A 2023 Pella High School graduate received a scholarship created in memory of a fallen Iowa State Patrol trooper. Zack Neumann of Pella was the second recipient of the Sergeant James K. Smith Memorial Scholarship. He received a $2,700 scholarship for his studies at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he is a major in Pre-Med. Neumann was a member of the 2022 Class 3A state cross country championship team as a senior. Smith, a 27-year-veteran of the Iowa State Patrol, was shot and killed in April of 2021 while attempting to arrest a barricaded subject in Grundy Center.