America First CU Honors Outstanding Student Athletes

April 26, 2018
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Riverdale, Utah (April 25, 2018) – America First Credit Union recently recognized Utah student athletes at the Outstanding Student Athlete Scholarship Awards Dinner. The event was held Friday, April 13 at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City.

Each week, throughout the 2017 high school football season, America First Credit Union and KJZZ and KMYU radio stations acknowledged local student athletes with a 3.5 GPA or higher for their outstanding citizenship and school involvement. Twenty-two high school seniors were awarded a $500 scholarship at the event.

Award winners include:

Aidan Troutner – Timpview High School, Ainu Kaufusi – East High School, Ashlee Astle – Layton High School, Ben Ford – East High School, Brady Arbon – Grantsville High School, Cacia Rasmussen – Orem High School, Carter Johnson – Herriman High School, Cora Mickelsen – Alta High School, Dalton Hagen – Corner Canyon High School, Francisco Garcia – Kearns High School, Karlie Valdez – Fremont High School, Kendzee Cloward – Bingham High School, Kiesa Keller – Corner Canyon High School, Kristen Johnson – Ridgeline High School, Lauren Olsen – Woods Cross High School, Logan Ward – West Jordan High School, Megumi (Becky) Wilkinson – Alta High School, Shadrach Preece – American Fork High School, Taylor Larsen – Skyline High School, Travis Boyce – Highland High School, Tyler Rich – Roy High School, Valerie Harker – Syracuse High School

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Photo: Scholarship recipients pose for a photo at the Outstanding Athlete Scholarship Awards Dinner in Salt Lake City, Utah.

ABOUT AMERICA FIRST CREDIT UNION

With a long-standing history and more than 79 years servicing members, America First has become one of the largest, most stable and most progressive credit unions in the country, and has remained a member-owned, not-for-profit cooperative financial institution. Today, America First has 130 locations, and is the 10th largest credit union in assets in the United States with over $9.5 billion, and the sixth largest credit union in membership in America with more than 931,000 members.

Quantifying the Good
$11K+ Scholarship Totals
$434K+ Total All Time Reported Impact