2019 Scholarship Awards

Marion Community Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of its 2019 Scholarship Program awards — $403,810 in scholarships awarded to 189 Marion area students. This total includes nine new scholarships since last year’s program.

Marion Community Foundation’s Scholarship Program makes awards to Marion area high school graduating seniors and college students, according to the criteria established by funds’ donors. This year’s awards include scholarships for 99 high school students and 90 college students.

WOPAT SCHOLARS –

The top award of Marion Community Foundation’s Scholarship Program – the Wopat Scholars – selected four local students for these prestigious multi-year renewable scholarships. The 2019 Wopat Scholars are: Paige Bending, Halle Marvich, Daeveonna Middleton, and Myles Steed.

Made possible by the substantial gift of the late Robert and Dorothy Wopat, the scholarship fund they created supports these substantial scholarships, as well as numerous additional Wopat Impact Scholarships, which are one-time awards of up to $5,000. The Wopat Fun, now in its eighth year, generated a total of $98,000 in awards for 2019.

Bending recently graduated and is the recipient of the Beatrice Prior Memorial Scholarship – awarded to the highest ranking female students at Marion Harding High School – in addition to a 4-year Wopat Scholarship. She intends to study cognitive science and pediatrics at The Ohio State University.

Also a new alumna of Harding, Middleton is headed to the University of Michigan this fall to begin her studies in international relations. In addition to being a Wopat Scholar, she has been awarded the Alex, Beatrice Prior Memorial, Marion Rotary Club Warren G. Harding, and Taft Middle School Department of Music scholarships from the Foundation.

Both Marvich and Steed completed their senior years at Pleasant High School. Accepted into numerous colleges, Marvich plans to study chemistry at Cornell University. She received then following scholarship awards – Pleasant Academic Boosters scholarship, Pleasant Local Schools Board of Education scholarship, and the Marion Rotary Club scholarship in honor of the late Wayne Kuhn.

Steed, who will be the first person in his family to attend college, will pursue a degree in microbiology at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. He will be supported by the Stephanie K. Lust Memorial Scholarship, as well as an award from the Pleasant Local Schools Board of Education Scholarship Fund.

NEW SCHOLARSHIPS –

Marion Community Foundation awarded new scholarships from the following new funds: Irene Ballinger Memorial Scholarship Fund, Stephen & Mary “Sally” Byrnes Scholarship Fund, Carey Family Scholarship Fund, Catherine Leila Ferguson Memorial Scholarship Fund, John F. Kreis Memorial Scholarship Fund, LaRue Alumni Association Scholarship Fund, Marion Noon Kiwanis Club Scholarship Fund II, Max Ross Memorial Scholarship Fund, and United Church Homes Scholarship Fund.

SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE –

The 2019 MCF Scholarship Program concluded in late April. The Scholarship Committee consisted of Kathy Goodman (chair), Larry Geissler, Sue Jacob, Ruth Johnston, Megan Queen, Kevin Smith, Chuck Speelman, and Nikki Workman. This group coordinated the selection committees of the various scholarship funds, reviewed all of the applications, and provided recommendations to Marion Community Foundation’s Board of Directors.

2019 RECIPIENTS & AWARDS –

Bellevue High School:

Jenna Binger – Collier Scholarship

Malaina Rickel – Collier Scholarship

Col. Crawford High School (North Robinson, OH):

Bailey Niedermier – Collier Scholarship

Nathan Wingert – Marion Elks Lodge No. 32 Scholarship

Elgin High School:

Nathaniel Askew – Marion Rotary Club’s Robert E. Kibbey Scholarship, Bergmann Family Scholarship, and Harris Scholarship

Korey Bosart – Marion Rotary Club’s Ralph W. Howard Scholarship and Marion Noon Kiwanis Club Scholarship

Seldon Dyer – Marion Rotary Club’s Robert C. Dowd Scholarship, Everett Family Scholarship, Daniel B. Stover Memorial Scholarship, Clifford & Frances Strine Family Scholarship, and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Reegan Field – Beulah Mae Williams Scholarship

Madison Linstedt – Elgin Alumni Association Scholarship

Danyal Minton – Elgin Alumni Association Scholarship

Sydney Pauly – Marge Sorreles Davies Memorial Scholarship and Marion Area Auxiliary Scholarship

