Empowering Dreams by FindlayHancockCountyCommunityFoundation

Empowering Dreams

Honoring Our 2024 Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations to our 2024 Scholarship Recipients!

$451,475 in new and renewal scholarships have been awarded to students in 2024. A special thank you to our scholarship donors and volunteer evaluators for making this possible.

2024 Scholarships by the Numbers

283 scholarship awards

227 volunteer evaluators 220 student recipients

Average of $2,052 per student

Abby Sheridan

Alexis Kimble

Andrew Sowders

Breanna Chambers

Bryanna Wilson

Emily Rank

Erika Massie

Erin McCarty

Ethan Cline

Landon Courtney

Lilianne Mundy

Lillian Wiler

London Karrick

Samantha Burnett

Victoria Best

Addisyn Molina

Ava Altman

Ava Bateson

Ayden Kretz

Brady Kin

Cade Riegle

Caden Anderson

Caden Russell

Cameron Settlage

Christopher Cortez

Elijah Evans

Emily Ernst

Emmalee Rossman

Jacob Branan

$2,000 Floyd J. and Alice K. Curran Scholarship*

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

$2,500 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*

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

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

$1,000 Findlay Area Golf Association Scholarship

$1,000 Sharon Craig Arcadia 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

$500 Hancock Federal Credit Union Scholarship

$1,050 John W. Hollington Scholarship

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

$1,250 Randy Baker Girls Basketball Scholarship*

$1,250 Rod and Pam Russell Family Scholarship

$2,000

Arlington Local Schools Bowling Green State University Scholarship

$1,000 Arlington School Foundation - Dally Family Scholarship

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

$800

Arlington School Foundation - Cathie L. Solt Memorial Scholarship

$900 Pat Wagner Memorial Scholarship

$1,000 Arlington School Foundation Dally Family Scholarship*

$1,100

Arlington School Foundation - Arlington Athletic Boosters Scholarship

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

$1,250 Walter J. Zuberbuhler II Memorial Scholarship

$1,000 Ed Lodico Memorial Scholarship

$1,000

W.S. (Sherman) and Wanda Alge Family Scholarship*

Arlington School Foundation Dally Family Scholarship*

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

$1,000

Arlington School Foundation Dally Family Scholarship*

Jacqueline Beach

Leah Durliat

Luke Metzger

Mason Cavinee

Nathanael Hartzell

Wyatt Berry

Ella Armstrong

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

$2,000

$1,100

Arlington Local Schools Bowling Green State University Scholarship

Arlington School Foundation - Arlington Athletic Boosters Scholarship

$1,200 Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Centennial Scholarship

$500 Findlay Moose 698 Scholarship

$1,100

$900

Arlington School Foundation - Arlington Athletic Boosters Scholarship

Arlington School Foundation - Robert & Helen McClelland Farm Child Scholarship

$1,350 R. Wayne Sink Memorial Scholarship

$1,900 Partners in Education

$1,000 Grace Education Fund Scholarship

$1,750

$1,200

Arlington School Foundation - Arlington Local School District Scholarship

Arlington School Foundation - Harold "Doc" Castor Memorial Scholarship

$4,100 William P. and Pauline J. Deisel Scholarship

Jacob Granger $1,050 Kyle P. Luginbuhl Memorial Scholarship

Kaelin Weissling

$1,000 Dominic Francis Bluffton Memorial Scholarship

College/University Choice

Cayman Crim

Jonah Peters

Blake Boehm

Brynn Reese

$1,200 Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Centennial Scholarship

