RULES AND GENERAL INFORMATION
The rules posted below reflect all guidelines and revisions made concerning this award and approved by the STLA Board of Directors as of December 2020
The STLA / Nathaniel Faske Mentorship Award was chartered to honor the memory of one of our energetic young members who died tragically in April 2017. This educational award has been put in place by STLA to recognize other special young people in our organization who work to continue his legacy of teaching and inspiring others in their work with and exhibition of Texas Longhorn cattle.
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| Clarice Francis 2021 Faske Award Recipient | Savana Taylor 2021 Faske Award Recipient |
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| Bronson Baker 2020 Faske Award Recipient | Hannah Smith 2019 Faske Award Recipient | Zaida Espinosa 2018 Faske Award Recipient |
“From a Tiny Spark May Burst a Mighty Flame!”
Rules & Criteria
PURPOSE
This educational scholarship award will be presented annually by STLA to honor the memory and dedication of STLA member, Nathaniel Faske, who died in a tragic auto accident in 2017. Even though just a young man himself, Nathaniel had long been a fixture on the youth show circuit working in various capacities at our STLA Shows. He served as a mentor to many of the younger exhibitors, always helping to teach, guide, and assist them with showmanship skills and show procedures, as well as the proper care of their animals. This award is established to help pay tribute to these ideals and to honor other young people who continue this important legacy.
ELIGIBILITY
Any young person between 16-21 years of age, involved with STLA, is eligible to be nominated and selected for this award. The nominee must be a Junior (Youth) member or a Regular member (either Collegiate or Adult), in good standing, of the STLA for the current membership year also have held membership for at least the previous membership-cycle year.
Because of the ongoing involvement and work of our young people with the show circuit during their high-school and early college years, an individual may be nominated for – and also be eligible to receive – this award more than one time. That nominee cannot receive the award on two consecutive years. A recipient will be limited to receiving the Faske Award only two times.
The nominees for this award may also be a current STLA Youth Scholarship applicant or a recipient for the same year, or from a previous year, or also have been an STLA Kimble Scholarship applicant or recipient. Having earned a previous scholarship from our organization or being in the process of application for another award, does not help to qualify, or to disqualify, any individual for this special scholarship. This is a special award, based on nomination only from within the association, to be given in addition to the other STLA Scholarships.
AMOUNT
The STLA / Nathaniel Faske Mentorship Award will be a single $1,000 educational scholarship awarded each year, if there are qualified nominees for that year. Funding of the award will be made directly to the recipient’s college account or placed into a scholarship account held by STLA, for educational use only, until the student graduates high-school.
ADMINISTRATION
The STLA Scholarship Committee will have the responsibility to manage nominations, make selections, and to administer this annual award. STLA Scholarship Committee members, current show chairs, and those observers making nominations cannot have a child or other immediate family member be considered for this award.
NOMINATIONS AND DETERMINATION
Each year at the close of the STLA show season in late April, the Scholarship Committee will request nominations of eligible young people to be made by various appointed observers. The nominees will be those individuals who have demonstrated many of the mentorship qualities that were shown by Nathaniel Faske, have exhibited the ability to teach and train the younger showmen, and who have also provided ongoing involvement, hard work, and/or dedication pertaining to our STLA Shows. From the list of all nominees submitted, the Scholarship Committee will create a final ballot of qualified candidates for the final selection of that year’s recipient. A written vote will be made and returned to the Scholarship Committee Chair by e-mail by May 5th of each year.
FUNDING
All proceeds from STLA-sponsored silent auctions, raffles, and other designated fundraisers throughout the year will benefit the STLA Scholarship Program and this specific award. Additional funding may come from memorial and/or honorary contributions to the fund by association members or others, as well as direct funding made from the STLA General Fund, as might be required or directed by the Scholarship Committee, with the majority approval of the STLA Board of Directors.
APPLICATIONS FROM YOUTH ARE NOT REQUIRED
The winner of this annual award will be selected directly by STLA officials.
No applications are required. Selections are based on internal nomination only.
| For more information or if you have questions, please e-mail: scholarships@stla.org Kathy Bruner STLA – President |