By Heather Bailey
The Tipp City Foundation recently awarded over $29,000 in scholarships. Many awards went to graduating high school seniors while $8,000 went to renewable awards from prior years. Of the 53 endowment funds within the Foundation, 14 represent scholarships.
Often these funds commemorate inspirational values of the scholarship founder; when this is the case, applicants are measured against those standards. Winners are determined through a vetting process led by an independent body of judges. To read more about the stories behind each of the scholarship funds or to apply for future scholarships, visit www.tippfoundation.org.
Graduates from Tippecanoe, Bethel, Miami East and Troy are represented.
Ernest Clay Back Scholarship for History – (not awarded for 2021)
Lester & Cleon Bowers Family Scholarship – Sophia Markley
Jeanette C. Gaston Memorial Music Scholarship – Samantha Thieman
Gilmore Family Scholarship – Kaitlyn Hemmelgarn
Sarah Gross Scholarship for Sportsmanship – Samantha Thieman
Life is a Journey -Don't Stop Believing Scholarship – Elijah Niemi
Katherine G. Lobo Memorial Scholarship – Lauryn Williams
McKee Family Matthew 5:16 Scholarship – Kenna Smith
Sarah Merritt Memorial Scholarship – Dakota Schroeder
John and Louise Miller Memorial Scholarship – Madison Spaeth
Robert E. Nessle Memorial Scholarship – Alaina Yarwick
Elizabeth Spano Scholarship – Kaitlyn Hemmelgarn
Tipp City Rotary Club Scholarship – Alexander Holbrook, Alayna Liskey, Alicia Miller
Tipp City Rotary Club Renewal Scholarship – McKenzie Dean, Jessica Gilbride, Emily Graham, Taylor Haggerty, Tristian Johnson, Noah McElhose, Olivia Rust, Leena Vyas
Tippecanoe Alumni Scholarship – Ashleigh Mader, Ashlyn Tarzinski
Wenzlau Family Scholarship – Jack Baldwin