Scholarship Competition Winners

Meet Our 2023 SLFCU Scholarship Competition Winners

SLFCU's Scholarship Competition awarded a total of $12,000 among nine students, with a top prize of $4,000. Congratulations to our 2023 winners!

1st Place: Taylor Pouges - attends the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies
2nd Place: Michael Lopez - will be attending University of Texas at Austin, to pursue a degree in Mechanical Engineering
3rd Place: Neal Bitsie -  attends New Mexico State University, pursuing a master’s degree in Business Administration

Additional 2023 Scholarship Winners 

4th Place: Quinntita Sniegowski - attends Texas Tech University, pursuing a master’s degree in Business Administration
5th Place: Jasmine Baca - will attend the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to pursue a degree in Mechanical Engineering
6th Place: Lenna Wilcox - attends Brigham Young University, pursuing a bachelor's degree in Mathematics Education
7th Place: Daniel Richards - will be attending Texas Tech University, to pursue a degree in Mechanical Engineering
8th Place: Chloe Snell - attends Kansas State University, pursuing a bachelor's degree Speech-Language Pathology
9th Place: Cooper Kingston - will attend the University of New Mexico to pursue a degree in Finance

Read full versions of the top three winning essays here.

Information about our next Scholarship Competition will be available on April 1, 2024.