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Honoring Our 2025 Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations to our 2025 Scholarship Recipients!

In 2025, $425,250 in new and renewal scholarships were awarded to students. A special thank you to our scholarship donors and review committee members for making this possible.

2025 Scholarships by the Numbers

247 volunteer evaluators

212 student recipients 276 scholarship awards

Average of $2,005 per student

Alexis Kimble

Andrew Sowders

Audra Sheridan

Breanna Chambers

Bryanna Wilson

Emily Rank

Erin McCarty

Gianna Tardibuono

Joshua Gearing

Kateland Keefe

Landen Boes

Landon Courtney

Lilianne Mundy

Lillian Wiler

Abigail George

Addison Marcum

Allyson DePuy

Alyssa Launder

Ava Bateson

Ayden Kretz

Brady Griggs

Caden Anderson

Cameron Settlage

Christopher Cortez

Elijah Evans

Emily Ernst

Emmalee Rossman

Gabriella Schutz

$1,400 Floyd J. and Alice K. Curran Scholarship*

$2,100 Floyd J. and Alice K. Curran Scholarship

$2,600 Jean C. Graham Women's Scholarship*

$1,400 Floyd J. and Alice K. Curran Scholarship*

$1,000 Floyd J. and Alice K. Curran Scholarship*

$1,250 Randy Baker Girls Basketball Scholarship*

$725 Floyd J. and Alice K. Curran Scholarship*

$2,100 Floyd J. and Alice K. Curran Scholarship

$1,250 Randy Baker Girls Basketball Scholarship

$1,000 Sharon Craig Arcadia Scholarship

$500 Mary and Glen Stover Agriculture Scholarship

$725 Floyd J. and Alice K. Curran Scholarship*

$1,400 Floyd J. and Alice K. Curran Scholarship*

$1,250 Randy Baker Girls Basketball Scholarship*

$1,400 Floyd J. and Alice K. Curran Scholarship*

$1,200 Walter J. Zuberbuhler II Memorial Scholarship

$1,330 Arlington Local Schools Bowling Green State University Scholarship

$1,750

Arlington School Foundation - Arlington Local School District Scholarship

$2,000 Jon A Schlueter County Scholarship

$1,000 Arlington Athletic Boosters Scholarship

$1,750 W.S. (Sherman) & Wanda Alge Family Scholarship

$1,000 Arlington School Foundation - Dally Family Scholarship*

$1,000 W.S. (Sherman) and Wanda Alge Family Scholarship*

$1,000 Arlington Athletic Boosters Scholarship

$750 Arlington School Foundation - Cathie L. Solt Memorial Scholarship

$1,200 Arlington School Foundation - Harold "Doc" Castor Memorial Scholarship

$1,000 Arlington School Foundation - Dally Family Scholarship*

$1,500 W.S. (Sherman) and Wanda Alge Family Scholarship*

$1,330 Arlington Local Schools Bowling Green State University Scholarship

$1,000 W.S. (Sherman) and Wanda Alge Family Scholarship*

$1,000 Arlington School Foundation - Dally Family Scholarship*

$1,000 W.S. (Sherman) and Wanda Alge Family Scholarship*

$1,250 Rod and Pam Russell Family Scholarship

Gage Isenbarger

Isaac Cowan

Isabelle Frysinger

Jackson Gipson

Jase Vermillion

Kate Ernst

$1,330

Arlington Local Schools Bowling Green State University Scholarship

$1,300 R. Wayne Sink Memorial Scholarship

$1,000 Arlington School Foundation - Robert & Helen McClelland Farm Child Scholarship

$1,000 Arlington School Foundation - Dally Family Scholarship

$1,000 Arlington Athletic Boosters Scholarship

Kate Ernst $1,000 Orthopaedic Institute of Ohio Medical Scholarship

Nathan Morehart $1,000 Heacock Family Scholarship

Landen Worcester $1,000 Kyle P. Luginbuhl Memorial Scholarship

Ryleigh Rex $1,000 Dominic Francis Bluffton Memorial Scholarship

Zoe Shank $3,750 William P. and Pauline J. Deisel Scholarship

Adisyn Kramer $750 Findlay Area Golf Association Scholarship

Alexis Watkins $1,000 Franks Farm Educational Trust Scholarship

Alexis Watkins $1,000 Golden M. Tong Scholarship

Taylor Fredritz

Hanna Mosier

$1,000 Grace Education Fund Scholarship

$1,500 Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Centennial Scholarship

