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2023 Scholarship Recipients
- Antrim County
Recipient Scholarship Amount School Abigail Petersen Owen James Anderson Memorial Scholarship $860 Elk Rapids Elk Rapids Scholarship $10,000 Elk Rapids Abigail Platt Bennie M. Kline Scholarship $3,412.50 Current college student Ragland Bloem Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Alivia Eggleston Central Lake School Dist. Education/ Osborn Scholarship $845 Central Lake Antonio Lugin Elk Rapids Scholarship $5,000 Elk Rapids Ariella Hoeksema Ragland Bloem Scholarship $5,000 Ellsworth Callie Thomas Miss Elk Rapids Scholarship $800 Current college student Charlie Parrish Peter James Gorno Scholarship $5,000 Elk Rapids Emma Moser Otho Mathias Scholarship $4,000 Mancelona Fisher Bogard Bennie M. Kline Scholarship $3,412.50 Elk Rapids Gavyn Cleese Drenth Family Memorial Scholarship $1,280 Ellsworth Grace Robinson Ragland Bloem Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Jason Kihn Mancelona Rotary Club Scholarship $1,070 Mancelona Jason Naumcheff Otho Mathias Scholarship $4,000 Mancelona Kelan Pletcher Ragland Bloem Scholarship $5,000 Ellsworth Kelsey Hischer Central Lake School Dist. Education/ Osborn Scholarship $845 Central Lake Leah Keaton Marjory Vetiquette Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Elk Rapids Liberty Perry Central Lake School Dist. Education/ Osborn Scholarship $845 Central Lake Lily Morton Elk Rapids Industrial Development Corporation Scholarship $3,470 Elk Rapids Madeline Espinoza Laguna LGBTQ+ Pride Scholarship $1,000 Elk Rapids Morgan Standfest Elk Rapids Industrial Development Corporation Scholarship $3,470 Elk Rapids Olivia Bowen Kathy Larkin Alba Scholarship $1,000 Alba Owen Turick Elk Rapids Scholarship $5,000 Elk Rapids Paige Peters Suzanne Cline-Walthour Scholarship $1,140 Elk Rapids Portia Beebe Miss Elk Rapids Scholarship $4,000 Elk Rapids Total Antrim County: $76,950
Number of Scholarships Awarded: 26
Number of Unique Recipients: 24 - Benzie County
Recipient Scholarship Amount School Adam Mills Women's Auxiliary of CDCC Scholarship $1,000 Current college student Dr. Roy Vomastek Memorial Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Alana Kuhlen Emily & Frank Smiddy Scholarship $10,000 Current college student Ashton Gillison Women's Auxiliary of CDCC Scholarship $3,080 Current college student Fred Muller Scholarship $920 Current college student Autumn Wallington Benzie Central Science Scholarship $1,350 Benzie Central Emily & Frank Smiddy Scholarship $5,000 Benzie Central John Rowland Gehring Science Scholarship $700 Benzie Central Cassidy Pallin Women's Auxiliary of CDCC Scholarship $3,000 Current college student Christopher Usiondek Women's Auxiliary of CDCC Scholarship $5,500 Current college student Connor McMahon Women's Auxiliary of CDCC Scholarship $1,000 Frankfort Cora Scott Women's Auxiliary of CDCC Scholarship $6,500 Current college student Dmitri Denune Stan and Martha Scarborough Scholarship $5,000 Benzie Central Ella Schoenow Women's Auxiliary of CDCC Scholarship $3,000 Current college student Griffin Anderson Women's Auxiliary of CDCC Scholarship $2,500 Current college student Henry Koehne Recovery Road Scholarship $6,350 Benzie Central Jack Maxton Women's Auxiliary of CDCC Scholarship $1,000 Current college student Jack Stevenson Women's Auxiliary of CDCC Scholarship $2,000 Current college student Josh Adams Women's Auxiliary of CDCC Scholarship $7,000 Current college student Kylee Stoike Recovery Road Scholarship $6,350 Benzie Central Stan and Martha Scarborough Scholarship $7,500 Benzie Central Liathano Ramirez Women's Auxiliary of CDCC Scholarship $4,000 Current college student Luke Hammon Women's Auxiliary of CDCC Scholarship $4,500 Current college student Mackenzie Wysocki Giving JAR Scholarship $1,250 Benzie Central Makenna Scott Traverse City Track Club Scholarship $2,500 Current college student Maya Bradley Women's Auxiliary of CDCC Scholarship $5,000 Manistee Murphy Kehoe Women's Auxiliary of CDCC Scholarship $3,000 Current college student Naomi Saneda Women's Auxiliary of CDCC Scholarship $2,500 Current college student Nicholas Stevenson Women's Auxiliary of CDCC Scholarship $2,500 Current college student Olivia Bailey Emily & Frank Smiddy Scholarship $7,500 Current college student Owen Roth Women's Auxiliary of CDCC Scholarship $7,000 Current college student Ryleigh Frisbie Kalee Bruce Memorial Scholarship $1,600 Benzie Central Total Benzie County: $125,100
Number of Scholarships Awarded: 32
Number of Unique Recipients: 27 - Grand Traverse County