Erin Pickett – John T. & Lois Schmidt Scholarship and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Ashley Roth – Marion Elks Lodge No. 32 Scholarship and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Bengiman Snare – Marion Rotary Club’s Karl W. Schell Scholarship

Jake Studer- LaRue Alumni Association Scholarship

Case Swartz – Marion Noon Kiwanis Club Scholarship

Marion Harding High School:

Dalton Arndt – Art & Anne Huggler Memorial Scholarship and Whirlpool Corporation/One Energy S.T.E.M. Scholarship

Faith Baumgartner – Eric Benjamin Foos Memorial Scholarship

Alexys Bell – Marion Rotary Club’s Catherine Ferguson Scholarship, Dr. James S. & Mary Gray Greetham Memorial Scholarship, and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Paige Bending – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship and Beatrice Prior Memorial Scholarship

Kwauve Booker – John D. O’Shea & Kathleen E. O’Shea Scholarship

Andrew Brazell – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Jimmer Catalan – Kenny Martin Memorial Scholarship

Gabriel Detwiler – Danny C. Sipes Memorial Scholarship

Olivia Detwiler – Helen E. Evans Scholarship

Makiya English – Marion Women’s Business Council Scholarship

Brock Ewing – Charles E. Orcena Scholarship

Sierra Forman – Beatrice Prior Memorial Scholarship

Cierra Fraker – Dr. Sarah Kulkofsky Memorial Scholarship and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Hayden Houpt – Mandy Kruder Memorial Scholarship and Louise Kling Scholarship

Megan Keller – Jeannette White Memorial Scholarship and Dr. James S. & Mary Gray Greetham Memorial Scholarship

Nathan Maggs – Marguerite Marcelin Hastings Memorial Scholarship

Parkar Mauk – Robert & Dorothy Wopat Scholarship

Hunter Meade – Mandy Kruder Memorial Scholarship

Daeveonna Middleton – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship, Alex Scholarship, Beatrice Prior Memorial Scholarship, Marion Rotary Club’s Warren G. Harding Scholarship, and Taft Middle School Music Department Scholarship

Garey Moaney – Joe Petrich & Al Beach Memorial Scholarship

Emma Phillips – Marion Rotary Club’s Harold Hall Scholarship, Cornell/Goodman Scholarship, and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Maggie Pitts – Marion Rotary Club’s Scholarship and Isabel Freer Memorial Scholarship

Karington Reed – Kathy & Malcolm Goodman Scholarship and Beatrice Prior Memorial Scholarship

Rhiannon Reed – David K. Rogers Memorial Scholarship

Parker Slone – Joe & Peggy Casey Memorial Scholarship, Cornell/Goodman Scholarship, and Gene Jerew Memorial Scholarship

Lainey Smith – Beatrice Prior Memorial Scholarship and Stormy Ray Cushing Scholarship

Zarreah Smith – Marion Rotary Club R.T. Lewis Scholarship, Donald B. Justice Memorial Scholarship, and Marion Noon Kiwanis Club Scholarship

Hunter Stoneburner – Stewie Family Scholarship, Mandy Kruder Memorial Scholarship, and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Austin Taylor – Marion Rotary Club’s Scholarship and Kenny Martin Memorial Scholarship

Mia Tinnerello – Aris Kasotis Memorial Scholarship

Brooklin Williams – Beatrice Prior Memorial Scholarship

North Union High School (Richwood, OH):

Madeline Ardrey – Erin Y. James Memorial Scholarship

Pleasant High School:

Catherine Beavers – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Evan Blough – Marion Rotary Club’s Scholarship and Helen & Bob Bintz Scholarship

Brenden Bosh – Sims Family Scholarship and Whirlpool Corporation/One Energy S.T.E.M. Scholarship

Carlyn Bower – Eugene and Cecilia Reszczynski Scholarship

Robert Curren – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship and Rocco Nicolosi Memorial Scholarship

Grace Davis – Marion Rotary Club’s R.T. Lewis Scholarship, William & Marjorie Grover Scholarship, and Pleasant Academic Boosters Scholarship

Lauren Frank – Wayne Hoch Memorial Scholarship and Sims Family Scholarship

Lindie Gallant – Eugene and Cecilia Reszczynski Scholarship

Riley Grills – Pleasant Academic Boosters Scholarship and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Alyson Hoffman – Andrew Wigton Memorial Scholarship and Eugene & Cecilia Reszczynski Scholarship

