2020 Scholarship Recipients
The Wabash Valley Community Foundation is pleased to recognize and acknowledge the following graduates who have received a Community Foundation scholarship. These scholarship awards are made possible through the generous support of local individuals who believe in the importance of post-secondary education as an investment in the future of our community and its next generation.
More than 460 students applied to the Community Foundation for scholarship support. The recipients were chosen by local volunteers from Clay, Sullivan and Vigo counties according to the guidelines established for each fund. The criteria for many of these scholarships include academic achievement, community and school involvement, financial need and a review of the applicant’s personal essay.
Congratulations to all of the 2020 graduates in Clay, Sullivan and Vigo counties!
Recipient Listing:
Elias Alexander
- Clay County Scholarship
- Roy & Louie E. Lucas Scholarship
Lauretta Allen
- Ted and Anna Nesty Scholarship
Madelyn Ames
- Dorothy Wurst Porter Scholarship
Skylar Archambeault
- Jenna Kay Perrelle Memorial Scholarship
Charles Aubin
- Garrett Pendergast Scholarship
- Kimberley Jeanne Fowler Wulf Scholarship Fund for Catholic Education
- Thomas J. Wright Scholarship
Kaylee Ballard
- Charles W. Harbison Scholarship
Kinley Ballard
- Floyd and Irene Phillips Scholarship
Jennifer Behnke
- Erskine Lee and Eula Webb Scholarship
Paige Bennett
- Jenna Kay Perrelle Memorial Scholarship
Taylor Bonte
- Denise D. and John C. Bell Scholarship
Jonathan Bradford
- Wabash Valley Mechanical Contractors Association Scholarship
Sydney Brock
- Rachel Marie Romas Memorial Scholarship
Samantha Bryan
- Carol M. Starkey Kochell Scholarship
Rylee Bull
- Beta Sigma Phi City Council Scholarship
Anna Burpo
- VFW Post 972 Voice of Democracy Scholarship
Colton Bursley
- Jim Case Scholarship
Caroline Christ
- Nancy and Dale McKee Family Scholarship
Emily Clark
- Dr. James Harvey Crowder Memorial Scholarship
- Elizabeth A. Bledsoe Scholarship
- Sherman Educational Scholarship
Emma Clawson
- Albert A. Landes Endowed Scholarship
- Brazil Business & Professional Women’s Club Scholarship
Tori Clouse
- Dr. John E. Freed, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
- Dr. William W. Drummy Memorial Scholarship
- Fred A. & Nannie O. Graham Scholarship
Kelsey Cooney
- Don and Mary Goltry Scholarship
- James Eddy Hatch Memorial Fund
Michaela Cox
- Jenna Kay Perrelle Memorial Scholarship
Avery Cunningham
- Dr. and Mrs. James O. Conklin Scholarship
Nora Deal
- Valentine Family Scholarship
Lanee Dillion
- Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Vigo County
Sydney Dunkin
- Dr. and Mrs. James O. Conklin Scholarship
- James F. Jackson Scholarship
Tasidee Fagg
- Tina Clem Memorial Scholarship
Kyndall Fields
- Carol M. Starkey Kochell Scholarship
Bailey Flath
- John and Eunice Organ Valedictorian Scholarship
- Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Sullivan County
Grace Floyd
- Halie’s Rainbow – The Halie Hite Memorial Scholarship
Madison Followell
- Sherman Educational Scholarship
Trey Frye
- Janet Romine Chatfield Business Award
Makynzie Gerig
- Wabash Valley Mechanical Contractors Association Scholarship
Marek Gibson
- Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Vigo County
Rachael Goekler
