AgHeritage Farm Credit Services has announced the recipients of its 2026 scholarship program, awarding 12 scholarships to outstanding Arkansas students pursuing academic and agricultural success.
The scholarship program includes 9 customer scholarships worth $1,000 each, the $1,000 Ken Shea Memorial Scholarship, the newly created $1,000 Ken Sumner Scholarship, and a $2,000 University Scholarship.
The Customer Scholarship Program was established in 2001 and is open to dependent children and grandchildren of AgHeritage stockholder customers across the company’s 24-county Arkansas service area.
The 2026 AgHeritage Customer Scholarship recipients include:
Evan Erwin — Hamburg High School
Benjamin Harmon — Star City High School
Darby Martin — Southside Charter High School
Sydney Medford — Marvell Academy
Paten Oxner — Searcy High School
Sam Sabbatini — Marvell Academy
Dylan Skarda — Des Arc High School
Taryn Sink — Tuckerman High School
Brogan Tate — Walnut Ridge High School
Addison Stafford of Monticello High School received the Ken Shea Memorial Scholarship, named in honor of longtime Dumas agricultural and civic leader Thomas McKennon “Ken” Shea.
Lane Aukes of Lonoke High School earned the newly established Ken Sumner Scholarship, honoring former AgHeritage Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Kenneth Lee Sumner.
Matilyn Bryant of Arkansas State University-Beebe was selected for the $2,000 University Scholarship awarded to current Arkansas college students studying agriculture.
AgHeritage Farm Credit Services reported approximately $3.08 billion in owned and managed assets as of December 31, 2025, serving nearly 7,000 farmers, ranchers, rural residents, and agribusiness customers throughout Arkansas.
The company operates branch offices in Batesville, Brinkley, Lonoke, McGehee, Newport, Pine Bluff, Pocahontas, Searcy, and Stuttgart.
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