Hanna Mosier $1,250 Roy V. Armes Scholarship

College/University Choice

University

Allison Stuckey

Becca Ludwig

Brandon Zuercher

Chelcie McVetta

Emily Simon

Hannah Fornof

Lillian Peterman

Lorelai Yannelli

Madison Krieger

Morgan Huber

Morgan McVetta

Trevor Hibbard

$1,200 George and Shirlee Whitson Scholarship

$1,000 Jen Rettig Pay It Forward Scholarship

$11,000 Dr. Thomas Richard and Wendene Wilson Shoupe Post Graduate Scholarship

$1,000 James Rettig, Jr. Memorial Scholarship

$1,000 Battles Stirling Scholarship*

$1,150 Floyd J. and Alice K. Curran Scholarship

$500 Hancock Federal Credit Union Scholarship

$1,000 Battles Stirling Scholarship

$500 Hancock Federal Credit Union Scholarship

$2,000 Jon A Schlueter County Scholarship

$1,750 M. Margaret Foster Scholarship

$950 April Sue Jones Memorial Scholarship

$750 Gail Getway Scholarship

$1,500 Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Centennial Scholarship

$1,250 Intersil Science and Engineering Scholarship

$2,400 Chris Leuthold Mathematics Scholarship

$1,000 Dominic Francis Cory-Rawson Memorial Scholarship

$500 Stacy Stover Memorial Scholarship

Totals For Local Schools

• Arcadia – 18 scholarships totaling $25,700

• Arlington – 27 scholarships totaling $32,190

• Bluffton – 3 scholarships totaling $5,750

• Carey – 4 scholarships totaling $3,750

• Cory-Rawson – 18 scholarships totaling $30,450

• Findlay – 113 scholarships totaling $177,810

• Liberty-Benton – 32 scholarships totaling $52,100

• McComb – 16 scholarships totaling $30,875

• Ottawa-Glandorf – 1 scholarship totaling $850

• Ottoville – 2 scholarships totaling $1,000

• Riverdale – 2 scholarships totaling $3,850

• Van Buren – 10 scholarships totaling $14,925

• Vanlue – 1 scholarship totaling $3,000

Mackay Smith

Abigail Whitener

Addison

Kokensparger

Addison Patey

Addison Shinn

Addisyn Harris

Adelyn Metzger

Alaina Steffes

Alex Basinger

Alice Lu

Amber Bihn

Audrey Kasselmann

Austin Field

Ava Lackey

Ava Loch

Ava Metz

Benjamin Best

Brian Guthrie

Caleb Johnson

Cara Potteiger

Casey Tate

Chayse Wolke

Claire Kemmere

Cole Kirian

$1,250 Roy V. Armes Scholarship*

$1,125 Lora Wiest Burgderfer Scholarship

$1,000 Ronald N. Jenkins Scholarship

$500 John P. and Nancy K. Stozich Memorial Scholarship

$1,125 Lora Wiest Burgderfer Scholarship

$500 Irons Family Scholarship

$2,000 Stephen Dana Younger Scholarship*

$1,000 Mike and Pat Oxley Scholarship*

$1,300 John Edward Seman Memorial Scholarship

$1,000 Ed Lodico Memorial Scholarship

$1,000 Orthopaedic Institute of Ohio Medical Scholarship

$1,350 Ray Landes Memorial Scholarship

$1,125 Lora Wiest Burgderfer Scholarship

$750 Vance Kramer III Scholarship

$2,500 Mariann Dana and Charles Jacob Younger Scholarship*

$1,000 Mike and Pat Oxley Scholarship*

$1,850 Dave and Marge Lodge Golf Scholarship

$750 Findlay Area Golf Association Scholarship

$2,000 Scott Charles Younger Scholarship*

$1,200 Gregory James Shrader Memorial Swim Scholarship

$1,000 Denise Bowsher Bigelow Hill Memorial Scholarship

$2,250 Gene and Elaine Stevens Family Scholarship

$1,125 Lora Wiest Burgderfer Scholarship

$2,000 Christopher Jon Younger Scholarship*

$2,000 Paul Randolph Younger Scholarship*

