Alongside our affiliate, the Community Foundation of Louisa County, we awarded over $500,000 in scholarships to Columbus Community, Louisa-Muscatine, Muscatine, Wapello, West Liberty, and Wilton High Schools’ graduates.
Over 170 scholarships were awarded through funds established by Community Foundation donors to support students pursuing post-secondary education. Muscatine Community College Foundation and other local donors and organizations awarded additional scholarships in partnership with the Community Foundation.
Scholarships were awarded in varying amounts, from $500 one-time awards up to $20,000 four-year awards. Scholarships were also awarded for a variety of post-secondary options including bachelor’s or associate degrees, certificate programs, and trade training.
“This scholarship award will allow me to reach my academic goals. Although I work two jobs to pay for my education and plan to work through college, I was fearful of the amount of money I would be spending towards my college tuition. Thanks to this scholarship opportunity, I am able to worry a little less,” said Ashley Hutmacher, a Louisa-Muscatine High School graduate attending the University of Iowa in the fall.
Scholarship funds established through the Community Foundation and the award recipients for each school are listed below.
Columbus Community High School:
Lisle (Doc) and Jeanette Luithly Memorial Scholarship: Brynna Schwab
Louisa-Muscatine High School:
Francis and Patricia Carroll Scholarship: Kilynn Lick
Muscatine County Arts Council Scholarship: Ashley Hutmacher
Muscatine County Soil and Water Conservation District’s Ralph L. Kirchner Memorial Countywide Scholarship: Skyler Beck
Temp Associates and RJK, Inc. Scholarship: Ashley Hutmacher
Wulf Family Scholarship Endowment in Memory of Helen P. Wulf: Natalie Osborn
Muscatine High School:
Bernadette M. Rohling Memorial Scholarship: Gavin McLeod, Savanna Labath, Creed Birkhofer, Isabella Loeffler
Brant W. Bruhn Memorial Scholarship: Caden Brown, Hannah Jansen
Bruce C. Heezen Memorial Scholarship: Evan Franke, Ami Denyo, Anna Bode, Constelle Votio, Caleb Carlson, Gavin Brookhart
Carver Excellence in Education – 12th Grade: Ami Denyo, Jenna Lovstad, Ty Cozad, McKenzie Lemkau, Clarissa Lagunas-Juarez, Edwin Orellana, Alanah Dolan, Emma Creamer, Chevy Palmer, Molly Mercer, Keenen Lake-Emmert, Estella Bland, Brianna Yerington, Makinley Hage, Alexis Taylor, Dane Wells, Constelle Votio, Pamela Ventura, Dayton Truesdale, Aubrey Bender
Carver Excellence in Education – 8th Grade: Gabriella Hunter, Maggie Sajak, Tehya Davis, Fayoo Tirfe, Cynovia Hesseling, Kenda Linder, Natalie Cuellar, Coen Navarro, Alexander Gaytan, Bethelda Votio
Clare Scherrer Scholarship: Dylan Maresca
Class of 1953 Scholarship: Allison Houghton
Class of 1956 Scholarship: Annalise Zillig
Class of 1971 Scholarship: Emmanuel Marquez
Class of 1974 Scholarship: Ashleigh Ramser
Dianne R. Dalbey Memorial Scholarship: Crystal Garcia, Rachel Dieckman
Diwan-Nadkarni Charitable Scholarship: Renee Lin, Caleb Carlson
Donald and Dorothy Platt Scholarship: Amaya Wagner
Dr. John A Watson Memorial Scholarship: Amaya Wagner
Dr. Russell N. Ward Scholarship: Nicholas Kotouc
Ed Ware Memorial Scholarship: Brylee Seaman
Elaine May YMCA Scholarship: Grace Miller
Elvira Trevarthen Scholarship: Jillian Reed
Flickinger Learning Center Scholarship: Sasha Rodriguez
Fosholt Scholarship in Engineering or Architecture: Parker Green
Graciela (Coca) V. Page Memorial Scholarship: Elexi Rada, Crystal Garcia
Hall of Honor Scholarship: Vanessa Madrigal, Haley Thomas, Hannah Jansen, Grace Miller, Owen Christy
Harold & Corrine Marx Scholarship: Kaden Gray, Emiliana Marquez-Twitty, Vaughn Brookhart, Emmanuel Marquez, Hayden Anderson
Harold Ogilvie Sr. and E. Herbert Carlson Kiwanis Scholarship: Olivia Haller
