







Scholarship
Entry Deadline April 4, 2025
This year we are awarding one scholarship, in the sum of $1,500, with additional scholarships available if we have the funds available and applications that meet the requirements. Scholarships presented at the our Annual Recognition Banquet that will be held on Thursday, May 1, 2025. Scholarship recipients will be sent the details of the time and location when selected. The scholarship checks are written to the recipient and the college or university they will be attending.
Subsequent funding through the Senior year, of up to $200 for school materials, will be available if scholarship recipients:
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Provide an oral presentation of up to ten minutes to the Lexington Soil and Water Conservation District Board on their progress within their Major after each school year.
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Maintain their initial Major outside the agricultural or environmental fields.
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Maintain at least a 2.5 GPA
The scholarships are presented to high school seniors residing in Lexington County who will be attending a South Carolina college, university, or technical college. The applicants must be planning a major in an agricultural or environmental related field such as: vocational agriculture education, agriculture economics or engineering, agronomy, natural resources, biology, forestry, horticulture, etc.
Other Scholarships
2025 Hudson Family Scholarship
2025 Forestry Foundation Scholarship
2025 Governor's School for Agriculture Scholarship
2025 Scholarship Recipients

Kayla Ezzelle - $1,125
Brookland-Cayce High School
Plans to attend the University of South Carolina Columbia to major in Geo Sciences.

Andrew Philipp - $1,125
River Bluff High School
Plans to attend Clemson University to major in Animal and Veterinary Sciences.
Not Pictured: Carter Bouknight, Batesburg-Leesville High School - Plans to attend Clemson University to major in Turfgrass; Madison Kaminer, Gilbert High School: Plans to attend Clemson University to major in Environmental and Natural Resources