Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Educational Fund Scholarships

For more than five years, Mark Seilkop has served in an ownership position with Texas Industrial Sales in Houston. Mark Seilkop engages with the Houston community in a number of ways beyond his construction and engineering work, making annual appearances in both the ConocoPhillips Rodeo Run and the Sugar Land Turkey Trot.

Each year, all funds generated through registration fees at the ConocoPhillips Rodeo Run are directed to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Educational Fund. Since 1988, this money has been used by the fund to provide hundreds of annual scholarship opportunities to Texas students aspiring to higher education. Over the last 27 years, the rodeo has raised an estimated $4.5 million for college scholarships.

In 2015 alone, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Educational Fund provided more than 750 collegiate scholarship opportunities. To meet scholarship requirements, US citizens and Texas residents must be graduating high school seniors at an eligible school. They must also fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. For more information, visit www.rodeohouston.com.