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2025 Scholarship Recipients
- Antrim County
Recipient Scholarship Amount School Calista Charbonneau Miss Elk Rapids Scholarship $400 Elk Rapids Calista Hoeksema Drenth Family Memorial Scholarship $1,410 Ellsworth Desiree Sutton Central Lake School Dist. Education/Osborn Scholarship $1,300 Central Lake Recovery Road Scholarship $5,000 Central Lake Devin Melton Owen James Anderson Memorial Scholarship $650 Elk Rapids Emma Moser Otho Mathias Scholarship $2,310 Current college student Hannah Dishaw Mancelona Rotary Club Scholarship $1,070 Mancelona Harrison Nico Elk Rapids Scholarship $4,000 Elk Rapids Isabella Hocking Miss Bellaire Scholarship $4,000 Bellaire Jack DuPuie Elk Rapids Scholarship $6,000 Elk Rapids Johanna Okeke Northwest Ed Services CTC- Academic Scholarship $1,345 Sunrise Academy Katelynn Curtiss Kathy Larkin Alba Scholarship $1,267 Alba Kortmon Vanniman Central Lake School Dist. Education/Osborn Scholarship $1,300 Central Lake Kyley Fuller Recovery Road Scholarship $5,000 Ellsworth Lillian Kuhn Bennie M. Kline Scholarship $3,520 Elk Rapids Lily Heinzelman Miss Elk Rapids Scholarship $400 Elk Rapids Madilynn Angell Otho Mathias Scholarship $2,310 Mancelona Mattea Ball Marjory Veliquette Memorial Scholarship $1,500 Elk Rapids Miss Elk Rapids Scholarship $5,500 Elk Rapids Noah Bogard Elk Rapids Scholarship $4,000 Elk Rapids Patrick Puroll Ragland Bloem Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Peyton Troast Suzanne Cline-Walthour Scholarship $1,160 Elk Rapids Taylor Bisson Ragland Bloem Scholarship $5,000 Mancelona Troy Richards Traverse City Tourism Hospitality Scholarship $3,000 Ellsworth William Vanderheide Elk Rapids Scholarship $6,000 Elk Rapids Joe Brisson Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Elk Rapids Zoe Kline Bennie M. Kline Scholarship $3,520 Elk Rapids Peter James Gorno Scholarship $500 Elk Rapids Total Antrim County: $77,462
Number of Scholarships Awarded: 28
Number of Unique Recipients: 24 - Benzie County
Recipient Scholarship Amount School Adam Mills Fred Muller Scholarship $1,430 Current college student Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $7,570 Current college student Aiden O'Dwyer Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $2,500 Current college student Alivia Cooper Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Autumn Wallington Emily & Frank Smiddy Scholarship $10,000 Current college student Ava Bechler Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Benjamin DeRidder Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Benjamin Habers Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Cassidy Pallin Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $9,000 Current college student Christien Westcott Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Cierra Guay Stan and Martha Scarborough Scholarship $12,610 Current college student David Rinehart Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $3,000 Current college student Elizabeth Lints Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Benzie Central Science Scholarship $1,410 Benzie Central John Rowland Gehring Science Scholarship $800 Benzie Central Seabury Senior Scholarship $2,000 Benzie Central Seabury Science Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Ella Schoenow Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $5,500 Current college student Elliott Hammon Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $2,500 Current college student Ellis Larsen Emily & Frank Smiddy Scholarship $10,000 Current college student Emmitt Blough Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $8,000 Frankfort Evan Rinehart Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $3,000 Current college student Grace Heiges Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Seabury Science Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Grace Koscielski Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Emily & Frank Smiddy Scholarship $7,500 Benzie Central Kalee Bruce Memorial Scholarship $1,927 Benzie Central Seabury Science Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Grayson Converse Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Ian Szyszko Dr. Roy Vomastek Memorial Scholarship $4,160 Current college student Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $340 Current college student Jacob Ellis Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central John S.E. Dieckman Husky Scholarship $2,000 Benzie Central Jenna Cole Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $7,000 Current college student Kate May Traverse City Track Club Scholarship $1,500 Frankfort Keenan Ryan Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Seabury Science Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Kylie Denune Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Seabury Senior Scholarship $2,000 Benzie Central Lauren Denzin Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $3,000 Current college student Logan Lewis Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $3,000 Current college student Makenna Scott Traverse City Track Club Scholarship $2,500 Current college student Mylie Kelly Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Naomi Saneda Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $2,000 Current college student Nicholas Peyton Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Olivia Bailey Emily & Frank Smiddy Scholarship $10,000 Current college student Peyton Stratton Women's Auxiliary of Crystal Downs Country Club Scholarship $8,000 Frankfort Savina Anhalt Traverse City Track Club Scholarship $1,500 Frankfort Sophie McLaren Benzie Central Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Benzie Central Tara Townsend Traverse City Track Club Scholarship $1,500 Current college student Taylor Myers Robert "Robbie" Detwiler Memorial Scholarship $1,150 Current college student Total Benzie County: $173,397
