FORT WORTH – Kelsee Nelson, a member of the Ector FFA, has been awarded a $4000 scholarship by the Calf Scramble Committee of the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show.
Kelsee was eligible based upon her participation in the Stock Show’s Calf Scramble project during 2014 and is among 74 Texas high school students who share a total of $227,000 in grant money.
Kelsee is the daughter of Chris & Kristi Nelson.
The funds are made available as the result of the Calf Scramble Committee’s fund raising efforts and support from individuals and businesses in this area. The generosity of donations enabled the committee to award these scholarships.
Winners were selected on the basis of performance in their yearlong beef or dairy heifer project, which required management, correspondence with sponsors and a final essay.
The Stock Show’s Calf Scramble program involved over 232 young people from Texas 4-H Clubs and FFA Chapters who caught a calf at one of the 29 rodeo performances in 2014.
Those students each received a $500 certificate to purchase a heifer, care for it and return to the recent 2015 Stock Show, where they entered their livestock project in the Fort Worth Stock Show’s Junior Heifer competition.
The sponsor for Kelsee’s scholarship grant is Sid Richardson Carbon & Energy of Fort Worth, TX, TLC Urban of Fort Worth, TX, Vic and Carla Thompson Memorial Scholarship Trust of Dallas, TX, Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show of Fort Worth, TX, Philip and Heidi Schutts of Fort Worth, TX, Chief Partners LP of Dallas, TX, BNSF Railway Company of Fort Worth, TX, and 9 Nail Ranch of Albany, TX. Her Brahman heifer project was sponsored by Tom and Katherine Smith of Fort Worth, TX.