Congratulations to Allie Podhajsky of Knoxville, TN, first place award recipient of the 2024 Andrew Ryback Photography and The Plaid Horse Higher Learning Scholarship. Her application, which required a three-part essay, two letters of recommendation, a high-school or college transcript, and a letter of acceptance from a college or university, impressed the judges and secured her a $2,500 scholarship prize to put towards her academic endeavors.
The application pool for this cycle of the scholarship was huge with over 110 entries, and though we could only select 3 official award winners, we truly enjoyed reading through every single application and appreciate all the applicants who participated this year.
The goal of this scholarship is to recognize, award, and support members of the sport who may choose to become future equine professionals and who are currently pursuing or about to enter higher education.
In addition to the first place award winner, two other scholarships were given to the runner up applicants. Second place was awarded a $1,500 prize, and third place won $1,000.
Please join us in congratulating the final three winners:
1st Place
Allie Podhajsky is from Knoxville, TN, and a freshman at the University of Virginia.
2nd Place
Leah Munoz is from Manchester, NH, and she is in her freshman year at Tufts University.
3rd Place
Anna Minich is from LaPorte, IN and attends South Dakota State University as a freshman this year.
