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MVEC has awarded four $20,000 scholarships to local Rio Grande Valley High School Students. Over 200 students from across the Valley applied for the 2010 scholarships. The winners from left to right are Joshua Taylor from Harlingen High School South attending Rice University, Alvaro Lopez, Jr. from Weslaco High School attending Texas A&M University, Kelsey Sanders from McAllen High School attending The University of Texas at Austin, and Jaini Paresh Atu from McAllen Memorial High School attending Rice University.

MVEC has awarded four $20,000 scholarships to local Rio Grande Valley High School Students. Over 200 students from across the Valley applied for the 2009 scholarships. The winners were honored at the Magic Valley Annual Meeting on April 13, 2009 in Weslaco, TX. (L-R) Lee H. Ellington from The Science Academy will be attending Texas A&M University, Jessica Guerrero from Veterans Memorial High School will be attending The University of Texas Pan American , Anyssa I. Avila from Edinburg North High School will be attending The University of Texas Pan American and Charles E. Burns II from Lyford High School will be attending Texas A&M University.

MVEC has awarded four $20,000 scholarships to local Rio Grande Valley High School Students. Over 200 students from across the Valley applied for the 2008 scholarships. The winners are Michael J. Garcia from San Benito High School will be attending The University of Texas Pan American, Justin Joel Castellano from Pharr San Juan Alamo High School will be attending The University of Texas at Austin, Matthew Nicola Rispoli from South Texas Science Academy will be attending Southern Methodist University and Leah Marie Wise from Harlingen High School will be attending The University of Texas at Austin.

MVEC has awarded four $20,000 scholarships to local Rio Grande Valley High School Students. Over 200 students from across the Valley applied for the 2007 scholarships. The winners were honored at the Magic Valley Annual Meeting on April 16, 2007 in Weslaco, TX. (L-R) Jose Angel Reyna from Donna High will be attending Baylor University, Landon S. Ellington from The Science Academy will be attending Texas A&M University, Samantha Gelvoria from Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North High will be attending Rice University, and Yanson Chen from Edinburg High will be attending The University of Texas at Austin.

L-R: John Villanueva – Edinburg, Megan Rountree – Harlingen, Cara Smith – Raymondville, Melody Garcia – Edinburg and Joshua G. Hinojosa – Donna.

For the ninth year, MVEC has awarded $100,000 to five local Rio Grande Valley High School students. Over 200 students from across the Valley applied for the 2006 scholarships. The winners were honored at the Magic Valley Electric Coop Annual Meeting on April 17th in Weslaco, TX. John Villanueva from Economedes High plans to attend UTPA, Megan Rountree from Harlingen South High will attend the University of Texas at Austin. Cara Smith of Raymondville High will attend Texas A&M in Kingsville, Melody Garcia from Edinburg High will attend UTPA. Joshua G. Hinojosa from South Texas Science Academy will attend Rice University.

L-R: Berenice Martinez – Mercedes, Elizandro Munoz III – Harlingen, Laura Yvette Rodriguez – Edinburg, Leena El-Omar – Edinburg and Karina Lopez – Edinburg

For the eighth year, MVEC has awarded $100,000 to five local Rio Grande Valley High School students. Over 200 students from across the Valley applied for the 2005 scholarships. The winners were honored at the Magic Valley Electric Coop Annual Meeting on April 18th, in Weslaco, TX. Berenice Martinez from Mercedes High plans to attend UTPA University. Elizandro Munoz III from UTPA plans to attend the Baylor College of Medicine. Laura Yvette Rodriguez from Edinburg High plans to attend UT Austin. Leena El-Omar from Edinburg North High plans to attend UT Austin. Karina A. Lopez from Economedes High plans to attend UTPA.

L-R: Sarah Ibrahim, Jarrett Lassig, Brandon McNallen, Kellie Swanberg, & Rick Zuniga

For the seventh year, MVEC has awarded $100,000 to five local Rio Grande Valley High School students. Over 200 students from across the Valley applied for the 2004 scholarships. The winners were honored at the Magic Valley Electric Coop Annual Meeting on April 12th, in Weslaco, TX. Sarah Ibrahim from Edinburg North High will be attending Rice University where she plans to major in chemistry. Jarrett Lassig from the Science Academy plans to attend Texas A&M and major in Mechanical Engineering. Brandon McNallen from Memorial High plans to attend Texas A&M and major in Engineering. Kellie M. Swanberg from Raymondville High also plans to attend Texas A&M and major in Agricultural Science. Rick Zuniga from Rio Hondo High plans to attend Rice University and will major in education.

L-R: Virginia Maldonado, Cody Scott Cruz, Ricardo Vasquez, Tearney Wiesman and Veronica Tovar.

For the sixth year, MVEC has awarded $100,000 to five local Rio Grande Valley High School Seniors. Over 180 students from across the Valley applied for the 2003 scholarship and the selection process was very difficult due to the caliber of applicants received. The winners were honored at the Magic Valley Electric Cooperative Annual Meeting on April 14th in Weslaco, Texas. Cody Scott Cruz of Los Fresnos High will attend Texas A&M majoring in Pre-Med. Virginia Maldonado of Edinburg High will attend Texas-Pan American majoring in Pred-Med. Veronica Tovar of Harlingen South High will also be attending Texas-Pan American majoring in Pre-Pharmacy. Tearney Wiesman of Rio Hondo High will attend Texas A&M majoring in Pre-Med. Ricardo Vasquez of Brownsville Rivera High will attend the University of Texas at Austin majoring in Music Business. Congratulations and good luck to this year’s winners.

For the fifth year, MVEC has awarded $100,000 to five local Rio Grande Valley High School Seniors. Over 170 students from across the Valley applied for the 2002 scholarship and the selection process was very difficult due to the caliber of applicants received. They were honored at the Magic Valley Electric Cooperative Annual Meeting on April 15th in Weslaco, Texas Angela Lopez will study for her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at Rice University. She aspires to contribute as a benefactor to other female engineers. Noemi De La Cruz plans to major in biomedical engineering at Rice University in Houston. Both are anxious and excited to go live in one of the biggest cities in the world. Christina Rodriguez plans to major in elementary education and will continue her studies in the RGV at Texas-Pan American in Edinburg. Christopher Perez, who placed 1st in number sense in the state of Texas, will attend UT-Austin. John Klostermann will major in pre-law at Texas A&M in Bryan Station.