Pictured left to right: Gina Eubanks, vice chancellor for extension, Calvin Adams, recipient of the silver scholarship award, Courtney Anderson, recipient of the gold scholarship award, and Renita Woods-Marshall, director of livestock show.

Bayou State Trail Riders award two scholarships

During the Bayou Black Rodeo in Monroe, the Bayou State Trail Riders Association presented two scholarships to Southern University animal science students in Baton Rouge. The $1,000 gold scholarship was awarded to Courtney Anderson of Rayville and the $500 silver scholarship went to Calvin Adams of Wisner.

"We're very excited about this because scholarships through our livestock program are something new we're starting," said Renita Marshall, livestock program director at Southern University Ag Center.

The Southern University Ag Center Livestock participants were Eubanks, Marshall, office coordinator Brenda DeRouen, and assistant livestock show director Christy Monroe.

For more on the Bayou Trail Riders, see article from the Monroe News-Star.