Number of Scholarships Awarded: 51
Number of Unique Recipients: 38 - Grand Traverse County
Recipient Scholarship Amount School Adeline Zuidersma Tompkins Scholarship $2,690 Traverse City West Aidan Orth Chase Newton O'Black Titan School Culture Scholarship $250 Traverse City West TC West Student Senate Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Alaina Mitchell Jerry and Carol Inman Scholarship $2,000 Kingsley Alec Roeters The Les & Anne Biederman Foundation, Inc. Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City Central Alexa Bageris National Honors Society Scholarship (TCW) $1,500 Traverse City West TC West High Key Club Scholarship $200 Traverse City Central Alexandria Dubois University Center Marvin and Luella Rorick Scholarship $3,000 Current college student University Center Richard and Clarine Olson Scholarship $3,000 Current college student Ali Teeple Tompkins Scholarship $4,000 Current college student Alyssa Hagerman Interlochen Women's Club Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Amelia Ackerson Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City St. Francis Anastasiia Hrukach Traverse City Track Club Scholarship $2,500 Current college student Annabella Tasch Susan R Pavelka Memorial Scholarship $1,200 Traverse City High Annie Goldkuhle National Honors Society Scholarship (TCC) $500 Traverse City Central TC Central Student Senate Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Annie Stempin NWS William Montgomery Fiction Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Anonymous LGBTQ+ Pride Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City St. Francis Artemis Yarrow Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Ashton Thomas Tompkins Scholarship $3,000 Current college student Austin Duggar Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $750 Traverse City West Ava Brzezinski Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $750 Traverse City West Ava Pinkowski Earl Chambers Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City High Avery McLean Traverse City Track Club Scholarship $1,500 Current college student Bea Plum Drake Tester Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Benjamin Lee John W. Rennie Memorial Scholarship $400 Traverse City Central Brynn Smith Interlochen Women's Club Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Caden Kowal Tompkins Scholarship $4,000 Current college student Cameron (Joie) Black Robert Bursian Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City High Traverse City Administrators' Association Scholarship $500 Traverse City High Cameron Hathaway TC West High Staff Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Cammra Nolff Katie Bigelow NP Memorial Scholarship $1,500 Current college student Carmen Mannor Drake Tester Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Caroline Henkel Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central National Honors Society Scholarship (TCC) $500 Traverse City Central TCHS Classes of 1944 and 1945 Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Carter Banton Jim Ooley Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City Central Carter Kandow TC West High Staff Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Charles Dennis Genes Auto Parts for GTA Scholarship $2,500 Grand Traverse Academy Chloe Saxton National Honors Society Scholarship (TCC) $500 Traverse City Central Cierra Oakley Zonta- Ann Mapes Scholarship $3,030 Current college student Collin Bramer Tompkins Scholarship $3,000 Current college student Damien Gagnon Traverse City Administrators' Association Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Daniel Nolan Home Builders Association Scholarship $530 Current college student Danielle Finch National Honors Society Scholarship (TCC) $500 Traverse City Central David Laguire Recovery Road Scholarship $5,000 Traverse City Central TC Central Senior Class Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Donovan Meyer National Honors Society Scholarship (TCC) $500 Traverse City Central Donovan Payne Traverse City Tourism Hospitality Scholarship $2,000 Current college student Douglas Sail Northwest Ed Services CTC- Tools of the Trade Scholarship $1,345 Traverse City West Drew Zrimec Scott Miller Memorial Scholarship $750 Traverse City Central Eden Hadfield Genes Auto Parts for GTA Scholarship $1,500 Grand Traverse Academy Elijah Flechter NWS Robert and Marcy Branski Poetry Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Elijah Richardson Drake Tester Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Elise Cox Dylan Williams Memorial Scholarship $5,000 Traverse City West Ella Laureto Laura Ann Rennie Memorial Scholarship $400 Traverse City West Ellie Shenkelberger TC Central Senior Class Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Elyana Marschner NWS Leslie Lee Nonfiction Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Emery Luyt Harold C. Johnson Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Emily Kozlowski Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Gabe Girrbach National Honors Society Scholarship (TCC) $500 Traverse City Central Gabriel Kirby Jack Edward Allen Memorial Scholarship $250 Traverse City West Geordie Richmond Kyle Sonnemann Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Lola M. Zaremba Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Menzel Memorial Scholarship $450 Traverse City Central Traverse City Administrators' Association Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Graham Hislop National Honors Society Scholarship (TCW) $500 Traverse City West Hannah Lantz The Les & Anne Biederman Foundation, Inc. Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City Central Henry Thorell Abby Mahan Gartland Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Honorae Shore National Honors Society Scholarship (TCW) $1,500 Traverse City West Iali Rodenroth Joe Brisson Memorial Scholarship $850 Traverse City Central Laura Ann Rennie Memorial Scholarship $400 Traverse City Central Ian Boss Traverse City Track Club Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City Central Isaac Shaprio The Les & Anne Biederman Foundation, Inc. Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City West Isabella Reimers Drake Tester Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Jace Rowell Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Jack Baird Carson Needham Memorial Scholarship $2,090 Traverse City Central Jack Craig Genes Auto Parts for GTA Scholarship $2,500 Grand Traverse Academy Jack Schripsema National Honors Society Scholarship (TCW) $1,000 Traverse City West Jack Westfall Brock Safronoff Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Jackson Hochstetler Dave Walker Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Jacob Anderson John W. Rennie Memorial Scholarship $400 Traverse City West Jacob Lober Owen P. Williamson Musical Theater Scholarship $400 Traverse City West Jalee Dunklow TC West High Staff Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Jaliyah Brumfield Coach Wayne Hintz Scholarship $850 Traverse City Central Jenna Van Skyhock Drake Tester Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central John Schopp Michele Vozza More than Robots Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Jonah Arbuckle Tompkins Scholarship $3,000 Traverse City West Jorge Cruz Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Josi Maki Kenneth M Koch Memorial Scholarship $450 Traverse City Central Kaitlynn Payne Genes Auto Parts for GTA Scholarship $370 Grand Traverse Academy Kat Smith TC Central Senior Class Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Katelyn Popp NWS Leslie Lee Nonfiction Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Katelynn Dix Traverse City Track Club Scholarship $1,500 Current college student Katie Clark Drake Tester Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Katie Rueckert TC West High Staff Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Keira Wesley NWS Judith Lang Journalism Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Trojan Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central National Honors Society Scholarship (TCC) $500 Traverse City Central Kelsey Alpers Northwest Michigan Osteopathic Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Kendall Ledford Sylvester J. Beaton Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Kiel Knapp TC Central Student Senate Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Kira Adams LGBTQ+ Pride Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West National Honors Society Scholarship (TCW) $1,000 Traverse City West Koa Sheppard National Honors Society Scholarship (TCW) $500 Traverse City West Lani Roberts TC Central Senior Class Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Lauren Stuart Traverse City Tourism Hospitality Scholarship $1,000 Current college student Leah Walkup Drake Tester Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Leland Lyon TCHS Classes of 1944 and 1945 Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Lillian Hassler Genes Auto Parts for GTA Scholarship $2,500 Grand Traverse Academy Lily Alvarado Gordon and Margaret Moores Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Logan Warner Riopelle/Dowden Technical Scholarship $1,086 Traverse City West Lola Russell NWS Robert and Marcy Branski Poetry Scholarship $1,000 Greenspire High School Lucy Bongiorno Old Mission Peninsula Scholarship $870 Traverse City Central Traverse City Track Club Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City Central Lucy Desmond Drake Tester Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Luke Gorman Jim Ooley Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City St. Francis Madeline Bildeaux Achievement of Excellence Award (TCW) $1,500 Traverse City West National Honors Society Scholarship (TCW) $1,500 Traverse City West Robert Paul Dost Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City West Madison Allen Tompkins Scholarship $3,000 Current college student Madylin McLean Home Builders Association Scholarship $530 Current college student Traverse City Track Club Scholarship $1,500 Current college student Maggie Ranger The Les & Anne Biederman Foundation, Inc. Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City West Maran Edgren Genes Auto Parts for GTA Scholarship $1,000 Grand Traverse Academy Maren Byrne National Honors Society Scholarship (TCC) $500 Traverse City Central Matthew Snover Courtney M. Tilley Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central McKeiley Buron Trojan Legacy Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Megan Middaugh Buckley Schools Marie Guyton Valedictorian Scholarship $1,000 Buckley Megan Pavwoski Genes Auto Parts for GTA Scholarship $1,500 Grand Traverse Academy Molly Carrigan National Honors Society Scholarship (TCC) $500 Traverse City Central Morgan Jones-Baldwin Patrick J. Carroll Memorial Scholarship $750 Traverse City West Nathan Peters Jerry and Carol Inman Scholarship $2,000 Kingsley Joe Brisson Memorial Scholarship $1,400 Kingsley LGBTQ+ Pride Scholarship $1,000 Kingsley Nicholas Poli National Honors Society Scholarship (TCC) $500 Traverse City Central Nicholas Van Nes Klug Family Baseball Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Noah Dumon Jim Ooley Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City West Olivia Bageris National Honors Society Scholarship (TCW) $1,000 Traverse City West Olivia Frixen TC Central Senior Class Scholarship $500 Traverse City Central Parker Francisco Ed and Nessa Laing Scholarship $1,100 Traverse City West Riopelle/Dowden Technical Scholarship $1,086 Traverse City West Payson Fraser Northwest Michigan Osteopathic Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Peyton Fontenot Jack Edward Allen Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Raegan LaCross Mike Wilde Memorial Scholarship $500 Traverse City West National Honors Society Scholarship (TCW) $500 Traverse City West Riley Scollard Drake Tester Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Rosalyn Zalewski National Honors Society Scholarship (TCW) $1,000 Traverse City West Riopelle/Dowden Technical Scholarship $1,086 Traverse City West Tompkins Scholarship $3,000 Traverse City West Roxy McClellan TC Central Student Senate Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Achievement of Excellence Award (TCC) $1,550 Traverse City Central Russell McMillan Tompkins Scholarship $3,000 Traverse City West Ryan Rathbun Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Jack Edward Allen Memorial Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City West Sadie Wares National Honors Society Scholarship (TCW) $500 Traverse City West Sam Milks NWS William Montgomery Fiction Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Samantha Simon Buckley Schools Marie Guyton Salutatorian Scholarship $750 Buckley Samantha Zaloudek Tompkins Scholarship $4,000 Current college student Scout Russell Arthur F. Lederle Scholarship $1,500 Current college student Sela Guiney Chase Newton O'Black Titan School Culture Scholarship $250 Traverse City West TC West Student Senate Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Sharell Loomis LGBTQ+ Pride Scholarship $500 Traverse City West Traverse City Tourism Hospitality Scholarship $3,000 Traverse City West Soledad Demeuse National Honors Society Scholarship (TCW) $1,500 Traverse City West Recovery Road Scholarship $5,000 Traverse City West TC West Scholarship in memory of Carol Bowman $500 Traverse City West Tess Tarchak-Hiss NWS Judith Lang Journalism Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City West Willem DeGood Traverse City Track Club Scholarship $1,500 Current college student Zachary Chaussee Drake Tester Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Traverse City Central Traverse City Track Club Scholarship $1,500 Traverse City Central Total Grand Traverse County: $214,763
Number of Scholarships Awarded: 171
Number of Unique Recipients: 139 - Kalkaska County
Recipient Scholarship Amount School Anna Durfee Riopelle/Dowden Technical Scholarship $1,086 Current college student Jack Tanner Recovery Road Scholarship $5,000 Kalkaska Jakob Ball Ed and Nessa Laing Scholarship $1,100 Kalkaska Jelena Marshall Giving JAR Scholarship $1,250 Kalkaska Scott Day Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Kalkaska Leah Durfee Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Forest Area Giving JAR Scholarship $1,250 Forest Area Riopelle/Dowden Technical Scholarship $1,086 Forest Area Traverse City Track Club Scholarship $2,500 Forest Area Lydia Bissonette AAUW- TC Minnie Votruba Moore Scholarship $2,000 Current college student Total Kalkaska County: $17,272
Number of Scholarships Awarded: 10
Number of Unique Recipients: 6 - Leelanau County
Recipient Scholarship Amount School Anthony Grant Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Leelanau St. Mary Austin O'Connor Ed and Nessa Laing Scholarship $1,100 Glen Lake Austin Vang Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $750 Suttons Bay Helen and Dale Cropsey Educational Scholarship $1,574 Suttons Bay Ellianna Miller Home Builders Association Scholarship $530 Leland Isabelle Plamondon Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $1,000 Suttons Bay Jack Shiner Ida Palmer Weigand Memorial Scholarship $5,000 Suttons Bay Jacqueline Hearne Traverse City Track Club Scholarship $1,500 St. Mary's Lake Leelanau Leah Plamondon Ernest B. Isaacsen Scholarship $750 Leelanau St. Mary Total Leelanau County: $13,204
Number of Scholarships Awarded: 9
Number of Unique Recipients: 8 - Out of Region
Recipient Scholarship Amount School Averi Moore Michigan County Medical Care Facilities Council Scholarship $690 Current college student Brayden Barton USS Indianapolis/Gwinn "Angel" Scholarship $250 Green Hill High School Elliot Majlessi Northwest Michigan Osteopathic Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Jacob Zbytowski Peter James Gorno Scholarship (Caro) $500 Caro Lauren Gandy USS Indianapolis/Gwinn "Angel" Scholarship $1,000 Buccholz High School Megan Moffit Camp Roy-El Scholarship $5,000 Current college student Racheal Stout Michigan County Medical Care Facilities Council Scholarship $690 Current college student Sophia Tennant USS Indianapolis/Gwinn "Angel" Scholarship $500 Apex Friendship High School Total Out of Region: $13,630
Number of Scholarships Awarded: 8
Number of Unique Recipients: 8
Total Amount Awarded: $509,728
Total Number of Scholarships Awarded: 277
Total Unique Recipients: 223