Recipient Scholarship Amount School Abigail Jean Tompkins Scholarship $4,000 Current college student Abigail Petersen Northwest Ed Services CTC-Academic Scholarship $1,000 Career Tech Center Ainslee Hewitt Mike Wilde Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Alex MacPherson Jack Edward Allen Memorial Scholarship $2,000 Traverse City Central Alexa Nguyen National Honors Society Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West TC West Student Senate Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Ali Teeple Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Alice Thiel Traverse City Administrators' Association Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Amber Middaugh Buckley Schools Marie Guyton Salutatorian Scholarship $625 Buckley Amelia Naperala National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Anastasiia Hrukach TC Central Senior Class Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Anderson Alexander Dave Walker Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Anna Sperry TC West Academic Boosters $500 Traverse City West Anna Vollbrecht National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Arianna Stallworth Jim Ooley Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Ashton Cherup Genes Auto Parts for GTA Scholarship $1,500 Grand Traverse Academy Robert "Robbie" Detwiler Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Grand Traverse Academy Ashton Harter Jerry and Carol Inman Scholarship $1,000 Kingsley Riopelle/Dowden Technical Scholarship $1,135 Kingsley Robert "Robbie" Detwiler Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Kingsley Audrey Lee Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City St. Francis Ava Low Drake Tester Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Ava Young National Honors Society Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Avery McLean Tompkins Scholarship $3,000 Current college student Avery Wisniewski The Les & Anne Biederman Foundation, Inc. Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City West Benjamin Rice Courtney M. Tilley Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Bethaney Beaver Genes Auto Parts for GTA Scholarship $5,000 Grand Traverse Academy Bethany Schutte TCHS Classes of 1944 and 1945 Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Brett Sinclair University Center Richard and Clarine Olson Scholarship $3,000 Current college student University Center Marvin and Luella Rorick Scholarship $3,000 Current college student Cam Peters Scott Miller Memorial Scholarship $750 Traverse City Central Carson Suttle National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Catelyn Heethuis Coach Wayne Hintz Scholarship $400 Traverse City Central Kyle Sonnemann Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Charles (Ben) Taylor Jim Ooley Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City St. Francis Charlotte Noiler TC West High Staff Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Coleman Mroczkowski Ed and Nessa Laing Scholarship $1,645 Grand Traverse Academy Riopelle/Dowden Technical Scholarship $1,135 Grand Traverse Academy Genes Auto Parts for GTA Scholarship $1,500 Grand Traverse Academy Dee Holmes National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Delaney Cram LGBTQ+ Pride Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Elijah Pszczolkowski NWS Robert and Marcy Branski Poetry Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Elizabeth Courtwright AAUW- TC Minnie Votruba Moore Scholarship $2,000 Current college student Zonta- Ann Mapes Scholarship $3,000 Current college student Elizabeth Julian Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Ella Boivin Gordon and Margaret Moores Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Elliott Hayes The Les & Anne Biederman Foundation, Inc. Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City West Emma Ledford Chase Newton O'Black Titan School Culture Scholarship $250 Traverse City West Emma Shark TC West Academic Boosters $500 Traverse City West Erin Hagerty National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Ethan Gerber Joe Brisson Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Evan Ranger Home Buiders Association of the GTA Scholarship $500 Current college student Evangeline Converse LGBTQ+ Pride Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Lola M. Zaremba Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Evelyn Brodeur TC West High Staff Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Finnian Gallagher Menzel Memorial Scholarship $430 Traverse City Central Gabriel Seaver Drake Tester Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Gavin Tulgetske Traverse City Tourism Hospitality Scholarship $2,500 Current college student Hannah Abner Abby Mahan Gartland Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Henrik Buttleman Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Tompkins Scholarship $4,000 Traverse City