Scholarship Stories

The Neenah Joint School District has awarded a total of $67,950 in scholarships to 43 Neenah High School seniors.

Recipients, who were honored during a ceremony on May 22 at Pickard Auditorium at Neenah High School, were chosen by a volunteer committee of the school district. The following award winners were selected based on outstanding work in the classroom, extra-curricular activities and community involvement.

Stephanie Amundson: $500 – Raymond & Mary Brengosz Memorial Scholarship
Amanda Argall: $1,000 – Frank X College Scholarship
Miquela Bartman: $1,000 – Ann L. Dobbins Memorial Nursing Scholarship
Rachel Blank: $500 – Friends of Education Scholarship
Breanna Borgan: $1,000 – Theda Clark Smith Foundation Scholarship
Elise Braunel: $1,000 – Senior Class Scholarship; $1,500 – Jean Kessler Neenah Girls Basketball Scholarship
Josie Cleveland: $500 – William Heidke Scholarship
Brittany Fahnestock: $1,000 – Helping Hands Scholarship; $1,500 – Neenah Community Scholarship
Karina Fritsch: $1,000 – Robert & Elizabeth McLeod Memorial Scholarship
Elizabeth Gartland: $1,000 – Josh Carter State Farm Scholarship
Eli Goethel: $1,000 – Maureen McAvoy Memorial Scholarship
Frances Greene: $1,000 – Senior Class Scholarship
Payton Hanselman: $2,000 – Ron & Delores Einerson Scholarship
Cameron Hansen: $1,200 – Neenah Community Scholarship
Zachary Hart: $1,100 – Neenah Community Scholarship
Bess Henshaw: $1,100 – Neenah Community Scholarship
Cailin Inman: $1,000 – Larry & Michael Prell Memorial Scholarship
Alynn Jones: $1,000 – Florence Spanbauer Teacher’s Scholarship
Rachael Luebker: $1,000 – Frank X College Scholarship
Brooklynn Lenz: $2,500 – Patrick Began Rocket Memorial Scholarship; $1,000 – NJSD Board of Ed. Scholarship
Autumn Magolski: $1,000 – Ann Beaster Memorial Scholarship
Trevor Marquardt: $500 – Nick Dohr Memorial Scholarship
Kyle Martis: $3,000 – Warren Schucknecht Memorial Scholarship
Grace Moss: $1,000 – Senior Class Scholarship
Kaitlyn Nelson: $1,000 – Florence Spanbauer Teacher’s Scholarship; $1,000 – Pat Moriatry Memorial Scholarship
Reagan Obry: $500 – Albert J. and Arline M. Goerlitz Scholarship
Trevor Oneacre: $200 – Helen Rose Chrapla and David Bryan Chrapla Scholarship
Noah Oubelkho: $1,000 – Laura Jane & Harley Loker Scholarship
Lauren Pahlow: $500 – Robert Radtke Scholarship
Laura Reade: $500 – Robert Jacque Memorial Scholarship
Quinn Rechner: $500 – Larry Camber Memorial Scholarship; $500 – Bill Dunwiddie Memorial Scholarship
Gerald Rott: $500 – Wisconsin Masonic Foundation Scholarship
Joseph Schachtner: $1,000 – NJSD Board of Education Scholarship
Mackenzie Scheibel: $1,000 – Sara Marie Gossen Scholarship
Bryce Sheedy: $1,100 – Neenah Community Scholarship
Sophia Shelley: $500 – Neenah Soccer Club Educational Scholarship
Emily Speers: $1,000 – Rick & Carolyn Carlson Scholarship
Matteo Turnbill: $500 – Jordan Rowe Memorial Scholarship
Jackson Vendola: $500 – Robert Jacque Memorial Scholarship; $500 – Norma Mayer Memorial Scholarship
Caroline Vitale: $1,000 – Senior Class Scholarship
Lucy Will: $1,000 – Ann M. Martin Memorial Scholarship
Emilee Wise: $250 – Roger Ernst Literary Excellence Scholarship
Sophia Zeamer: $1,000 – Senior Class Scholarship

The Oshkosh Area Community Foundation manages nearly 50 funds for the Neenah Joint School District, including scholarship, designated and special project funds.