Scholarship Stories

The Omro Area Scholarship and Education Foundation has awarded a total of $58,200 in scholarships to 30 Omro High School graduates.

A community-based volunteer committee chose the following recipients based on outstanding work in the classroom, extra-curricular activities and community involvement:

Bobbie Allison: $1,000 – Omro Area Scholarship & Education Foundation Scholarship

Jackson Banks: $1,000 – Omro Area Scholarship & Education Foundation Scholarship, $2,000 – Judge and Mrs. Wilbur Hurlbut Scholarship: $3,000 – Charles P. & Margaret S. King Scholarship

Rachel Beck: $1,000 – Omro Area Scholarship & Education Foundation Scholarship

Lauren Case: $1,000 – Omro Area Scholarship & Education Foundation Scholarship

Lily Derleth: $1,000 – Omro Area Scholarship & Education Foundation Scholarship, $3,000 – Charles P. & Margaret S. King Scholarship

Kyle Dietzen: $1,000 – Strehlow Family Scholarship

Lindsey Eberle: $500 – Laura & Warner Bohn Memorial Scholarship, $3,000 – Charles P. & Margaret S. King Scholarship, $500 – Wayne Remer Scholarship

Hannah Fedderly: $1,000 – Omro Area Scholarship & Education Foundation Scholarship, $1,000 – Bruce Fowler Scholarship

Jacob Gumz: $200 – Stanley A. Butkiewicz Memorial Scholarship

Cassandra Halderman: $1,000 – Gene Giddings Scholarship

Sidni Hanna-Stokes: $500 – Laura & Warner Bohn Memorial Scholarship, $3,000 – Charles P. & Margaret S. King Scholarship

Katelyn Herschberger: $3,000 – Charles P. & Margaret S. King Scholarship

Lydia Hoeper: $750 – Maurice Schoenbechler Scholarship

Jacob Horak: $300 – Lewis Drobnick Scholarship

Tabitha Kilgas: $1,000 – Reitz-Wegner Scholarship, $500: Maddex Eckstein Kind Heart Scholarship

Gavin Knurowski : $500 – Maddex Eckstein Kind Heart Scholarship Maya Lain, $1,000 – Gene Giddings Scholarship

Samantha McFadin: $1,000 – Omro Area Scholarship & Education Foundation Scholarship $2,500 – Lawrence Thull Scholarship

Aiden Meidl: $3,000 – Marie Bullis Barnard Scholarship, $400 – Ferne Davis Scholarship

Elizabeth Norman: $1,000 – Gene Giddings Scholarship

Gehan Pascual: $300 – Les Kallas Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 – Don and Shirley Dailey Scholarship

Sophie Pavelka: $3,000 – Marie Bullis Barnard Scholarship, $500 – Kathryn M. Goss Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 – Mildred E. Turner Scholarship

Matthew Rilling: $3,000 – Charles P. & Margaret S. King Scholarship, $500 – Neil and Ellen Newman Memorial Scholarship

Makayla Smith: $500 – Royal and Della Tice Scholarship

Jaelyn Stadler: $1,000 – Omro Area Scholarship & Education Foundation Scholarship $2,000 – Judge & Mrs. Wilbur Hurlbut Scholarship

Kennedy Stewart: $500 – Virginia Formiller Family Scholarship

Emma Stinemates: $500 – Bernie Egan Memorial Scholarship

Audrey Stoflet: $750 – Maurice Schoenbechler Scholarship

Gilliann Tanner: $1,000 – Mildred E. Turner Scholarship, $500 – Lillie Family Scholarship

Candon Yonke: $1,500 – Dale E. Treleven Social Justice Scholarship, $1,000 – Coops Wrestling Scholarship Fund

The Omro Area Scholarship and Education Foundation includes 30 scholarship funds, which are administered by the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation. You can support these funds with gifts online at OshkoshAreaCF.org/fund/ 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.