Colorado Cattlewomen offer first legacy scholarship
The Colorado Cattlewomen is honoring its former president, Heather Hays Stinnett, with its first Cattlewomen Legacy Scholarship.
The scholarship will be awarded to a woman pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree.
Stinnett was a staunch advocate for the beef industry and a proud fifth generation Coloradan who traced her cattle industry heritage to early Colorado statehood and ranches homesteaded by ancestors on both sides of her family. Her agricultural credentials include serving as Colorado FFA Reporter, judging livestock at Seward Community College and graduating from Oklahoma State University with degrees in Animal Science and Agricultural Communications. She and her family owned a feed store, raised commercial cattle, and operated a custom grazing enterprise.
Stinnett served as the President of the CCW from 2017 to 2019. She then served as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the American National Cattlewomen in 2019. She passed away in 2021.
Applications are being accepted for the scholarship until April 1, 2024 and the scholarship will be awarded in June at the 2024 Colorado Cattlewomen annual meeting in Colorado Springs. Women who are Colorado residents, a junior, a senior, or a graduate student at an accredited 4-year university or college, majoring in agriculture or an agricultural related major aspiring to work in or advocate for the beef industry are encouraged to apply.
More information on the Heather Hays Stinnett Memorial Scholarship can be found on the Colorado Cattlewomen’s website at https://coloradocattlewomen.org/colorado-cattlewomen-legacy-scholarships/.