FORT WORTH – On March 9, scholarships were awarded to members of the Hutto FFA Chapter who participated in the 2022 Fort Worth Stock Show Calf Scramble program, making them eligible for the Calf Scramble scholarship.
Sixty-seven youth shared the $425,000 Calf Scramble scholarship amount.
Madison Gonzalez, daughter of Erica Carrillo and Chris Ozuna, was awarded $4,000 for her shorthorn heifer sponsored by Isom Financial of Raymond James of Fort Worth.
Gonzalez’s scholarship was sponsored by CG Northern Development, Chicken Express Food Service Inc., Angie and Brad Iles, Lynda Knight, N. H.
Southern, Pace Fund, Bill Ratliff, IV and Sonya and Amar Tanna.
Rylan Cruz, son of Roxanne and Roy Cruz, was awarded $1,000 for his shorthorn heifer sponsored by Haynes Boone of Dallas.
Cruz’s scholarship was sponsored by David Ayala Law Office, P.L.L.C. and Amy and Shawn Myers.
Both scholarships are the result of the hard work and dedication necessary for participants to complete the rigorous Calf Scramble program. The moment they caught a calf during a 2022 Stock Show rodeo performance, their calf scramble journey began.
Gonzalez and Cruz utilized Stock Show funds toward the purchase of a calf, which they cared for in 2022. Caring for their heifer, submitting monthly reports, exhibiting at the 2023 Fort Worth Livestock Show and submitting a final essay were required for scholarship consideration.
