2021 Oklahoma Rural Paramedic Recipients
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Oklahoma Rural Paramedic Scholarship!
Only the top candidates were selected. Each student will receive an award of up to $3,000. In return, each student will work a minimum of 2 years at a rural EMS agency in Oklahoma providing paramedic-level care.
Each winner was scored by an independent 3-person panel made up of EMS experts. They were scored based on the following criteria:
The following students are the winners! Ranked in order, the top 25 candidates are:
Only the top candidates were selected. Each student will receive an award of up to $3,000. In return, each student will work a minimum of 2 years at a rural EMS agency in Oklahoma providing paramedic-level care.
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
The following students are the winners! Ranked in order, the top 25 candidates are:
- Amanda Dudgeon, Kiamichi Technology Center, Cordell EMS
- Leonard Boeckman, Kiamichi Technology Center, Okeene EMS
- John Janson, Great Plains Technology Center, Survival Flight (seeking rural employment)
- Mindy Gerard, Kiamichi Technology Center, Choctaw County Ambulance Authority
- Christian McMurtrey, Tulsa Technology Center, Creek County EMS
- Robert Orr, Tulsa Technology Center, Miller EMS
- Michael Oxford, Tulsa Community College, Wagoner EMS
- Heather Boeckman, Kiamichi Technology Center, Okeene EMS
- Michelle Sills, Kiamichi Technology Center, Erick EMS
- Dillon Turner, Tulsa Community College, Miller EMS
- Madison Schatzer, OSU-OKC, Norman Regional Hospital (seeking rural employment)
- Jared Humphrey, Tulsa Technology Center, Skiatook Fire Department
- Brandi Summers, Tulsa Technology Center, (seeking rural employment)
- Leanne Hileman, Kiamichi Technology Center, Sinor EMS
- Jessica Mikel, Kiamichi Technology Center, Atoka EMS
- Brian Gibson, Tulsa Technology Center, Creek County EMS
- Nicholas Hearon, Kiamichi Technology Center, Wadley’s EMS
- Dustin McCoy, Godon Cooper Technology Center, REACT EMS
- Ross Easky, Tulsa Technology Center, Skiatook Fire Department
- Kourtnie Weierman, Tulsa Community College, Creek County EMS
- Dalton Mahoney, Kiamichi Technology Center, Choctaw County Ambulance Authority
- Cassidy Moon, Great Plains Technology Center, Comanche County EMS
- Steven Belanger, Tulsa Community College, Creek County EMS
- Josiah Stout, Tulsa Technology Center, (seeking rural employment)
- Amanda Fisher, Tulsa Technology Center, Pafford EMS