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2022-2023 Academic Year AISC David B. Ratterman Fast Start Scholarships
Awards totaling $76,000!
Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants must be:
- 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 AISC.
- a Freshman or Sophomore level student during the full 2022-23 academic year.
- attending a 2-year or 4-year college full-time.
Deadline to apply: December 1, 2021.
Announcing the 2021-2022 AISC David B. Ratterman Fast Start Scholarship Winners
AISC congratulates the winners of the 2021-2022 academic year AISC David B. Ratterman Fast Start Scholarships.
2021-2022 Fast Start Scholarship Winners
Winners Attending 2-Year Programs
| Name | School | AISC Member Company Employee | Amount |
| Tyler Acreman | Trenholm State Community College | SES Ironworks, LLC | $2,000 |
| MaKayla Bischoff | BGSU Firelands College | Janotta & Herner | $2,000 |
| Rebekah Eccles | Eastern Florida State College | JP Donovan Construction Inc. | $2,000 |
| Drake Heatwole | Blueridge Community College | Shickel Corporation | $2,000 |
| Katie Kimble | Orange Coast College | Herrick Corporation | $2,000 |
| Summer Lynch | Riverside City College | Allied Steel Co., Inc. | $2,000 |
| Shayla Mitio | Pueblo Community College | Industrial Constructors/Managers |
$2,000 |
| Anthony Najar | Tarrant County College | Irwin Steel LLC. |
$2,000 |
Winners Attending 4-Year Schools
| Name | School | AISC Member Company Employee | Amount |
| Shahad Alfaouri | University of Arkansas | W&W-AFCO Steel LLC | $4,000 |
| Tatyanna Biamby | Husson University | James A. Mc Brady Inc. | $4,000 |
| Madelyn Blaser | University of South Dakota | Behlen Mfg. Co. | $4,000 |
| Isabella Bounyarith | College of Charleston | Owen Steel Company Inc. |
$4,000 |
| Sebastian Diaz Murillo | University of Idaho | Rule Steel | $4,000 |
| Ivan Duran | University of Texas at Austin | Patriots Erectors | $4,000 |
| Colton Evans |
Vincennes University |
Allstate Tower, Inc. | $4,000 |
| Brittney Herbe | Bowling Green State University | DH Steel Products LLC | $4,000 |
| Konnor Keller | Penn State University | Conewago Manufacturing LLC | $4,000 |
| Evan McNally | Youngstown State University | Ohio Structures, Inc. | $4,000 |
| Kalib Parsley | Ball State University | F.A. Wilhelm Construction Co., Inc. | $4,000 |
| Larissa Shearer | Bloomsburg University | Milton Steel Company/Acrow Bridge | $4,000 |
| Hannah Velilla | Clemson University | Owen Steel Company Inc. | $4,000 |
| Haylee Vickers | Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis | Electronics Research Inc. | $4,000 |
| Kacey Weathers | Lander University | Steel Fabricators, LLC | $4,000 |
2021-2022 Judging Panel
David B. Ratterman, Scholarship Committee Chair
Hollie Noveletsky, AISC Board Member
Patrick Schueck, AISC Board Member
Matt Smith, AISC Board Member
Philip Stupp, AISC Board Member
Glenn Tabolt, AISC Board Member
Jacob Thomas, AISC Board Member