The Clinton County Community Foundation awarded $377,150 to Clinton County students in the form of 47 scholarships and 50 renewals for the 2026-2027 school year.
“These students exemplify the leadership and determination we strive to promote at the Community Foundation,” said Todd Moser, president of the Clinton County Community Foundation. “We are grateful for our donors and the generosity that makes it possible for us to support these students pursuing their dreams.”
The students and the scholarships awarded are listed below:
Anonymous Donor Scholarship 2025
Dillon Heaton – Clinton Central High School
Bailey Trucking Co. Scholarship Fund
Renewal – Erika Stephenson
Beta Tau Chapter of Psi Iota Xi Sorority Scholarship
Kali Manojlovich – Current Graduate Student
Charles and Cecelia Nichols Scholarship Fund
Renewal – Odalis Campos
Cindy Nichols Bailey Scholarship Fund
Renewal – Emersyn Hill
Clarence Cochran Agricultural Scholarship Fund
Emily Kocher – Clinton Central High School
Clinton County Lilly Finalist Scholarship
Hannah Jacobs – Clinton Central High School
Viridiana Navarro Cervantes – Frankfort High School
Alexa Santillan – Frankfort High School
Michelle Secundino – Frankfort High School
Conner Rios – Clinton Prairie High School
Renewals – Lillian Cline, Trey Haynes, Emersyn Hill, Brandon Lopez Mejia, Hailey Orem, Sara Parkison, Elizabeth Pierce, Landon Ramirez Crawford, Angel Salazar, Lillian Sharp, Erika Stephenson, Ashley Zheng, Tiffanie Zheng
Curt Emanuel 4-H Scholarship
Lauren Anderson – Clinton Prairie High School
Julia Pearson Scholarship Fund
Hannah Jacobs – Clinton Central High School
Mulberry High School Alumni Assn. Scholarship Endowment Fund
Brennan Smith – Clinton Prairie High School
Phyllis M. Widener Music Scholarship
Renewals – Ella Remaly, Isabelle Schilling
Strange Family Scholarship Fund
Ethan Sheets – Clinton Central High School
Vern & Lillian Kaspar Scholarship Fund
Levi Jacobs – Clinton Central High School
Renewals – Colin Frye, Angel Perez, Jacob Thorley
Vincent and Lois Dowden Scholarship Fund
Luke Harris – Clinton Central High School
William & Doris Mohr Scholarship Fund
Jackson Bessler – Frankfort High School
Kaleb Compton – Frankfort High School
Izabella Cree – Rossville High School
Carly Davison – Clinton Central High School
Spencer Dunn – Clinton Central High School
Uben Gallegos Garcia – Frankfort High School
Zoey Gerald – Clinton Prairie High School
Hannah Jacobs – Clinton Central High School
Hannah Newbauer – Rossville High School
Olivia Perry – Clinton Central High School
Cayden Robinson – Clinton Prairie High School
Mateo Valdez Vasquez – Frankfort High School
Renewals – Arlette Bartolo, Evey Brooks, Juliana Carr, Lillian Cline, Yuvinelly Cornejo-Torres, Nicholas Eads, Anthony Figueroa, Corryn Geheb, Vanessa Guardado, Landon Hughes, Alyssa Impson, Natalee King, Brandon Lopez Mejia, Espen McCarty, Areli Mendieta-Santos, Hailey Orem, Landon Ramirez Crawford, Reyna St. Myer, Roman St. Myer, Erika Stephenson, Jacob Swinford, Payne Terry, Phoebe Terry, Edwin Wainscott, Emerald Wallace, Ashley Zheng, Tiffanie Zheng
Wilmer Sr. and Mabel Good Family Memorial Scholarship
Sophia Welty – Rossville High School
Zachary Lynn Caldwell Memorial Scholarship
Hudson Brown – Rossville High School
The following scholarships are established through the Clinton County Community Foundation; however, the Foundation does not participate in the recipient selection process.
A.J. Archibald Memorial Scholarship Fund
Kylie Cline – Clinton Central High School
Anna Fudge Field and Mary S. Field Endowment Fund
Kaylyn Pinisetti – Rossville High School
Barbara K. Siegfried Scholarship Fund
Hannah Jacobs – Clinton Central High School
Renewal – Nicholas Eads
Clinton Central Education Foundation Scholarship Fund
Alex Shoemaker – Clinton Central High School
Clinton Central High School Vision Scholarship Fund
Allison Adair – Clinton Central High School
Spencer Dunn – Clinton Central High School
Kaleb Jacobs – Clinton Central High School
Creed Mennen – Clinton Central High School
Kiehsien Taulbee – Clinton Central High School
Frankfort High School Scholarship Fund
Melany Sandoval Mejia – Frankfort High School
Allen Wyrick Memorial Scholarship Fund
Creed Mennen – Clinton Central High School
Jaden Quick Memorial Scholarship Fund
Creed Mennen – Clinton Central High School
Jenny Butler Scholarship Fund
Hannah Jacobs – Clinton Central High School
Louise & Robert A. Hedgcock History Essay Scholarship
Viridiana Navarro Cervantes – Frankfort High School
Michigantown H.S. Alumni Scholarship
Jayna Hillis – Northwestern High School
Gabriella Salem – Clinton Central High School
Robert Brinson Scholarship Fund
Hannah Jacobs – Clinton Central High School
Levi Jacobs – Clinton Central High School
Ethan Sheets – Clinton Central High School
Wilbur T. Rule and Linda Rule Barnett Team Player Scholarship Fund
Carly Davison – Clinton Central High School
Spencer Dunn – Clinton Central High School
About the Clinton County Community Foundation:
The Clinton County Community Foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organization created in 1996. The mission of the Foundation is to connect people, resources and causes to produce a positive and sustainable change in the communities it serves. 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 info@cfclinton.org. Visit the website at www.cfclinton.org.