Tony Rice, a Penn State University student, earned the 2018-19 James H. Loper Jr. Memorial Scholarship.
The dairy checkoff awarded 13 academic scholarships to students enrolled in programs that emphasize dairy and who have shown potential to become future dairy leaders.
The National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (NDB), through Rosemont, Ill.-based Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), which manages the national dairy checkoff, annually awards $2,500 scholarships to selected college students. In addition, the NDB awards a $3,500 James H. Loper Jr. Memorial Scholarship to one outstanding scholarship recipient, DMI said.