The Alfa Foundation recently awarded $100,000 in scholarships to 100 students attending colleges and universities across Alabama.

Recipients hailing from 44 counties each received $1,000 to use on tuition, fees, books or supplies in the 2025-26 academic year. 

Since 2014, the Alfa Foundation has awarded $1.15 million to deserving students through its scholarship program, which is administered by Kaleidoscope. 

“We are proud to support this outstanding group of students as they further their education within the state of Alabama,” said Alfa Insurance® President Jimmy Parnell. “Investing in these future leaders is more important than ever, and we are happy to do so through the Alfa Foundation Scholarship Program.”

 Scholarships were awarded based on grade point average, participation in school and community activities, honors, work experience and future goals. To qualify, students must be enrolled — or planning to enroll — in a full-time accredited program at a two-year or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school located in Alabama. 

Applications open annually Nov. 1 at AlfaFarmers.org/scholarships. 

The 2025-26 recipients and their schools, listed by county, are:

Autauga County
Gracen Murphy, Troy University (TU)

Baldwin County
Andi McKissack, Auburn University (AU)

Barbour County
Ben Jackson, AU
Jacob Jackson, AU

Bibb County
Landan Shoults, Shelton State Community College

Blount County
Patelyn Battles, Gadsden State Community College 
Lyla Cleveland, Wallace State Community College (WSCC)

Bullock County
Lott Putnam, University of Mobile (UM)

Butler County
Sydney Blackmon, Lurleen B. Wallace Community College (LBWCC)
Rileigh Rogers, AU

Calhoun County
Magen Brown, AU

Choctaw County
Ella Tew, The University of Alabama (UA)

Clay County
Melody Jordan, Jacksonville State University (JSU)
Mackenzie Mullins, Southern Union State Community College (SUSCC)

Cleburne County
Aidan Cochran, UA

Coffee County
Emily Rhodes, Wallace Community College (WCC)
Brodie Stinson, TU

Colbert County
Jonathan Miller, Northwest Shoals Community College (NSCC)

Conecuh County
Mallory Simmons, AU

Covington County
Riley Tucker, AU
Maggie Ruth Wiggins, LBWCC
Morgan Wilson, LBWCC

Crenshaw County
Lela Mansmann, LBWCC
Emily Anne Morgan, AU

Cullman County
Annalee Allen, AU
Tatum Brown, WSCC
Presley Burden, UA
Sadie Graham, Calhoun Community College (CCC)
Jay Lamar, Huntingdon College
Evan Roden, WSCC
Blaire Troutman, WSCC

Dale County
Jess Barron, LBWCC
Risdon McCraney, TU

DeKalb County
Cooper Garrett, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Shawn Guffey, UA
Ryan Koger, AU
Kaydence Smalley, JSU

Elmore County
Jacob Baker, SUSCC
Kaden Peters, SUSCC
Luke Reinert, SUSCC

Etowah County
Macy Fortenberry, AU
Katie Giles, University of South Alabama (USA)
Bryer Morrison, AU

Franklin County
Ashlyn Deaton, University of North Alabama (UNA)

Geneva County
Fletcher Green, Enterprise State Community College
Isabelle Padgett, TU

Hale County
Laura Kyser, AU

Houston County
Maggie Benton, AU
Emma Brannon, TU
Addyson Kelley, WCC
Emmalee Raley, WCC
Emma Reinelt, WCC

Jefferson County
Mia Gerson, The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Payne Stuart, AU
Shaw Wiggins, SUSCC

Lawrence County
Wyatt Pace, CCC

Lee County
Joanna DeShazo, AU
Josh Fain, AU
Karley Nelson, SUSCC 
Cruz Tylicki, SUSCC

Lowndes County
Will Carlton, AU
Caleb Osborne, USA

Macon County
Ragan Walker, AU
Riggs Walker, AU

Madison County
Hayes Burger, UA
Emma Grace Clemons, CCC
Hannah Kirkham, AU
Jack Shaw, WCC

Marengo County
Anderson Eddins, SUSCC

Marion County
Spencer Haney, Bevill State Community College (BSCC)
Clayton Keller, NSCC
Madeline Lovett, UA

Monroe County
Lane Booker, AU
Elizabeth Ellen Stacey, AU

Montgomery County
Katie Langley, AU
Luke Littlejohn, AU
John Parker Wilson, AU

Morgan County
Reagan Akridge, UNA
Ellie Blackwood, AU
Laura Newman, AU

Pike County
Dawson Bradford, UA
Eva Brown, Faulkner University
Britton Paul, TU

Shelby County
Kensen Dewey, USA
Lawson Starnes, UA
Cason Swancey, AU
Ross Tolbert, AU

St. Clair County
Sarah Conaway, AU
Brady Laminack, BSCC
Brooks Laminack, BSCC

Talladega County
Cohen Luker, AU
Lauren Luker, AU
Bayleigh Patterson, SUSCC
Edward Ponder, UAB
Brooks Turner, SUSCC

Tallapoosa County
Blair Burton, AU

Tuscaloosa County
Davis Hudson, UA
Samantha Young, UA

Walker County
Alayna Key, The University of West Alabama

Wilcox County
Callyn Falkenberry, AU