Scholarship Stories

The Omro Area Scholarship and Education Foundation has awarded a total of $57,150 in scholarships to 35 Omro High School graduates.

A community-based volunteer committee chose the following recipients, who were honored at a ceremony in May, based on outstanding work in the classroom, extra-curricular activities, and community involvement:

Faith Anderson: $1,000 – Omro Scholarship and Education Foundation Scholarship, $500 – Warner & Laura Bohn Memorial Scholarship, $1,500 – Dale Treleven Scholarship
Holly Beck: $3,000 – Charles P. and Margaret S. King Scholarship
Kaitlynn Beulen: $1,000 – Gene E. Giddings Scholarship
Carter Briski: $1,000 – Omro Scholarship and Education Foundation Scholarship
Madeline Brooks: $3,000 – Charles P. and Margaret S. King Scholarship
Chloe Bulson: $300 – Les Kallas Memorial Scholarship, $1,500 – Reitz-Wegner Scholarship
Jacob Calkins: $250 – Craig Wesner Scholarship
Olivia Carley: $1,000 – Bruce Fowler Scholarship, $2,000 – Judge and Mrs. Wilbur Hurlbut Scholarship, $500 – Maddex Eckstein Kind Heart Scholarship
Ella Case: $1,000 – Donald and Shirley Dailey Scholarship
Mackenzie Decker: $500 – Edward R. and Kathryn M. Goss Memorial Scholarship
Alana Eslinger: $1,000 – Omro Scholarship and Education Foundation Scholarship
Reagan Heidel: $1,000 – Mildred E. Turner Scholarship
Leyna Hintzman: $1,000 – Mildred E. Turner Scholarship
Isaiah Hubanks: $1,000 – Omro Scholarship and Education Foundation Scholarship
Olivia Juedes: $750 – Maurice J. Schoenbechler Scholarship
Maya Kasuboski: $500 – Virginia Formiller Family Scholarship
Julia Koch: $400 – Ferne Davis Memorial Scholarship, $3,000 – Marie Bullis Barnard Memorial Scholarship
Mason Levezow: $3,00 – Charles P. and Margaret S. King Scholarship
Lillian Longworth: $500 – Royal and Della Tice Scholarship
Yarely Montoya Brito: $3,000 – Charles P. and Margaret S. King Scholarship
Brooke Moser: $750 – Maurice J. Schoenbechler Scholarship
Chloe Muller: $1,000 – Gene E. Giddings Scholarship
Autumn Nowak: $2,500 – Lawrence Thull Scholarship
Joshua O’Connell: $500 – Lillie Family Scholarship
Marisa Percey: $3,000 – Charles P. and Margaret S. King Scholarship, $1,000 – Omro Scholarship and Education Foundation Scholarship
Nathaniel Piper: $500 – Maddex Eckstein Kind Heart Scholarship
Felicity Richmond: $750 – Lewis Drobnick Scholarship, $1,000 – Omro Scholarship and Education Foundation Scholarship
Trent Rosenthal: $200 – Stanley A. Butkiewicz Memorial Scholarship
Allison Schoenike: $2,000 – Judge and Mrs. Wilbur Hurlbut Scholarship
Xander Sowls: $1,000 – Coops Wrestling Scholarship, $250 – Craig Wesner Scholarship
Allesandra Villalobos: $1,000 – Strehlow Family Scholarship
Carla Voigt: $500 – Neil and Ellen Newman Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 – Omro Scholarship and Education Foundation Scholarship
Ryder Vroman: $1,000 – Bernie Egan Memorial Scholarship, $500 – Warner & Laura Bohn Memorial Scholarship
Brylee Welch: $1,000 – Gene E. Giddings Scholarship
Karlee Zick: $1,000 – Bernie Egan Memorial Scholarship, $3,000 – Marie Bullis Barnard Memorial Scholarship, $500 – Wayne Remer Memorial Scholarship

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.