded 78 scholarships totaling $101,000 to 4-H youths across the state for the 2025-26 academic year.

“The Missouri 4-H Foundation is proud to recognize the achievements of these exceptional 4-H members,” said Rachel Augustine, senior director of advancement for University of Missouri Extension and the Missouri 4-H Foundation. “Through the generous support of our donors, we are preparing them to lead, serve and succeed in college and their future careers.”

The scholarship program helps 4-H members pursue college or technical school while recognizing their achievements in leadership, service and personal growth.

“Missouri 4-H prepares young people to lead with confidence and character,” said Lupita Fabregas, senior program director of the 4-H Center for Youth Development. “These scholarships are an investment in youth who are ready to make a difference.”

A gift to the Missouri 4-H Foundation Scholarship Fund will help ensure more young people have an opportunity to attend college and reach their full potential. To make a gift, visit mizzou.us/Fund704.

Scholarship recipients

E. C. Adams Memorial 4-H Scholarship

  • Hudson Dayton

Aeschbacher Farms Memorial 4-H Scholarship

  • Lutjen Jazzlyn

Jason Barnes Memorial 4-H Equine Scholarship

  • Avery Ridgley
  • Lacey Zumbehl

Keith Boyer Memorial 4-H Scholarship

  • Kate Robnett

Burch Scholarship

  • Sophie Geppert
  • Cash Honeycutt
  • Amber Sayre
  • Shea Stille
  • Aubrey Sutter

Camp Ca-Pow First Generation Scholarship

  • Macie Rhodes

4-H Day With the St. Louis Cardinals Scholarship Fund

  • Kadin Houf
  • Sydney Schlup
  • Emmalyn Schnieders

Beverly Coberly 4-H Youth Futures Scholarship

  • Jakob Boyer

Terry Cole Memorial 4-H Scholarship

  • Haley Imhoff

Crawford 4-H Scholarship

  • Natalie Wigger

Crowley Family 4-H Sheep Scholarship

  • Rachel Stoll

Cecil and Bina Davis 4-H Scholarship

  • Alyssa Overman

Janelle Downing Memorial 4-H Scholarship

  • Alexandra Lucas

Alfonso and Maria Fabregas Memorial 4-H Scholarship

  • Ashlynn Ball

FCS Financial 4-H Youth Futures Scholarship

  • Trevor Miller
  • Andrew Shelton

Dennis E. Gallup Memorial 4-H Scholarship

  • Tess Bauer
  • Ross Ehrich
  • Abigail Haas
  • Aaliyah Higgs
  • Schylar Hirst
  • Holle Ritter
  • Amelia Rohrbach
  • Sophia Sandbothe
  • Jackson Schuber
  • Christian Siegel
  • Abigail White
  • Christina Zimmer

Goppert Foundation 4-H Scholarship

  • Ira Day
  • Lynn Dyer
  • Zoe Engelbrecht
  • Owen Isdell
  • Alaina Lehman
  • Maddy McDowell
  • Megan Riegel

Harrington Family 4-H Youth Futures Scholarship

  • Akilesh Rajan

B. W. Harrison Memorial 4-H Scholarship

  • Emma Chronister
  • Charlotte Cook

Robert and Berneice Hartley and Family 4-H Scholarship

  • Maleah Hogan

Don and Melva Henderson 4-H Scholarship

  • Tyler Baer

Jackson County 4-H Foundation Scholarship

  • Kelsa Kirk
  • Jaelyn McDonald
  • Abigail McNeil
  • Evan Miller
  • Elizabeth Ravasini
  • Katelyn Ravasini
  • Morgan Watkins

Jasper County 4-H Scholarship

  • Tannah Cassatt

Ruth and Jim Mellor 4-H Scholarship

  • Kyla Utsman

Miller Thorne Memorial 4-H Scholarship

  • Sandra Hagan

Miserez Carter 4-H Scholarship

  • Samantha Baker
  • Kara Bastion

K. P. and Frances Morris Memorial 4-H Scholarship

  • Kaleb Ingram

Earl and Shari Beth Niemeyer Pike County 4-H Scholarship

  • Lillian Waddell

Robert and Anna Noland Family 4-H Scholarship
  • Grayson Grove

Lonnie Norcross Memorial 4-H Scholarship

  • Ryan Munsterman

Fred Oehring 4-H Scholarship

  • Grace Luebbering

Zachary Parsons Memorial 4-H Scholarship

  • Jana Bruce

Charles and Marily Rosenkrans 4-H Scholarship
  • Andi Belt

Warren and Betty Sapp 4-H Scholarship

  • Brayden Hallford

Dale and Peggy Schwader 4-H Scholarship

  • Gracie Carlson
  • Taya Lenz

Fowler and Viola Smith Young Memorial 4-H Scholarship

  • Haylee Kiesling

Joyce and Dick Taylor 4-H Scholarship

  • Tinley Schneider

Mary Evelyn Thurman Memorial 4-H Scholarship

  • Alyssa Thornhill

Cordell W. Tindall 4-H Scholarship
  • Emma Baepler

Dr. Marla Tobin 4-H Scholarship
  • Carissa Caple

Tofle-Brent-Stumpe Family 4-H Scholarship

  • Jack Dunard

Nelson Trickey 4-H Bridge Builder Scholarship

  • Tucker Robnett

Waldo and Mary Belle Turner 4-H Scholarship

  • Emily Smallwood

Williamson 4-H Scholarship

  • Doralynn Lee

About Missouri 4-H

Missouri 4-H grows today’s youth and prepares tomorrow’s leaders. With a blend of time-tested traditions and innovative hands-on learning, Missouri youth explore and find their spark in programs ranging from agriculture and conservation to aerospace and career development. Through clubs, programs, camps, in-school and after-school experiences, University of Missouri Extension faculty, staff and thousands of volunteers guide youth in developing essential skills, building confidence and fostering connections. Together, they inspire young people to make a real difference in their communities, their country and the world.

About the Missouri 4-H Foundation

The Missouri 4-H Foundation is the affiliated nonprofit partner of the University of Missouri Extension 4-H Center for Youth Development. For more than 75 years, the foundation has secured and managed funds for Missouri 4-H, providing higher education scholarships, recognizing 4-H volunteers and supporting the work of MU Extension 4-H.

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