$1,050 Golden M. Tong Scholarship

$2,400 Chris Leuthold Mathematics Scholarship

$1,000 Dominic Francis Cory-Rawson Memorial Scholarship

$1,050 Jerry Silveus Agriculture Scholarship

Brynn Reese $1,000 Shirley Battles Stirling Scholarship*

Chelcie McVetta

Makayla Oman

Marah Price

Morgan Huber

$900 April Sue Jones Memorial Scholarship

$1,000 Battles Stirling Scholarship

$700 Larry Beagle Memorial Scholarship

$1,000 James Rettig, Jr. Memorial Scholarship

$2,350 Gene and Elaine Stevens Family Scholarship

Morgan Huber $500 Hancock Federal Credit Union Scholarship

Mackay Smith

Aaron Savage

Adam Hellman

Addison Roach

$1,250 Roy V. Armes Scholarship*

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

$1,000 Mike and Pat Oxley Scholarship*

$800 M. Andrew May Scholarship

$1,000 Ronald N. Jenkins Scholarship

$1,650 William Clark Foster Scholarship

Totals For Local Schools

• Arcadia – 11 scholarships totaling $13,200

• Arlington – 20 scholarships totaling $24,900

• Bluffton – 3 scholarships totaling $6,150

• Carey – 2 scholarships totaling $2,250

• Cory-Rawson – 6 scholarships totaling $6,450

• Findlay – 84 scholarships totaling $116,350

• Liberty-Benton – 19 scholarships totaling $34,175

• McComb – 13 scholarships totaling $23,150

• Ottawa-Glandorf – 2 scholarships totaling $2,050

• Ottoville – 2 scholarships totaling $1,000

• Riverdale – 1 scholarship totaling $950

• Van Buren – 11 scholarships totaling $13,675

• Vanlue – 3 scholarships totaling $5,450

Adelyn Metzger

Alaina Steffes

Allie Detterman

Anthony Fanning

Ava Loch

$2,000 Stephen Dana Younger Scholarship

$1,000 Mike and Pat Oxley Scholarship*

$1,500 Jon A Schlueter City Scholarship

$2,500 Mariann Dana & Charles Jacob Younger Scholarship

$1,000 Mike and Pat Oxley Scholarship

Benjamin Best $750 Roger Renz Memorial Scholarship

Benjamin Best

$2,000 Scott Charles Younger Scholarship

Benjamin Mayle $400 FHS Social Studies Teacher Memorial Scholarship

Benjamin Parnell $1,000 Lora Wiest Burgderfer Scholarship

Bryelle Flores $1,000 Denise Bowsher Bigelow Hill Memorial Scholarship

Bryelle Flores $12,000 Findlay High School Class of 1956 Scholarship

Carleigh Alic $2,900 Findlay High School Alumni Scholarship

Casey Daniel $1,000 Gregory James Shrader Memorial Swim Scholarship

Casey Leipheimer $850 Findlay First Edition (FFE) Alumni Scholarship

Casey Leipheimer $950 Judy Hall Music Scholarship

Casey Tate $2,000 Christopher Jon Younger Scholarship*

Chayse Wolke $1,000 Gregory James Shrader Memorial Swim Scholarship

Chayse Wolke $2,000 Paul Randolph Younger Scholarship

Chloe Crawford $2,550 Robert and Clara Shroy Scholarship

Cora Sterling $1,000 Findlay Rotary Club Scholarship

Cora Sterling $4,650 Mary Jo Urshalitz Nursing Scholarship

Corinne Seager

$1,200 Huston Family Scholarship

Darren Paige $1,200 Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Centennial Scholarship

Desmon Bailey $450 Nathan C. Wilson Trade and Industrial Technology Memorial Scholarship

