Recipients must have declared a major within the School of Agriculture and Natural Resources, with preference to students majoring in Agricultural Education, Forestry, or Family and Consumer Sciences.  Recipients must demonstrate strong academic performance in coursework taken to date, whether high school or collegiate.

The purpose of the Jay Deason Memorial Scholarship is to encourage ABAC students to pursue a degree in education, to maintain excellence in their pursuit of such degree, and to thereafter enhance the lives of the children they teach.  The scholarship was established to memorialize and honor the life and goals of Jay Deason, a former ABAC student, by providing scholarships to students meeting the established criteria.

This scholarship is awarded to students with majors in forestry, nursing, accounting, or a pre-professional (medicine, law) program of study.  Recipients with academic potential and financial need from Ben Hill County, Georgia will be given first preference, with second preference to students from contiguous counties, then to Georgia residents at large.

Recipients must have a record of strong academic achievement and demonstrated leadership skills.  Students enrolled in any major program of study are eligible, but there is a preference to Family and Consumer Sciences majors.

This scholarship is awarded upon recommendation of the ABAC Family and Consumer Sciences faculty, with first preference in award being to a FACS major, then to a student with a major within the School of Agriculture and Natural Resources.  Recipients should have strong academic records and demonstrated leadership in their high school careers, particularly through involvement in FCCLA or 4-H.

Scholarship recipients must be enrolled in a program of study within the School of Agriculture and Natural Resources or in the Family and Consumer Sciences program, and must be rising sophomores with a record of strong academic performance.  Preference is given to students with a major in Family and Consumer Sciences.

Established by the ABAC Ag Alumni Council in honor of ABAC’s first Director of Alumni Relations, this scholarship is awarded to primarily to residents of Colquitt County, Georgia with a declared major in Family and Consumer Sciences, an area of production agriculture, or agricultural education.  Recipients must demonstrate strong academic achievement.

This scholarship is awarded to entering freshman from either Tift County High School (Tifton, Georgia) or Tiftarea Academy (Tift County, Georgia).  Recipients will have a history of active participation in 4-H and academic achievement during their high school years.  Recipients must also have a declared major in an agriculture-related field of study, family and consumer sciences, or a pre-professional area of study.