HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO GIVES SCHOLARSHIPS TO TWO AREA YOUTHS

  

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo handed out 70 scholarships to 4-H members across Texas, totaling $1.4 million, during the Texas 4-H Roundup in College Station, Texas, Thursday, June 8.

Area winners included Andrew Kocmoud from Brazos County, and Catherin Franklin from Waller County.

Each of these 2017 Texas 4-H Show scholars receives a $20,000 college scholarship, payable over four years.

Students were selected by Texas 4-H officials based on the students’ involvement with the program, academic achievements and financial need. Of the 70 recipients honored, 65 percent were female and 35 percent were male. In the fall, these students will attend 25 different Texas colleges and universities and will major in 44 different disciplines.

Since the first scholarship was awarded in 1957 in the amount of $2,000, more than 2,500 Texas 4-H’ers have received scholarships from the Show.