The 2025 Andrew Ryback Photography and The Plaid Horse Higher Learning Scholarship Winner: Carson Cox – The Plaid Horse Magazine

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Congratulations to Carson Cox of Montezuma, IN, the first-place award recipient of the 2025 Andrew Ryback Photography and The Plaid Horse Higher Learning Scholarship. His application, which required a three-part essay, two letters of recommendation, a high-school or college transcript, and a letter of acceptance from a college or university, impressed the judges and secured him a $2,500 scholarship prize to put towards his academic endeavors at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
The application pool for this cycle of the scholarship was huge with over 150 entries, and though we could only select three official award winners, we truly enjoyed reading through every single application and appreciate all the applicants who participated this year. 
The goal of this scholarship is to recognize, award, and support members of the sport who may choose to become future equine professionals and who are currently pursuing or about to enter higher education. 
In addition to the first-place award winner, two other scholarships were given to the runner-up applicants. Second place was awarded a $1,500 prize, and third place won $1,000.
Please join us in congratulating the final three winners:
1st Place
Carson Cox of Montezuma, IN, is a freshman at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, IN.
2nd Place
Marynn Vaith of Clanton, AL, is a freshman at Auburn University in Auburn, AL. 
3rd Place
Nayana Shaw of Chicago is a freshman at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Applications for the 2026 Andrew Ryback Photography and The Plaid Horse Higher Learning Scholarship are currently being accepted. More information can be found here.

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