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2024 Scholarship Recipients
- Antrim County
Recipient Scholarship Amount School Adrian Noecker Zonta- Ann Mapes Scholarship $3,090 Current college student Allory Plum Elk Rapids Scholarship $4,000 Elk Rapids Ariella Hoeksema Ragland Bloem Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Brendan Schockley Elk Rapids Scholarship $4,000 Elk Rapids Bennie M. Kline Scholarship $1,760 Elk Rapids Briggs Leahy Bennie M. Kline Scholarship $1,760 Elk Rapids Elk Rapids Industrial Development Corporation Scholarship $2,560 Elk Rapids Christian Kerfoot Bennie M. Kline Scholarship $1,760 Elk Rapids Dalton Kauska Central Lake School Dist. Education/Osborn Scholarship $650 Central Lake Ella Jones Mancelona Rotary Club Scholarship $545 Mancelona Ella Peck Elk Rapids Scholarship $4,000 Elk Rapids Emily Anger Ragland Bloem Scholarship $5,000 Mancelona Emma Moser Otho Mathias Scholarship $2,770 Current college student Eva Pray Elk Rapids Scholarship $4,000 Elk Rapids Gabriel De Santiago Bennie M. Kline Scholarship $1,760 Elk Rapids Hope Bradley Otho Mathias Scholarship $2,770 Mancelona Isabelle Lanning Mancelona Rotary Club Scholarship $545 Mancelona Jaqualtress Gibson Drenth Family Memorial Scholarship $1,360 Ellsworth Kelan Pletcher Ragland Bloem Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Kelly Minidis Owen James Anderson Memorial Scholarship $670 Elk Rapids Peter James Gorno Scholarship $500 Elk Rapids Suzanne Cline-Walthour Scholarship $1,170 Elk Rapids Lily Heinzelman Marjory Veliquette Memorial Scholarship $1,500 Elk Rapids Miss Elk Rapids Scholarship $1,300 Elk Rapids Mason Hoppe Central Lake School Dist. Education/Osborn Scholarship $650 Central Lake Dylan Williams Memorial Scholarship $5,000 Central Lake Mayah Garcia Miss Elk Rapids Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Patrick Puroll Ragland Bloem Scholarship $5,000 Ellsworth Peyton Walsh Central Lake School Dist. Education/Osborn Scholarship $650 Central Lake Sarah McGuire Central Lake School Dist. Education/Osborn Scholarship $650 Central Lake Tessa Felker NWS Leslie Lee Nonfiction Scholarship $1,500 Elk Rapids Tim Collins Northwest Ed Services CTC- Academic Scholarship $2,000 Mancelona Zoey Macaluso Elk Rapids Scholarship $4,000 Elk Rapids Total Antrim County: $81,920
Number of Scholarships Awarded: 33
Number of Unique Recipients: 27 - Benzie County
Recipient Scholarship Amount School Adam Mills Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $7,000 Current college student Aiden O'Dwyer Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $2,000 Frankfort Alana Kuhlen Emily & Frank Smiddy Scholarship $10,000 Current college student Anna DeRidder Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Autumn Wallington Emily & Frank Smiddy Scholarship $10,000 Current college student Ava Bechler Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Kalee Bruce Memorial Scholarship $1,100 Benzie Central Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $3,000 Benzie Central Benjamin Habers Mike Wilde Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $3,000 Traverse City West Caitlyn Pallin Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Cassidy Pallin Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Christopher Usiondek Dr. Roy Vomastek Memorial Scholarship $4,490 Current college student Christopher Usiondek Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $2,510 Current college student Cierra Guay Stan and Martha Scarborough Scholarship $6,340 Current college student Ella Schoenow Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $4,500 Current college student Ella Whiting Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $2,500 Current college student Elliott Hammon Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $1,500 Frankfort Ellis Larsen Emily & Frank Smiddy Scholarship $7,500 Frankfort Flora Zickert Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Benzie Central Science Scholarship $1,400 Benzie Central Grace Wolfe Traverse City Track Club Scholarship $1,000 Frankfort Gregory Reed Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Ian Szyszko Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $3,500 Current college student Jack Maxton Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $1,500 Current college student Jessica Whaley Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central John Rowland Gehring Science Scholarship $750 Benzie Central Joseph Morse Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Josh Adams Fred Muller Scholarship $990 Current college student Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $7,010 Current college student Kara Johnson Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Liathano Ramirez Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $4,500 Current college student Lucan Louwsma Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Maya Bradley Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $7,000 Current college student Miles Pritchett Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central John S.E. Dieckman Husky Scholarship $2,000 Benzie Central Murphy Kehoe Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $4,000 Current college student Mylie Kelly Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Traverse