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AISC is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025-2026 academic year AISC David B. Ratterman Fast Start Scholarships!
2025-2026 Fast Start Scholarship Recipients
Recipients Attending 2-Year Schools
| Name | School | AISC Member Company |
Amount |
| Josue Carrillo |
Amarillo College |
TEEMS Manufacturing, LLC |
$2,500 |
| Audrey Gordon |
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College |
Elite Welding & Industrial Services LLC. |
$2,500 |
| Jayden Hinds |
Weatherford College |
W&W/AFCO Steel |
$2,500 |
| Evan Jelinek |
Northeast Community College |
Behlen Mfg. Co. |
$2,500 |
| Michael Moyano |
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology |
L. Liberato Steel Fabricating Co., Inc. |
$2,500 |
Recipients Attending 4-Year Schools
| Name | School | AISC Member Company |
Amount |
| Isabella Contreras |
The University of Texas at Austin |
Mobil Steel International, Inc. | $6,000 |
| Rosemarie Dangerfield | Brigham Young University | Utah Fabrication Inc. | $6,000 |
| Collin Elias | Belmont Abbey College | Weldon Steel Corporation |
$6,000 |
| Ashley Fields |
University of Kentucky |
Fields Welding, Inc |
$6,000 |
|
Gianna Frasher |
University of Mary |
Behlen Mfg. Co. | $6,000 |
| Gabriel Fusini | University of Kansas | Select Steel Fabrication LLC | $6,000 |
| Abby Jackan |
The University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point at Wausau |
Merrill Steel | $6,000 |
| Aubrey Johnson |
Miami University |
D.S. Brown Company | $6,000 |
| Jacob Meyer |
University of Central Oklahoma |
W&W/AFCO Steel | $6,000 |
| Max Moxley | Indiana University Bloomington | Geiger & Peters, Inc. | $6,000 |
| Sadie Overbey | University of Mississippi | Lexicon, Inc. | $6,000 |
|
Nathaly Santana |
Oklahoma State University | W&W/AFCO Steel | $6,000 |
| MacKenzie Smith | University of Wyoming | Metal Solutions | $6,000 |
Thank you to all applicants, and congratulations to the recipients!
2025-2026 Judging Panel
The 2025-2025 Judging Panel including the following AISC Board Members:
- Greg Borchardt, Vice President of Operations at Infra-Metals Co.
- Kelsey DeLong, President and Co-Owner of DeLong's, Inc.
- Babette Freund, Representative of The Williams Family of Companies
- John O'Quinn, President of High Steel Structures, LLC
- Stuart Sherrill, Vice Chairman of SteelFab, Inc.
- Corey Yraguen, CEO and President of Precision Build Solutions, LLC
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. Full Member company employees are also eligible to apply if they, themselves, will be a student. 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 2025-26 academic year.
- attending a 2-year or 4-year college full-time.
A few pointers for applicants:
- Choose your recommender wisely. Select someone who is familiar with your academic or professional achievements and strongly supports your application.
- Write for your audience. Before drafting your essay(s), consider the essay topic(s) carefully and think about how what you write will impact the reader, or in this case, the scholarship jury.
- Proofread your application before hitting submit! Review your information carefully to check for accuracy and catch any spelling or grammatical errors.
AISC will start accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Fast Start Scholarships in September 2025.
Questions? Please contact universityprograms@aisc.org.