Katerina Kelley – Community’s Memorial Scholarship in honor of John Minter, Roger Kitts, and Jenny Heffley-Kitts

Halle Marvich – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship, Pleasant Academic Boosters Scholarship, Pleasant Local Schools Board of Education Scholarship, and Marion Rotary Club’s Wayne Kuhn Scholarship

Bayleigh Massey – Stephanie K. Lust Memorial Scholarship

Kayla McCoy – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Noah Mines – John T. Gordon Memorial Eagle Scout Scholarship

Kerrington Nelson – Marion Elks Lodge No. 32 Scholarship and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Lane Russell – Marion Noon Kiwanis Club Scholarship

Graham Steed – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Myles Steed – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship, Stephanie K. Lust Memorial Scholarship, and Pleasant Local Schools Board of Education Scholarship

Makenna Waddell – William & Marjorie Grover Scholarship and Douglas and Elaine Waring Memorial Scholarship

Katelyn Wansik – Stephanie K. Lust Memorial Scholarship

Wyatt Wells – Marion Rotary Club’s George Scantland Scholarship, Pleasant Academic Boosters Scholarship, and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Ridgedale High School (Morral, OH):

Taylor Boyd – Craig Scholarship, Helen M. Thew Memorial Scholarship, Catherine Amelia Thew Brown Scholarship, and Jeannette Turner Memorial Scholarship

Taylor Fremont – Eugene and Cecilia Reszczynski Scholarship

Lauren Ganson – Marion Rotary Club’s Warren Brown Scholarship

Connor Lust- Adam Johnston Memorial Scholarship and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Colby Millisor – John F. Kreis Memorial Scholarship

Ridgemont High School (Mt. Victory, OH):

Ridgemont Scholarship — Tanna Brown, Erica Jacobs, Cassidy Knapp, Cole McKinley, Justin Powell, Mackenzie Rader, Jacqueline Ramsey, and Rachael Stacklin

River Valley High School (Caledonia, OH):

Madison Bailey – Marion Noon Kiwanis Club Scholarship

James Emery – Paul Pezley Baseball Scholarship

Jacob Fohl – Marion Rotary Club’s Karl W. Schell Scholarship

Anna Heimlich – Alex Masters Memorial Scholarship and Bill & Joan Cones Scholarship

Katie Klingel – Marion Noon Kiwanis Club II Scholarship

Kevin Lei – Marion Rotary Club’s W. Hoover Brown Scholarship and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Angelina Liles – Catherine Leila Ferguson Memorial Scholarship

Avyriel Pollock – John & Jackie Watkins Scholarship and Charles L. Hastings Memorial Scholarship

Eli Rawlins – Whirlpool Corporation/One Energy S.T.E.M. Scholarship

Elizabeth Strine – Eddie Shelton Agricultural Scholarship

Ethan Tucker – Brenda Dye Music Boosters Scholarship

Aubrey Ward – Marion Rotary Club’s Robert C. Dowd Scholarship and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarships

Tatyana Young – A.B. & Hazel Augenstein Scholarship

Upper Sandusky High School:

Jordan Franz – Gary W. Troll Memorial Scholarship

Colleges:

American Musical and Dramatic Academy

Olivia Brazell – Clare Cooke Performing Arts Scholarship and Louise Kling Scholarship

Ashland University

Aubrey-Leigh Baker – Three Sisters Nursing Scholarship

Kensey McCuller – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Bowling Green State University

Brianna Appelfeller – Rubcich Family Scholarship

Ashton-Tailor Johnson – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Olivia Markley – United Church Homes Scholarship

Shelby Rasnick Hensel – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Bryan College

Julia Martin – Vera O. McDanel Scholarship and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Capital University

Jillian Russell – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Chamberlain College of Nursing

Brianna O’Dell – Stephen J. Byrnes & Mary “Sally” Byrnes Scholarship and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

University of Cincinnati

Hannah Weiss – Vera O. McDanel Scholarship

Earlham College

Ashley Awbrey – A.B. & Hazel Augenstein Scholarship

University of Findlay

Emma Studer – Collier Scholarship

Harvard University

Evan Hunsicker – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Phillip Nicol – Whirlpool Corporation/One Energy S.T.E.M. Scholarship

Indiana Wesleyan University

Tristan Nelson – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Taylor Sprinkle – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Kent State University

Emily Butz – Caledonia Alumni Association Scholarship

Mary Camm – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

University of Kentucky

Emilee Cox – Jeannette Turner Memorial Scholarship

Emma Heimlich – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Marion Technical College