West Ian Robertson Achievement of Excellence Award $2,000 Traverse City West TC West Student Senate Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Mike Wilde Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Isaac McClellan TC West Academic Boosters $500 Traverse City West Isabella Covert TC Central Senior Class Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Isaiah Pickard Blair Bobcats Community Scholarship $250 Traverse City West Jackson Kulawiak Buckley Schools Marie Guyton Valedictorian Scholarship $1,000 Buckley Jacob Hamilton Sylvester J. Beaton Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Jacob Romzek Buckley Schools Marie Guyton Leadership Scholarship $625 Buckley Jennifer Lefler Jerry and Carol Inman Scholarship $1,000 Kingsley Jocelyn Hanna Camp Roy-El Scholarship $3,000 Current college student Jocelyn Stephen Genes Auto Parts for GTA Scholarship $5,500 Grand Traverse Academy Joe Hebert TC Central Senior Class Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Joe Muha Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central John Bowie Old Mission Peninsula Scholarship $425 Traverse City West Jonah Hochstetler TC West Scholarship $500 Traverse City West in memory of Carol Bowman National Honors Society Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Josef Meyer John W. Rennie Memorial Scholarship $225 Traverse City Central Joseph Muha Drake Tester Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Karma Wylie Laura Ann Rennie Memorial Scholarship $225 Traverse City West Kate Barnum National Honors Society Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Kate McCrary Old Mission Peninsula Scholarship $425 Traverse City Central Katherine Ernst Joan Jackson Memorial Scholarship $400 Traverse City West Tompkins Scholarship $4,000 Traverse City West Kathleen Venhuizen Traverse City Track Club Scholarship $2,500 Traverse City Central Kati Smith Giving JAR Scholarship $1,250 Kingsley Kenneth Gryc TC West High Staff Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Kira Gay TC West Academic Boosters $500 Traverse City West Kristin Caugh Blair Bobcats Community Scholarship $750 Traverse City West Kristin May NWS Judith Lang Journalism Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Kyle Roeters Pioneer State Mutual Insurance Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Lauren Bavikatty The Les & Anne Biederman Foundation, Inc. Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City Central Liam Girard Tompkins Scholarship $3,000 Traverse City West Liam Hoxsie TC West Academic Boosters $500 Traverse City West Lily Briggs TCHS Classes of 1944 and 1945 Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Lily Maki Tompkins Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Lily Tapia TC West Academic Boosters $500 Traverse City West Lola Reimers Drake Tester Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Lucia Izaguirre Traverse City Administrators' Association Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Lucy Ettawageshik NWS William Montgomery Fiction Scholarship $1,000 Homeschooled Maci Wilcox Harold C. Johnson Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Makayla Schlosser National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Mocha Speckman Robert Bursian Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City High Earl Chambers Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City High Matthew Barbera Tompkins Scholarship $4,000 Traverse City Central Meghan Griffiths Camp Roy-El Scholarship $3,000 Current college student Morgan Holt Interlochen Women's Club Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Natalie Crowley National Honors Society Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West TC West High Key Club Scholarship $150 Traverse City West Ned Milne Tompkins Scholarship $4,000 Current college student Norah VanWingerden Genes Auto Parts for GTA Scholarship $4,000 Grand Traverse Academy Olivia Curtis Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Paige LaMott Jim Ooley Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Paityn VanPelt Jerry and Carol Inman Scholarship $1,000 Kingsley Payton Fewins TC West Academic Boosters $500 Traverse City West Pierson Marinoff Chase Newton O'Black Titan School Culture Scholarship $250 Traverse City West Reed Seabase The Les & Anne Biederman Foundation, Inc. Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City Central Reese Owens National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Riley Fontenot Patrick J. Carroll Memorial Scholarship $740 Traverse City West Rivers DeShano TC West High Staff Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Roger Stobert National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Rowin Smith TC Central Senior Class Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Ryan Anderson Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Ryan Stawski Drake Tester Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Sage Day TC Central Senior Class Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Samantha Zaloudek Tompkins Scholarship $4,000 Traverse City West National Honors Society Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Savian Tarrant Home Buiders Association of the GTA Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City St. Francis Scout Russell Arthur F. Lederle Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City Central Shamus Schneider Ed and Nessa Laing Scholarship $1,645 Homeschooled Sierra Brzezinski National Honors Society Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West TC West High Key Club Scholarship $150 Traverse City West Sophia Simon Laura Ann Rennie Memorial Scholarship $225 Traverse City Central Spencer Cobb Northwest Ed Services CTC- Academic Scholarship $1,000 Career Tech Center Robert Paul Dost Scholarship $1,490 Traverse City Central Kenneth M Koch Memorial Scholarship $450 Traverse City Central Sydney Kane Owen P. Williamson Musical Theater Scholarship $400 Traverse City West Sydney Stepke Jerry and Carol Inman Scholarship $1,000 Kingsley Taqwa Totakhail NWS Leslie Lee Nonfiction Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Taylor Keefe Home Buiders Association of the GTA Scholarship $500 Current college student Taylor McGregor Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Tehyanna Goode Susan R Pavelka Memorial Scholarship $1,200 Traverse City High Trisian Simrau Brock Safronoff Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Valerie Marinello Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Vittoria Pelton Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Vivian Gunn National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Wave Spence National Honors Society Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West William Unger Achievement of Excellence Award $2,000 Traverse City Central William Wares John W. Rennie Memorial Scholarship $225 Traverse City West Total Grand Traverse County: $177,370
Number of Scholarships Awarded: 151
Number of Unique Recipients: 129 - Kalkaska County
Recipient Scholarship Amount School Alivia Farr Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Kalkaska Anabelle Horton Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Kalkaska Anna Hunter Scott Day Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Kalkaska Lacey Kitter Recovery Road Scholarship $6,350 Kalkaska Teri Wieling Traverse City Track Club Scholarship $2,500 Forest Area Total Kalkaska County: $11,850
Number of Scholarships Awarded: 5
Number of Unique Recipients: 5 - Leelanau County
Recipient Scholarship Amount School Alondra Calderon Ron Smith Memorial Scholarship $5,000 Suttons Bay Anissa Wille Helen and Dale Cropsey Educational Scholarship $1,500 Suttons Bay Ron Smith Memorial Scholarship $5,000 Suttons Bay Danielle U'Ren Ida Palmer Weigand Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Suttons Bay Isabelle Beuerle Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Suttons Bay Joshua Somero Ida Palmer Weigand Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Suttons Bay Michele Vozza More than Robots Scholarship $1,000 Suttons Bay Kyle Baldwin Joe Brisson Memorial Scholarship $2,500 Leland Marcel Kerkove Home Buiders Association of the GTA Scholarship $1,500 Current college student Total Leelanau County: $19,500
Number of Scholarships Awarded: 9
Number of Unique Recipients: 7 - Out of Region
Recipient Scholarship Amount School Allison Fly Northwest Michigan Osteopathic Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Brooklyn Idalski Northwest Michigan Osteopathic Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Hannah Allen USS Indianapolis/Gwinn "Angel Scholarship $1,000 Stansbury Karley Beadle USS Indianapolis/Gwinn "Angel Scholarship $1,000 Flour Bluff Katrina Gangl Michigan County Medical Care Facilities Council Scholarship $630 Current college student Kourtney Beadle USS Indianapolis/Gwinn "Angel Scholarship $1,000 Flour Bluff Lucil Shmina Michigan County Medical Care Facilities Council Scholarship $630 Current college student Marik Phillips Peter James Gorno Scholarship $500 Caro Marissa Milbrodt USS Indianapolis/Gwinn "Angel Scholarship $1,000 Rogers Mercedes Sanders USS Indianapolis/Gwinn "Angel Scholarship $500 Wichita South Patrick Gillespie USS Indianapolis/Gwinn "Angel Scholarship $1,000 Medina Tess Carichner Camp Roy-El Scholarship $3,000 Current college student Total Out of Region: $20,260
Number of Scholarships Awarded: 12
Number of Unique Recipients: 12
Total Amount Awarded: $431,030
Total Unique Recipients: 204