Eleanor Haas

Elizabeth Denike

Elizabeth Laird

Ella Nelson

Emalee Omlor

$1,300 Findlay Education Association Scholarship

$2,000 Scott Charles Younger Scholarship*

$2,000 Stephen Dana Younger Scholarship*

$1,500 Jon A Schlueter City Scholarship

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

Emily Caton

Emily Meier

Emma Holdgreve

Erin Caton

$1,000 Ronald N. Jenkins Scholarship

$2,000 Christopher Jon Younger Scholarship*

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

$1,000 Lora Wiest Burgderfer Scholarship

Erin Meier $1,000 April Rodeheffer Burbach Scholarship

Erin Meier $1,350 John Edward Seman Memorial Scholarship

Ethan Bodnarik

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

FINDLAY

Ethan Lammers

Gabrielle Elliott

Gabrielle Ritzler

Gage Taylor

Griffin Weinstein

Hannah Mueller

Hollyann Spitler

Hunter Marquis

Jackson Zinna

Jacob Barnhart

Jacob Worthington

Jenna Moyer

Jillian Doll

Jocelyn Barberree

Jonathon Barnhart

Joshua Baker

Kennedy O'Dell

Kiersten Cameron

$400 John Noble Hockey Scholarship*

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

$1,000 Gene and Margie White Scholarship

$800 Robert J. Fox Scholarship

$1,000 Ronald N. Jenkins Scholarship

$750 Irons Family Scholarship

$1,250 Roy V. Armes Scholarship*

$11,250 Findlay High School Class of 1956 Scholarship*

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

$1,000 Lora Wiest Burgderfer Scholarship

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

$1,500 Punk and Martha E. Mains Memorial Scholarship

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

$1,000 Orthopaedic Institute of Ohio Medical Scholarship

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

$1,000 Lora Wiest Burgderfer Scholarship

$750 Vance Kramer III Scholarship

$2,000 Christopher Jon Younger Scholarship

$650 Neil Acharya Memorial Tennis Scholarship

$2,950 Findlay High School Class of 1951 Scholarship

$600 Roger D. Davis Scholarship

$1,000 E.D. Bud and Jean Retter Scholarship

$2,000 Stephen Dana Younger Scholarship*

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

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

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

Kiersten Cameron $800 Glendora Mills Scholarship

Kylie Davis

Lauren Gayhart

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

$1,700 Kathy Carty Memorial Writing Scholarship

Lauryn Boone

Leslii Silveus

Lilian Meienburg

Livia Derr

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

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

$2,000 Christopher Jon Younger Scholarship*

$1,500 Jon A Schlueter City Scholarship

Madison Barberree $500 Dick Larick Memorial Scholarship*

Maggie Slough

Margaret Meyer

Mark Scherger

Mason Risser

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

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

$1,000 David C. Rinebolt Memorial - Be Good to One Another Scholarship

$1,000 Lora Wiest Burgderfer Scholarship

$2,600 James L. Child Jr. Scholarship

Mason Risser $600 Lincoln Elementary School Memorial Scholarship

Matthew Guthrie

Maxwell Farmer

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

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

Miles Bowman $1,000 Lora Wiest Burgderfer Scholarship

Molly Crates

Nathan Haines

Nikhom

Phounsavath

Nolan Tiech

Olivia Gonzalez

Olivia Laird

Olivia Smith

Payton Hildebrand

Rebecca Heft

$1,000 Intersil Science and Engineering Scholarship

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

$1,500 Jon A Schlueter City Scholarship

$1,050 Joseph R. and Westelle L. Browne Performing Arts Scholarship

$1,000 Lora Wiest Burgderfer Scholarship

$1,000 Findlay Rotary Club Scholarship

$650 Bill Slack Memorial Scholarship

$1,000 Richard E. (Dick) Daugherty Scholarship

$1,500 Richard Fisher Athletic Scholarship*

$1,000 Kay Siebeneck Memorial Scholarship

Roen Chenevey $400 John Noble Hockey Scholarship*

Ryan Clarke

$850 Bobby C. Burrell Golf Scholarship

$1,950 Dave and Marge Lodge Golf Scholarship

Featuring Class of 2024 Scholarship

Recipients (L-R): Gavin Stevens (McComb), Alexis Kimble (Arcadia), Addison Roach (Findlay), and Chelcie McVetta (Cory-Rawson).