$1,200 Gregory James Shrader Memorial Swim Scholarship

$1,125 Lora Wiest Burgderfer Scholarship

Cora Sterling $1,000 Findlay Rotary Club Scholarship*

Daniel Jung

Ekeria Iboaya

Elizabeth Denike

Elizabeth Laird

Ella Breiholz

Ellie Beining

Emily Meier

$950 E.D. Bud and Jean Retter Scholarship

$750 M. Andrew May Scholarship

$2,000 Scott Charles Younger Scholarship*

$2,000 Stephen Dana Younger Scholarship*

$1,500 Warren "Bullet" and Peg Kirk Bell Scholarship

$1,000 April Rodeheffer Burbach Scholarship

$2,250 Robert and Clara Shroy Scholarship

$2,000 Christopher Jon Younger Scholarship*

Emily Reasoner

Emma Holdgreve

Ethan Bodnarik

Ethan Lammers

Evelyn Crites

Gabrielle Elliott

Gage Ambrose

Hunter Marquis

$1,500 William Clark Foster Scholarship

$6,250 Findlay High School Class of 1956 Scholarship*

$1,500 Warren "Bullet" and Peg Kirk Bell Scholarship*

$400 John Noble Hockey Scholarship*

$11,000 Findlay High School Class of 1956 Scholarship

$1,275 Floyd J. and Alice K. Curran Scholarship*

$2,000 Jon A Schlueter City Scholarship

$1,500 Warren "Bullet" and Peg Kirk Bell Scholarship*

Isabella Bender $450 FHS Social Studies Teacher Memorial Scholarship

Jacob Barnhart

Jacob Ragland

Jillian Doll

Joshua Baker

Juliana Goshe

Kate Simmons

Katelyn Rose

$2,650 Herbert A. and Clara Rickeard Mahler Family Scholarship

$1,500 Warren "Bullet" and Peg Kirk Bell Scholarship*

$500 John P. and Nancy K. Stozich Memorial Scholarship

$2,000 Jon A Schlueter City Scholarship

$2,000 Thomas E. and Patricia (Conway) Moore Perpetual College Scholarship

$2,000 Christopher Jon Younger Scholarship*

$2,000 Stephen Dana Younger Scholarship*

$500 Roger D. Davis Scholarship

$2,000 Scott Charles Younger Scholarship

$3,350 Findlay High School Class of 1951 Scholarship

$1,000 Ronald N. Jenkins Scholarship

$1,250 Findlay Education Association Scholarship

Katelyn Rose $1,000 Judy Hall Music Scholarship

Katelyn Rose $450 William H. Jackson Scholarship

Kennedy O'Dell

Kylie Davis

$2,500 Mariann Dana and Charles Jacob Younger Scholarship*

$5,625 Findlay High School Class of 1956 Scholarship*

Lauren Post $500 Findlay Moose 698 Scholarship

Lilian Perkins $950 Findlay First Edition (FFE) Alumni Scholarship

Lilian Perkins

$1,250 Intersil Science and Engineering Scholarship

$3,850 James L. Child Jr. Scholarship

Lillian Risner

Lucia Mallamaci

$800 Robert J. Fox Scholarship

$1,000 Elise M. Billmaier Memorial Art Scholarship

Madison Barberree $500 Dick Larick Memorial Scholarship*

Maggie Slough

Marin Chenevey

Miki Kawamura

Molly Ferguson

Nathan Haines

Olivia Laird

$5,000 Findlay High School Class of 1956 Scholarship*

$1,500 Linda B. Ziegler Scholarship

$1,000 Findlay High School Class of 1970 Scholarship

$1,000 Joseph R. and Westelle L. Browne Performing Arts Scholarship

$1,000 Mike and Pat Oxley Scholarship

$2,000 Stephen Dana Younger Scholarship

$2,000 Paul Randolph Younger Scholarship

$1,000 Ronald N. Jenkins Scholarship

$2,500 Mariann Dana and Charles Jacob Younger Scholarship*

$1,000 Findlay Rotary Club Scholarship*

Olivia Schroeder $1,250 Frank R. and Mary Jane Cosiano Family Scholarship

Owen Hackworth

$1,125 Lora Wiest Burgderfer Scholarship

Owen Metz $750 Findlay Area Golf Association Scholarship

