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Each year the Kansas Sheriffs Association awards up to $19,000 worth of educational scholarships to eligible members or family members. The eight-member Scholarship Committee, chaired by Lyon County Sheriff Jeff Cope, receive the written applications, and conduct interviews with all applicants. This year, fifteen $1,000 awards were issued along with one $2,000 Sheriff Matt Samuels Award and one $2,000 Wilson/Fletcher Memorial Scholarship.
Sheriff Samuels was killed in the line of duty on January 19th, 2005, and shortly after that, this scholarship was established in his honor. This year there were 34 scholarship applications to be considered. The Wilson/Fletcher Memorial Scholarship represents former Executive Director Darrell Wilson and Deputy Director John Fletcher who both passed away in 2025.
Winning one of the $1,000 Scholarships for 2025 is Taegan Shannon. Taegan is attending the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS. Her application was sponsored by her father, Brian Shannon.
The Kansas Sheriffs Association wishes Taegan our best for her educational future.
Sheriff Sandy Horton, Retired
Executive Director
Kansas Sheriffs Association