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The Omro Area Scholarship and Education Foundation has awarded a total of $62,170 in scholarships to 39 Omro High School graduates. Students received scholarships May 23 during a ceremony at the high school. A community-based volunteer committee chose the following recipients based on outstanding work in the classroom, extra-curricular activities and community involvement:

Camryn Annoye
$1,000            Omro Area Scholarship & Education Fdn Schlp

Jenna Boeck
$400               Ferne Davis Memorial Scholarship
$2,500            Marie Bullis Barnard Memorial Scholarship

Alissa Boese
$2,500            Charles P. and Margaret S. King Scholarship

Emily Bohn
$2,500            Charles P. and Margaret S. King Scholarship
$500               Warner & Laura Bohn Scholarship

Lauren Bohn
$2,500            Charles P. and Margaret S. King Scholarship
$500               Warner & Laura Bohn Scholarship

Gensyn Bosquez
$400               Royal and Della Tice Scholarship

Paige Broderick
$2,500            Charles P. and Margaret S. King Scholarship

Faith Brooks
$2,500            Charles P. and Margaret S. King Scholarship

Anna Chapin
$2,500            Charles P. and Margaret S. King Scholarship

Annah Chriske
$2,000            Judge & Mrs. Wilbur Hurlbut Scholarship

Margaret Clifford
$560               Maurice Schoenbechler Scholarship

Garret Cooper
$300               Lewis Drobnick Scholarship

Jack Dietzen
$1,000            Coops Wrestling Scholarship
$250               Craig Wesner Memorial Scholarship

Madeline Egan
$2,500            Charles P. and Margaret S. King Scholarship
$1,000            Omro Area Scholarship & Education Fdn Schlp

Chandler Gitter
$1,000            Omro Area Scholarship & Education Fdn Schlp

Kelly Hess
$1,000            Omro Area Scholarship & Education Fdn Schlp

Madison Johnson
$1,000            Gene Giddings Scholarship

Rachel Kilgas
$2,500            Marie Bullis Barnard Memorial Scholarship

Alexander Kloiber
$1,000            Coops Wrestling Scholarship
$1,000            Donald and Shirley Dailey Scholarship

Kassidy Kolodzik
$300               Lester Kallas Memorial Scholarship

Elly Koonce
$1,000            Bruce Fowler Memorial Scholarship
$2,000            Judge & Mrs. Wilbur Hurlbut Scholarship

Theo Kretzmann
$1,000            Gene Giddings Scholarship

Curtis Kreuzinger
$200               Stanley A. Butkiewicz Scholarship

Katelyn Laabs
$1,000            Rosie and Don Hildebrandt Omro High School

Lucas Laska
$2,000            Mildred E. Turner Scholarship

Brayden Litton
$500               Wayne Remer Scholarship

Camryn Nesbitt-Carter
$500               Edward J. and Kathryn M. Goss Memorial Schlp

Haley Neuens
$2,000            Mildred E. Turner Scholarship

Jamie Peters
$1,000            Omro Area Scholarship and Education Fdn Schlp

Kelsey Potratz
$2,500            Charles P. and Margaret S. King Scholarship

Payton Rahn
$2,500            Charles P. and Margaret S. King Scholarship

Peyton Retzlaff
$2,500            Charles P. and Margaret S. King Scholarship
$1,000            Omro Area Scholarship and Education Fdn Schlp

Jared Retzlaff
$1,000            Strehlow Family Scholarship

Virginia Steffen
$1,000            Reitz-Wegner Scholarship

Olivia Stewart
$1,000            Omro Area Scholarship and Education Fdn Schlp

Michael Stini
$560               Maurice Schoenbechler Scholarship

Samantha Stone
$500               Virginia Formiller Family Scholarship

Bricarah Thull
$1,000            Omro Area Scholarship and Education Fdn Schlp

Irena Xheng
$1,000            Omro Area Scholarship and Education Fdn Schlp
$700               Ray Janiak Science Scholarship

The Omro Area Scholarship and Education Foundation includes 26 scholarship funds, which are administered by the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation. You can support these funds with gifts online here or to the Foundation at 230 Ohio St., Suite 100, Oshkosh, WI 54902. For more information about scholarships, go to FoxRiverScholarshipCenter.org.

The Oshkosh Area Community Foundation is a nonprofit charitable organization created by and for the people of Winnebago County, Waushara County, Green Lake County and Ripon. Through charitable giving, the Foundation strives to make our communities thrive. For more information, please call 920-426-3993.