YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTED SHERIFF'S POSSE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS FOR 2024

Published on June 03, 2024

The Yavapai County Mounted Sheriff's Posse (YCMSP) has announced the winners of the Posse scholarships for 2024. 

A total of 37 deserving high school seniors who live in the county each received a $1000 grant for the next school year. Thirty of those are for any college, university or trade school of the student's choice, and seven are Ralph Hooker Memorial Foundation awards which are for those who will attend Yavapai College. (The winners of the Ralph Hooker awards are listed in a previous story on this webpage). 

The Posse has awarded nearly $660,000 in grants to high school seniors in this county since 1958. YCMSP raises money for the scholarships mainly through four major fundraising events each year, including the recent May Roping in Prescott.

Students receiving YCMSP $1000 Scholarship awards (by high school):

AAEC: Tyler Matthew Vallely

Ash Fork: Julissa Nixon, Angel Michael Sotelo-Ayala

Bagdad: Brian Williams, Nuvia Urquiza, Joseph Gonzalez, Jullian Rockhill

Bradshaw Mtn: Ashlyn Hudson

Chino Valley: Gabriel Thieme, Taylar English, Quenton Metz, Kaycee Smith, Grace Lynn Duncan-Davidson

Camp Verde: Rachel Roderick, Maysea Dupuy

Home School (Insight Academy Online): Adeline Schendel

Mingus: Jahir Hernandez, Benjamin Behlow, Makela Martinez

Prescott: McKenna Coston, Kori Smith, Cortland Lewis, Jedidiah Rummage

Sedona Red Rock: Emelia Arizmendi, Madeline Badorek,  Maxwell Jankowski

Tri City College Prep: Sienna Judy, Megan Packer

Trinity Christian: Elizabeth Walters

Wickenburg Christian Academy: Kinsey Nixon

YCSO congratulates all of those who were awarded scholarships this year, and thanks the 40-member Mounted Posse for its great work in helping further the education of students in Yavapai county.