The FWAA is now accepting applications for the 25^th annual Volney Meece Scholarship.

For an application please email Dave Sittler at davesitt@aol.com.

Applications must be received by Dec. 15, 2021.

The scholarship is awarded annually by the FWAA and named for the late Volney Meece, who served 22 years as the FWAA’s Executive Director and was the organization’s President in 1971.

The $1,000 annual grant for four years is awarded to a deserving son or daughter of an FWAA member. High school seniors and current college students are eligible. Since the program started in 1997, the FWAA has distributed more than $90,000 in scholarship money to deserving children of FWAA members.

The winner will be announced in January.

Past winners of the Volney Meece Scholarship

1997	Brett Goering	Topeka, Kan.
1998	Kelly Brooks	Denver, Colo.
1999	James Butz	Schaumberg, Ill.
2000	Sara Barnhart	Atlanta, Ga.
2001	Patrick Davis	Coventry, Conn.
2002	Jacqueline O’Toole	Gaithersburg, Md.
2003	Garrett Holtz	Denver, Colo.
2004	Katie Hersom	Oklahoma City, Okla.
2005	Katie Wieberg	Lawson, Mo.
2006	Kaylynn Monroe	Winter Park, Fla.
2007	Nate Kerkhoff	Overland Park, Kan.
2008	Jack Caywood	Lawrence, Kan.
2009	Haley Dodd	Overland Park, Kan.
2010	Donald Hunt	Philadelphia, Pa.
2011	Alaina Martens	Papillion, Neb.
2012	Emily Alford	Tupelo, Miss.
2013	Sarah Helsley	Edmond, Okla.
2014	Robert Abramson	Palos Verde, Calif.
2015	Danielle Hoover	Tulsa, Okla.
2016	Dolen Helwagen	Pataskala, Ohio
2017	Elizabeth Schroeder	Norman, Okla.
2018	Mallory Rosetta	Baton Rouge, La.
2019	Alexandra Haley	Hamilton, N.J.
2020	Sarah Shatel	Omaha, Neb.