McKenna Claborn Receives Missouri Corn Scholarship

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.)–The Missouri Corn Foundation is pleased to award a 2025 Missouri Corn Scholarship to McKenna Claborn of Silex. Claborn will receive a $1,000 scholarship to help pay for her continuing education.

McKenna is the daughter of Shannon and Jessica Claborn. She is a senior at Silex R-1 High School and plans to attend Texas Tech University where she will study plant and soil sciences.

This is the twenty-ninth year Missouri Corn Scholarships have been available for high school and college students. High school applicants must be in their senior year and Missouri residents from a Missouri farm or rural area. They must also plan to attend a two- or four-year college or university and major in an agriculture field. College applicants must also be Missouri residents from a Missouri farm or rural area and be a junior enrolled in a four-year college or university majoring in agriculture.

Applications for the 2026 Missouri Corn Scholarship Program will be available online on or before Dec. 15, 2025. Learn more about Missouri Corn by visiting www.mocorn.org.