2016 Oklahoma Rural Paramedic Scholarship!

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Oklahoma Rural Paramedic Scholarship!

Only the top candidates were selected. Each student will receive an award of $3,000. Each winner was scored by an independent 3-person panel made up of EMS experts. They were scored based on the following criteria:

• Community need
• Financial need
• Dedication to their community
• Dedication to the EMS profession
• Ability set an example for professionalism in EMS

Round 1: April 2016

The following 25 students are the winners! Ranked in order, the top 25 candidates are:

1. Jake Winn Pond Creek, OK
2. Amber Rohrig Waurika, OK
3. Jamie Elson Nash, OK
4. Andrea Payne Rush Springs, OK
5. Candi Ann Bishop-Knowlton Tyron, OK
6. Jay Grauberger Okeene, OK
7. Brandon Want Cyril, OK
8. Jesus Aguilar Ringwood, OK
9. Johnny C Ray Broken Bow, OK
10. Jeff Steinkamp Greenwood, AR (working Oklahoma EMS)
11. Christopher Winn Enid, OK
12. Brandon Bailey Lawton, OK 
13. Kristin Richardson Hominy, OK
14. Tyler Walters Carnegie, OK
15. Katrina Rackley Okeene, OK
16. Bryant O'Shell Tecumseh, OK
17. Kyle Nyhart Fletcher, OK
18. David Fincher Lawton, OK
19. Sara Stocks Owasso, OK
20. Madison Martin Enid, OK
21. Michael Jolley Stratford, OK
22. Hannah Krupa Hodgen, OK
23. Amber Zimmer Panama, OK
24. Melissa Robbins Fort Smith, AR (working Oklahoma EMS)
25. Dustin Patterson Norman, OK

Round 2: June 8, 2016

The following 6 students are the winners! Ranked in order, the candidates are:

 

1. Roger Cushman Medford, OK
2. Kat Biggs Hitchcock, OK
3. Amanda Britt Ada, OK
4. Lisa Cheek Durant, OK
5. Kimo Foster Lawton, OK
6. Olivia Decker Ames, OK