{"id":394202,"date":"2025-11-21T08:11:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T08:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/394202\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T08:11:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T08:11:16","slug":"%f0%9f%8e%99-tmp-hays-high-students-compete-in-youth-entrepreneurship-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/394202\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udf99 TMP, Hays High students compete in Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"StudentsStudents who competed in the 2025 Youth\u00a0Entrepreneurship Challenge on the campus of Fort Hays State University. Courtesy photo<\/p>\n

Submitted<\/p>\n

Grow Hays, in partnership with\u00a0Network Kansas,\u00a0Fort Hays State University\u2019s Entrepreneurial Department,\u00a0Midwest Energy,\u00a0Sunflower Electric,\u00a0Nex-Tech,\u00a0Thomas More Prep-Marian, and\u00a0Hays High School\u00a0USD 489, proudly hosted the\u00a02025 Ellis County Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (YEC)\u00a0on the campus of Fort Hays State University.<\/p>\n

The annual event showcases the next generation of Ellis County business owners, giving students the opportunity to develop and present business ideas through written business plans, professional presentations, and a trade show exhibit. This year\u2019s competition highlighted outstanding creativity and a strong entrepreneurial spirit.<\/p>\n

2025 YEC Winners<\/b><\/p>\n

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  1. 1st Place \u2013 $1,000<\/b>Triple M Lawns \u2013 Mattias Marintzer<\/li>\n
  2. 2nd Place \u2013 $500\u00a0<\/b>Pristine Exteriors \u2013 Karter Myers<\/li>\n
  3. 3rd Place \u2013 $300\u00a0<\/b>Dusk to Dawn \u2013 Faith Schmeidler<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Special Award Winners<\/b><\/p>\n

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    1. Midwest Energy Best Trade Show Award \u2013 $200<\/b>Learn by Alyssa \u2013 Alyssa Church<\/li>\n
    2. Sunflower Electric People\u2019s Choice Award \u2013 $200<\/b>Golden Bit Cookies \u2013 Derek Becker and Brayden Gilmore<\/li>\n
    3. Nex-Tech Most Likely to Launch Award \u2013 $200<\/b>Dusk to Dawn \u2013 Faith Schmeidler<\/li>\n
    4. FHSU Entrepreneur of the Year \u2013 $500 Scholarship\u00a0<\/b>Hipp & Hem \u2013 Emily Hipp<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Grow Hays extends sincere thanks to all participating students, educators, volunteers, and sponsors who made the 2025 competition possible. Events like the YEC continue to strengthen the entrepreneurial pipeline in Ellis County, encouraging youth to develop real-world business skills and pursue innovative ideas.<\/p>\n

      For more information about youth entrepreneurship programs or opportunities to get involved, contact Grow Hays at\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a><\/b>\u00a0or visit\u00a0www.growhays.com<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Students who competed in the 2025 Youth\u00a0Entrepreneurship Challenge on the campus of Fort Hays State University. Courtesy photo…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":394203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[64,607,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-394202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-entrepreneurship","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115586681926803834","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}