The Board of Directors of the Rural Technology Fund are pleased to have announced that Jason Eric Fite, a 2011 Bourbon County High School graduate has been awarded the Kentucky Student Technology Leadership Program (KY STLP) Scholarship for the 2011 -2012 academic year in the amount of $500.00.

Mr. Fite is planning on attending Eastern Kentucky University and will be majoring in Network Security and Electronics. He was selected to receive the KY STLP Scholarship based upon his exceptional responses to several essay questions designed to gauge interest and passion for a future career in computer technology. The KY STLP Scholarship is an annual scholarship awarded to a Kentucky senior who is an active member in his/her local STLP chapter and is planning to pursue further education in computer technology.