2021 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.

Nearly 300 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 2021 graduates in Clay, Sullivan and Vigo counties!

Recipient Listing:

CLAY COUNTY

The Clay County Community Foundation, an affiliate of the Wabash Valley Community Foundation, awarded 36 scholarships totaling $89,635 to students residing in Clay County.

  • Madelyn Ames – Rob and Lisa Denker Scholarship
  • Sydney Bays – Harriet Hicks Scholarship, Martha & Mary Ann Pedlar Scholarship, SERCOLBE Scholarship
  • Natalie Bell – Everett E. and Fern A. Tucker Scholarship, Harry M. & Rosemary L. Grandey Scholarship
  • Matthew Briscoe – Halie’s Rainbow – The Halie Hite Memorial Scholarship
  • Marlei Fisher – Albert A. Landes Endowed Scholarship, Deakins/Shattuck Scholarship, Roy W. Barnhart Scholarship
  • Madelyn Gearld – Dan and Jane Robbins Northview Marching Knights Scholarship, Dedia M. Sexton Scholarship, Thomas H. & Mary G. Elmore Scholarship
  • Parker Gibbens – Staunton High School Alumni Association Scholarship
  • Joshua Heaton – Sam J. and Joyce E. Emmert Family Fund
  • Kamryn Kikta – Mabel Kidwell Scholarship
  • Dylan McCain – Clay County Scholarship, Steven and Linda Messmer Scholarship
  • Makenna McNabb – Camden Scott Romas Memorial Scholarship, Janice Hart Modesitt, R.N. Nursing Scholarship
  • Reagan Motsinger – Susan M. Latta, Ph.D. Memorial Scholarship
  • Kristen Ream – Virginia M. Buell Scholarship
  • Benjamin Reberger – Robert K. Webster & Wanda Webster, R.N. Scholarship
  • Jadison Robinson – Denise D. and John C. Bell Scholarship, Max & Helen Pierce Scholarship
  • Mitchell Sampson – Brent & Helen Rentschler Scholarship
  • Madelyn Sinders – Albert and Freda Eder DeCoursey Scholarship
  • David Smith – Gary and Leesa Nesty Scholarship
  • Mackenzie Stanley – Bob Romas Memorial Scholarship, Dedia M. Sexton Scholarship, Earl F. Hopkins Scholarship, John & Myrtle Price Scholarship
  • Hunter Strain – Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship of Clay County
  • Ashley Weber – Brazil Business & Professional Women’s Club Scholarship, Roy & Louie E. Lucas Scholarship

SULLIVAN COUNTY

The Sullivan County Community Foundation, an affiliate of the Wabash Valley Community Foundation, awarded 56 scholarships totaling $320,196 to students residing in Sullivan County.

  • Reagan Banfield – Rex and Sally Pierce Salutatorian Scholarship, Scottish Rite of the Valley of Terre Haute Scholarship
  • Grant Bell – Elizabeth A. Bledsoe Scholarship, John and Eunice Organ Valedictorian Scholarship, John D. Gettinger Purdue University Scholarship, Pigg Family Scholarship, Sara W. Springer Scholarship
  • Lindsey Brundige – Jesse O. & Martha L. Reynolds Scholarship
  • Austin Burkhart – Leon D. and Nancy Shake Huff Scholarship
  • Taylor Cameron-Stuart – Valentine Family Scholarship
  • Cheyenne Drake – David A. Gilman, Ph.D. Memorial Scholarship, Farmersburg Alumni Association Scholarship, Jim Case Scholarship
  • Ashley Francis – Leon D. and Nancy Shake Huff Sigma Kappa Scholarship
  • Delaney Graves – Sherman Educational Scholarship
  • Mikayla Grimes – Sherman Educational Scholarship
  • Johnathan Ivy – J.P. Alexander Memorial Scholarship
  • Kaylee Jones – John and Eunice Organ Valedictorian Scholarship
  • Jade Karas – Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship of Sullivan County, Rex and Sally Pierce Salutatorian Scholarship
  • William Keene – Sullivan High School Automotive Scholarship
  • Madison Keller – Diane K. Marheine Memorial Scholarship
  • Noah Kincaid – Esther Ruddell Ladson Scholarship
  • William King – Michael Ryan Keane Memorial Scholarship, Sullivan County Purdue Alumni Association Scholarship
  • Caleb Knowles – John and Eunice Organ Valedictorian Scholarship
  • Gage Knowles – Rex and Sally Pierce Salutatorian Scholarship
  • Mindy Lai – Sherman Educational Scholarship
  • Courtney Lueking – James Harvey Crowder Memorial Scholarship, James F. Jackson Scholarship, John and Eunice Organ Valedictorian Scholarship
  • Caden McCrary – Raybestos Powertrain Machine Trades Scholarship
  • Elizabeth Monroe – Reid & Nina Ross Scholarship
  • Riley Nunn – Dr. Charlotte M. Boener Scholarship
  • Taylor Pepperworth – Officer Rob Pitts Memorial Scholarship
  • Brionna Perkinson – Evelyn W. Gettinger Indiana University Scholarship
  • Gabriel Pirtle – John and Eunice Organ Valedictorian Scholarship
  • Reagan Pirtle – Virginia “Pat” Pirtle Nursing Scholarship
  • Suellen Ronk – Floyd and Irene Phillips Scholarship
  • Maysa Schanlaub – Reid & Nina Ross Scholarship
  • Maura Secrest – Richard P. and Veada Akers Medical Education Scholarship
  • Ana Shepler – Gill Township Scholarship
  • Andrew Shepler – Sherman Educational Scholarship
  • Peyton Sisil – John and Eunice Organ Valedictorian Scholarship
  • Debra Smith – Scottish Rite of the Valley of Terre Haute Scholarship, Sherman Educational Scholarship
  • Marley Snow – Dr. Charlotte M. Boener Scholarship
  • Dena Taylor – Sherman Educational Scholarship
  • Kaydon Turley – Sherman Educational Scholarship
  • Lexi Vire – Sherman Educational Scholarship
  • Zachary Weir – Albert and Verna McKee Memorial Scholarship, Chris Gilbert Memorial Scholarship, Jeffrey Alan Cole Memorial Scholarship
  • Aleasha Weir – Charles W. Harbison Endowment Fund
  • Rachael Weir – Jeffrey Alan Cole Memorial Scholarship

