Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association Awards Ceremony 2019
Six $2,000.00 scholarships were awarded to well-deserving students. Below is a brief bio and a photo of the student recipient with the scholarship sponsor.
Doctoral Scholarships
Louisiana Land Bank, ACA funded a Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association scholarship for a Ph.D. student majoring in agriculture. The recipient was Ms. Megan Mulcahy. Ms. Mulcahy is from Pretoria, South Africa where she grew up on a sugarcane farm. She is currently working on her degree in the Department of Entomology at LSU in Baton Rouge and has a 3.9 GPA.
Shown from left to right: Mr. Stephen Austin, CEO and President of Louisiana Land Bank, ACA, Ms. Megan Mulcahy, and 2018 LACA President, Dr. Jay Frantom.
The recipient of a Koch Agronomic Services funded Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association scholarship for a Ph.D. student was Mr. Jose Mite Caceres. Jose is from Ecuador, a country whose main economic activity is agriculture exportation.
Mr. Mite earned his Bachelor’s of Science Degree in agronomy and economics from the Zamorano Pan American Agricultural University and a Master’s of Sciences degree from LSU in Weed Sciences and Agricultural Economics. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences.
Shown from left to right: Mr. Cullen Minter of Koch Agronomic Services, Mr. Jose Mite Caceres, and 2018 LACA President, Dr. Jay Frantom.
Masters Scholarship
Mr. Ateet Maharjan was the recipient of a Master’s Degree Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association scholarship funded by Mr. Ray and Mrs. Dorothy Young. Mr. Maharjan graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Agriculture in Nepal. At the present time, Mr. Maharjan is a graduate research assistant at LSU and is working on a Master’s Degree in plant pathology with a minor in experimental statistics. His GPA is 3.9.
Shown left to right: Mrs. Dorothy Young, Mr. Ray Young, Ateet Maharjan, and 2018 LACA President, Dr. Jay Frantom.
The recipient of an agricultural scholarship sponsored by Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association, funded by Pest Management Enterprises (Dr. Grady and Mrs. Barbara Coburn), was Ms. Anna Coker who is pursuing a Master’s of Sciences Degree in the School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences. She currently has a GPA of 3.4.
Shown left to right: Dr. Grady Coburn, Ms. Anna Coker, Mrs. Barbara Coburn, and Dr. Jay Frantom, 2018 LACA President.
Undergrad Scholarships
The recipient of an undergraduate scholarship in agriculture sponsored by the Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association and funded by Belchim Crop Protection USA was Mr. Bryan Ashley. Mr. Ashley graduated from Tallulah Academy Delta Christian School and is currently attending the University of Louisiana Monroe where he is majoring in Agricultural Business. He has a 3.2 GPA.
Shown left to right: Dr. Dennis Long of Belchim Crop Protection USA, also a LACA sponsored scholarship recipient in 1991, Mr. Bryan Ashley, and Dr. Jay Frantom, 2018 LACA President.
The recipient of an undergraduate agricultural scholarship sponsored by Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association and funded by UPL, Valent USA & Arysta LifeScience was Mr. James Noah Harper. While in high school, Noah was a dual enrollment student at Delta Community College in 2016-17; Louisiana Tech in 2016-17; and the University of Monroe in 2015-17. Currently, he is a sophomore at Louisiana State University majoring in Plant and Soil Systems and has a GPA of 3.2.
Shown left to right: Mr. Clyde Smith of UPL, Mr. Noah Harper, and Dr. Jay Frantom, 2018 LACA President (not pictured was John Bordlee of Valent USA, and Scott Janes of Arysta LifeScience).
2019 Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association Scholarship Recipients
(L-R): Bryan Ashley (undergrad), Anna Coker (masters), Megan Mulcahy (doctoral), Jose Mite Caceres (doctoral), Ateet Maharjan (masters), and Noah Harper (undergrad).