EXPLANATION OF ELIGIBILITY:
2024-2025 School Year
River Valley AgCredit will award a total of $7,500 in scholarships for the 2024-2025 school year for the West Region and a total of $7,500 in scholarship for the 2024-2025 school year for the East Region.
Scholarships will be awarded to incoming freshmen enrolled in an agricultural curriculum at an accredited university in each area designated, as well as students currently enrolled in an agricultural curriculum at an accredited university in each area designated. The committee has the authority to designate the scholarships as they deem necessary.
- In the West Region, one of these scholarships will be named the “Eldon Heathcott” Scholarship and will require the applicant be attending Murray State University.
- Another scholarship will be named the “David Leonard” Memorial Scholarship.
Listed below are the criteria for eligibility:
- Applicants much be enrolled in an agricultural curriculum at an accredited university.
- Applicants cannot be an immediate family member of an employee and/or director.
- Applicants must be the primary resident of one of the following counties:
- Kentucky Counties of – Graves, Carlisle, Hickman, Fulton, Ballard, McCracken, Calloway, or Marshall
- Tennessee Counties of – Hamilton, Rhea, Marion, Bradley, Polk, Bledsoe, Sequatchie, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Roane, or Loudon
- We will award up to $7,500 in each region to either incoming college freshmen or college students of which are enrolled in an Agricultural curriculum at an accredited university.
- High School students (Incoming College Freshman) recipients must attend their High School’s Awards Ceremony to receive their scholarship award.
Each
award will be a one-time scholarship. The scholarship is to be used to
pay education-related expenses and will be issued in the form of a check
payable to the university of which the student is attending.
Students may apply every year they are eligible.
Applications must be received at the River Valley AgCredit Administrative Office on or before March 15, 2024.
The address is:
River Valley AgCredit
ATTENTION: Carsey Harned
2731 Olivet Church Rd Paducah, KY 42001