- Andy and Edythe Turner Memorial Scholarship
Ethan Grayless
- Joe & Dorothy Archer Scholarship
Tucker Gruinsma
- VFW Post 972 Voice of Democracy Scholarship
Constance Hamburg
- Rex and Sally Pierce Salutatorian Scholarship
Turner Hammond
- Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 157 Scholarship
Olivia Haney
- Joe & Dorothy Archer Scholarship
Estelle Harrison
- Albert A. Landes Endowed Scholarship
- Everett E. and Fern A. Tucker Scholarship
- Richard and Margaret Shattuck Memorial Scholarship
Emilee Hartzler
- Garrett A. Pendergast and Stephanie M. Welsh Police and Fireman Scholarship
Thaniel Heath
- Bernard C. Hoilman Scholarship
Tyler Hess
- Harriet Hicks Scholarship
- Thomas H. & Mary G. Elmore Scholarship
Reagan Holeman
- Sherman Educational Scholarship
Cheyenne Hood
- Sherman Educational Scholarship
Shelby Horton
- Rebecca Crowder Cole Scholarship
Mikayla Hudgens
- Hazel A. Dennis, R.N. Nursing Scholarship
Samantha Hyde
- Ambrose and Miriam Rubey Scholarship
- Glenn High School Alumni Scholarship
- Rex Buntain Tribune-Star Scholarship
Danielle Johnson
- Jack Lower Memorial Scholarship
- Vigo County Scholarship
Parker Johnson
- Camden Scott Romas Memorial Scholarship
Caitlyn Jordan
- Roll and Dora King Moore Scholarship
Madison Keller
- Diane K. Marheine Memorial Scholarship
Maddy Kerr
- Sherman Educational Scholarship
Kamryn Kikta
- Mabel Kidwell Scholarship
- William W. Drummy, III, Rebecca A. Drummy, RN, and Lillian A. Drummy, RN, Nursing Scholarship
Jacob LaFary
- Bob Romas Memorial Scholarship
- Renis and Fern Knust Scholarship
- Virginia M. Buell Scholarship
John LeDune
- Lavelda M. Goble Scholarship
Garrett Loyed
- Larry Paul Fleschner Scholarship
- William Fenton Memorial Scholarship
- Wright, Shagley and Lowery Scholarship
Catherine Martin
- Randy and Emily Herrington Community Service Award Scholarship
- Thomas J. Wright Scholarship
Amy McCalister
- Terre Haute Regional Hospital Foundation Fund
Sydney McCammon
- John and Eunice Organ Valedictorian Scholarship
- Michael Ryan Keane Memorial Scholarship
- Sullivan County Scholarship
Zane McKee
- Sullivan High School Automotive Scholarship
Addeline Moeller
- Otter Creek Volunteer Fire Department Association, Station #1 Scholarship
- Vicent G. Sison M.D. Memorial Nursing Scholarship
Katie Myers
- Catherine Elizabeth Grimes Memorial Scholarship
Jerrica Nicklies
- Jesse O. & Martha L. Reynolds Scholarship
- Leon D. and Nancy Shake Huff Scholarship
- Sherman Educational Scholarship
Emily Noe
- Terre Haute Junior Golf Association Scholarship
Sarah Osborne
- Staunton High School Alumni Association Scholarship
Nathan Owens
- Rob and Lisa Denker Scholarship
- Roy W. Barnhart Scholarship
- Sam J. and Joyce E. Emmert Family Fund
Brylie Pelfrey
- Lloyd and Lela Ewbank Scholarship
Madelyn Pirtle
- Sherman Educational Scholarship
Spencer Pirtle
- John and Eunice Organ Valedictorian Scholarship
- Wabash Valley Mechanical Contractors Association Scholarship
Migena Ramadani
- Jenna Kay Perrelle Memorial Scholarship
Alexandra Ray
- Cameron Taylor Memorial Scholarship
Raygann Richards
- J.P. Alexander Memorial Scholarship
Elizabeth Riddle
- Bentrup Family Nursing Scholarship
- YWCA Scholarship
Rubin Rider-Leck
- VFW Post 972 Voice of Democracy Scholarship
Kade Roembke
- Brent & Helen Rentschler Scholarship
Ethan Rogers
- Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Clay County
