Rising Sun Regional Foundation Awards $56,000 in Scholarships

Monday, June 12, 2023 at 8:08 AM

By Rising Sun Regional Foundation, news release

Students from seven school corporations and private/homeschool received scholarships.

(Rising Sun, Ind.) - The Rising Sun Regional Foundation is pleased to announce the award of $56,000 in scholarships to 56 graduating seniors who reside in Ohio and Ripley counties and the City of Aurora, the foundation’s Southeastern Indiana grantmaking region. Each student has received a $1,000 scholarship award.

Recipients of these RSRF scholarships are:

Batesville Community School Corporation

Riley Bailey
Sophia Cassidy
Nadine Davis
Ella Dieterlen
Thomas Hartman
Haley Lipps
Sophie Myers
Cole Pride
Megan Raab
Cael Rahe
Madison Rahschulte
Kaitlyn Sarringhaus
Madeline Schrand
Jaden Smith
Nate Vankirk
Jackson Wanstrath
Samuel Weigel
Eryu Zhang

Sunman-Dearborn Community School Corporation

Tara Hall
Luke Jackson
Sean Martin
Nikolas Norman

Jac-Cen-Del Community School Corporation

Avery Caccamo
Larissaa Eldridge
Luke Meyer
Brynn Negangard
Regan Richter
Emalee Veerkamp
Corbin White

Milan Community School Corporation

Madison Cavins
Hailey Hunter
Mckenzie Seale
Maddison Smith
Brady Werner

Rising Sun/Ohio County Community School Corporation

Kieran Groover
Dylan Martin
Baylee Morris
Ellie Ohlmansiek
Brenden Paradise
Jenna Saylor
Ruby Thompson
Brady Works

South Dearborn Community School Corporation

Austin Ballart
Adam Bruner
Kaylee Marsh
James Willoughby

South Ripley School Corporation

Shelby Bastin
Meridath Delmar
Joshua Johnson
Brionna Linkel
Mya McNew
Nicholas Miller
Katelynn Samples

Private/Homeschool

Sophonie Rennekamp

All graduating seniors who reside in Ohio and Ripley counties and the City of Aurora maintain a six-semester grade point average of 2.75 or higher, and plan to attend a post-secondary educational institution were eligible to apply for these scholarship awards. Winners of these scholarships were drawn at random from the pool of applications that were submitted to the Rising Sun Regional Foundation with official transcripts.

The Rising Sun Regional Foundation is funded by the Rising Star Casino Resort, owned by Full House Resorts, Inc., which makes monthly contributions to the foundation based on a percentage of its Adjusted Gross Revenue.

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