The Clinton County Community Foundation has awarded 92 scholarships and renewals from 24 funds to Clinton County students with an approximate value of $290,600, including the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship. The students were recognized at a Scholarship Reception held on May 30 at Arborwood in Frankfort, Ind. Parents, donors, educators, community volunteers and leaders also attended the event in recognition of the efforts of the students.
“Our donors have a heart for this community and supporting student success,” said Bob Thorley, chairman of the Clinton County Community Foundation Services Committee. “They demonstrate this through their giving. These scholarships help students focus on their studies and alleviate some of their financial concerns. We thank our donors for this foresight and encourage the recipients to continue the tradition of giving.”
The students and the scholarships they were awarded are listed below:
A.J. Archibald Memorial Scholarship
- Kallie Mennen, Clinton Central High School
Bailey Trucking Company Scholarship
- Receiving a renewal is: Nevan Freestone
Cindy Nichols Bailey Scholarship
- Kortney Bogue, Ball State University
Beta Tau Chapter – Psi Iota Xi Sorority Scholarship
- Taylor Ellison, Purdue University
Robert Brinson Scholarship
- Margaret Kelly, Clinton Central High School
- Olivia Wyrick, Clinton Central High School
Jenny Butler Scholarship
- Karena Henderson, Clinton Central High School
Zachary Lynn Caldwell Memorial Scholarship
- Emma Olson, Clinton Prairie High School
Clinton Central High School Vision Scholarship
- Karena Henderson
- Levi Jenkins
- Kaylea Whitcomb
Clarence Cochran Agricultural Scholarship
- Olivia Wyrick, Clinton Central High School
Ione Dinwiddie Nurses Scholarship
- Kayla Malone
- Rachel Moore
- Virginia Murphy
- Leslie Smith
- Brandi Teyema
- Kami Young
Anna Fudge Field and Mary S. Field Endowment Scholarship
- Kaylea Whitcomb, Clinton Central High School
Louise and Robert A. Hedgcock History Essay Scholarship – Frankfort High School
- Keely Dehn
- Morgan Flaugher
- Nolan Varner
Vern and Lillian Kaspar Scholarship
- Receiving renewals are: Nick Tatum and Kevin Chairez
Michigantown High School Alumni Association Scholarship
- Kallie Mennen, Clinton Central High School
- Kaylea Whitcomb, Clinton Central High School
William and Doris Mohr Scholarship
This is a four-year renewable scholarship.
Clinton Central High School
- Margaret Kelly
- Jaylen Shelley
- Receiving renewals are: Katie Crawford, Katherine Faulkner, Lauren Ferguson, Jacob Habegger, Adalida Keller, Bailey Suhre
Clinton Prairie High School
- Breawna Caldwell
- Josie Mattingly
- Receiving renewals are: Kevin Chairez, Jaden Cornell, Mallorie Humrickhouse, Lauren Kollar, Drew Scott, Jared Stillwell
Frankfort High School
- Keely Dehn
- Andrew Grismer
- Yaquelynn Pozos
- Samuel Wilson
- Receiving renewals are: Kamryn Dehn, Ana Garcia, Nina Harshman, Ashley Leach, David Miller, Katherine Rhoda, Alexander Rockhold, Pilar Robles, Steven Smith, Nick Tatum, Isabel Ward
Rossville High School
- Robin Blackwell
- Courtney Rodkey
- Receiving renewals are: Jessie Blackwell, Lauren Bright, Cordell Ford, Brenna Gottschalk, Matthew Homco, Brice Lawrence
Mulberry High School Alumni Association Scholarship (2018)
- Taylor Parker, Bethel College
- Katherine Weaver, University of Indianapolis
Charles and Cecelia Nichols Scholarship
- Receiving a renewal is: Hannah McFauls
Julia Pearson Scholarship
- Margaret Kelly, Clinton Central High School
Wilbur T. Rule Team Player Scholarship
- Levi Jenkins, Clinton Central High School
- Kaylea Whitcomb, Clinton Central High School
Greg A. Scofield Scholarship
- Jaylen Shelley, Clinton Central High School
Barbara K. Siegfried Scholarship
- Olivia Wyrick, Clinton Central High School
- Receiving a renewal is: Mitchell Ferrel
Strange Family Scholarship
- Olivia Wyrick, Clinton Central High School
Phyllis M. Widener Music Scholarship
- Receiving a renewal is: Katrina Stitsworth
J. Allen Wyrick Memorial Scholarship
- Macy Ostler, Clinton Central High School
Clinton County Community Foundation Scholars
- Breawna Caldwell, Clinton Prairie High School
- Keely Dehn, Frankfort High School
- Caiden Maish, Clinton Prairie High School
- Larissa Smith, Rossville High School
- Receiving renewals are: Kevin Chairez, Jaden Cornell, Nevan Freestone, Brenna Gottschalk, Angelina Koliy, Emma McCarty, David Miller, Veronica Navarrete, Katherine Rhoda, Wynn Smith, Brendan Smith, Rosetta Tolley
Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship
- Jenna Rockhold, Frankfort High School
The Clinton County Community Foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organization created in 1996. For details about making a charitable gift or establishing a permanent endowment fund to benefit a charitable organization or interest in Clinton County, please contact the Community Foundation at (800) 964-0508 or visit the Web site at www.cfclinton.org.