Fifteen scholarships will be awarded to outstanding NDSU female and male student-athletes during Harvest Bowl festivities Nov. 21-22 in Fargo.
The NDSU Harvest Bowl program also recognizes the work of agriculturists in 53 counties in North Dakota and several in Minnesota.
An annual agribusiness award goes to an individual who has a distinguished career in agriculture and business. This year's award recipient is Jerry Doan, a fourth-generation rancher and producer from McKenzie, North Dakota.
Harvest Bowl scholarship awardees, sport, hometown and major are:
- Harvest Bowl Scholarship – Courtney Johnson, softball, Fargo, social science education
- Harvest Bowl Scholarship in honor of Robert Johansen – Tommy Petersen, wrestling, Lakeville, Minnesota, agricultural systems management
- Gene Dahl Scholarship – Zach Mayo, baseball, Mather, Manitoba, crop and weed sciences
- Scott and Ann Dau Family Scholarship – Austin Kuhnert, football, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, general agriculture
- John and Kay Dean Harvest Bowl Scholarship – Jackie Lee, volleyball, Williston, North Dakota, agribusiness
- Gooseneck Implement/Green Iron Equipment Harvest Bowl Scholarship –Amber Riopelle, track and field, Mandan, North Dakota, nursing
- Myron and Muriel Johnsrud Harvest Bowl Endowment – Andrew Bonnet, football, Council Bluffs, Iowa, finance
- LeVon Kirkeide, Patricia Kirkeide - Hagemeister and Friends Harvest Bowl Scholarship – Anthony Caputo, wrestling, Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, agribusiness
- Darrell Larson Family Scholarshiip – Ben LeCompte, football, Barrington, Illinois, sports management
- Bob Lauf Memorial Scholarship – Cole Davis, football, Kearney, Nebraska, agribusiness
- Ron and Karen Offutt Scholarship – Andrew Smith, football, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, health and physical education
- Red River Commodities Scholarship – Jarrod Tuszka, football, Warner, South Dakota, general agriculture
- Titan Machinery Scholarship – Travis Beck, football, Munich, North Dakota, turfgrass management
- #64 Bob Yaggie and #58 Bruce Yaggie Father-Son Football Scholarship – Brian Schaetz, football, Denmark, Wisconsin, agricultural economics
- Bob and Darlene Yaggie Football Scholarship – Brad Ambrosius, football, De Pere, Wisconsin, education
The 41st annual Harvest Bowl festivities begin Friday, Nov. 21, at the Fargo Ramada Plaza Suites with a dinner and awards ceremony. On Saturday, honorees will attend the Harvest Bowl football game between NDSU and Youngstown State University.
For information on Harvest Bowl, visit www.ndsualumni.com/, call the NDSU alumni office at 800-279-8971 or 701-231-6800, or email marilyn@ndsualumni.com.
NDSU is recognized as one of the nation's top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.