OEC awards 24 Children of Members scholarships

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²»Á¼ÈËÑо¿Ëù’s Electric Cooperatives awarded 24 scholarships to outstanding high school seniors in its annual Children of Members Scholarship competition.

Students from member households representing each of the ²»Á¼ÈËÑо¿Ëù-based electric distribution cooperatives competed for $41,800 in scholarships. A panel of independent judges reviewed applications and conducted virtual interviews with the students to determine the top 10 scholarship winners. All 24 statewide finalists competed in local scholarship competitions prior to advancing to the OEC competition.

The top 10 scholarship winners were:

  • First place ($3,800): Mackenzie Collett, Consolidated Cooperative
  • Second place ($2,800): Shelby Jones, Union Rural Electric Cooperative
  • Third place ($2,300): Levi Grimm, Butler Rural Electric Cooperative
  • Fourth place ($2,200): Anthony Buckley, South Central Power Company
  • Fifth place ($2,100): Anna Puster, Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative
  • Sixth place ($2,000): Aislen Setty, Pioneer Electric Cooperative
  • Seventh place ($1,900): Maxwell Phillips, North Central Electric Cooperative
  • Eighth place ($1,800): Zebediah Schafer, Firelands Electric Cooperative
  • Ninth place ($1,700): Raegan Feldner, Guernsey-Muskingum Electric Cooperative
  • Tenth place ($1,600): Casey Topp, Midwest Electric

The following students each received $1,400 honorable mention scholarships (sorted alphabetically by last name):

  • Trevor Bailey, Darke Rural Electric Cooperative
  • Zachary Balo, Frontier Power Company
  • Kiki Barlow, Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative
  • Emma Bodo, Carroll Electric Cooperative
  • Daniel Burggraf, Mid-²»Á¼ÈËÑо¿Ëù Electric Cooperative
  • Kiersten Cline, North Western Electric Cooperative
  • Molly Cordonnier, Lorain-Medina Rural Electric Cooperative
  • Jacob Gutberlet, Washington Electric Cooperative
  • EricaRae Herrick, Tricounty Rural Electric Cooperative
  • Alyssa Mays, Adams Rural Electric Cooperative
  • Evan Powell, The Energy Cooperative
  • Connor Rose, Logan County Electric Cooperative
  • Lydia Spaeth, Hancock-Wood Electric Cooperative
  • Eric Thornell, Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative