The Johnson County Community Foundation’s office in Franklin. File photo
Johnson County Community Foundation (JCCF) awarded 123 scholarships to 80 individuals totaling $370,000. The scholarship reception was held at the Greenwood Fieldhouse Thursday evening.
JCCF’s VP of Development, Stephanie Marten, made opening remarks. A panel of past scholarship recipients was held with Evan Meade, a board member and Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship recipient, as the moderator. The panel included Nicholas Coy, Jenna Kelsay, and Ethan Vance. Anne Young, a JCCF Board Member and scholarships committee member, closed the evening with words of encouragement to the scholarship recipients.
Mark Myers, the mayor of Greenwood, was in attendance as well as seven JCCF board members, scholarship recipients and their parents.
2024 Scholarships Awarded:
Aaron Zeiher Memorial Scholarship — Levin Wisler
Albert Raphael and Alta May Barnett Family Scholarship — Lily Turner
Bargersville Community Fire Department Employee Scholarship — Addie Morris and Tyler Rumble
Beeson Memorial Scholarship — Elaina McCrary, Kyah Streeval and Mia Tennell
Center Grove Rotary Scholarship — Brianna Dillman
Center Grove Rotary Scholarship in Memory of Dr. Tim Weeks, DDS — Lauren Kemerling
Charles Owen “Corky” McCormick IV Memorial Scholarship
Lauren Kemerling
Christina A. Phelps Music Scholarship — Lauren Kemerling
Clarence “Buck” Boyce Jr. Memorial Scholarship — Eli Emmons
Clarence Graves Memorial Agriculture Scholarship — Cadence Ankney
Daily Family Engineering Scholarship — Ethan Bergman
Davidson Brothers Scholarship in Memory of Maurice & Eugenia Davidson — Corey Bentz
Donald E. Clark Scholarship — Cole Kesler and Levi Wisler
Dr. Earl Blemker Memorial Scholarship — Hailey Peckinpaugh
Dr. James Dixon Memorial Scholarship — Jonathan McCoy
Dr. Jill Buck Memorial Scholarship — Elise Armstrong
Edward and Marilyn Goerner and Joe Partain Memorial Fund Scholarship — Charlee Mayo
Emma Grace Findley Creative Arts Scholarship — Lily Culp
Endress+Hauser Scholarship — Eli Lengacher, Stuart Luhigo and Matthew Yoder
Franklin Dollars for Scholars — Taylor Hamman, Chelsie Rayl
Franklin Rotary Scholarship — Macy Bullington, Lily Culp, Pawanjeet Deol, Liv Parramore, Madison Prine and Jonathan Sever
Franklin Strong Scholarship in Memory of Michael “Mickey” Chadbourne and Jason Moran — Nathan Corley and Jonathan Sever
George & Marie Buckner Pitcher Charitable Trust Scholarship — Grayson Burkett, Jonathan McCoy, Bailey Nelson, Jacob Saucier and Emilia Scott
Madison Thurman — Halle Underwood
Greg and Lynn Morrison Scholarship — Emma Baker
Greg Lee Jr. Memorial Scholarship — Josie Kelsay and Chase Koester
Hamann Family Memorial Scholarship — Maria Williams
Heartland Community Bank Founders Scholarship in Honor of Steve Bechman and Jeff Goben — Cadence Ankney, Josie Kelsay and Kyah Streeval
Hermann & Rachel Henry Scholarship — Jillian Ennis
Hershel & Mary Mason Memorial Scholarship — Sarah Henson
Honorable Cynthia S. Emkes Scholarship — Addison Livorno
HPC Blackwell & Associates Education Endowed Scholarship — Parker Wicker
Indian Creek High School Memorial Scholarship — Grayson Burkett
Jack W. Scherer Memorial Scholarship — Halle Wertz
James A. Voland Scholarship — Ethan Bergman, Lily Culp, Breanna Gray, Taylor Hamman, Ezra Henry, Kara Heuchan, Grace Hoeing, Emily Martin, Addie Morris, Brooke Orton, Madison Prine, Sophie Rinehold, Gabriel Swigert, Kennedy Urban, Maria Williams and Brooklyn York
James Ralph Henry Scholarship — Cami Jones
Jane Hughey Scholarship — Bailey Nelson
Janet Hansen Memorial Scholarship — Lily Turner
Jed Moses Fulmer Memorial Scholarship — Levi Wisler
Lilly Finalist Award — Emma Baker, Meghna Pillai and Lily Turner
Johnson County Employee Relations Resources Association Allen E. Grotke Scholarship — Keely Skobel
Johnson County Farm Bureau Scholarship — Josie Kelsay and Eli Lengacher
Johnson County Professional Firefighters Local 4252 Scholarship — Sarah Hoggatt and Jacob Saucier
Judith Butler Van Valer Scholarship — Emma Baker
Karl Bradlyn Memorial Scholarship — Jacob Saucier
Keith Adams Memorial Scholarship — Matthew Yoder
Kenneth Wayne Himsel Memorial Scholarship — Josie Kelsay
Kylie A. Kireta Memorial Cross Country Scholarship — Lauren Klem
Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship — Maya Alvey, Camille Grove and SaraGrace Toney
Lucile (Ames) EuDaly & Alvin Ames Memorial Scholarship — Noah Paswater
Marie M. Borden Scholarship — Lily Culp, Lauren Kemerling
Marion A. and Eva S. Peeples Foundation Trust Scholarship — Lorianna Liu, Elaina McCrary, Brianna Roberts, Tyler Schott, Rylie Wilkison, Sophia Winters and Kelsey Jo Wischmeier
Marley, Mary, Sam & Jean Williams Memorial Scholarship — