More than $250,000 in college scholarships will be awarded through Bridge Builders Community Foundations to local students for the 2018-19 school term.
“These scholarships would not be possible without the many generous donors who established a scholarship or have given to these scholarships over the years. Their generosity cannot be overstated,” said Trenton Moulin, executive director at Bridge Builders.
The students receiving scholarships have graduated from Oil City, Franklin, Rocky Grove, Cranberry, Clarion, Allegheny-Clarion Valley, Forest Area, Redbank Valley, Keystone, Titusville, Brockway, Brookville and Punxsutawney high schools.
The scholarships include:
519Strong-Jeremy Coast Memorial Scholarship – Natalie Barcinas, Elizabeth Kiefer, Emily Luther, Jeremy Troup
Adam Weeter Memorial Scholarship – Jessica Cotton
Alexander Bud Marks Scholarship – Dajere Harris
Anna M. Ewalt Memorial Scholarship – Emily Steigerwald
Anna Marie Lanzendorfer Jordan, R.N., Nursing & Healthcare Professions Scholarship – Kristin Lowmaster
Arthur “Bud” Van Nort Memorial Scholarship – Emily Everett
Bracken Scholarship – Jenna Breth
Chester A. & Beulah A. Baum Memorial Scholarship – Natalie Barcinas, Zachary Beichner, Tifany Berry, Trevin Chittester, Lauren Conkle, Abigail Cowles, Cheyanne Crispin, Morgan Cross, Elizabeth Dailey, Taylor Dailey, Hannah Duncan, Grace Ecklund, Gabrielle Garmong, Ian Hepler, Ember Hockman, Jenna Huegel, Emily Irwin, Hope Johnson, Elizabeth Kiefer, Erin Merryman, Oleksandr Pryimuk-Pearsall, Rachel Root, Jayne Wolbert, Kaila Yashinski, Kelsey Ziegler, Kera Zimmerman
David W. Humphrey Scholarship – Nicholas Cherico, Hannah Frederick, Spencer Miller
Dustin A. Fletcher Memorial Scholarship – Debilea Chapel
Eugene F. Hanna Scholarship – Emily Jones, Emily Luther, Emily Steigerwald, Adam Taylor, Tyler Weiss
Floyd E. and Anna E. Carbaugh Memorial Scholarship – Emily Everett, Samantha Stoltz
Forest County Taxpayers Association Scholarship – Emily Everett
Francis E. Gibbons Memorial Scholarship – Drew Martin
Francis Jones Weber Scholarship – Sheila Roos
Franklin High School Alumni Scholarship – Quincy Adams, Taylor Aylesworth, Loren Baseler, Alexandra Emrick, Kurtis Hingl, Alex Huff, Tyra McGarvie, Chelsea McKenzie, Becca Spencer, Adam Taylor
Franklin Rotary – Jay French Miller Scholarship – Zane Baughman, Matthew Heasley, Justin Heller, Maria Kleck, Zachary Lyons, Drew Martin
George Francis Rouault Memorial Scholarship – Hayley Byers
Grace Woods Nellis Scholarship – Hannah Young
Gwendolyn Smith Scholarship – Dakota Hetrick
J. Bowman Proper Memorial Scholarship – Steven Barnett, Seth Berlin, Aimee Haslet, Ben Kaltenbach, Bryant Niederriter, Lorraine Pedersen, Rachel Stubler, Danielle West-Habjanetz, Kaitlinn Young
Janet L. Henc Scholarship – Haley Karns, Elizabeth Dailey
James D. Schwab PhD Scholarship – Hannah Kapp
Jean Lucille Frank Scholarship – Truman Littler
Jefferson County 4-H Scholarship – Megan Snyder, Amberley Spicher, Staci Wolfe
Jensin Michael Potts Scholarship – Ashley Finch, Caden Highfield, Jordan Long
John R. Loeffler Memorial Golf Scholarship – Zachary Lyons, Kayla McCandless
Kami Dinger Memorial Scholarship – Kendra Gadley
Kinnear West Forest Scholarship – Seth Berlin, Aimee Haslet
Margery Himes Memorial Scholarship – Madeline Boyle, Debilea Chapel, Hannah Frederick, Emily Gourley, Bryan Layton
Marsha Beichner Memorial Scholarship – Samantha Stoltz
Mary E. Shaner Scholarship – Taylor Geer
Nicholas R. Sanford Memorial Journalism Scholarship – Alyssa Nardozzi, Cassondralee Schwalm
Nicholas R. Sanford Memorial Scholarship – Gabrielle Garmong
Oil City Mayor’s Scholarship – Truman Littler
Paul and Ellen Flickner Girls Basketball Scholarship – Alyssa Beichner, Danica Hurrelbrink, Madison Winger, Abbigail Yeager
Roy E. Sanner Memorial Scholarship – Tifany Berry, Kylynn Boley, Trevin Chittester, Justin Heller
Ruth and Vernon Taylor Scholarship – Bryant Niederriter
Scotty Bashline Memorial Scholarship – Jessica Cotton
Sherman Memorial Scholarship – Brooke Black, Bryant Niederriter
Susan L. Daniels Memorial Scholarship – Matthew Heasley, Maria Kleck
Susie McConnell Memorial Scholarship – Truman Littler, Jasmine Long
Thomas D. Fulton Memorial Scholarship – Bryant Niederriter
Thomas E. McNamara Scholarship – Kaitlinn Young
Troopers Patterson & Richey Memorial Scholarship – Grace Ecklund, Ryan Sines
Tut Toth Memorial Scholarship – Dakota Hetrick, Bryan Layton, Kaia Rearick, Jeremy Troup
Venus Telephone Corporation Scholarship – Hannah Duncan, Jenna Huegel, Elizabeth Kiefer, Erin Merryman
Vera A. Lamey Scholarship – Lillian Anthony, Debilea Chapel, Ivy Chen, Brentley Moffett, Destiny Weiser
Virginia Gordon Russell Scholarship – Brian Jiang
Walter H. Flinchbaugh Memorial Scholarship – Rebecca Chittester, Ashley Finch, Bethany Hart, Nicholas Howard, Hannah Kapp, Matthew Meehan, Morgan Meehan, Skye Mitchell, Alexia ONeil, Benjamin Orrvick, Kylie Shaffer, Samuel Weaver, Matthew Weaver, Kelsey Ziegler
Washington Township Community Association Scholarship – Grace Ecklund, Erin Merryman
Will Fabry Memorial Scholarship – Emmalie Dickey, Jessika Lindsey, Alyssa Nardozzi
William H. Locke Scholarship – Lillian Anthony, Haley Bechtel, Peyton Bontz, Debilea Chapel, Ivy Chen, Caroline Deeter, Caden Highfield, Amber Horner, Megan Hudson, Rhiannon Kenniston, Jillian Kutchravy, Madison Lawrie, AnneFrances Lenze, Truman Littler, Jenna Loll, Jordan Long, Benjamin Mizerak, Brentley Moffett, Justin Moffett, Maggie Motter, Hannah Schettler, Destiny Weiser, Lauren Womer
Young Wood Scholarship – Chelsea McKenzie
The scholarship application process begins each year in January and ends in April, and awardees are chosen based on criteria of each scholarship.
“Our vision is to provide an effective way of serving donors and communities by creating and growing endowments that serve the needs in our area,” said Moulin. “Distributing these scholarships is not just about providing funds to students to pay for college, it’s an opportunity to empower young people – the future workforce and leaders of our community. We believe this is what the donors intended when they established these scholarships,” he said.
