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2019-20 Academic Year AISC Fast Start Scholarships
AISC David B. Ratterman Fast Start Scholarships................................. awards totaling $60,000!
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 the AISC Education Foundation.
- a Freshman or Sophomore level student during the full 2019-20 academic year.
- attending a 2-year or 4-year college full-time.
2018-19 Fast Start Scholarship Winners
Winners Attending 2-Year Programs
| Name | School | AISC Member Company Employee | Amount |
| Ashley Allen | Jones County Junior College | Annette Allen, Steel Service | $2,000 |
| 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 |
Kansas State Polytechnic | Peggy Martin, PKM Steel Service, Inc. |
$2,000 |
| Kyle Rhinerson |
Ohio Technical College | Greg Rhinerson, Electronics Research Inc. |
$2,000 |
| Joseph Richter | Bismarck State College |
Paul Richter, True North Steel |
$2,000 |
Winners Attending 4-Year Schools
| Name | School | AISC Member Company Employee | Amount |
| YeChan Bang | Clemson University |
Kyeong Bang, Owen Steel Company, Inc. | $4,000 |
| Max Fricks | Drury University |
David Fricks, Merrill Iron and Steel | $4,000 |
| Garrett James | Middle Tennessee State University |
Kim James, Cooper Steel | $4,000 |
| Paul Kelly | Rochester Institute of Technology |
James Kelly, Schlosser Steel, Inc. | $4,000 |
| Renae Loera | University of La Verne |
Bell Bros. Steel, Inc. |
$4,000 |
| Kaylee Pagel | Towson University | Eugene Pagel, Merrill Steel | $4,000 |
| Ashton Robertson | University of Southern Indiana | Alisha Saalwaechter, Allstate Tower, Inc. | $4,000 |
| Natalia Valentin | Universidad de Puerto Rico-Rio Pierdras | 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