Scholarships
WISCONSIN SHEEP BREEDERS COOPERATIVE SCHOLARSHIP
**Scholarships: Up to $3,000.00 in scholarships will be awarded annually based on qualified applications submitted.
Scholarships to be divided at the Scholarship Committee member’s discretion.
CRITERIA FOR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANTS
- Parents or applicant must have been members of the Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Coop for a minimum of (2) consecutive years including the year of application.
- Must be a high school senior graduating in 2023 or college student age 25 or younger, with one complete year of college to complete by the date of application.
- Applicant must be enrolled in an accredited 4-year college, community college, technical school, or the UW-Madison Agriculture Short Course, in the fall of 2023.
- Previous WSBC scholarship winners are not eligible to re-apply.
- Applicant must have carried sheep as a 4-H or FFA project for a minimum of 2 years.
- If awarded a scholarship in 2023, scholarships will be paid any time after January 1, 2024 upon submission of scholarship recipient’s Fall 2023 college transcript, reflecting a minimum of a 2.0 GPA and a Spring 2024 class schedule.
- Late applications or applications that don’t follow submission requirements will not be considered.
Download Scholarship Application (PDF)
Download Scholarship Application (DOCX)
2023 SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE: JUNE 15, 2023
Send hard copies to: Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative
Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative
5621 County Road F
Janesville, WI 53545
Email electronic copies to:
[email protected]
Scholarship Winners should submit fall 2023 transcripts and 2024 spring class schedules to:
Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative
5621 County Road F
Janesville, WI 53545
Have Questions? Call the WSBC office after 5 pm (weekdays) at 608/743-9080 or email [email protected]
[email protected]
Questions:
or 608-743-9080
Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Co-op
Names Scholarship Winners for 2020
Kailen Smercheck is the 2020 recipient of a $1000 Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Co-op (WSBC) scholarship.

I live on a 150 head sheep farm where I manage our family flock of wether-type ewes, Smerchek Club Lambs, and the pure bred Southdown flock I co-own with my two older siblings, KDK Southdowns. My daily responsibilities include feeding, and watering all the sheep on our farm as well as maintenance like bedding, sweeping and cleaning the barns. I assist with vaccinating for CD&T and sore mouth as well as deworming the flock and lamb all the sheep in the winter and fall lambing seasons. I make breeding decisions and work to improve the quality of our livestock in the ring, in the lambing barn, and on the rail. I also work to expand the sales of KDK Southdowns by advertising and marketing. I have been photographing our sheep and fitting them for online sales which allows sheep breeders across the country to buy our sheep. I have also been updating and photographing for both KDK Southdowns and Smerchek Show Lamb’s websites and facebook pages. Being the only owner that lives on the farm day to day care and sales all falls on my plate.I have known for a long time now that wherever my future takes me, it will be revolved around the agricultural industry. I have grown a true passion for agriculture and a love for animals. Knowing that, I will be attending Iowa State University, where I will major in animal science and agriculture communications. I may be unsure of the exact career I will have in the future but I am open to any of the opportunities that come my way. I might be an agricultural advocate, a veterinarian, a reproductive/ genetic specialist, or even a ruminant nutritionist. I want to be an important part of the ever-changing agricultural industry and am open to whatever role that demands I play. Now, on the other side of my future career I want to raise high quality show sheep on a small farm. I want to own a flock consisting of crossbred wether-type ewes and Southdown ewes with the goal of producing a champion one day.
Vanessa Roberts is the 2020 recipient a $750 WSBC scholarship.