City Track Club Scholarship $2,500 Benzie Central Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $3,000 Benzie Central Naomi Saneda Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $2,000 Current college student Nicholas Stevenson Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $3,500 Current college student Olivia Bailey Emily & Frank Smiddy Scholarship $10,000 Current college student AAUW- TC Minnie Votruba Moore Scholarship $2,000 Current college student Owen Roth Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $8,000 Current college student Payton Miller Traverse City Tourism Hospitality Scholarship $2,530 Frankfort Serenity Schulz Kalee Bruce Memorial Scholarship $1,100 Frankfort LGBTQ+ Pride Scholarship $1,000 Frankfort Recovery Road Scholarship $5,000 Frankfort Total Benzie County: $157,220
Number of Scholarships Awarded: 50
Number of Unique Recipients: 35 - Grand Traverse County
Recipient Scholarship Amount School Addison Booher TC Central Student Senate Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Adrian Behrmann Zonta- Ann Mapes Scholarship $3,090 Current college student Adyson Banton Gordon and Margaret Moores Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Aidan Schleuder Drake Tester Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Aiden Harrand Buckley Schools Marie Guyton Leadership Scholarship $550 Buckley Alden King The Les & Anne Biederman Foundation, Inc. Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City Central Alex Reynolds National Honors Society Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Alexis Ball Drake Tester Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Alexis Beeler Achievement of Excellence Award $2,000 Traverse City West Ali Teeple Tompkins Scholarship $3,000 Current college student Alleah Dix Genes Auto Parts for GTA Scholarship $4,300 Grand Traverse Academy Amaya Kaufmann Buckley Schools Marie Guyton Salutatorian Scholarship $750 Buckley Amelia Lawens National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Anderson Farmer Courtney M. Tilley Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Andrew Stieve Drake Tester Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Michele Vozza More than Robots Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Angel Oakley National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Anh Nguyen LGBTQ+ Pride Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Ashley Hooper Tompkins Scholarship $4,000 Current college student Ava King TC West High Staff Scholarship $250 Traverse City West Ava Shotwell Harold C. Johnson Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Avery Matthews Buckley Schools Marie Guyton Valedictorian Scholarship $1,000 Buckley Ayden Key Robert "Robbie" Detwiler Memorial Scholarship $1,350 Traverse City West Ben Habers Chase Newton O'Black Titan School Culture Scholarship $250 Traverse City West Ben Schramski Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Joe Brisson Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Braxton Zenner Jerry and Carol Inman Scholarship $1,500 Kingsley Brenna Baldwin National Honors Society Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City West Caden Kowal Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Tompkins Scholarship $4,000 Traverse City Central Caleb LaPoint Riopelle/Dowden Technical Scholarship $1,895 Traverse City West Tompkins Scholarship $2,225 Traverse City West Caleb Mienk Blair Bobcats Community Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Caleb Warren Brighter Future Scholarship $500 Traverse City High Cameron Mansfield Coach Wayne Hintz Scholarship $1,270 Traverse City Central Cara McFadden LGBTQ+ Pride Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Charlise Schulz Chase Newton O'Black Titan School Culture Scholarship $250 Traverse City West TC West Student Senate Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Christina Copenhaver TC West High Staff Scholarship $250 Traverse City West Claire Eichberger National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Collin Benedict Scott Miller Memorial Scholarship $750 Traverse City Central Conner Tabaczka Old Mission Peninsula Scholarship $870 Traverse City Central Tompkins Scholarship $4,000 Traverse City Central Cooper Phillips Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Danielle Frank Robert Bursian Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City High David LaFrance TC Central Senior Class Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Donovan Payne National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Traverse City Tourism Hospitality Scholarship $2,530 Traverse City Central Drew Johnsen National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Eileen Gibens-Woodbury Lola M. Zaremba Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Eliana Hermel NWS Judith Lang Journalism Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Elizabeth Phillips TC Central Student Senate Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Ella Fournier The Les & Anne Biederman Foundation, Inc. Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City West Ella Kirkwood Abby Mahan Gartland Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Traverse City Track Club Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City Central Ella Neuhardt Menzel Memorial Scholarship $450 Traverse City Central Ellen Grams TCHS Classes of 1944 and 1945 Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Elliana Gruber National Honors Society Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City West Emilie Frechette Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Emma Briggs Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Emma Herrington Traverse City Tourism Hospitality Scholarship $2,530 Traverse City West Emma Newman-Bale NWS William Montgomery Fiction Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central TC Central Senior Class Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Esme Durbin National Honors Society Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Eva Lawson National Honors Society Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Evelyn Hart Riopelle/Dowden Technical Scholarship $1,895 Traverse City West Florence Stoeckel Recovery Road Scholarship $5,000 Traverse City Central Stan and Martha Scarborough Scholarship $6,340 Traverse City Central Gabriella Romzek TC West Academic Boosters $275 Traverse City West Gabrielle Wilson TC Central Senior Class Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Garrett Kesner Camp Roy-El Scholarship $2,000 Current college student Graceful Tompkins Patrick J. Carroll Memorial Scholarship $750 Traverse City West Grant Miller TC Central Senior Class Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Hannah West Interlochen Women's Club Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Isabella Mast Achievement of Excellence Award $2,000 Traverse City Central TC Central Student Senate Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Isaiah Gallegos Owen P. Williamson Musical Theater Scholarship $400 Traverse City West Jackson Cote Joe Brisson Memorial Scholarship $870 Traverse City West Jackson Price National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Jaden Sinkes Jerry and Carol Inman Scholarship $1,500 Kingsley Jasmine VanStanten Recovery Road Scholarship $5,000 Traverse City West Jenna Flick National Honors Society Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Jess Ballmer Brock Safronoff Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Jet Miller TC Central Senior Class Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Jocelyn Hanna Camp Roy-El Scholarship $2,000 Current college student Joshua Brown TC West High Staff Scholarship $250 Traverse City West Julian Ahluwalia Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 St. Francis Kailyn Groves NWS Judith Lang Journalism Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City Central Kaitlyn Andrews NWS William Montgomery Fiction Scholarship $1,500 St. Francis Kara Barkovich Susan R Pavelka Memorial Scholarship $1,200 Traverse City High Kate Bosley Sylvester J. Beaton Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Kathryn Haag Laura Ann Rennie Memorial Scholarship $400 Traverse City Central Kaylee Weber Jerry and Carol Inman Scholarship $1,500 Kingsley Kelsey Alpers Northwest Michigan Osteopathic Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Kristen May National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Kristi Giddis Katie Bigelow NP Memorial Scholarship $1,500 Current college student Kyler Brunan Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Tompkins Scholarship $4,000 Traverse City West Lauren Stuart Joan Jackson Memorial Scholarship $400 Traverse City Central Lauren Tkach Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Leighanna Smith TC West Academic Boosters $275 Traverse City West Leland Brown John W. Rennie Memorial Scholarship $400 Traverse City Central Leon Li Blair Bobcats Community Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Libby Couturier Dave Walker Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Lila Warren Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Joe Brisson Memorial Scholarship $870 Traverse City West TC West Student Senate Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Lillian Smith Mike Wilde Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Lillie Tschirhart Genes Auto Parts for GTA Scholarship $4,300 Grand Traverse Academy Lily Boals TCHS Classes of 1944 and 1945 Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Lily LaFaive The Les & Anne Biederman Foundation, Inc. Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City West Lily Maki Tompkins Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Lola Russell NWS Robert and Marcy Branski Poetry Scholarship $1,500 Greenspire High School Lucas McSwain NWS Leslie Lee Nonfiction Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Lucille Phillips Trojan Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Lucy Poppleton Trojan Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Lukas Reimers Drake Tester Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Madison Poortenga The Les & Anne Biederman Foundation, Inc. Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City Central Madylin McLean Home Builders Association Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Madyson Garrett Drake Tester Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Madyson Sebela Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Marie Whall Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West National Honors Society Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City West Matthew Magiera TC West High Staff Scholarship $250 Traverse City West Meg Barnum National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City West TC West High Key Club Scholarship $250 Traverse City West Mia Dungan John W. Rennie Memorial Scholarship $400 Traverse City West Mia Silveri Laura Ann Rennie Memorial Scholarship $400 Traverse City West Michael Bell Northwest Ed Services CTC- Tools of the Trade Scholarship $720 Grand Traverse Academy Namith Kennedy Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Natalia Sullivan Traverse City Administrators' Association Scholarship $500 Traverse City High Natalie Bourdo Jim Ooley Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City Central Ned Milne Tompkins Scholarship $3,000 Current college student Nicholas Kloczkowski Northwest Michigan Osteopathic Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Nora Baumann TC West Academic Boosters $275 Traverse City West Nora Madion National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Olivia Forsyth Traverse City Administrators' Association Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Parker Kirschner Jim Ooley Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City West Posie Lettinga National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Ramon Rodriguez Earl Chambers Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City High Rocco Franco TC West Academic Boosters $275 Traverse City West Rylee Duffing Giving JAR Scholarship $1,375 St. Francis Samantha Larson Genes Auto Parts for GTA Scholarship $4,300 Grand Traverse Academy Samantha Zaloudek Tompkins Scholarship $4,000 Current college student Samuel Elkins Kenneth M Koch Memorial Scholarship $450 Traverse City Central Sarah Ream Kyle Sonnemann Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Scout Russell Arthur F. Lederle Scholarship $1,500 Current college student Sophia Hardy Jim Ooley Scholarship $1,500 St. Francis Sydney Baehr National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central TaqwaTotakhail Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Taylor Keefe Home Builders Association Scholarship $500 Current college student Teagan Nerg Traverse City Administrators' Association Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Torilyn Thiebaut University Center Marvin and Luella Rorick Scholarship $3,000 Current college student University Center Richard and Clarine Olson Scholarship $3,000 Current college student Travis Walters National Honors Society Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Robert Paul Dost Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City Central Tyson Bright TC West Scholarship in memory of Carol Bowman $500 Traverse City West Vladimir Kondrashov Blair Bobcats Community Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Wallace Tupper Jack Edward Allen Memorial Scholarshp $2,000 Traverse City West Zoe Phend TC West High Key Club Scholarship $250 Traverse City West Total Grand Traverse County: $209,630
Number of Scholarships Awarded: 164
Number of Unique Recipients: 142 - Kalkaska County
Recipient Scholarship Amount School Hayden Lance Home Builders Association Scholarship $500 Kalkaska Ruby Short Scott Day Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Kalkaska Total Kalkaska County: $1,500
Number of Scholarships Awarded: 2
Number of Unique Recipients: 2 - Leelanau County
Recipient Scholarship Amount School Casey Porter Ed and Nessa Laing Scholarship $3,320 Suttons Bay Ida Palmer Weigand Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Suttons Bay Kendra Couturier NWS Robert and Marcy Branski Poetry Scholarship $500 Lake Leelanau St. Mary Lucas Gordon Helen and Dale Cropsey Educational Scholarship $1,500 Suttons Bay Mallory Lowe Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Leland Giving JAR Scholarship $1,375 Leland Minnie Bardenhagen Ida Palmer Weigand Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Suttons Bay Whelan Sirrine Joe Brisson Memorial Scholarship $500 Leland Total Leelanau County: $10,195
Number of Scholarships Awarded: 8
Number of Unique Recipients: 6 - Out of Region
Recipient Scholarship Amount School Aubrey Mitchell USS Indianapolis/Gwinn "Angel Scholarship $1,000 Fremont-Mills High School Brady Burmeister USS Indianapolis/Gwinn "Angel Scholarship $1,000 River Ridge High School Carly Fazio USS Indianapolis/Gwinn "Angel Scholarship $1,000 Moon Area High School Emma Bullard USS Indianapolis/Gwinn "Angel Scholarship $500 St. Mary's Dominican High School George Collier USS Indianapolis/Gwinn "Angel Scholarship $1,000 Current college student Kaileigh Garza Peter James Gorno Scholarship $500 Caro Megan Moffit Camp Roy-El Scholarship $2,000 Current college student Molly LaBelle Michigan County Medical Care Facilities Council Scholarship $600 Current college student Tess Carichner Camp Roy-El Scholarship $1,000 Current college student Trevor Bishop Michigan County Medical Care Facilities Council Scholarship $600 Current college student Total Out of Area: $9,200
Number of Scholarships Awarded: 10
Number of Unique Recipients: 10
Total Amount Awarded: $469,665
Total Number of Scholarships Awarded: 267
Total Unique Recipients: 222