RMEL Foundation Awards Record 54 Scholarships in 2021

For the 2021-2022 academic year, the RMEL Foundation has awarded scholarships to 54 deserving students pursuing careers in the electric energy industry.  With students applying from across the United States and pursuing many worthwhile degrees and careers in the electric energy industry, it was very difficult for the committee to select the recipients out of such a high caliber pool of applicants.

Over the past 21 years the Foundation has awarded 461 scholarships totaling more than $1 million.  The RMEL Foundation is proud to award funding to these deserving students for continued education in the electric energy industry. The scholarship donations have been established through individual and corporate donations, as well as contributions from the Silent Auction, Spring Conference Golf Outing and the RMEL Foundation Golf Tournament. To learn more about the RMEL Foundation, visit www.RMEL.org.

Members have access to the RMEL Foundation’s Electric Energy Career Jump Start Directory, which is a vetted list of scholarship applicants companies can use in their search for interns and job candidates. If you’d like a copy of the list, contact info@rmel.org.

Recipients were selected based upon their goals for their future in the industry, motivation, academic achievements and service to their community and school. 

This is the 16th year the RMEL Foundation has offered named scholarships.  The named scholarship program accepts donations and provides scholarships on behalf of the donor.  If your company would like to consider a scholarship please contact RMEL at (303) 865-5544. 

The winner of the 2021 Black & Veatch Scholarship is Daniel Rogge, Benedictine College.

The winner of the 2021 Burns & McDonnell Scholarship is Thomas Eckles, New Mexico State University.

The winner of the 2021 Kiewit Scholarship is Esu Ekeruche, Texas A&M University.

The winner of the 2021 Lana and Jim Malone Named Scholarship is Haley Ripps, Texas A&M University.

The winner of the 2021 Mitsubishi Power Americas Scholarship is Jack Muhlenhaupt, Colorado School of Mines.

The winner of the 2021 Platte River Power Authority Roy J. Rohla Memorial Scholarship is Cameron Dellamano, Colorado State University.

The winners of the 2021 South Dakota School of Mines Alumni Scholarships are Christopher Mentele, SDSM&T; Kiley Metzger, SDSM&T; Jarrett Meyer, SDSM&T; and Annika Schooler, SDSM&T.

The winner of the 2021 POWER Engineers Named Scholarship is Caitlin Suire, University of Idaho.

The winner of the 2021 SRP Scholarship is Amanda Pearson, Arizona State University.

The winner of the 2021 Stanley Consultants Scholarship is Alexander Burg, University of Colorado – Boulder.

The winner of the 2021 TIC Power Scholarship is Elizabeth Samayoa, Stevens Institute of Technology.

The winner of the 2021 Ulteig Engineers Inc Scholarship is Ashley Rothmeier, University of Kansas.

The winners of the 2021 UNS Energy Corporation/Tucson Electric Power Scholarships are Maria Salzetti, University of Utah, and Braydon Smith, Chandler Gilbert Community College.

The RMEL Foundation appreciates all of the corporate and individual support of the Foundation’s mission to promote the power industry.  We have a special group of individuals, Friends of RMEL.”. This group of individuals who gave even more to the Foundation after competitive bidding at the end of the Silent Auction at the 2021 Fall Convention. The 2021 Friends of RMEL Named Scholarship recipient is Tucker Sullivan, Northwest Lineman College.

2021-2022 Craft Scholarship Recipients:

Kane Benson, Northeast Community College

Cody Brunbaugh, Metropolitan Community College

Cole Coss, Mitchell Technical College

Michael Gonzalez, Independent Electric Contractors RM

Dalton Hubler, Northwest Lineman College

Calvin Hughes, Southeast Community College – Milford

Jordan Lemburg, Western Nebraska Community College

Ethan Neble, Oklahoma State University IT

Collin Sauer, Moraine Park Technical College

Jacob Svitak, Northwest Community College

2021-2022 Baccalaureate Scholarship Recipients:

Joshua Barker, University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Gregory Boudreau, Georgia Institute of Technology

Dallas Brown, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Dario DeDonato, Northern Arizona University

Brent Gefre, North Dakota State University

Trevor Hannaford, University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Jared King, Texas Tech University

Trey Martin, University of Nebraska - Omaha

Michael McSorley, University of Texas – Richardson

Eduardo Mendoza, University of Nebraska – Omaha

Blake Messegee, South Dakota School of Mines & Tech

Nathan Ozenbaugh, Trine University

Jaden Razenberger, Colorado School of Mines

Erin Rippy, Baylor University

Michael Xu, Texas A&M University

Spring 2021 Graduating High School Senior Scholarship Recipients:

Joshua Alpert, Rochester Institute of Technology

Daxton Barker, Utah State or Weber State

Kyler Bronec, Colorado State University

Nathan Clement, University of Minnesota - Duluth

Jessica Fisher, UC Boulder, Purdue or UC Berkeley

Trevor Harms, Colorado School of Mines, UC Boulder or Montana State

Kayle Lee, Colorado School of Mines

Adam Rouzky, GA Inst. of Tech, Purdue or NC State University

Camden Schefus, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Mikaela Van de Heetkamp, UCLA

Angela Xu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Congratulations to all this year’s scholarship recipients.