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30 AV, Rosemount Students Earn Dakota Electric Scholarships

101 total students in the county received scholarships.

APPLE VALLEY/ROSEMOUNT, MN — Dakota Electric Association recently announced that it awarded $160,000 in scholarships to 101 students in Dakota County.

The following students from Apple Valley and Rosemount received scholarships this year:

Apple Valley High School

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  • Najma Ali
  • Betania Ayalew
  • Brenden Baty
  • Camryn Lahammer
  • Weihao Li
  • Helena Lind
  • Malenia Pacheco Omana
  • Sabarin Osman
  • Ava Peterson
  • Natalie Tell

Eastview High School

  • Linta Altaf
  • Haven Bates
  • Titilay Emmanuel
  • Samantha Erickson
  • Hamza Habib
  • Hazel Myers
  • Sundy Nguyen
  • Valerie Nguyen
  • Yazmin Rangel Tellex
  • David Schindler

Rosemount High School

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  • Katherine Addison
  • Ashton De Luney
  • Darius Green
  • Hee Soo Hong
  • Sydnie Mailer-Kelly
  • Ethan Nyasende
  • Issac Olson
  • Teron Ormond-Miller
  • McKenzie Sanstrom
  • Nahtayzah Smith

Dakota Electric has donated $1,819,495 in scholarships since 1990, the association said.

"We are pleased to be able to help our local students this way," Dakota Electric's President and CEO Greg Miller said. "As a not-for-profit electric cooperative, Dakota Electric is proud to provide these scholarships from unclaimed capital credits as an investment in the future of our local youth."

The money for the scholarships comes from unclaimed patronage capital, or known as capital credits, the association said.

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