South Dearborn Dollars For Scholars Announces 2021 Scholarship Recipients

Almost 40 graduating seniors earned a scholarship.

South Dearborn Dollars for Scholars 2021 Scholarship winners. Photo provided. 

(Aurora, Ind.) – The Dollars for Scholars program continues to help South Dearborn graduates with their post-secondary education.

This year, South Dearborn Dollars for Scholars awarded $54,000 to 39 students from the SDHS Class of 2021.

The program administers 46 different named or memorial scholarships for local families, businesses, and organizations.

Since being founded in 1991, South Dearborn Dollars for Scholars has awarded over $940,000 in scholarships to nearly 1,000 high school graduates.

For more information or to donate, visit Dollars For Scholars - South Dearborn Dollars for Scholars.

A full list of 2021 Dollars for Scholars award winners is listed below.

Katie Bruner Memorial Scholarship - $500 each – Kaitlyn Baker & Benjamin Chapman.

David & Kay Bruner Chalk Education Scholarship - $500 - Marissa Lacey

Tom Collins Memorial Scholarship - $500 – Joshua Gordon

Amy Cotton Memorial Scholarship - $750 – Madison Van Winkle

Brandon Tyler Cromer Memorial Scholarship - $500 – Kylee Sebastian

Marvin and Sabra Duerstock Scholarship – Austin Thies ($1000) and Rileigh Powell ($500)

Morgan Gentry Memorial Scholarship - $300 – Katelyn McCreary

Kathi Green Memorial Scholarship - $600 – Joshua Gordon

Deborah Kaye (Meyers) Guss Memorial Scholarship - $500 – Graycie Collins

Hamlett Memorial Scholarship - $750 – Holly Kraemer

Robert & Natalie Harves Memorial - $500 – Ella Bashor

Darla Jacobs Memorial Scholarship - $500 each – Sydney Brandt & Joshua Gordon

Kraig Jefferson Memorial Scholarship - $500 – Andrew Daugherty

Cory Lewis Memorial Scholarship - $500 – Madison Lewis

Vickie Luhrsen Memorial Scholarship - $500 – Brady Huff

Michael Marine Memorial Scholarship - $750 each - Trenton Donk, Marissa Lacey & Austin Thies

Cindy McGraw / Mackenzie Stuart Memorial Scholarship - $500 – Graycie Collins

Matt McIntosh Memorial Scholarship - $500 each – Benjamin Chapman & Jacob Teaney

Mindy McIntosh Memorial Scholarship - $500 - Brady Huff

Karlita Meyer Memorial Scholarship - $500 – Emily Rector

Chris Midlam Memorial Scholarship - $500 - Joshua Gordon

Donald Miller Memorial Scholarship - $500 - Montgomery Manford

Coach Jim O’Brien Memorial Soccer Scholarship - $250 each – Abigial Hensley & Tanner Hughes

Greg Platt Memorial Scholarship - $500 – Rachel Rohe

Jan Powell Memorial Scholarship - $500 each - Sydney Brandt & Rileigh Powell

Gary Russell Memorial Scholarship - $500 – Rachel Rohe

Moores Hill United Methodist Church / Sibbett Memorial Scholarship - $1000 each – Kevin Brown & Megan Howell

Jim Thayer Memorial Scholarship - $500 – Tobie Teke

Tim Tyler Memorial Athletic Scholarship - $1000 – Ella Bashor

Gary Watts Memorial Scholarship - $500 – Holly Kraemer

Aurora Fire Department Scholarship - $750 each – Sydney Brandt & Jacob Teaney

Barrott Family Scholarship - $2500 each – Kevin Brown & Chloe Steigerwald.

Barrott Family First Generation Scholarship - $2000 - Kaitlyn Baker

Berninger Family Education Scholarship - $1000 - Maizee Slayback

Ewan Family National Honor Society Scholarship - $500 – Benjamin Chapman

Good Knight Volunteer Award - $500 – Benjamin Chapman

Foster Harris Football Scholarship - $250 – Andrew Daugherty

Ivy Tech / Dollars for Scholars Matching Scholarships - $200 from SDDFS / $200 from Ivy Tech -

Chayne Conley, Cadence Denney, Maizee Slayback, Quentin Stevens & Casey Tibbetts

Knights of the Round Table Scholarship - $500 – Chase Emmert

Bill Lakes Dillsboro Elementary School Scholarship - $500 – Jorgia Quinlan

Laughery Valley Veterinary Hospital Scholarship - $500 – Elijah Otto

McDonald’s Outstanding Employee Scholarship - $500 – Chase Emmert

Moores Hill Alumni Scholarship - $500 each – Kevin Brown

Project Lead the Way Scholarship - $250 – Benjamin Chapman

Rollins Family Scholarship - $500 – Graycie Collins

Patrick Savage Academic Achievement Scholarship - $250 – Casey Tibbetts

South Dearborn Baseball Scholarship - $250 - Tobie Teke

Bill Slayback Memorial Basketball Scholarships - $500 – Quentin Stevens

Charlie Thayer Memorial Golden Glove Softball Scholarship - $250 – Chayne Conle

South Dearborn Volleyball Scholarship - $250 – Megan Howell

2020 Squire Challenge Scholarships - $100 each – Kaitlyn Baker, Sydney Brandt, Kevin Brown, Benjamin Chapman, Tanner Hughes, Katelyn McCreary, Rachel Rohe, Chloe Steigerwald, Quentin Stevens, Tobe Teke

2021 South Dearborn Dollars for Scholars Foundation Scholarships

$2000 – Holly Kraemer

$1500 each – Sydney Brandt, Graycie Collins & Rachel Rohe

$750 each – Abigail Hensley, Emily Rector & Sarah Rutherford

$500 each – Anna Clayton, Trenton Donk, Megan Howell, Madison Lewis, Elijah Otto, Kylee Sebastian, Tobie Teke & Madison Van Winkle

$250 each – Andrew Daugherty, Cadence Denney, Marissa Geiser, Tanner Hughes & Carlee Knigga