FINDLAY CITY SCHOOLS

Ryan Clarke

Ryan Yarcusko

$1,000 Findlay Area Golf Association Scholarship

$1,000 Intersil Science and Engineering Scholarship

$1,250 Mary and John R. Blide Memorial Golf Scholarship

$2,000 Scott Charles Younger Scholarship*

Seth Russell $400 John Noble Hockey Scholarship

Sophia Yu

Sydney Swisher

Taylor Hudson

Trinity Lee

Urmika Ghosh

Zachary McRill

Zoe McCormick

Zoe Sleasman

Zoey Gutierrez

Emmi Doty

Kaitlyn Thompson

$2,000 Stephen Dana Younger Scholarship*

$1,000 Mike and Pat Oxley Scholarship*

$2,000 Scott Charles Younger Scholarship*

$1,000 Gregory James Shrader Memorial Swim Scholarship

$1,500 Linda B. Ziegler Scholarship

$1,500 Thomas E. and Patricia (Conway) Moore Perpetual College Award*

$2,000 Paul Randolph Younger Scholarship*

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

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

$1,250 George and Shirlee Whitson Scholarship

$550 Stacy Stover Memorial Scholarship

$500 Findlay Moose 698 Scholarship

$1,400 Ray Landes Memorial Scholarship

$1,000 Jackie Klear Massey Memorial Scholarship

Lauren Knight $1,300 Frank R. and Mary Jane Cosiano Family Scholarship

Leah Dissinger $1,100 Erica Miller Culinary Arts Scholarship

Leah Dissinger $6,550 John D. (“Doc”) Holladay Culinary Arts Scholarship

Sara Lynch

$4,000 Jerry and Carolyn Droll Memorial Scholarship

Sara Lynch $1,250 W. Kenneth & Ruth S. Helvie Scholarship

Jenna Brown $1,000 Findlay Area Golf Association Scholarship

Marissa Cline $1,000 Findlay Area Golf Association Scholarship

Blake Riffe $2,450 Needler Family Scholarship

H.S. Kaitlyn Cieply $1,500 W.S. (Sherman) and Wanda Alge Family Scholarship for ONU Pettit College of Law

Alexis Rickenbacher

Alivia Ricker

Ava Abate

$2,000.00 Zach Morgan Memorial Scholarship*

$1,200.00 Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Centennial Scholarship

$6,550.00 John D. (“Doc”) Holladay Culinary Arts Scholarship

Ava Hatch $2,000.00 Jon A Schlueter County Scholarship

Brenna Lay $1,050.00 Jack Brown Memorial Scholarship

Chloe Kin $10,700.00 Dr. Thomas Richard and Wendene Wilson Shoupe Post Graduate Scholarship

Top Major Categories

Student Classification

CJ Beeman

Jada Todd

Jarrett Haan

Justin Cook

Loretta Sanchez

Madison Snider

Mason Modd

Natalie Parmelee

Natalie Terhark

Olivia McDaniel

Owen Hendricks

Reid Thomas

Shana Frankart

Sydney Elseser

Vanessa Taylor

Zander Stansbery

Ayslin Piccard

Bo Tooman

Brendan McCauley

Chloe Kreinbrink

Emerson Lora

Graduating High School SeniorsNew & Renewal (93%)

Current College StudentsNew (5%)

Graduate/Post GraduateNew & Renewal (2%)

$1,000.00 Findlay Area Golf Association Scholarship

$2,500.00 Zach Morgan Memorial Scholarship*

$1,000.00 Findlay Area Golf Association Scholarship

$1,200.00 Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Centennial Scholarship

