Scholarship Stories

The Neenah Joint School District has awarded a total of $57,800 in scholarships to 52 Neenah High School seniors. These scholarships are supported by funds held within the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation.

Recipients, who were honored during a ceremony on May 17, 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:

Piper Alberg: $1,000 – Amiee Charlier Memorial Softball Scholarship
Charlie Altekruse: $500 – Neenah Soccer Club Educational Scholarship
Mitchell Argall: $2,500 – Patrick Began Rocket Memorial Scholarship, $1,500 – Krizan Family Memorial Scholarship
Madeline Arndt: $1,000 – Michael Prell and Matt Ihde Memorial Scholarship, $2,000 – Jeanette G. Westphal Scholarship
Robert Barthell: $2,500 – Neenah Joint School District Board of Education Scholarship, $2,500 – Patrick Began Rocket Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 – Senior Class Scholarship, $1,000 – Elizabeth Rasmussen Scholarship
Payton Beaudreau: $1,000 – Florence Spanbauer Teacher’s Scholarship,$3,000 – Warren Schucknecht Memorial Scholarship
Ellie Bingham: $500 – Jeanette G. Westphal Scholarship
Veronica Colford: $1,000 – Don and Mary Troudt Scholarship
Victoria Czap: $1,000 – Senior Class Scholarship
Gurleen Dhami: $1,000 – American Legion Post 33 Scholarship
Maxwell Diekfuss: $500  – Coolidge Elementary PTO Scholarship
Jack Dorner: $1,000 – Theda Clark Smith Foundation Scholarship
Joseph Dringoli: $300 – Lakeview Elementary PTO Scholarship, $1,500 – Mr. & Mrs. Morris Dalton #1 Scholarship
Josephine Duvall: $1,500 – Neenah Community Scholarship, $500 – Norma Mayer Memorial Scholarship
Jazmine Falkner: $500 – Jordan Rowe Memorial Scholarship
Lily Flottemesch: $500 – Jeanette G. Westphal Scholarship
Rachel Frank: $500 – Robert Radtke Scholarship, $1,000 – Theda Clark Smith Foundation Scholarship
Jensen Haese: $200 – Helen Rose Chrapla and David Bryan Chrapla Schlp, $1,500 – Neenah Community Scholarship
Benjamin Hansen: $1,000 – Theda Clark Smith Foundation Scholarship
Charles Hansen: $500 – Larsen/Winchester Lions Club Scholarship – Trades, $500 – UAW Local 578 Scholarship
McKenna Herm: $1,000 – Ann L. Dobbins Memorial Nursing Scholarship, $1,500 – Neenah Community Scholarship, $1,000 – Marie Lehnigk Scholarship
Nolan Hessenthaler: $500 – Nick Dohr Memorial Scholarship
Eion Hinkle: $500 – Champion of Conservation Scholarship
Abigail Hoelzel: $1,000 – Michael Prell and Matt Ihde Memorial Scholarship
Matthew Hoyman: $500 – Roosevelt Elementary School PTO Scholarship
Caleb Jankowski: $1,000 – Frank X College Scholarship
Connor Killian: $500 – Bill Dunwiddie Memorial Scholarship
Sage Kirklewski: $1,500 – Jean Kessler Neenah Girls Basketball Scholarship, $500 – Neenah Soccer Club Educational Scholarship, $1,500 – Larsen/Winchester Lions Club Scholarship – Medical Field
Ava Kok: $1,000 – Josh Carter State Farm Scholarship
James Kruschke: $500 – Alta T. and Daniel B. Straley Scholarship, $1,000 – Don and Mary Troudt Scholarship
Marina Kummerow: $1,000 – Theresa M. Cheng MD, PhD Scholarship
Dalton Liebhauser: $500 – Louis Kort Memorial Scholarship
Amara Lisowe: $3,000 – Jeanette G. Westphal Scholarship
Ella Mainville: $1,000 – Okundaye Keane Family Scholarship for Civics, Literature, and the Arts
Brooklyn Mena: $500 – Sara Marie Gossen Scholarship
Amber Miller: $1,000 – Theda Clark Smith Foundation Scholarship
Satchel Moss: $500 – Norbert & Hope Vette Scholarship
Maria Mulloy: $800 – Jeanette G. Westphal Scholarship
Kendra Pagel: $1,000 – Florence Spanbauer Teacher’s Scholarship, $1,000 – Rick & Carolyn Carlson Scholarship
Lea Perry: $500 – William Heidke Scholarship
Michael Printz: $1,000 – Frank X Technical College Scholarship
Allison Raber: $500 – Larry Camber Memorial Scholarship
Elizabeth Ramaeker: $500 – Robert & Ruthie Melzer Scholarship
Lawrence Riehl: $1,500 – Glassco Family Scholarship, $1,000 – Helping Hands Scholarship
Shelby Roth: $500 – Albert J. and Arline M. Goerlitz Scholarship, $300 – Lakeview Elementary PTO Scholarship, $1,500 – Neenah Community Scholarship
Hannah Sabel: $1,000 – Andrew Thorson Scholarship
Sammy Schneider: $1,000 – Senior Class Scholarship
Carson Schroeder: $1,000 – Ann M. Martin Memorial Scholarship, $1,500 – Glassco Family Scholarship, $2,500 – Patrick Began Rocket Memorial Scholarship
Elliot Swanson: $2,000 – Ron & Delores Einerson Scholarship
Dylan Thurber: $1,000 – Neenah Joint School District Board of Education Scholarship
Sophia Walter: $500 – Raymond & Mary Brengosz Memorial Schlp
Jack Zemlock: $1,000 – Maureen McAvoy Memorial Scholarship $1,000 – Senior Class Scholarship

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

You can support any of these funds with gifts online or send checks 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 Community Foundation strives to make our communities thrive. For more information, please call 920-426-3993.