Shania Butcher – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Kelly Clark – Gladys & Everett Granger Memorial Scholarship

Jessica Kissner – Harper-Stuckey MTC Scholarship

Kyra Mengerink – Dr. Kathy Dixon Memorial Scholarship

Breanna Napper – Whirlpool Corporation/One Energy S.T.E.M. Scholarship

Cloie Riedlinger – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship and Laura Rush & Tom Rosol Nursing Student Scholarship

Madison Roehler – Ridgemont Scholarship

Victoria Standley – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Nicole Sutherland – Ridgemont Scholarship

Miami University (Ohio)

Manuel Acuna – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

University of Miami (Florida)

Valentina Martin – Roger & Donna Holbrook Scholarship and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarships

University of Northwestern Ohio

Justin Tackett – Ridgemont Scholarship

University of Notre Dame

Jason Joehlin – Norman Withrow Golf Scholarship and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Ohio University

Kacy Worley – Marion Academic of Medicine Scholarship and Robert & Dorothy Wopat Scholarship

The Ohio State University

Madison Britton – Whirlpool Corporation/One Energy S.T.E.M. Scholarship

Kimberly Crabtree – Dr. Shelton & Becky Williams Scholarship

Morgan Collins – Herbert & Jane Tillett Scholarship and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Meridith Cocherl – Donna M. Flach Memorial Scholarship

Camryn Craig – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Allison Endicott – Max Ross Memorial Scholarship

Taylor Ellerkamp – Judge Thomas K. Jenkins Scholarship and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Alexis Elliott – Ridgemont Scholarship

Drake Facione – Carol S. Geissler Memorial Scholarship

Cade Field – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Scott Foster – Judge Thomas K. Jenkins Scholarship

Rebecca Fuller – Harris Scholarship

Tyreece Harris – Louise Kling Scholarship

Victoria Hoerig – Collier Scholarship

Wyatt James – Ridgemont Scholarship

Ava Johnston – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Alec Kaiser – Alex Cooper Memorial Scholarship

Alexis Klaiber – Dr. Shelton & Becky Williams Scholarship

Alexis Kowalczyk – Whirlpool Corporation/One Energy S.T.E.M. Scholarship

Katlyn Large – William & Martha Buckingham Scholarship

Kayla Lathrop – Stormy Ray Cushing River Valley Scholarship

Katelyn Marshall – Ridgemont Scholarship

Ally McCurdy – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Hannah McQuistion – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Chloe Metcalf – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Jacob Nelson – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship and Ted & Elaine Mitchell Scholarship

Cynthia Schneider – Mary Ellen Withrow Scholarship and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Kayleigh Seiber – Collier Scholarship

Colin Smith – A.B. & Hazel Augenstein Scholarship

Josh Strine – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Kimberly Tackett – Ridgemont Scholarship

Taylor Thrasher – Carey Family Scholarship

Alex Valentine – Ted & Elaine Mitchell Scholarship and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Linsie Zhang – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Ohio Northern University

Mitchell Block – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Avery Meadows – Eula M. Rhoads Scholarship

Stephanie Mitchell – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Andrew Trihaft – Irene Ballinger Memorial Scholarship and Harris Scholarship

Ohio Wesleyan University

Jax Harville – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Tess Meddings – A.B. & Hazel Augenstein Scholarship

Tayler Moore – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Ethan Springer – Marion Area Auxiliary Scholarship

Otterbein University

Kain Anderson – Cheryl Oehler Memorial Scholarship

Brenna Dawson – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Hannah Shanaberger – Helen M. Thew Memorial Scholarship

University of Toledo

Shayna Houdashelt – Carol S. Geissler Memorial Scholarship

Emilie Mitchell – Catherine Amelia Thew Brown Scholarship

Amelia Poorman – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Brynn Wilson Youth Engaged in Philanthropy Scholarship and Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Trine University

Steven Neuenschwader – Jacob Pfeiffer & Kevin Pfeiffer Memorial Scholarship

Tri-Rivers Adult Career Center

Bethany Trihaft – Harris Scholarship

Walsh University

Kaitlyn McKinniss – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Wilmington College

Shaye Creamer – Ridgemont Scholarship

Kayli Long – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship

Wright State University

Tanner Wink – Robert M. & Dorothy C. Wopat Scholarship