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Youth Scholarship Winners
These
are the winners of the ALSA Youth
Scholarship.
2022
Youth Scholars
Zoe
Rutledge
Stockdale
High School graduate, Zoe Rutledge of South
Texas, expresses her gratitude to the ALSA
organization for naming her as a 2022 ALSA
Youth Scholarship recipient. According to
Zoe, this is a great honor which culminates
her involvement in the llama industry since
she was 7 years old.
Throughout
her childhood, Zoe has focused on growing as
a Christian, training, showing, and
mentoring with quality llamas, and honing
her skills as a softball catcher. Zoe fully
acknowledges that involvement in all three
of these activities has helped shape her
into the person that she is today.
Zoe
will spend the next few years at Texas
A&M University Corpus Christi earning a
nursing degree then continue her education
in pursuit of becoming a nurse practitioner.
Ella
Pickett
I’m
Ella Pickett, from Westfield
Indiana. I graduated From Westfield
High School with honors, where I enjoyed
participating both Varsity and Allstar
cheerleading. I began showing llamas
in third grade, and bought my llama, Star
Freckled Princess in 2015. I have
loved showing her locally, regionally,
nationally and have been lucky enough to
attend ALSA Grand Nationals many
times. I plan to attend Indiana
University to pursue a nursing
degree. I look forward to giving
back to my community and, with my love of
children, hope to specialize in
pediatric nursing.
2021
Youth Scholars
Maggie
Jordan
Maggie Jordan is
a 15-year-old high school senior from
Sarasota, Florida. Maggie’s goal in life is to
be the best person she can be, both
academically and in her daily life. She
strives to be the best in her class, and to
make a positive impact on the world around
her. In addition to graduating high school,
she recently received her Associate of Arts
degree from the State College of Florida and
has plans to transfer to Florida Polytechnic
University as an Environmental Engineering
major. Having shown since she was 8 years old,
Maggie is extremely passionate about sharing
the world of llamas with others, and now owns
two animals of her own which she shows under
the name of Golden Fleece Farm all over the
southern US: Chewy and Gold Rush. In her free
time, she enjoys writing, volunteering,
photography, and modeling, as well as learning
more about graphic design, robotics, and
coding.
Morgan Barba
Morgan Barba is from Henderson,
CO and will graduate with honors from Prairie
View High School in May. She shows llamas
regularly in the Rocky Mountain region and will
be attending Fort Hays State University in the
fall to study agronomy and agribusiness.
2020
Youth Scholars
A
very special thank you goes to Sue
Davis! Sue again oversaw the entries
submitted, reviewed and considered each and
every one of them and then moved on to the
difficult selection process. Not an
easy job! But, again she did a
spectacular job. Our most sincere
appreciation for this very important ALSA
task!
Megan
Bixler
Our first recipient of the 2020
ALSA Youth Scholarship Award goes to Megan
Bixler.
She
is from the Noblesville, IN area and has been
showing throughout the area and region for
many years.
Megan will be
attending Purdue University in the fall.
Congratulations, Megan!
Cooper Sims
Cooper Sims is the second
recipient of the 2020 ALSA Youth Scholarship
award. Cooper is no stranger to the show ring
and has been showing in the area for quite a few
years.
Cooper will be furthering his
education at Purdue University In the fall.
Congratulations, Cooper!
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