A senior at Piper High School has been named one of 100 winners of the Young Entrepreneur Foundation Scholarship award from the National Federation of Independent Business.
Meg Shearer of Kansas City, Kan., received the NFIB-Kansas Leadership Council Young Entrepreneur Award. Her enterprises is Meg Shearer Photography.
The Young Entrepreneur Awards are designed to reward and encourage entrepreneurial talents among high school students.
Ninety-five of the graduating high school seniors will receive $2,000 toward their college and university costs. Five students are in the running for the top Young Entrepreneur of the Year scholarship of $25,000 and the $15,000 Dan Danner Scholarship. The remaining three finalists will receive a $10,000 Young Entrepreneur Award. A special ceremony announcing the five will be held in Washington, D.C., on June 23.