FARMINGTON, Minn. (July 1, 2023) — Dakota Electric recently awarded scholarships to 102 talented high school students in the local area, empowering them to pursue their post-secondary education. Additionally, students enrolled at Inver Hills Community College and Dakota County Technical College will be granted scholarships this fall, with a total of $160,000 allocated from the cooperative’s unclaimed capital credits.
Since 1990, Dakota Electric has demonstrated its commitment to supporting students in pursuing their educational aspirations by donating over $2,000,000 towards post-secondary education.
“We are delighted to assist our local students in this manner,” stated Ryan Hentges, President and CEO of Dakota Electric. “As a not-for-profit electric cooperative, we take great pride in using unclaimed capital credits to provide these scholarships, as we view it as an investment in the future of our local youth.”
The following students have been selected as scholarship recipients for this year:
Apple Valley High School
Arsen Hanuschak
Fatumo Ibrahim
Mohamed Jeylani
Lindsay Maxfield
Samsunnee Ouch
Gael Pelaez Garcia
Stefany Larios Salazar
Helen Tekie
Fabiha Yavi
Najma Yusuf
Burnsville High School
Asha Abas
Vincent Birch
Ava Drobnick
Eddie Gonzales
Satta Kanu
Jack Machacek
Charles McGuire
Nicholas Meuser
Jack Steglich
Peter Voight
Cannon Falls High School
Ava Brokate
Lucas Erickson
Bryce Peer
Eagan High School
Galata Benya
Ben Picha
Evelyn Torres
Will Walters
Daniel Wochnick
Eastview High School
Asho Abdi
Nadira Haguf
Jordan McVay
Ariana Navarro
Maidah Omar
Solina Semie
Vin Vuong
Yashodev Vyas
Rabeah Way
Josh Yoo
Farmington High School
Joyce Cubero Melero
Kyara Gordon
Kyle Jones
Elise Lissick
Jason Mrosla
Hannah Newman
Hannah Ryan
Parker Sinner
Ava Sullivan
Benjamin Thompson
Hastings High School
Sydney Bowker
Jakob Cummings
Cash Harder
Paige Klebe
Kody Niederkorn
Hunter Olson
Jacob Schield
Theodore Schirmers
William Selin
Zarek Walz
Lakeville North High School
Adelina Ahmetovic
Aamna Bashir
Michael Fritz
Ethan Kimmel
Marisa McBurney
Benjamin Montbriand
Gintare Piscikaite
Benjamin Shea
Lina Shen
Jasmine Woo
Lakeville South High School
Elizabeth Blilie
Kate Clark
Mason Ertel
Taylor Radaich
Wyatt Ronn
Kayli Starkey
Carrie Tiong
Rebecca Tupy
Linnea Tureson
Zoe Zweber
Northfield High School
Melany Corona Amores
Joseph Benson
Daniel De La Torre
Randolph
Brady Niebur
Anna Olsen
Red Wing High School
Kennedy Knapp
Abe Reinitz
Brooke Strusz
Rosemount Senior High School
Justin Cave
Aaron Cota
Zoe Hilgart
Kate Hoff
Avrora Nikolaeva
Meagan Phillips
Victor Pyne
Joshua Simelgor
Cecelia Tentis
Ashley Xiong
Simley Senior High School
Ava Husemann
Samira Mohammed
Two Rivers High School
Emily Christiansen
Miles Dunn
Nolan McNally
Ava Warford
