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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif">May 24, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif">Idaho Governor’s Cup Scholarship recipients announced<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif">(BOISE) – Governor Brad Little announced the recipients today of the 2021 Governor’s Cup Scholarships to Idaho colleges and universities. Last year’s Governor’s Cup fundraising
drive brought in enough money for 27 new scholarships to be awarded this year, despite the cancellation of the annual event.
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Recipients were chosen from among more than 2,000 applicants by the Idaho Governor’s Cup Scholarship Fund Inc.’s 14-member board of directors. Selections were made based on each applicant’s commitment to public service, academic achievement, leadership, and
community involvement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif">The award is $3,000 per year, renewable for up to four years, or two to three years for career-technical programs, contingent upon the length of the program.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif">Here are this year’s recipients, along with their high schools and the schools they will attend in the fall:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Academic Scholarships – four-year programs<o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Sara Alsaifi
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">– Timberline High School – Attending Boise State University<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Kali Branstetter</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Weiser High School – Attending Boise State University<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Xavier Christy</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Meridian Medical Arts Charter – Attending Idaho State University<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Sarah Cole</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Mountain View High School – Attending Boise State University<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Lotus Harper</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Salmon River Jr-Sr. High School – Attending Lewis-Clark State College<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Ethan Jensen</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Centennial High School-Boise – Attending Idaho State University<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Xitlali Mancilla</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Century High School – Attending Idaho State University<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">MayCee Maynard</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Butte County High School – Attending University of Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Laura Moler</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Post Falls High School – Attending University of Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Kadence Parker</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Jerome High School – Attending College of Southern Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Ryan Ripley</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Centennial High School-Boise – Attending University of Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Katie Russell</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Cambridge Jr-Sr High School – Attending University of Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Ivy Shifflett</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Clark County Jr-Sr High School – Attending Idaho State University<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Martha Smith</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Clearwater Valley Jr-Sr High School – Attending University of Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Aspen Stinemates</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Wendell High School – Attending Idaho State University<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Travis Wells
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">– Castleford School – Attending University of Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Ohana Wright</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Centennial High School-Boise – Attending Boise State University<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif">Cecil D. Andrus Excellence in Education Scholarship<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif">Mackenzie Hammond</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif"> – St. Marie’s High School – Attending Lewis-Clark State
College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Career Technical – two- or three-year programs</span></strong></span></u><strong><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Alexandrah Crow</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Centennial High School-Boise – Attending Lewis-Clark State College<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Gardner Davis</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Gooding High School – Attending College of Southern Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Payton Jackman</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Kimberly High School – Attending Idaho State University<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Laney Jenkins</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Rimrock Jr-Sr High School – Attending College of Southern Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Emma Kovacs</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Rocky Mountain High School – Attending College of Western Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Zoe Leger</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Thunder Ridge High School – Attending Idaho State University<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Ethan Retana</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Mountain View High School – Attending Idaho State University<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Nathan Schlosser</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Timberline High School-Boise – Attending College of Western Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Wyatt Skovgard</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">
– Kuna High School – Attending College of Southern Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif">“We are so impressed with the recipients for the 2021 Governor’s Cup Scholarship, especially for completing their senior year of high school during such an unprecedented time.
These students have demonstrated their commitment to their neighbors, communities, and the state, and we are proud to have them become the next generation of Idaho leaders,” Governor Little said. “Additionally, we would like to express appreciation for the
generous sponsors and donors who contributed to the scholarship program last year despite the event cancellation. Providing opportunities for these students has always been at the heart of the Governor’s Cup and being able to continue that legacy amid uncertain
times is important.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",serif">The Governor and First Lady will host a reception honoring the recipients on June 7 at the Capitol in Boise. The 2021 Idaho Governor’s Cup annual fundraising event will return
to Sun Valley Sept. 9-11, where the continued support from numerous donors will allow the scholarship fund to continue serving students next year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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