Aidan Plut is the 2025 recipient of the Randall Beckendorff Memorial Scholarship, the Randall Beckendorff Memorial Scholarship Committee announced on May 13.

Plut was awarded the scholarship at the Cinco Ranch High School Awards Banquet. He is a 2025 graduate of Cinco Ranch High School, where he was in Future Farmers of America where he earned his Greenhand, Chapter and Lone Star Degrees. His activities also included raising and showing goats and steers at the Katy ISD Livestock show, winning the Reserve Champion Show Steer for the year 2024-2025. He served as President of the Northwest District FFA Area Association and as Vice-President of the Cinco Ranch High School FFA Chapter. Plut plans to attend Blinn College and Texas A & M to study Agriculture and Life Sciences and intends to become a professional Texas Game Warden.

“Aiden has a very long list of accomplishments,” said Christopher Sword of the Randall Beckendorff Memorial Scholarship Committee. “He is a very well-rounded candidate, including volunteering at Texas Children’s Hospital. I expect him to also accomplish all his higher education and professional goals.”

The Randall Beckendorff Memorial Scholarship Fund was founded in 1980 in memory of Randall Mark (Randy) Beckendorff, a Katy farmer. This scholarship is intended to provide financial assistance to the student who is of average scholastic performance, but who is extremely dedicated and hard-working, and interested in pursuing an education in the field of agriculture. For more information go to https://randallbeckendorffscholarship.org

For more information, contact Christopher Sword at 281-670-4242 or email rbecke