$45,000 in Scholarships Awarded To 45 Local Graduates

Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 11:15 AM

By Brianna Simpson

Congratulations and good luck to all recipients.

(Rising Sun, Ind.) - The Rising Sun Regional Foundation was able to award $45,000 in scholarships to graduates of Ohio and Ripley Counties.

To be eligible for the scholarships graduating students had to:

Reside in Ohio or Ripley County or the City of Aurora
Maintain a six-semester GPA of 2.75 or higher
Plan to attend a post- secondary educational institution

Winners were randomly drawn from the pool of applications submitted.

The winners include:

Batesville Community School Corporation

Chloe Bishop, Grace Eckstein, Nicole Fox, Lauren Gutzwiller, Aidan Jennewein, Rachel Kuntz, McKenzie Laker, Randy Powell, Grace Sarringhaus, Seirra Stapleton, and Jacob Wuestefeld

East Central Community School Corporation

Carson Bennett, Heath Brashear, Tyler Dickerson, Luke Doll, Elena Hall, Jessica Kincer, Marisol Martin, and Dylan Schutte

Jac-Cen-Del Community School Corporation

Chloe Busch, Luke Comer, Shelby Groth, Anna Hubbard, and Brent Ricke

Milan Community School Corporation

Sarah Bohley, Megan Brown, Delaney Bushhorn, Morgan Harris, Jared Rigdon, and Tyler Walke.

Rising Sun/Ohio County Community School Corporation

Ashley Bowne, Chris Bowne, Landon Cole, Chloe Fletcher, and Julee Sandlin

South Dearborn Community School Corporation

Marissa Lacey and Emily Rector

South Ripley School Corporation

Richard Block, Bryce Franklin, Kyla Jeffries, Isabel Peak, Sarah Taylor, and Simon Westmeyer

Private/Homeschool

Emerson Belew and Pamela Meneses

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