PEC gives scholarships to five Wimberley seniors

Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) announced the recipients of its 2019 scholarships at a reception April 25 at the cooperative’s Johnson City Headquarters. In celebration of the program’s 20th anniversary, PEC awarded an additional $20,000 to local high school seniors. Forty outstanding area students received a total of $120,000 in awards ranging from $2,500 to $10,000.

Anna Olmedo, Benjamin McLemore, and Sydney Wright, students at Wimberley High School; Daniel Eason, a student at Katherine Anne Porter High School; and Eugenia Agobe, a home-school student, each received $2,500 scholarships.

Recipients were selected from nearly 330 applications by a panel of independent judges based on their applicant profiles, including academic performance, community involvement, extracurricular activities, and financial need. Applicants also submitted an essay in which they identified how a PEC scholarship would help them achieve their educational and career goals.

“PEC’s scholarship program is just one of the many ways the cooperative seeks to support local students,” said Celeste Mikeska, PEC’s youth engagement representative. “We are proud to play a small role in these young members’ lives as they continue their education after high school graduation, and know they will embrace the cooperative spirit by giving back to their own communities one day.”

PEC has supported local students through its scholarship program for two decades. By supporting future Hill Country leaders, the program illustrates PEC’s commitment to the cooperative principle “concern for communities.”

PEC scholarships can be used to pay expenses at any accredited university, college, junior college, technical school, or trade school. To learn more about PEC’s scholarship program, visit pec.coop/scholarship.