Ozreal Belcher $1,350 David D. and Ruth A. Schneider Scholarship

Paige Ouwenga

Payson Dotson

Payton Hildebrand

Phat Tran

Robert Kuebrich

Roen Chenevey

Ryleigh O'Dell

Samuel Dolan

$985 Richard E. (Dick) Daugherty Scholarship

$750 Findlay Area Golf Association Scholarship

$1,500 Richard Fisher Athletic Scholarship*

$2,000 Benjamin R. L. Lunn Merit Scholarship

$675 Bill Slack Memorial Scholarship

$2,000 Jon A Schlueter City Scholarship

$3,750 Jerry and Carolyn Droll Memorial Scholarship

$500 Loren Steiner Automotive Alumni Scholarship

$400 John Noble Hockey Scholarship*

$1,100 Kay Siebeneck Memorial Scholarship

$1,200 Gregory James Shrader Memorial Swim Scholarship

$1,150 Huston Family Scholarship

Samuel Swisher

$750 Findlay Area Golf Association Scholarship

$400 John Noble Hockey Scholarship

$1,200 Mary and John R. Blide Memorial Golf Scholarship

Samuel Swisher $650 Neil Acharya Memorial Tennis Scholarship

Seth Russell $400 John Noble Hockey Scholarship*

Sidney Myers

$2,500 Mariann Dana & Charles Jacob Younger Scholarship

Simon Tanner $750 Glendora Mills Scholarship

Simon Tanner $500 Lincoln Elementary School Memorial Scholarship

Sydnee Gunka

Sydney Albert

$750 John G. and Pauline A. Andrews Memorial Scholarship

$1,400 Punk and Martha E. Mains Memorial Scholarship

$2,850 Findlay High School Alumni Scholarship

Sydney Albert $2,000 Jon A Schlueter City Scholarship

Sydney Swisher $1,000 Mike and Pat Oxley Scholarship*

Sydney Swisher $2,000 Scott Charles Younger Scholarship*

Trista Paige

Urmika Ghosh

Zachary McRill

Zoey Schlachter

$2,000 Christopher Jon Younger Scholarship

$1,650 Kim and Kathy Carty Memorial Writing Scholarship

$2,000 Paul Randolph Younger Scholarship*

$500 Ed Lodico Memorial Scholarship

$1,750 Floyd J. and Alice K. Curran Scholarship*

$2,000 Jon A Schlueter City Scholarship

Alec Gorman

Colleen Donaldson

Justin Thiel

Leah Dissinger

Alex Durliat

Andres SanchezGonzalez

Brenna Frankart

Emily Eyink

Emma McFarland

Erica Patterson

Gabriella Tuttle

Grace Flippin

Grant Myers

Jada Todd

$1,000 Jackie Klear Massey Memorial Scholarship

$750 Findlay Area Golf Association Scholarship

$6,500 John D. (“Doc”) Holladay Culinary Arts Scholarship

$500 Findlay Moose 698 Scholarship

$1,000 Findlay Rotary Club Scholarship

$1,250 Intersil Science and Engineering Scholarship

$1,150 Floyd J. and Alice K. Curran Scholarship

$1,000 Beth Bradley Heck Memorial Scholarship

$1,500 Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Centennial Scholarship

$1,350 Elizabeth Mae Kobeszka Memorial Scholarship

$900 Pat Wagner Memorial Scholarship

$1,000 Erica Miller Culinary Arts Scholarship

$6,500 John D. (“Doc”) Holladay Culinary Arts Scholarship

$1,000 Jerry Silveus Agriculture Scholarship

$500 Findlay Moose 698 Scholarship

$4,250 Mary Jo Urshalitz Nursing Scholarship

$850 Cathy Zellner Memorial Scholarship

$1,150 Floyd J. and Alice K. Curran Scholarship

$2,500 Zach Morgan Memorial Scholarship*

Top Major Categories

Student Classification

Justin Cook

Kirsten Harrington

Layla Tiell

Graduating High School SeniorsNew & Renewal (92.4%)

Current College StudentsNew (5.1%)

Graduate/Post GraduateNew & Renewal (2.5%)

