The Eastern Chapter of Oregon Women for Agriculture has awarded its 2025 scholarships to five outstanding students who are each pursuing a career in Agriculture. Each scholarship applicant wrote a 500-1000 word essay about what is one of the biggest challenges facing Agriculture today and how they plan to be a part of the solution.
Congratulations to the 2025 recipients:
- Sara Hinkle from Pilot Rock won the first-place scholarship of $5,000. Sara is majoring in Ag Education at Oregon State University.
- Jayda Cant from Imbler was the second-place winner and awarded a scholarship of $3,000. Jayda plans to major in Animal Science at Montana State University.
- Katie Spivey from Heppner was the third-place winner and awarded a scholarship of $800. Katie plans to major in Animal Science at University of Idaho.
- Ashten Helms from Union was the fourth-place winner and awarded a scholarship of $700. Ashten is majoring in Ag Science and Animal Science at Eastern Oregon University.
- Casen Cunningham from Enterprise was the fifth-place winner and awarded a scholarship of $500. Casen is majoring in Ag Economics and Law at University of Idaho.
The Eastern Chapter continues to work together to communicate the story of today’s agriculture. This is the seventh year our group has been able to award scholarships. Not only are these scholarships possible through the group’s annual raffle fundraiser but we have been able to increase the amount available to award. We are proud to say that every bit of what is earned from the raffle goes to the next year’s scholarship fund. For more information please go to www.EasternOregonWomenforAg.org.
– Submitted by Eastern Oregon Chapter