On Sunday, April 21, 72 seniors from Bluffton High School and Southern Wells Jr./Sr. High School were awarded $47,950 in scholarships as part of the annual Bluffton and Southern Wells Dollars for Scholars event at Southern Wells. The following Bluffton and Southern Wells students received 2024 awards.
Recipients of $500 awards are, front row from left, Delaney Zigler (SW), Terry L. Burns Memorial; Lucia Corkwell (BHS), BRMC; Alydia Bertsch (BHS), BRMC; Corina Rader (BHS), Meyer Building LLC; Olivia Schreiber (BHS), BRMC; and Lily Pulfer (BHS), BRMC; back row from left, Andrew Pearson (SW), Potters Lawn Service; Jaxon Heath (SW), Keith Honegger Scholarship; Christopher Kramer (BHS), Allen Bricker Memorial; Kristopher Cortez (BHS), Terry L. Burns Memorial; Madison Murray (BHS), Keith Honegger Scholarship; and Elijah Garrett (BHS), Meyer Building LLC Scholarship.
The Top Scholars of the Year are Ella Lahr (SW) and Claire Craighead (BHS). Each received $1,600.
Recipients of $750 awards are, from left, Yazmine Tucker (SW), Tech Services; Alexis Grover (BHS), Dale Huffman & Babcock Lawyers; and Zara Eisenhut (BHS), Trueland Equipment.
Recipients of $1,000 Pretzels Inc. scholarships are, front row from left, Malina Culbetson (SW), Lauren Mann (BHS) and Ayden Teeple (BHS); back row from left, Caleb Johnson (SW), Joshua Bricker (SW) and Elijah Spencer (BHS).
The $1,500 Go For the Flag recipients are, front row from left, Case Boxell (SW), Kayla Kiefer (BHS), and Caleb Dailey (BHS); back row from left, Keith Pluimer (SW), Madison Smith (BHS) and Kammy Miller (SW).
Recipients of $500 Steve Wagner Memorial Scholarship awards are, front row from left, Tessa Maul (SW) and Karlee Warner (SW), and back row from left, Lukas Gehrett (BHS) and Benjamin Ramseyer (BHS).
Recipients of $500 awards are, front row from left, Rehgyn Brooks (BHS), Johnson Family; Isaiah San Juan (BHS), Memorial of Carrie Jo Crosbie Johns; Christian Castaneda (BHS), Bill Leising Scholarship; Hutchenson Craighead (BHS), Memorial of Carrie Jo Crosbie Johns; Tyler Godwin (BHS), Bill Leising Scholarship; Hudson Werich (BHS), Bluffton Animal Clinic; back row from left, Tristan Worster (SW), Bluffton Rotary; Perrin Gates (SW), Smith’s Garage; Gabriel McElhaney (SW), Schwarzkopf Scholarship; Conner Collins (BHS), Dollars for Scholars; Samuel Mechling (BHS), Tyler and Brittany Kitt Scholarship; and Clayton Straub (BHS), Johnson Family. Not pictured is Elija Robles (BHS), Bluffton Rotary Club.
Recipients of $500 awards are, front row from left, Tyrah Shaw (BHS), Indiana Physical Therapy; Cayah King (BHS), Adams Wells Internet/Dollars for Scholars; Cruz Rinkenberger (BHS), Eyecare Associates of Bluffton/Dollars for Scholars; Gissel Martinez (BHS), Peyton’s Northern/Kroger; Zoey Schmidt (BHS), Ross and Kara Frank/Dollars for Scholars; Keturah Bradford (BHS), Blake and Fawn Gerber/Dollars for Scholars; and back row from left, Seth Alstoft (SW), Stephanie and Tad Baumgartner/Dollars for Scholars; Hunter Wenger (BHS), Bluffton Dental/Dollars for Scholars; Fletcher Wenger (BHS), Almco Steel Products/Dollars for Scholars; Caleb Gerber (BHS), Peyton’s Northern/Kroger; Landon Crist (BHS), Roger Sherer/Dollars for Scholars; Mackinley Baker (BHS), Double D Home Improvements/Dollars for Scholars; Ashton Arnett (BHS), Six Mile Church Mission/Dollars for Scholars; and Hattie Reinhard (BHS), National Oil & Gas.
Recipients of $500 awards are, front row from left, Haley Gibson (BHS), First Bank of Berne; Lillian Broderick (BHS), Rochester Travel Group’s Education Enhancement Scholarship; Gretchen Crist (BHS), Saf-T-Lite; Katelynn Bedwell (BHS), Lincoln Investments; Isabella Rhoderick (BHS), First Bank of Berne; Noah Zoll (BHS), Roembke Manufacturing; back row from left, Evan Pennington (SW), Doug and Janet Lehman Scholarship; Peyton Long (SW), Doug and Janet Lehman Scholarship; Brody Lewis (BHS), Roembke Manufacturing; Jonah Cole (BHS), First Bank of Berne; and Kaden Simpson (BHS), James and Betty Van Winkle Scholarship. Not pictured is Juan Cruz (BHS), Lincoln Investments.
