STURGIS, MICH., May 19, 2020— The Sturgis Area Community Foundation is excited to share the names of 2020 scholarship recipients. This year more than $110,000 was awarded to students throughout St. Joseph County in educational scholarship awards. Since 1999, the Foundation has returned more than $1,000,000 to local students through its scholarships program which consists of awards from more than 40 separate scholarship funds.
“Like many others, we were unable to host our traditional scholarship reception this year. Nonetheless, we are exceptionally proud of this year’s scholars and incredibly grateful for the many donors who make these awards possible,” says Lindsay Richardson, Executive Director of Sturgis Area Community Foundation. “Our 2020 scholars represent students from seven local communities, with diverse aspirations including plans for two-year colleges, four-year colleges, trades programs and graduate school.”
2019 Scholarship Awards
Sturgis Area Community Foundation Scholarships in Memory of Helen Augspurger
Ariana Valdez
Elle Bowman
Michaela Swinsick
Sturgis Area Community Foundation Scholarships in Memory of Ruth Butz
Abigail Schwartz
Clare Mayes
Joanna Erwin
Madelynn Thompson
Royal Carter
Constantine School Endowment Fund Scholarships
Brett Wyant
Caleb Wisel
Dianna Bingaman
Kimberlee Carper
Sydney Balcom
Trey Salisbury
Cornelius John Geimer Scholarship
Avery Wheeler
Daniel C. Pursley and Karen E. Pursley Memorial Scholarship
Kaitlyn Markus
Dave Locey Memorial Scholarship
Royal Carter
Delores Schenk Scholarship
Ángela Duran
David Steele
Elizabeth Peckham Memorial Scholarship
Rachel Toner
Evelyn H. and Florence M. Schwenk Scholarship
Alexander Heckman
Frank and Ethel Kime Bogen Scholarship
Alexis Pueschel
Elle Bowman
Kaitlyn Neal
Melissa Garcia
Moriah Steele
Nicolette Nelson
Hackman Family Trinity Lutheran School Scholarship
Alexis Pueschel
Harley and Eva Pierce Memorial Scholarship
Hope Ogg
Harold and Catherine Young Memorial Scholarship
Rachel Toner
Sturgis Area Community Foundation Awards in Memory of Carla Raw Humphries
Andrea Bell
Cheyenne Campbell
Dianna Bingaman
Hunter Bacheller
Rachel Frye
Jack Deller Scholarship Fund
Logyn Miller
James and Jeannie Gerchow Scholarship
Avery Wheeler
Jane and Wesley Hubbard Scholarship
Abigail Saltzman
Alexander Roehrig
ariana valdez
David Steele
Julia Johnson
Julia LaLone
Kaitlyn Neal
Kiley PeDue
John E. Brand Memorial Scholarship
Dillan Ware
Laura Schaeffer Bucknell Scholarship
Avery Wheeler
Paige Pattison
Olin Lepard/Robert Lewis Memorial Scholarship
Moriah Steele
Lillian M. Anway Scholarship
Sara Lewis
Lucy Gallup Fund Scholarship
Brianna Wheeler
Haley Kuhnle
Josue Gonzalez
Margaret “Peg” Cherrington Memorial Scholarship
Rachel Webb
Margaret Adams Scholarship Fund
Kiley PeDue
Sturgis Area Community Foundation Scholarships in Memory of Albert and Ines Pennell
Kaitlyn Neal
Logyn Miller
Victoria Gage
Pythian Sisters Pocahontas Temple No. 121 Scholarship
Austin Stoll
Ralph and Marie McCarthy Memorial Scholarship
Moriah Steele
Sturgis Area Community Foundation Scholarships in Memory of Herman and Anna Rice
Alexander Roehrig
Bailee May
Cheyenne Campbell
Ethan Pattison
Tyler Lewis
Robert Hackman Memorial Scholarship
Emily Johnson
Hannah Massey
Hope Ogg
Kiley PeDue
Paige Pattison
Rachel Toner
Raymond Chen
Tyler Lewis
Sturgis Area Community Foundation Scholarships in Memory of Eli and Helen Shaheen
Alea Penner
Alexander Heckman
Dillan Ware
Josue Gonzalez
Julia LaLone
Michaela Swinsick
Bill Shinn and Julia Shinn Mingus Scholarship
Katelyn Horn
Zachery Chapman
Susan Poffenberger Memorial Scholarship
Raymond Chen
Theodore R. and Rita A. Combs Scholarship
Nicolette Nelson
YAC Scholar Awards
Hope Ogg
Luke Larimer
Virginia Langworthy Wyman Math Scholarship
Logyn Miller