Twenty-five graduating high school seniors were awarded $22,000 in technical college and university scholarships from Sioux Valley Energy and its power suppliers this year. The majority of scholarship funds came from Sioux Valley Energy’s Operation Roundup® program, with additional funds from Basin Electric Power Cooperative (BEPC), L&O Power Cooperative, and the Rodney Park Memorial Scholarship. Rodney Park was a journey line worker who worked at Sioux Valley Energy from 1973 until 2006 when he passed away.

$1,000 Scholarship Recipients
Rebecca Heinemann, Dell Rapids St. Mary’s High School (Basin Electric Power Cooperative Scholarship)
Tyson Bleyenberg, Southwest Christian High School (L&O Power Cooperative Scholarship)
Lincoln Fersdahl, Dell Rapids Public High School (Rodney Park Memorial Scholarship)
Logan Brakke, Brandon Valley High School
Makayla Schut, Chester Area High School
Rylee Folkerts, Pipestone Area High School
Preston Singrey, Arlington High School
Brayden Hanson, Oldham-Ramona-Rutland (ORR) High School
Nicole Sjaarda, Sjaarda Christian Academy
Soraya Luschas, Sioux Falls Lincoln High School
Arien Stalford, Chester Area High School
Carter Peterson, Brandon Valley High School
Gabriel Stern, Brookings High School

$750 Scholarship Recipient
Zoe Dissing, Tri-Valley High School
Jack Moser, Hills-Beaver Creek High School
Cole Downs, Madison High School
Kennedy Nemitz, Brookings High School
Lane Ellefson, Garretson High School
Dillon Renaas, ORR High School
Megan Rosendahl, Pipestone Area High School
Savannah Schulte, Tri-Valley High School
Rachel Heinemann, Dell Rapids St. Mary’s High School
Colin Shellum, Garretson High School
Jon “Charley” Larsen II, Sioux Falls Washington High School
Landin Tucker, Brookings High School

Sioux Valley Energy, a Touchstone Energy® Cooperative, is a member-owned electric utility, providing reliable electric service at cost-based rates to nearly 30,000 homes, farms, businesses, and industries in a seven-county area of east-central South Dakota and western Minnesota.