Texas High School Senior Wins Beef Industry Scholarship

DENVER (Feb. 8, 2005) -- Twenty outstanding students pursuing careers in the beef industry have each been awarded a $1,500 scholarship provided by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (CME) and the National Cattlemen’s Foundation (NCF).  The CME has sponsored this scholarship program for 15 years.

Each scholarship winner wrote a 750-word essay that identified key issues confronting the beef industry and suggested possible ways of dealing with those issues.

The overall scholarship winner, Kari Bailes, was awarded an all-expense-paid trip to last week’s 2005 Cattle Industry Annual Convention and Trade Show in San Antonio. She presented a portion of her essay during the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Awards Program Lunch on Feb. 5.  In addition, her essay will be printed in a 2005 issue of the National Cattlemen magazine.   

Bailes is a senior at Shepherd High School in Shepherd, Texas, and will be attending Texas A&M University in the fall of 2005.  As a student, the award will allow her to take advantage of every opportunity that is possible to gain a better and broader understanding of the cattle industry.

The other 19 scholarship recipients were:

Casey Adams          Ault, CO                                        Eaton High School

Jenna Bormann        Charlotte, IA                                  Drake University

Sarah Bradbury        Huntsville, TX                                 Trinity University

Brooks Butler          Foxfield, CO                                  Grandview High School

Kelsey Frasier         Limon, CO                                     Kansas State University

Jessie Geib             DeSmet, SD                                  South Dakota State University

Sara Hunter             Goodell, IA                                    Iowa State University

Tyler Kimmel           Stoneham, CO                               Prairie High School

Lesley Kirschten      Baker, MT                                     Baker High School

Landi McFarland      Ellston, IA                                     Iowa State University

Emilie Miller            Womelsdorf, PA                            Kansas State University

Katlin Mulvaney       Opelika, AL                                   New Life Christian Academy

Davena Norris          Mesilla Park, NM                           New Mexico State University

Wrex Phipps           Kearney, NE                                  Colorado State University

Toby Pollock           Berthoud, CO                                Colorado State University

Jeana Sankey          Council Grove, KS                          Oklahoma State University

Austin Sexten          Washington Court House, OH         University of Kentucky

Audrey Young          Erie, KS                                        Kansas State University

Jason Zwilling          Viola, IL                                        Sherrard High School

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has been a leader in the live cattle market since 1964 and the Beef Industry Scholarship Program exemplifies CME’s commitment to the beef industry.  CME is a diversified marketplace offering futures and options contracts on livestock, lumber, stock indexes, interest rates and currencies.

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The National Cattlemen's Foundation serves the beef industry as a charitable institution whose mission is to preserve the rich heritage and promote the future of the industry through research and education.