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Scholarship Winners

Mark Lisko Big "I" Nebraska Scholarship

In Spring 2022, the IIAN Foundation created a brand new scholarship in partnership with the University of Nebraska Foundation. Two students from the University of Nebraska at Kearney were the first recipients of the Mark B. Lisko Big "I" Nebraska Scholarship

The IIAN Foundation will continue to award this scholarship each year. With your support, we can continue to provide the tools needed to create new career opportunities and fill them with the best students and employees Nebraska has to offer.

2022 Scholarship Winners:
  • Rylee Huff
  • Clara Schindler
2023 Scholarship Winners:
  • Abigail Heins
  • Rylee Huff
2024 Scholarship Winners:
  • Abigail Heins
  • Courtney Swisher
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Insurance Professional Scholarships

Also in 2022, the IIAN Foundation established the New Independent Insurance Professional scholarships, for employees of Big "I" Nebraska member agencies  – one for new professionals in their first year of employment, and one for professionals in their second through fifth year of employment.

Click here for more information and to apply!

February 2022:
  • Year 1 Scholarship: Kyle Bacus, Chastain Otis Insurance Agency, Omaha
  • Year 2-5 Scholarship: Noah Walz, Watts Insurance Group, Lincoln
August 2022: 
  • Year 1 Scholarship: Blake Sears, Zimmer Insurance Group, Lincoln
  • Year 2-5 Scholarship: Kyle Bacus, Chastain Otis Insurance Agency, Omaha
February 2023:
  • Year 1 Scholarship: Nick Van Winkle, Edgewater Insurance, Ogallala
  • Year 2-5 Scholarship: Tammy Brodersen, Midland Insurance Agency, Bloomfield
August 2023:
  • Year 1 Scholarship: Brisa Perez Chan, FNIC, Omaha
  • Year 2-5 Scholarship: Justin "Jake" Tollman, Beef State Agency, Crawford
February 2024:
  • Year 1 Scholarship: Bo Roberts, Adams Insurance Advisors, Ogallala
  • Year 2-5 Scholarship: Jake Richardson, Cornerstone Insurance Group, York