$1,500.00 Roy V. Armes Scholarship

$1,275.00 Floyd J. and Alice K. Curran Scholarship

$2,000.00 Jon A Schlueter County Scholarship

$1,000.00 Andrew Walker Memorial Scholarship

$2,450.00 Needler Family Scholarship

$1,300.00 Historic Preservation Guild Memorial Scholarship

$2,000.00 Jon A Schlueter County Scholarship

$2,750.00 Jeanette T. and Leo J. Vielhaber Scholarship

$1,000.00 Beth Bradley Heck Memorial Scholarship

$1,000.00 Floyd J. and Alice K. Curran Scholarship*

$3,000.00 Zach Morgan Memorial Scholarship

$1,350.00 Elizabeth Mae Kobeszka Memorial Scholarship

$1,250.00 Roy V. Armes Scholarship*

$1,000.00 Intersil Science and Engineering Scholarship

$1,000.00 Floyd J. and Alice K. Curran Scholarship*

$3,000.00 Dr. Marion V. Arbogast Scholarship

$500.00 Findlay Moose 698 Scholarship

$3,300.00 Norbert F. Meyer Scholarship*

$550.00 Mary and Glen Stover Agriculture Scholarship

$1,650.00 Robert A. and Shirley Smith Family Scholarship

$500.00 Cathy Zellner Memorial Scholarship

$1,250.00 McComb Rotary Club/Marion Arbogast Scholarship

Emerson Lora

Erika Voigt

Gavin Stevens

Grace Hassan

Jaden Wittenmyer

Mackenzie

Schroeder

Mackenzie

Schroeder

Mason Pierce

$1,950.00 Norbert F. Meyer Scholarship

$2,575.00 Daniel R. Bennett Scholarship

$4,650.00 Mary Jo Urshalitz Music Scholarship

$2,575.00 Daniel R. Bennett Scholarship

$1,475 Herb S. and Cindy Aldrich Memorial Scholarship

$3,000 Dr. Marion V. Arbogast*

$1,000 Harry and Hilda Miller Family Scholarship

$1,475 Herb S. and Cindy Aldrich Memorial Scholarship

$3,300 Norbert F. Meyer Scholarship*

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

Chelsea Erford $1,000 Findlay Area Golf Association Scholarship

Colt Selinger $750 Irma Maxheimer Dana & Lester L. Werntz Scholarships

Grant Davis $750 Irma Maxheimer Dana Scholarship*

Jackson Fricke

Jaycie Doerr

Joseph Roemer

Makenna Wilham

$750 Irma Maxheimer Dana Scholarship*

$1,250 Lester L. Werntz Scholarship*

Needler Family Scholarship

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

Collyn Ballard

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

Madison Winterrowd $2,000 George Randolph & Harriet Jacobs Younger Scholarship

Kylee Lehman

Esfandiary-Palte Scholarship Savannah Heckman

Langhals

Madison Hoersten

Tent Maker Scholarship

Herb & Jeanette Wannemacher Family Scholar-Athlete Scholarship

Alison Nottingham $1,000 Eva Kate Cowen Anderson Scholarship

30 Years of Supporting Students

The Community Foundation established its first scholarship in 1994: 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.

Abigail Mellott $500 Ed Lodico Memorial Scholarship

Connor Driskill $950 Jan W. Sorgenfrei Scholarship

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

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

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

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

Ava Cramer $1,100 Leo and Virginia Woodward Memorial Scholarship

Carson Foltz $1,000 Findlay Area Golf Association Scholarship

Joslyn Hunt $1,000 Findlay Area Golf Association Scholarship

Joslyn Hunt $1,000 Orthopaedic Institute of Ohio Medical Scholarship

Landon Fisher $2,450 Albert J. Ball Scholarship

Landon Fisher $500 Findlay Moose 698 Scholarship

Landon Fisher $1,350 Matthew R. Copus Memorial Soccer Scholarship

Madelyn Fry $2,000 Jon A Schlueter County Scholarship

Maggie Wehrle $1,000 Findlay Area Golf Association Scholarship

McKenna Morey $750 Gail Getway Scholarship

Michael Huffman $3,750 Findlay Rotary Club Scholarship*

Rebecca Betts $1,000 Glenda and Paul Treece Family Scholarship

Chase Ogg

$500 Loren Steiner Automotive Alumni Scholarship

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

Mara Simon $1,950 M. Margaret Foster Scholarship

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

INDEPENDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

Alexis Starner $500 Bradley Joseph Scholarship for Medical Missions

Brenton Brock $500 Bradley Joseph Scholarship for Medical Missions

Katelyn Messner $500 Bradley Joseph Scholarship for Medical Missions

Miranda Wills $500 Bradley Joseph Scholarship for Medical Missions

Samantha McCord $500 Bradley Joseph Scholarship for Medical Missions

Dusty Moungie $1,050 Findlay Branch of AAUW Scholarship