$1,500 Roy V. Armes Scholarship*

$1,000 Gene and Margie White Scholarship

$2,000 Jon A Schlueter County Scholarship

Lindsay May $1,000 Jack Brown Memorial Scholarship

Lorrna HardyFowler

Madison Gaerke

Nevaeh Vermillion

$1,150 Floyd J. and Alice K. Curran Scholarship

$2,000 Jon A Schlueter County Scholarship

$1,000 Andrew Walker Memorial Scholarship

$500 Findlay Moose 698 Scholarship

$3,500 Zach Morgan Memorial Scholarship

$1,000 Findlay Rotary Club Scholarship

Reid Thomas $3,000 Zach Morgan Memorial Scholarship*

Ryan Mead

$800 Bobby C. Burrell Golf Scholarship

Ryan Mead $750 Findlay Area Golf Association Scholarship

Ryan Mead

Sydney Elseser

Trevor Dorn

Benten Adkins

Brendan McCauley

Catalina Jimenez

Emerson Lora

Kacey Like

$1,000 Tent Maker Scholarship

$1,250 Roy V. Armes Scholarship*

$4,250 Mary Jo Urshalitz Music Scholarship

$1,250 Historic Preservation Guild Memorial Scholarship

$1,000 W. Kenneth & Ruth S. Helvie Scholarship

$3,300 Norbert F. Meyer Scholarship*

$2,450 Daniel R. Bennett Scholarship

$950 Jan W. Sorgenfrei Scholarship

$3,000 Jean C. Graham Women's Scholarship

$1,000 John W. Hollington Scholarship

$2,000 Jon A Schlueter County Scholarship

$1,950 Norbert F. Meyer Scholarship*

$1,200 McComb Rotary Club/Marion Arbogast Scholarship

Kelsey Jenkins

Peyton Stateler

$2,850 Herb S. and Cindy Aldrich Memorial Scholarship

$1,875 Robert A. and Shirley Smith Family Scholarship

Sarah Rider $2,450 Daniel R. Bennett Scholarship

Sarah Rider

Talon Seither

$1,000 Harry and Hilda Miller Family Scholarship

$2,000 Norbert F. Meyer Scholarship

Tanner Bryan $2,600 Norbert F. Meyer Scholarship*

Kinsley Wueller $1,000 Steffen Family Scholarship

Cecilia Davis $750 Irma Maxheimer Dana Scholarship

Colt Selinger $750 Irma Maxheimer Dana Scholarship*

Jackson Fricke $750 Irma Maxheimer Dana Scholarship*

Joseph Roemer $1,250 Lester L. Werntz Scholarship*

Makenna Wilham $1,250 Lester L. Werntz Scholarship*

Brooke Koelm $2,000 George Randolph and Harriet Jacobs Younger Scholarship

Collyn Ballard $2,000 George Randolph and Harriet Jacobs Younger Scholarship*

Logan Fleener

Madison Winterrowd

$2,000 George Randolph and Harriet Jacobs Younger Scholarship*

Jase Utrup $850 Esfandiary-Palte Scholarship

Alex Leis

Paige Turnwald

$500 Herb & Jeanette Wannemacher Family Scholar-Athlete Scholarship

Lilliann Thompson $1,000 Eva Kate Cowen Anderson Scholarship

Kellan Gossard

$1,250 David C. Rinebolt Memorial - Be Good to One Another Scholarship

Liberty Cummings $2,600 Jean C. Graham Women's Scholarship*

Adam Carey $1,275 Floyd J. and Alice K. Curran Scholarship*

Aliah Van Scyoc

$1,250 Glenda and Paul Treece Family Scholarship

George Thomas $2,450 Albert J. Ball Scholarship

Lacey Bowman $2,750 Jeanette T. and Leo J. Vielhaber Scholarship

Lillian Grady

McKenna Morey

Nick Carey

$1,750 Partners in Education

$1,000 James W. Baughman (Mr. B) Van Buren Scholarship

$1,000 Leo and Virginia Woodward Memorial Scholarship

Nigel Woodall

30 Years of Supporting Students

The Community Foundation awarded its first scholarships in 1995 from the Linda B. Ziegler Scholarship. Linda, Emil, and Brent Ziegler established the scholarship for a Findlay High School graduating senior who will study at an accredited college, university, or vocational school. Joyce and Emil Ziegler elevated it to a renewable scholarship in 2022. More information about how you can support students in Hancock County is available here:

$1,500 Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Centennial Scholarship

Olivia Coutinho $650 Larry Beagle Memorial Scholarship

Seth Gregory $1,300 Matthew R. Copus Memorial Soccer Scholarship

Mara Simon $3,000 Jean C. Graham Women's Scholarship*

Caroline Hensley

$500 Bradley Joseph Scholarship for Medical Missions

Kadyn Welch $500 Bradley Joseph Scholarship for Medical Missions

Lucille Deters $500 Bradley Joseph Scholarship for Medical Missions

Natalie Johnston $500 Bradley Joseph Scholarship for Medical Missions

Riley Anderson $500 Bradley Joseph Scholarship for Medical Missions

Hannah Hassan $1,000 Findlay Branch of AAUW Scholarship

Cole Thomas $1,500 W.S. (Sherman) and Wanda Alge Family Scholarship for Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law

Kaitlyn Cieply $1,500 W.S. (Sherman) and Wanda Alge Family Scholarship for Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law*

TEACHER SCHOLARSHIPS

Addison Carter $2,500 Jon A. Schlueter County Teacher Scholarship

Hailey Ramge

Jordan Nugeness $2,500 Jon A. Schlueter City Teacher Scholarship INDEPENDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

$2,500 Jon A. Schlueter County Teacher Scholarship

Hilia Romero Schober $2,500 Jon A. Schlueter City Teacher Scholarship

* 2025 renewal scholarships

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