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:

Student                                  Amount                      Scholarship

Bobbie Allison                      $1,000                        Omro Area Scholarship & Ed. Fdn. Schlp.

Jackson Banks             $1,000                        Omro Area Scholarship & Ed. Fdn. Schlp.

$2,000                        Judge and Mrs. Wilbur Hurlbut Schlp.

$3,000                        Charles P. & Margaret S. King Scholarship

Rachel Beck                           $1,000                        Omro Area Scholarship & Ed. Fnd. Schlp.

Lauren Case                                    $1,000                        Omro Area Scholarship & Ed. Fnd. Schlp.

Lily Derleth                         $1,000                        Omro Area Scholarship & Ed. Fnd. Schlp.

$3,000                        Charles P. & Margaret S. King Scholarship

Kyle Dietzen                         $1,000                        Strehlow Family Scholarship

Lindsey Eberle                     $500                           Laura & Warner Bohn Memorial Schlp.

$3,000                        Charles P. & Margaret S. King Scholarship

$500                           Wayne Remer Scholarship

Hannah Fedderly                 $1,000                        Omro Area Scholarship & Ed. Fdn. Schlp.

$1,000                        Bruce Fowler Scholarship

Jacob Gumz                          $200                           Stanley A. Butkiewicz Memorial Schlp.

Cassandra Halderman        $1,000                        Gene Giddings Scholarship

Sidni Hanna-Stokes            $500                           Laura & Warner Bohn Memorial Schlp.

$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 & Ed. Fnd. Schlp.

$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 Schlp.

Makayla Smith                      $500                           Royal and Della Tice Scholarship

Jaelyn Stadler                       $1,000                        Omro Area Scholarship & Ed. Fdn. Schlp.

$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 Schlp.

$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.