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Fast Start Scholarships - Winners Announced!
2018-19 Academic Year AISC Fast Start Scholarships
AISC David B. Ratterman Fast Start Scholarships................................. awards totaling $48,000!
2018-19 Fast Start Scholarship Winners
Winners Attending 2-Year Programs
| Name | School | AISC Member Company Employee | Amount |
| Kasside Cain | Kirkwood Community College | Mark Cain, Drake Williams Steel | $2,000 |
| Kayelen Joiner |
Holmes Community College | Lenny Joiner, Steel Services Corp. | $2,000 |
| Kolby Lawrence |
Kennebec Valley Community College | Raymond Lawrence, Newport Industrial Fabrication Inc. | $2,000 |
| Jonathan Martin |
Hutchinson Community College | Peggy Martin, PKM Steel Service, Inc. |
$2,000 |
| Kyle Rhinerson |
Ohio Technical College | Greg Rhinerson, Electronics Research Inc. |
$2,000 |
| Joseph Richter | undecided | Paul Richter, True North Steel |
$2,000 |
Winners Attending 4-Year Schools
| Name | School | AISC Member Company Employee | Amount |
| Ashley Allen | undecided | Annette Allen, Steel Service | $4,000 |
| YeChan Bang | undecided | Kyeong Bang, Owen Steel Company, Inc. | $4,000 |
| Max Fricks | Drury University |
David Fricks, Merrill Iron and Steel | $4,000 |
| Garrett James | undecided | Kim James, Cooper Steel | $4,000 |
| Paul Kelly | Rochester Institute of Technology |
James Kelly, Schlosser Steel, Inc. | $4,000 |
| Renae Loera | undecided | Bell Bros. Steel, Inc. |
$4,000 |
| Kaylee Pagel | undecided | Eugene Pagel, Merrill Steel | $4,000 |
| Ashton Robertson | University of Southern Indiana | Alisha Saalwaechter, Allstate Tower, Inc. | $4,000 |
| Natalia Valentin | undecided | Wilfredo Valentin, Steel and Pipes, Inc. | $4,000 |
2018-19 Judging Panel
Jack Klimp, Vice Chair, AISC Board of Directors
Lawrence Cox, AISC Board Member
Babette Freund, AISC Board Member
Patrick Leonard, AISC Board Member
Hugh McCaffrey, AISC Board Member
David Ratterman, AISC General Counsel
Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants must be:
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the child of an AISC Full member company employee OR share a permanent residence with an AISC Full member company employee. Employees must work for a facility that produces, distributes or fabricates structural steel for use in buildings and bridges and whose tonnage is used in the calculation of the members required contributions to the AISC Education Foundation.
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a Freshman or Sophomore level student during the full 2018-19 academic year.
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attending a 2-year or 4-year college full-time.