June 4, 2014 Contact: Darcy Schroeder 361-242-8772 [email protected]
Flint Hills Resources And Koch Pipeline Company To Host Annual Banquet Honoring Outstanding Scholars
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Flint Hills Resources, LLC and Koch Pipeline Company, L.P. honored the academic achievements of 33 South Texas high school seniors by presenting each with a $1,500 scholarship at the Outstanding Scholar Banquet held on June 4 at the Corpus Christi Town Club.
“Flint Hills Resources is honored to present these well-deserving students with scholarships so they can continue their education,” said Valerie Pompa, vice president for Flint Hills Resources. “We are committed to helping our youth become exposed to careers involving science, technology, engineering or mathematics.”
“It is always an honor to recognize the accomplishments of our youth here in South Texas,” said Larry Van Horn, president for Koch Pipeline Company. “These students have worked hard and will one day be a part of the workforce, and perhaps even an employee of a Koch company.”
Since 1995, Flint Hills Resources has recognized more than 600 students from more than 40 South Texas schools for their academic and athletic achievements through commercial spots airing on local television and radio stations. This year, Flint Hills Resources and Koch Pipeline partnered to advance the program from a recognition program to a scholarship program. Scholarship recipients were selected based on their academic record, essay on the concept of entrepreneurship, and a nomination from their school. Recipients must also plan to pursue a career in a STEM field.
Congratulations to this year’s honorees:
Flint Hills Resources Scholarship Recipients
Angela Garcia – Carroll High School Sloane Taylor – Flour Bluff High School Jacob Harris – Carroll High School Jordan Cole – Aransas Pass High School Victoria Ortegon – Collegiate High School Selena Mendoza – Aransas Pass High School Justice Lira – Collegiate High School Alexis Wahlen – Calallen High School Michael Garcia – King High School Regan Thompkins – Calallen High School Stacia Sells – King High School Hayley Hartzog – Odem High School Faith Meza – Miller High School Aaron Villarreal – Odem High School Stephanie Reyes – Miller High School Francisca Ricardo – West Oso High School Luis Gonzales, Moody High School Hannah Reyes – West Oso High School Emmanuel Vega – Moody High School Regina Anderson – Ingleside High School Craig Smith – Ray High School Hailey Zabel – Ingleside High School Caitlin Labay – Ray High School Victoria Ann Longoria – Robstown High School Kendal Paige Ezell – Flour Bluff High School Avery Briones – Robstown High School
Koch Pipeline Company Scholarship Recipients
Krupaben Bhakta – Karnes City High School Allison Surginer – Sinton High School Taylor Pena – Karnes City High School Dalton Klare – Refugio High School Lane Kruger – Pettus High School Hannah Rose – Refugio High School Madeleine Garza – Pettus High School # # #
About Flint Hills Resources, LLC, through its subsidiaries, is a leading refining, chemicals and biofuels company. Its subsidiaries produce and market gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, asphalt, ethanol, biodiesel, liquid natural gas, olefins, polymers, intermediate chemicals, as well as base oils, corn oil and dried distillers grain. The refining business operates refineries in Minnesota and Texas, with a combined crude oil processing capacity of more than 600,000 barrels per day, and owns a 50 percent interest in a lubricants base oil facility in Louisiana. The chemicals business has production facilities in Illinois, Michigan and Texas. The grain processing business operates ethanol plants in Iowa and Nebraska, is equipping a biodiesel plant in Nebraska to begin operation in 2015, and holds equity investments in bioenergy companies. More information can be found at www.fhr.com .
About Koch Pipeline Company - Koch Pipeline Company, L.P. operates more than 4,000 miles of pipelines in Texas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Iowa and Illinois that transport crude oil, refined products, ethanol, natural gas liquids, and chemicals. Koch Pipeline Company, L.P. is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc. Learn more at www.kochpipeline.com .