Henry Miller Memorial Kiwanis Scholarship: Olivia Haller
Hermann Family Scholarship: Avery Schroeder
H.J. Heinz Scholarship: Elexi Rada
Illeen M. Rohling Memorial Scholarship: Madeline Fisher, Madeline Hillman, Rylee Pothoff
Jean Lettenberger Scholarship: Kaelen Tjebkes
Jeanette Phillips Crossroads Scholarship: Alexis Edkin
Jeff Tank MHS Girls Basketball Memorial Scholarship: Annalise Zillig, Ysabel Lerma
Jill Moravec Memorial Muscatine Band Boosters Scholarship: Katherine Schlawin
Jim and Arlene Kaeding Memorial Scholarship: Caleb Carlson
Jim Sturms Memorial Scholarship: Madison Young
John A. Wojtecki, Ph.D. Scholarship: Ashton Heim
Julia Wojtecki Memorial Scholarship: Ellee Mergen
Kathy J. Brooker-Decker Memorial Scholarship: Amaya Wagner
Kevin K. Birkhofer STEM Scholarship: Nathaniel Bovenkamp
Krieger Technical Scholarship: Kaden Gray
Larry Fullington Memorial Scholarship: Jovani Romo
Marie C. Ruthenberg Memorial Scholarship: Hayden Curtis
Maurice and Donna Reed Scholarship: Owen Christy
Max A. Collins, Sr. Scholarship: Ashton Heim
Mente Fellowship of Christian Athletes Scholarship: Caleb Carlson
Micaela L. Brunson Memorial Scholarship: Alexis Edkin, Madeline Hillman, Mahayla Martin
Muscatine Band Boosters Scholarship: Gavin McLeod
MCSF Community Service/Volunteer Scholarship: Henri Gross, Kaelen Tjebkes
MCSF General Scholarship: Jaela Staker, Gabriella Steele
Muscatine County Soil & Water Conservation District’s Ralph L. Kirchner Memorial Countywide Scholarship: Dakota Dahlke, Brooklyn McGinnis
Muscatine Youth Girls Basketball Scholarship: Ysabel Lerma, Annalise Zillig, Brylee Seaman, Avery Schroeder
Paul C. Rohling Memorial Scholarship: Avery Schroeder, Dakota Dahlke, Jackson Brendel
Roach Scholar: Fiona Glynn
Roach Business Scholar: Jazmin Pineda
Robert Nietzel Scholarship: Madeline Fisher
Robert P. Herwig Scholarship: Hayden Curtis
Robert W. and Dorothy M. Toborg Scholarship: Lincoln Brookhart, Lars Scholze
Ronald D. and Marilyn A. Sturms Endowed Scholarship: Elexi Rada
Rotary Club of Muscatine Scholarship: Parker Green, Katherine Schlawin, Sawyer Zeck, Audrey Mah, Isabel Simpson
Ruth Scholarship: Tyler Wingerter
Shilah A. Buchele Lindle Memorial Scholarship: Reese Stephens
Temp Associates and RJK, Inc. Scholarship: Rachel Dieckman, Danika Garrett, Jackson Othmer, Molly Mercer
The Virginia Lorimor Girls’ Cross Country, Track and Field Memorial Scholarship: Fiona Glynn
Theodora Zorich Memorial Scholarship: Hayden Curtis
Toyota of Muscatine Scholarship: Raul Madrigal
Trueman H., Lucille V., and T. Patrick Wigim Scholarship: Drake Minder, Meliah Martin, Lauren Audas, Renee Lin, Hadley Hilbrant, Trey Ulses
Wapello High School
Don and Donna Williams Scholarship: Tyler Ehrman, Kamdyn Hammond, Jacie Hoeg, Emily Hemphill
Edwin R. Hicklin Memorial Scholarship: Tyler Ehrman, Kamdyn Hammond, Jacie Hoeg
Ray and Evelyn Werner Education, Human Services, or Agriculture Scholarship: Emily Hemphill
West Liberty High School
Martin and Esther Windus Memorial Scholarship: Mya Elizondo
Wilton High School:
Frank and Carrie Townsend and Ruth Townsend Scholarship: Ava Barrett, Lillian Shuger, Catherine Hook, Imogen Jirak, Landyn Putman, Calli Langley, Abby Hugunin, Kaylee Coss, Casen Reid, Keira Polman, Brody Brisker, Benjamin Marine, Gunner Garvin
Frank and Carrie Townsend and Ruth Townsend Scholarship – Vocational/Technical /Trade: Hope Lock
Grimm and Pennington Family Scholarship: Ava Barrett
Temp Associates and RJK, Inc. Scholarship: Ava Barrett
Whetstine Family Scholarship: Catherine Hook, Calli Langley
These scholarship awards are made possible by the generosity of donors and scholarship fund holders. For more information about establishing your own scholarship fund or donating to an existing scholarship, call us at 563-264-3863.