The LaGrange County Community Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Community Scholarship Program, which aims to support the educational aspirations of students in LaGrange County.
Through the program, the Community Foundation awarded $93,250 in community scholarships to 19 graduating seniors. The program includes 45 donor-created scholarship funds, each with their own unique criteria. Funds are created by individuals, families and businesses and are managed by the Community Foundation.
The scholarship program is open to graduating high school seniors who are pursuing higher education at an accredited university, college, or trade school. The scholarships support a variety of career paths such as education, agriculture, health, science, nursing, and more. Awards range from $500 to $3,000 per award; several scholarships are provided for four years.
“Each year we look forward to awarding our community scholarships to high school seniors. These scholarships recognize the accomplishments the students have achieved in the last four years,” said Executive Director Octavia Yoder.
“We are grateful to the individuals, families and businesses who created these scholarship funds and have worked alongside the Community Foundation. We aspire to welcome new donors and fund more students as the program continues to grow. We are extremely appreciative of the community volunteers who take time to help read and evaluate scholarships. The process is quite an undertaking and is truly a community partnership of donors, volunteers, schools, and Community Foundation staff. It’s rewarding to help support the educational goals of students in our community,” Yoder added.
Recipients of the 2023 Community Scholarships, listed by schools, are as follows:
Lakeland High School scholarship recipients:
- Allread-Rife Family Scholarship – Mallory Mynhier
- Brian Evans Memorial Scholarship – Aurora Yoder
- Bruce Brown Memorial Scholarship – Ezekiel Wachtman
- Bulldog Spirit Scholarship – Jeremiah Combs
- Chase Scott Memorial Football Scholarship – Owen Troyer
- Holly Petersen Memorial Science Scholarship – Ezekiel Wachtman
- HOPE Nursing Scholarship – Peyton Hartsough and Alivia Rasler
- Joseph Willard Memorial Scholarship – Ezekiel Wachtman
- Judy Gage-Keenan Scholarship – Alivia Rasler
- Lakeland Scholarship – Ezekiel Wachtman
- Melvin and Marjorie Bricker Memorial Scholarship – Mallory Mynhier
- Olivia Bay Lemings Memorial Scholarship – Alivia Rasler
- Paul and Marian Krebs Memorial Scholarship – Gabrielle Hartman
- Ray and Ruth Culp Memorial Scholarship – Alivia Rasler
- Terry Schmidt Memorial Basketball Scholarship – Ezekiel Wachtman
- Schlemmer Scholarship – Jeremiah Comb
- Virgil and Florence Hardin Memorial Scholarship – Alivia Rasler
- Waddell Memorial Scholarship – Mallory Mynhier
Prairie Heights High School scholarship recipients:
- Amanda Lou Crotts Memorial Scholarship – Abigail Myers
- Beverly Todd Memorial Scholarship – Conner Keeslar
- Craig D. and Ronda S. Neff Memorial Scholarship – Caylee James.
- Ellsworth Fanning Memorial Scholarship – Caylee James
- Kevin Lewis Purdue Agriculture Memorial Scholarship – Caylee James
- J.O. Mory Company Scholarship – Alyssa Burger
- LaGrange County Farm Bureau Co-op Scholarship – Caylee James
- Ned Stump Memorial Scholarship – Conner Keeslar
- Melvin and Marjorie Bricker Memorial Scholarship – Phillip Sheets
- Mory Family Scholarship – Phillip Sheets
- Perkins Family Scholarship – Trevyn Terry
- Prairie Heights Student Council Scholarship – Abigail Myers
- Prairie Heights High School Scholarship – Caylee James, Emma Wylie, Phillip Sheets and Trevyn Terry
Westview High School scholarship recipients:
- Allread-Rife Family Scholarship – Paige Riegsecker
- Craig D. and Ronda S. Neff Memorial Scholarship – Skye Growcock
- Farmwald Scholarship – Ella Yoder
- James F. Kalb Memorial Scholarship – Ella Yoder
- Keith and Arline Davis Memorial Scholarship – Ella Yoder
- Kerry Wilt-Spradlin Memorial Scholarship – Paige Riegsecker
- LIFE Scholarship – Ella Yoder
- Lyle Smith Scholarship – Ella Yoder
- Morgan Hunter Memorial Scholarship – Skye Growcock
- Rheinheimer Scholarship – Emily Stutzman and Skye Growcock
Congratulations to these young men and women!
