Jimmie Cox 2018 Memorial Scholarship 

Agri-Culture announced that Meghan Clifton has been awarded its Jimmie Cox Memorial Scholarship for 2018. This scholarship is awarded to a local student who plans to major in agriculture. Meghan is currently a senior at St. Francis High School. She has received First Honors throughout her 4 years in high school, and the Scholar Athlete Award for three years for playing Varsity sports and maintaining a 3.85 GPA.

She currently serves as the Vice President of the National Honor Society and has been a member of the California Scholarship Federation, the choir and the music ministry. She has played basketball for all four years (three years on varsity) and four years of varsity softball. Late last year, she tore her ACL, and unfortunately had to miss her last 6 games of high school basketball.

Meghan will be attending Fresno State University in the fall where she will be pursuing a career in Agricultural Communications. She hopes to graduate from college and return to Santa Cruz County to, “Assist large farming operations in sustainable agricultural issues along the Central Coast.”

Agri-Culture President Steve Bontadelli stated, “We had a large number of applicants this year, we wish we could have given them all a scholarship.” Bontadelli further stated, “Meghan is an outstanding individual. She is a well-rounded student. She will be a great addition to the agriculture community when she finishes college.”

Starting in 2012, Agri-Culture announced a partnership with American AgCredit. The recipient of the Jimmie Cox Memorial Scholarship also receives an additional $2,000 award from the American AgCredit Scholarship Program. This doubles the total scholarship amount that Meghan will receive to $4,000.

The scholarship was presented at the National Ag Day Spring Luncheon held at the Heritage Hall at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds. The Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau and Agri-Culture sponsor this annual event.

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For more information about the Jimmie Cox Memorial Scholarship, please contact Agri-Culture at 722-6622 or see the website at www.agri-culture.us

 

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Meghan Clifton, Senior at St. Francis High School, receives the 2018 Jimmie Cox Memorial Scholarship.