Elizabeth Ross
- Janice Hart Modesitt, R.N. Nursing Scholarship
Christopher Rozmin
- Harold Paul Loveall III Memorial Scholarship
Brooklyn Sandifer
- Sherman Educational Scholarship
Aliya Schanlaub
- Sherman Educational Scholarship
Abigail Scott
- Wabash Valley Community Foundation Scholarship
Maura Secrest
- John and Eunice Organ Valedictorian Scholarship
- Sara W. Springer Memorial Scholarship
Jackson Shake
- Esther Ruddell Ladson Scholarship
- Sullivan County Purdue Alumni Association Scholarship
Alexis Sherrill
- Bob & Olive Sanders Family Scholarship
Elisa Simoni
- Tom McCarthy Memorial Scholarship
Blake Simpson
- Evelyn W. Gettinger Indiana Univesity Scholarship
Madeline Sinders
- Albert and Freda Eder DeCoursey Scholarship
Zoë Smith
- Virginia “Pat” Pirtle Nursing Scholarship
Brevin Snellenberger
- Jeffrey Alan Cole Memorial Scholarship
Summer Sparks
- Dr. Robert K. Webster & Wanda Webster, R.N. Scholarship
Mackenzie Stanley
- Harry M. & Rosemary L. Grandey Scholarship
Aydan Stearley
- Dan and Jane Robbins Northview Marching Knights Scholarship
Lindsey Steiner
- Terre Haute Regional Hospital Foundation Fund
Billie Swanson
- David A. Gilman, Ph.D. Memorial Scholarship
Jason Swarens
- Vigo County Education Foundation – John Kassis Memorial Scholarship
- Jenna Kay Perrelle Memorial Scholarship
Tucker Thiel
- Dedia M. Sexton Scholarship
- Steven and Linda Messmer Scholarship
Lily Thompson
- Gill Township Scholarship
Ethan Toomey
- Senator Herman J. Fanning, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Hayley Walton
- Dedia M. Sexton Scholarship
- Max & Helen Pierce Scholarship
- Robert and Barbara Deakins Scholarship
Abbigayle Ward
- Josh Kackley Memorial Scholarship
Rachel Weir
- Jeffrey Alan Cole Memorial Scholarship
Brandon Wessel
- Cheryl Sanders Konowitz Nursing Scholarship
- Fred Christman Scholarship
- Gerstmeyer Technical High School Scholarship
Bradley Wiggins
- Beta Sigma Phi City Council Scholarship
Zane Willis
- Raybestos Powertrain Machine Trades Scholarship
- Reid & Nina Ross Scholarship
Jaren Woodard
- John and Eunice Organ Valedictorian Scholarship
Ashley Wright
- Blair Endowment Fund
- Earl F. Hopkins Scholarship
- Gene K. and Charlotte Taylor Shike Scholarship
- John & Myrtle Price Scholarship
- Martha & Mary Ann Pedlar Scholarship
- SERCOLBE Scholarship
- Alyssa Mechelle Hogue Memorial Scholarship
Elizabeth Wright
- Laura Brooke McDonald Memorial Scholarship
Samantha Wright
- Sherman Educational Scholarship
Carlee Zellers
- Albert and Verna McKee Memorial Scholarship
- Chris Gilbert Memorial Scholarship
Students planning to attend college in the 2021-2022 academic year may apply for scholarships beginning July 7, 2020. Scholarships range from $100 to full tuition, administered through the Community Foundation for the benefit of residents in Clay, Sullivan and Vigo counties. In addition, up to four full-time, four-year scholarships will be awarded to graduates of accredited high schools in, or residents of Clay, Sullivan or Vigo counties who will enter college for the first time in the fall of 2021. Other scholarships for students throughout the Wabash Valley are also available, including multi-year awards. To determine eligibility for the various scholarship opportunities, please review the criteria prior to completing an application by clicking here.