Community Foundation awards $1M+ to area students

FARMERSBURG, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — The Wabash Valley Community Foundation has announced the winners of 147 scholarships in Clay, Sullivan, and Vigo Counties.

The awards represent $1,104,927 in funding for higher education for local students attending the 2024-2025 academic year.

“The Community Foundation is honored to be a part of the future educational journey of these students,” Wabash Valley Community Foundation President & CEO Beth Tevlin said. “The scholarship awards represent our community’s commitment to each student’s educational pursuits to become productive and independent citizens.”

Tevlin praised the students and said if the funding had been available, even more applicants could have been awarded.

“These recipients are bright, active and goal-oriented individuals,” Tevlin continued. “Only the
lack of available scholarship funds prevented, the Community Foundation from doubling the
number of students receiving scholarship awards.”

Additionally, the WVCF recommended four students for the 2024 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship for Clay, Sullivan, and Vigo Counties. Those students were Alexis Thompson (Clay City HS), Sarah Francis (Sullivan HS), Abigail McKenzie (South Vigo HS), and Carli Tryon (South Vigo HS).

Scholarships through the Wabash Valley Community Foundation are available for graduating
seniors, as well as for students currently enrolled in college and/or other post-secondary
programs. The scholarship application for the 2025-2026 academic year will open on July 2,
2024, via wvcf.org . For more information about the organization, its scholarships, or how to fund a scholarship call 812-232-2234.

A list of those awarded scholarship funding is as follows;

Vigo County

Kamden Baker
Paul Bawinkel
Rebecca Bicknell
Madelyn Bradbury
Chase Brown
Grace Bundy
Wyatt Butcher
Eric Casad
Elizabeth Connor
Olivia Crist
Kayla Daniels
Chloe Denny
Ashely Dunkin
Carly Dunlap
Kelsey Farris
Reign Geller
Rebecca Gore
Chloe Guevara
Demme Hancewicz
Hunter Hill
Luke Houzenga
Addison Jones
Yewon Jung
Jordan Krause
Gavin Lemmons
Kayli Long
Nelli McLeod
Nolan Mishler
Ayden Napier
David Nwalado
Grayson Porter
Nadia Rixner
Cassie Roush
Elaine Schultz
Theron Strong
Cassidy Sullivan
Margaret Sutliff
Bryon Taylor
Lillian Thome
Martin Waldbieser
Eugene Wallace
Avery Wasnidge
Mason Weir
Presley White
Rebecca Williams
Ella Winchell

Sullivan County

Emma Alumbaugh
Gwendolyn Anderson
Nessa Bonham
Trinity Bradford
William Brooks
Jaxon Carie
Chase Catlin
Kinsley Chambers
Lauren Craighead
Maggie Danko
Brooklyn Figg
Rickie Fowler
Conner Freels
Hayen Gilbert
Kaycee Gofourth
Alaska Hale
Joshua Hazelrigg
Deziray Hiatt
Madison Hurst
Kaitlyn McCammon
Amanda McColl
Benjamin McKinley
Shelby McMillen
Tucker Mitchell
Emily Neff
Isabella Norris
Ava Olson
Sebastian Ortiz
Mallory Pike
Jocee Pritchard
Kate Ridgeway
Ryleigh Ringquist
Jacie Saude
Grace Scott
Magdala Scott
Camden Singer
Adreonna Sozzi
Alexandria Sparks
Gretchen Swick
James Thomas
Ty Thompson
Adreanna Wease
Nathan Weir
Avery Weitekamp
Jonathon Willey
Jayvn Woodard
EmmaLe Zimmerman

Clay County

Sydney Bays
Chloe Clark
Kennedy Corbin
Hannah Corbin
Alexis Crabb
Vivan Etling
Emilie Floyd
Kyia Fox
Jack Fredrick
Mikalynn Fry
Madelyn Gearld
Nikolas Gearld
Jcim Grant
Skyler Halfhill
Morgan Hughes
Kathrine Koehler
Abigail Kumpf
Riley Lewis
Kaylee Miller
Cayden Sawyer
Madison Shorter
Madelyn Smith
Keshia Smith
Elise Somheil
Amber Sturgeon
Faith Tooloose
Emma Whitman
Hayden Wood

Other Counties

Sara Burtis
Allison Gard
Emma Helms
Bishop Mellinger
Holden Nagy
Sydney Reynolds
Samuel Rice
Patricia Solliday
Alaina Stuckey
Lauren Vale
Sophia Wascher
Michelle Wascher
Anneliese Weilhammer

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