Scholarships

The Brazos Valley Fair & Rodeo’s Educational Programs are a significant part of the BVFR's goals of benefiting youth, supporting education, and facilitating better agricultural understanding. All recipients of BVFR scholarships must demonstrate academic potential, leadership and financial need.

Currently, the Brazos Valley Fair & Rodeo (BVFR) awards three, $1,500 General Scholarships to outstanding students who are seeking to earn a degree from an accredited college, university, or post-secondary institution. In addition, the Fair has added increased scholarships through the livestock department to youth exhibiting in the Junior Livestock Shows during the Fair. For additional information on all livestock scholarships please visit the corresponding show page.

Beginning in 2020 the Brazos Valley Fair added an additional scholarship thanks to the generous contribution from Texas Flame and Smoke. This $1,000 scholarship was awarded for the first time in 2020. The Texas Star Scholarship is open to high school juniors and seniors from the eight counties that make up the base of the Brazos Valley Fair & Rodeo region.

Since the first event in 2012 the Fair has awarded over $100,750 in scholarship monies to qualified youth. The program initially awarded a portion of Fair scholarships through the Texas 4-H Program but as the Brazos Valley Fair has continued to grow the program has expanded and since 2017 all Scholarships are awarded directly through the Brazos Valley Fair & Rodeo Scholarship System.

CURRENT SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

2024 Scholarship Recipient-Mallory Zumwalt

Mallory Zumwalt is a 2024 graduate of A&M Consolidated High School. In the fall, she will attend Texas A&M University to major in poultry science with hopes of becoming a quality control agent. She has participated in countless projects throughout her time in FFA and 4-H over the past 9 years, most notably including public speaking and hopes to use these skills she has learned to guide her future endeavors.

2024 Scholarship Recipient-Zachary Smith

Zachary Smith is a Summa Cum Laude graduate from College Station High School. He plans to attend Texas A&M University under Biology Pre-Med with hopes of attending medical school to become a anesthesiologist.

2024 Scholarship Recipient-Madison Moran

Madison Moran is a graduating senior from Brenham High School. During her high school career, she was very active in both 4-H and FFA, serving in numerous officer positions, participating as a member of numerous competitive teams, and showing registered beef cattle. After high school, she plans to attend Texas A&M University, majoring in Animal Science. She has aspirations to later join the Texas A&M Ag2Med program for entrance into medical school to hopefully become a Rural Pediatrician and give back to the community that has given so much to her.

2024 Scholarship Recipient-Will Philipello

Will Philipello is a graduating Senior at James Earl Rudder High School. He has been involved in Brazos County 4-H and Rudder FFA for ten years where he has shown steers, heifers, and pigs across the state. After graduating he will attend Blinn College and major in Animal Science while competing on their livestock judging team.

2024 Scholarship Recipient- Kyler Wendt

Kyler Wendt is a graduating senior at College Station High School. He has been in 4-H for 10 years, FFA for 4 years, a Texas Youth Livestock Ambassador and a member of the National Honor Society. In the fall, Kyler will be attending Texas A&M University to major in Animal Science to become a cattle embryologist. He also plans to judge livestock in college.

2024 Scholarship Recipient- Ava Allensworth

Ava Allensworth is a recent graduate at Rudder High School. Ava will be attending Texas A&M University in the fall and will be majoring in Agricultural Leadership and Development with hopes of having a career in ag policy or event coordination of a major livestock show!