Scholarship Stories

The Omro Area Scholarship and Education Foundation has awarded a total of $55,100 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:

Kalei Allison: $750 — Maurice J. Schoenbechler Scholarship
Zulema Belnap: $2,500 – Peggy Wagner Memorial Scholarship
Lindi Boeck: $1,000 — Omro Scholarship and Education Fdn Schlp, $1,000 — Reitz-Wegner Scholarship, $2,500 – Keith H. Hurlbut Scholarship
MarinaRose Bongert: $2,000 — Judge and Mrs. Wilbur Hurlbut Scholarship, $1,000 — Omro Scholarship and Education Fdn Schlp, $500 — Warner & Laura Bohn Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 – Elizabeth Rasmussen Scholarship
Chloe Burroughs: $1,000 – Barr-Chalberg Scholarship, $750 – Jeanette Hebblewhite Scholarship
Carson Buttke: $500 — Wayne Remer Memorial Scholarship
Hunter Carlson: $1,500 – William M. Bray Scholarship
Lauren Case: $1,000 — Omro Scholarship and Education Fdn Schlp
Olivia Clancy: $1,500 – Mary E. Forbes Scholarship
Ryan Courter: $500 — Lillie Family Scholarship
Bryce Crowley: $500 — Bernie Egan Memorial Scholarship, $3,000 — Charles P. and Margaret S. King Scholarship, $1,000 — Coops Wrestling Scholarship, $1,000 – Winnebago County Farm Bureau Scholarship
Kyle Dietzen: $1,000 — Strehlow Family Scholarship
Dominic Dorman: $1,000 – Kim Chapin Scholarship
Brooklyn Duchatschek: $3,000 — Charles P. and Margaret S. King Scholarship
Nicholas Eklund: $1,000 — Gene E. Giddings Scholarship, $200 — Stanley A. Butkiewicz Memorial Scholarship
Logan Frank: $500 – Brandon J. Backus Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 – Nyal & Beverly Scheuermann Family Scholarship
Ryan Gehrke: $1,000 — Donald and Shirley Dailey Scholarship
Hannah Gregory: $500 – Debra Hildebrandt Scholarship
Jasmine Greuel: $500 – Richard A. Meyer Memorial Scholarship
Brady Hager: $1,000 — Omro Scholarship and Education Fdn Schlp
Levi Harper: $500 — Neil and Ellen Newman Memorial Scholarship
Cole Henke: $1,000 — Neil and Ellen Newman Memorial ScholarshipCaleb Joachim: $1,000 — Bruce Fowler Scholarship, $2,000 — Judge and Mrs. Wilbur Hurlbut Scholarship
Katie Hilt: $500 – Dorothy Ruland Scholarship
Makayla Hotz: $1,000 – Lester Ihrig Memorial Scholarship, $1,500 – William M. Bray Scholarship
Isaiah Hubanks: $500 – Daggett Family Scholarship
Madeline Jaber: $1,000: Oshkosh North HS Class of 1978 Gladys Veidemanis Scholarship
Damen Johnston: $300 — Les Kallas Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 – Winneconne Thrift and Gift Scholarship
Karlee Kafer: $3,000 — Charles P. and Margaret S. King Scholarship, $1,000 — Coops Wrestling Scholarship
Madelynn Kallman: $1,000 – Oshkosh Service League Scholarship
Evan Kriz: $500 – Kaprelian Baseball Scholarship, $500 – Robert Kellerman Scholarship
Dean Kuberski: $1,000 – Merlin R. and Ruth I. Wegner Scholarship
Emma Lepianka-Ludwig: $300 — Lewis Drobnick Scholarship, $1,000 — Mildred E. Turner Scholarship
Anothai Lor: $500 – Kay Weber Scholarship
Finn Luaders: $1,000 – Pepsi Scholarship
Tegan Malnory: $3,000 — Charles P. and Margaret S. King Scholarship, $1,000 — Gene E. Giddings Scholarship, $500 — Maddex Eckstein Kind Heart Scholarship, $1,000 — Omro Scholarship and Education Fdn Schlp, $500 – Ruth Kossel LPN Scholarship Oshkosh North High School
Owen Meyerson: $1,000 – Barr-Chalberg Scholarship
Kaylyn Mohr: $750 — Maurice J. Schoenbechler Scholarship
Drake Moxon: $500 – Sam Barnard Memorial Scholarship
Ivan Osland: $500 – Donald and Audrey Gutzman Scholarship, $1,000 – Lester Ihrig Memorial Scholarship
Mallory Ott: $500 – Sam Barnard Memorial Scholarship
Mina Pillsbury: $1,000 – Joseph Mertle Scholarship
Sophia Rommelfanger: $300 – Maggie Radford Nordquist Choral Scholarship, $1,500 – William M. Bray Scholarship
Ava Rost: $400 — Royal and Della Tice Scholarship
Jenna Rowlands: $2,500 — Lawrence Thull Scholarship, $500 — Maddex Eckstein Kind Heart Scholarship, $1,000 — Omro Scholarship and Education Fdn Schlp
Cormac Sammons: $1,000 – Fox River Valley Contractors Assoc Schlp, $350 – Harold Schumerth Scholarship, $1,000 – Ray Neveau Play it Forward Memorial Scholarship
Ella Saunders: $1,000 – Dave & Connie Paulick Scholarship
Own Schulze: $1,000 – Dr. Peter Muehrer 1995 Hall of Fame Scholarship Fund
Ava Stachura: $500 — Edward R. and Kathryn M. Goss Memorial Scholarship, $500 — Virginia Formiller Family Scholarship
Samuel Stindt: $1,000 – Viola C. Vedder Memorial Scholarship
Katharine Stupey: $1,500 – William M. Bray Scholarship
Pa Houa Shoua Thao: $1,000 – Barr-Chalberg Scholarship, $500 – Kay Weber Scholarship
Aubrie Tanner: $500 — Bernie Egan Memorial Scholarship
Chloe Thao: $1,000 – Viola C. Vedder Memorial Scholarship
Hannah Thomer: $1,000 — Omro Scholarship and Education Fdn Schlp
Alessandra Villalobos-Gutierrez: $3,000 — Charles P. and Margaret S. King Scholarship, $1,000 — Omro Scholarship and Education Fdn Schlp
Hannah Voigt: $400 — Ferne Davis Memorial Scholarship
Lay Wah: $1,000 – Marvin and Mary Steckbauer Thompson Schlp-HS Education, $2,000 – Sergeant Andrew Wallace Scholarship
Matthew Wallace: $3,000 — Marie Bullis Barnard Memorial Scholarship, $500 — Warner & Laura Bohn Memorial Scholarship
Anna Wheeler: $1,000 — Mildred E. Turner Scholarship
Ella Willison: $3,000 — Marie Bullis Barnard Memorial Scholarship
Abby Yanacek: $500 – Dr. Stanley J. Graiewski Memorial Scholarship
Timothy Yang: $1,000 – Barr-Chalberg Scholarship, $2,000 – Thomas J. King and Jean I. Erdman Scholarship
Peyton Zietlow: $500 – Oshkosh Noon Optimist Scholarship-UWO Award

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 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.