VIGO COUNTY

The Wabash Valley Community Foundation awarded 103 scholarships totaling $487,127.30 to students residing in Vigo County.

  • Madelyn Ames – Dorothy Wurst Porter Scholarship
  • Madison Bales – Scottish Rite of the Valley of Terre Haute Scholarship
  • Amber Beauchman – Jo Ann F. Johnson Memorial Scholarship
  • Katherine Beaumont – Jenna Kay Perrelle Memorial Scholarship
  • Rachel Ber – Josh Kackley Memorial Scholarship
  • Aurora Bonilla – Dr. and Mrs. James O. Conklin Scholarship, Terre Haute Junior Golf Association Scholarship
  • Cody Bunch – Hazel A. Dennis, R.N. Nursing Scholarship, Joe & Dorothy Archer Scholarship
  • Elizabeth Callecod – Bentrup Family Nursing Scholarship, Vigo County Scholarship
  • Nick Casad – John Kassis Memorial Scholarship
  • Pamela Chamberlain – Gerstmeyer Technical High School Scholarship, YWCA Scholarship
  • Blade Cintron – Laura Brooke McDonald Memorial Scholarship, Lloyd and Lela Ewbank Scholarship, Thomas J. Wright Scholarship
  • Katie Collins – Glenn High School Alumni Scholarship, Tom McCarthy Memorial Scholarship
  • Kimberly Collins – Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for Indiana State University Department of Marketing
  • Isabelle Conner – Dr. and Mrs. James O. Conklin Scholarship, Nancy and Dale McKee Family Scholarship, VFW Post 972 Voice of Democracy Scholarship
  • Amara Duncan – Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship of Vigo County
  • Mallory Fields – Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for Indiana State University Department of Marketing
  • Jonathan Finn – Beta Sigma Phi City Council Scholarship, Erskine Lee and Eula Webb Scholarship
  • Tiffany Foster – Earl and Hazel Travioli Scholarship for Indiana State Univeristy
  • Joshua Frye – Carol M. Starkey Kochell Scholarship
  • Julianna Gallion – Garrett A. Pendergast and Stephanie M. Welsh Police & Fireman Scholarship, Joe & Dorothy Archer Scholarship, Otter Creek Volunteer Fire Department Association, Station #1 Scholarship
  • Noah Garris – Betty E. and Curt DeBaun, Jr. Aviation Scholarship
  • Makynzie Gerig – Bentrup Family Scholarship for Mechanical Engineering
  • Cara Gofourth – John K. and Helen M. Lemry Scholarship, Terre Haute Regional Hospital Medical Staff Scholarship
  • Arianna Greene – Earl and Hazel Travioli Scholarship for Indiana State University
  • Brandon Greene – Jack Lower Memorial Scholarship, Joe & Dorothy Archer Scholarship
  • Joshua Heaton – Wabash Valley Mechanical Contractors Association Scholarship
  • Ashlyn Hunley – Lavelda M. Goble Scholarship, Scottish Rite of the Valley of Terre Haute Scholarship
  • Samantha Hyde – Ambrose and Miriam Rubey Scholarship, Fred Christman Scholarship, Rex Buntain Tribune-Star Scholarship
  • Ethan Jennings – Scottish Rite of the Valley of Terre Haute Scholarship
  • Nathaniel Jennings – Bentrup Family Scholarship for Mechanical Engineering, Wabash Valley Mechanical Contractors Association Scholarship
  • Brandon Johnson – Scottish Rite of the Valley of Terre Haute Scholarship
  • Sawyer Johnson – Betty E. and Curt DeBaun, Jr. Aviation Scholarship
  • Amanda Kelley – Earl and Hazel Travioli Scholarship for Indiana State University
  • Kassidy Kellett – Alyssa Mechelle Hogue Memorial Scholarship
