SDTA Scholarships

Apply TODAY!
Download an application HERE
Or apply online HERE
Applications due by June 13, 2025
Selection will be made by July 18, 2025


2024 SDTA Scholarship Winners
Ryan Hohenberger - $2,000 winner
Blake Mommaerts - $2,000 winner
Kaylen Spotted Bear - $2,000 winner

2023 Scholarship Winners
McCoy Peterson ($2,000)
Brynne Larvie ($2,000)
Sara Peterson ($1,500)  

2022 Scholarship Winners
 Peyton McDonnell ($2,000)
Nash Colberg ($1,500)
Carson Palmer ($1,500)

 
 
The Scholarship Program is supported by SDTA and its member companies, including all of the following community-based rural broadband providers operating in South Dakota: 
  • Alliance Communications
  • Beresford Municipal Telephone
  • Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority
  • Faith Municipal Telephone
  • Fort Randall Telephone
  • Golden West Telecommunications
  • Interstate Telecommunications Cooperative
  • James Valley Telecommunications
  • Kennebec Telephone Company
  • Midstate Communications
  • RC Technologies
  • Santel Communications
  • Swiftel Communications
  • TrioTel Communications
  • Valley Telecommunications
  • Venture Communications
  • West River Cooperative Telephone
  • West River Telecommunications Cooperative
Examples of eligible majors or fields of study for the SDTA Memorial Scholarship include, but are not limited to: Telecommunications;  WiFi and Broadband Technologies; Information Systems Technology; Satellite Communications; Health Information Technology; Office Technology Specialist; Programming Specialist; Network Specialist; Engineering (Computer Science or Systems, Electrical, CAD, Software, Industrial, Communications Systems, Network Security); Technologies or Computers (Communications Systems Engineering Technologies, Computer Programming, Computer Software Specialist, Computer Systems or Software, Computer Applications, Utilities Technologies, Network Technician, Internet Apps Developer, Laser/Electro-Optics, Marketing, Network Administration, System Administrator); Technology Education; and Communication Arts (Graphic Design or Mass Communications, Commercial Arts, Multimedia/Web Development.)