2008 Texas Young Entrepreneur Award Recipients
The NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation is excited to announce the winners of the 2008 NFIB Young Entrepreneur Awards, a scholarship program designed to reward and encourage entrepreneurial talents among high school students. Recipients of the YEF Awards will attend the university, college, community college or vocational/technical institute of their choice with $1,000-$10,000 in tuition assistance from the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation. This year more than 400 scholarships will be awarded, thanks to the financial support from numerous small business leaders, corporate and foundation supporters. This year's major corporate sponsors are Visa and The McKelvey Foundation.
Texas winners are listed below.
| Texas | ||
| NFIB Young Entrepreneur Award | ||
| Blayne Baker | Spearman | Spearman High School |
| Holly Burgess | Spring | Klein High School |
| Michael Cantu | McAllen | Nicki Rowe High School |
| Julia Capper | Benbrook | Covenant Classical School |
| Scott Harris | San Antonio | Reagan High School |
| Kyle Hoelting | Nazareth | Nazareth School |
| Spenser Honeycutt | Santa Fe | Santa Fe High School |
| Kacy Kaiser | Universal City | Samuel Clemens High School |
| Luyen Luong | Austin | Reagan High School |
| Alysha Moore | Schertz | Home School |
| Hafsa Munshi | Houston | Alief Kerr High School |
| John Myers | Plano | Plano Senior High School |
| Jonathan Smith | Houston | North Shore Senior High School |
| Elizabeth Stewart | Mission | Veterans Memorial High School |
| NFIB/Eddie Boykin Young Entrepreneur Award | ||
| Zachary Galant | Dallas | Greenhill School |
| NFIB/Sam's Club Young Entrepreneur Award | ||
| Hillary White | Amarillo | Amarillo High School |
| NFIB/Visa Young Entrepreneur Award | ||
| Ryan Place | Austin | Westwood High School |
| Stephen Sanders | Haslet | Northwest High School |
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