Scholarships

Steele graduated from Tri-Cities Prep, where he played football, basketball, and rodeo. Steele has participated in 4-H and shown swine at the Benton Franklin Fair since he was in the fourth grade. He will attend Grand Canyon University in Arizona this fall to pursue a business degree. Steele is thankful for his parents for showing him leadership and work ethic in and out of the show ring and rodeo arena, and he will use these tools to be successful in the college classrooms.

Autumn Zilar is the recipient of the Horse Heaven Round-Up scholarship. She graduated from Kamiakin High School in 2020, while also receiving her Associate of Arts degree from Columbia Basin College through the Running Start program. Autumn has been participating in the Benton Franklin Fair since she was a young girl. She won her first trophy competing in Mutton Bustin’ at the Horse Heaven Round-Up. When she was a young girl, her family volunteered at the Horse Heaven Round-Up as Top Hands. She spent countless hours around the arena with them and learning about the great sport of rodeo. Later, Autumn became a Flag Girl and joined the Wrangler Girls in the arena at the Horse Heaven Round-Up. Autumn loved being a part of the Wrangler Girls and being able to be a part of her hometown rodeo. During her junior and senior year of high school, she showed swine for 4-H and FFA. She was a member of the Washington State High School Rodeo Association for two years and competed in barrels and poles. Autumn plans on getting her degree in animal science and agriculture production at Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming. She is very thankful to have received this scholarship, as it will help her continue her academic and rodeo career.