b"NPPGA Awards Two ScholarshipsHunter Sobolik and Ryah Opsahl Win NPPGA Scholarships; RyahOpsahl hasbeenawardeda$1,000NorthernPlainsPotatoGrowersResearchandEducationFoundationScholarship.Ryahattended Norman County East HighSchoolinTwinValley,Minnesotawith a 4.0 GPA. Ryah has taken 12collegecoursesinhighschoolalready.SheisamemberoftheNationalHonorSocietyandhasbeen on the A honor roll every quar-ter since the ninth grade. She wastheValedictorianofherclassandHunter Sobolik Ryah Opsahl willbereceivingthePresidentialScholarship from the University ofNorthDakotaforherGPA/ACTThe Northern Plains Potato Growers this year due to Covid 19. He is a score as well as an Honors TuitionAssociationhasnamedtwoaca- memberoftheNationalHonor Scholarship.Shewasalsoawardeddemic scholarship winners for 2020. Societyandwasinvolvedwith theMinnesotaStateHighSchoolTo be eligible for an award, the stu- assemblingtheschoolsyearbook LeagueAcademics,Arts,anddent's family must be NPPGA grow- for two years. Athletics Award and Scholarship.ermemberoraNPPGAPotatoAssociate.His community is very important to Ryah has been an active member ofHunter as he served it by going on a the Evangelical Lutheran ChurchesThisyearanindependentjudge missiontriptoaSouthDakota inAmericaYouthGroupthrough-selectedthewinners.Thejudge Reservationwherehehelpedtake out high school and she is a substi-usedscoringguidelinesbasedon care of children and did work with- tute Sunday School teacher.academic achievement to make the in the community. That same groupselections.NPPGAwouldliketo was involved with Feed My Starving Ryahplansonattendingthethankalltheapplicants,andwish Children events in Grand Forks as University of North Dakota to dou-all continued success. well. Hunter hopes to earn a degree blemajorinBiology,Professionalthat will help him combine his love HealthSciencesEmphasisandHunter Sobolik has been awarded a forMathematicsandbusiness.His Psychology. She plans on finding a$1,000NorthernPlainsPotato goal is to work in a bank, as an actu- job while attending college in med-GrowersResearchandEducation ary, a financial planner or working ical/laboratoryworkandvolunteerFoundation Scholarship. Hunter is a with a business to help them keep atcrisiscenters/hotlines.ShewillgraduateofValley-EdinburgHigh trackoftheirfinancialneeds. pursue a Masters Degree in GeneticSchool,Edinburg,NorthDakota HunterplansonattendingNorth Counselingafterherfouryearsatwitha3.94GPA.Duringhigh Dakota State University. UND.school Hunter was a member of thevarsity BlueKnightsbaseballteam His parents are Joe and Kris Sobolik HerparentsareRossandRhondaand was a starter his sophomore and of Hoople, North Dakota. Opsahl of Twin Valley, Minnesota.junioryears,therewasnoseason22 POTATO GROWER NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020"