  • Kylie Kelsheimer – Don and Mary Goltry Scholarship, Terre Haute Regional Hospital Foundation Fund
  • Noah Kincaid – Scottish Rite of the Valley of Terre Haute Scholarship
  • Caleigh Kintner – Myrl and Marie Wilkinson Scholarship
  • Caleb Knowles – Terre Haute Regional Hospital Medical Staff Scholarship
  • Gage Knowles – Terre Haute Regional Hospital Medical Staff Scholarship
  • Seth Lakstins – George I. and Rose E. Felstein Scholarship Fund
  • Case Lautenschlager – Scottish Rite of the Valley of Terre Haute Scholarship
  • Dylan Lemon – Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship of Vigo County
  • Ryan Liebermann – Travis Smith Mental Attitude Award
  • Alexis Linderman-Hon – Liane R. Page Memorial Scholarship
  • Dylan Luedke – Cameron Taylor Memorial Scholarship
  • Taylor Lueking – Avice McCrae Scholarship
  • Samantha Lyon – Jennifer M. Dunham Memorial Scholarship
  • Alisha Mastakar – AdvantagePlus of Indiana Federal Credit Union Scholarship, Terre Haute South Vigo STEM Scholarship, Wabash Valley Community Foundation Scholarship, Wright, Shagley & Lowery Scholarship
  • Bryce McLeish – Bill Wood Insurance Adjuster’s Scholarship, Ronald K. and Sherrill A. Rich Scholarship
  • Byron Michl – Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
  • Caleb Morris – Jenna Kay Perrelle Memorial Scholarship
  • Carter Mullenix – Scottish Rite of the Valley of Terre Haute Scholarship
  • Jenna Noblitt – Tina Clem Memorial Scholarship
  • Nicole Norton – Earl and Hazel Travioli Scholarship for Indiana State University
  • Asael Nunez – Peter Anthony Duong Memorial Scholarship
  • Aliya Orten – Beta Sigma Phi City Council Scholarship
  • Johnathan Otte – Garrett Pendergast Scholarship, Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 157 Scholarship, William Fenton Memorial Scholarship
  • Davis Patterson – Bob & Olive Sanders Family Scholarship
  • Ashley Rogers – William W. Drummy Memorial Scholarship, Gay Floyd R.N. Memorial Scholarship, Terre Haute Regional Hospital Foundation Fund
  • Benjamin Ross – Andy and Edythe Turner Memorial Scholarship
  • Briley Schodlatz – Joe & Dorothy Archer Scholarship, Wabash Valley Mechanical Contractors Association Scholarship
  • Canaan Sellers – Harold Paul Loveall, III Memorial Scholarship, Jack Fox Memorial Scholarship, Larry Paul Fleschner Scholarship, Wiley High School Alumni Scholarship
  • James Simpson – John Schoffstall Memorial Scholarship
  • Elizabeth Staggs – Catherine Elizabeth Grimes Memorial Scholarship, Joe & Dorothy Archer Scholarship
  • Noah Sutton – Gene K. and Charlotte Taylor Shike Scholarship
  • William Svihla – Charles F. and Nancy A. Bradford Scholarship
  • Lily Thompson – Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
  • Mitchell Wacker – Edmund J. Dede Scholarship for Mechanical Engineering
  • Brandon Wessel – Cheryl Sanders Konowitz Nursing Scholarship, Thomas J. Wright Scholarship
  • Giana White – Earl and Hazel Travioli Scholarship for Indiana State University
  • MaKayla Witty – Carol M. Starkey Kochell Scholarship

Students planning to attend college in the 2022-2023 academic year may apply for scholarships beginning July 1, 2021. 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 2022. 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.