History of FEW Scholarships

In the early 2000s, BBI International began an effort to direct attention to the ethanol industry and rural community development by providing scholarship money to individuals interested in possibly working in the ethanol industry. By 2005, the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo (FEW) was awarding $500 scholarships to as many as five students. The FEW Scholarship program has taken different shapes since but with the end result always being to fund monies to at least a couple students each year heading to college or a technical school. The tradition continues this year at the FEW with special recognition and memory of Kathy Bryan, former President of BBI International and Co-founder of the FEW.

	2017 Winners Blake Baron – Morris, MN HS Manager at Denco II Cassandra Schneider – Lyons, KS Cassie is a Lab Manager at Kansas Ethanol
	2016 Winners Patrick Thimes – North Platte, NE Patrick’s dad is Safety Manager at Mid America Agri Products Madrid, NE Don Jackson – Fountain City, IN Don is a Shift Supervisor at Cardinal Ethanol Union City, IN
	2015 Winners Jacqueline Peel – Little York, IL Jackie’s dad is Plant Manager at Big River Resources Galva, Illinois Kole Ruml – Lake Park, IA Kole’s dad is Ethanol Cook/Operator at Green Plains Renewable Energy Superior, IA
	2014 Winners Rebecca Woller – Financial Accountant Homeland Energy Solutions LLC Colby Cook – Process Engineer Permolex
	2013 Winners Rachel Hayes – Wichita, KS. 2013 Graduate - Maize South High School Rachel's dad is GM, Green Plains Obion Bryan Bush – Marcus, IA. Safety Coordinator/Utility Operator Little Sioux Corn Processors
	2012 Winners Hillary Kletscher – Lamberton, MN. Attending: Iowa State University Affiliated Ethanol Plant: Highwater Ethanol LLC…Hillary’s dad is the CEO at Highwater Ethanol Jason Croat – Rushmore, MN. Attending: South Dakota State University Affilitated Ethanol Plant: Poet Research … Jason worked at Poet Research for the last 3 summers
	2011 Winners Bailee McClellan – Dyersville, Iowa Bailee is the daughter of an employee at Big River United Energy Marh Schrock – Mount Vernon, Indiana Mary is an employee of Abengoa Bioenergy of Indiana
	2010 Winners Mary Krull – Spencer, Iowa Mary’s dad is Plant Manager for Valero Renewables-Albert City Nicholas Ballard – Galva, Illinois Nicholas’ dad is Process Operator for Big River Resources LLC
	2009 Winners Kevin Potas – Plymouth, MN Laura Koenig – Butterfield, MN
	2008 Winners Hugh Howe – Chariton, IA Nancy Bawa – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Colin Sorenson – Missoula, MT American Stainless & Supply sponsored the 2008 scholarship American Stainless representatives stand on two ends
	2007 Winners Christopher Simmons – Davis, CA Rachel Campbell – Guelph, Ontario Dawn Anderson – Granite Falls, MN American Stainless & Supply sponsored the 2007 scholarship American Stainless representatives stand on two ends
	2006 Winners Nicholas Bowdish – Monroe, WI Jessica Morgan– Fairmont, MN Tony Malmquist – Granite Falls, MN Shannon Mulder – Granite Falls, MN Eric Farrow – Cape Girardeau, MO
	2005 Winners Darrel Ocrane - University of Saskatoon – “Academic Scholarship” Kevin Theiler - Fridley, MN – “Operations Scholarship” John Mack - Univ of CA, Davis – “Academic Scholarship”