Ten outstanding college students were awarded $1,500 CME Beef Industry Scholarships at the 2015 Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Trade Show in San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 6. The scholarship is sponsored by the CME Group and administered by the National Cattlemen’s Foundation. The overall essay winner, Laura Gorecki of Farewell, Neb., was also awarded a trip to the convention in San Antonio.

The CME Beef Industry Scholarship was introduced in 1989 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Live Cattle futures contract on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. It recognizes and encourages talented students who will one day be industry leaders.

“The CME Beef Industry Scholarship enables us to invest in the next generation of our nation’s food producers, while helping them understand the importance of risk management to the beef industry,” said Tim Andriesen, CME Group Managing Director of Agricultural Commodities. “For more than 25 years, NCBA has been a key partner in advancing risk management education to future beef industry leaders through this important scholarship program.”

Other 2015 CME Scholarship winners were:
Jessica Beer, College Station, TX – Texas A&M University
Sierra Jepson, Amanda, OH – The Ohio State University
Kacey Koester, Steele, ND – North Dakota State University
Jenna Lansing, Ames, IA – Iowa State University
Kierra Leddy, Stockholm, SD – South Dakota State University
Maci Lienemann, Princeton, NE – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Patrick Linnell, Fort Collins, CO – Colorado State University
Katie Miller, Cambridge, IL – Blackhawk College
Kate Schaffer, Carthage, MO – Redlands Community College