Grewal places 1st in statewide scholarship competition representing Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative

 

Tony Ahern, left, president and CEO, Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives, Inc., May 11 congratulates Sharanbir Grewal, son of Parwinder and Sukhbir Grewal, Wooster, OH, who won first place and a $2,625 scholarship in a statewide competition sponsored by Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives, Inc. in Columbus.

Sharanbir was sponsored by Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative after winning a $2,000 scholarship from the Cooperative in March. He is a senior at Wooster High School, Wooster, OH. He will be majoring in political science at Georgetown University this fall.

Forty-five students representing 24 electric cooperatives in Ohio competed for $20,260 in scholarship awards. Winners were announced at a banquet following interviews with scholarship judges during the day.

The state’s electric cooperatives serve 400,000 consumers in 77 of Ohio’s 88 counties.