Subject: Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. Scholarship Recipients

Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI), the non-profit trade association for Delmarva’s chicken business, has announced the recipients in its 2016 College Scholarship Program. From a field of 20 applicants who are enrolled at or have been accepted at colleges and universities across the country, seven outstanding students were chosen to receive grants totaling more than $12,000. Each has expressed and interest in working in a segment of Delmarva's chicken industry.

The recipients are:

Roshell Brown, Oak Hall, Virginia, a student at Wilmington University majoring in business management.

Kimberly Hildreth, Salisbury, Maryland, a junior at the University of Delaware majoring in pre-veterinary medicine and animal biosciences.

Michael Johnson, Milford, Delaware, a senior at Milford High School who will be attending the University of Delaware majoring in business management.

Samantha Kirk, Laurel, Delaware, an agribusiness major at Delaware Technical and Community College who will be transferring to Wilmington University to complete a bachelors degree in business management.

Levi Kolakowski, Cordova, Maryland, a junior at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore majoring in agriculture studies.

Wesley Myrer, Pittsville, Maryland, a freshman at Salisbury University majoring in biology.

Erin Smith, Bishopville, Maryland, a senior at Stephen Decatur High School who will be attending Christopher Newport University majoring in business.

The Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. College Scholarship Program is funded by an annual golf tournament to be held on Wednesday, June 8, at Green Hill Country Club near Salisbury, Maryland. Details are posted at www.dpichicken.org.

Information on the 2017 scholarship program will be posted later this year on the DPI website, http://www.dpichicken.org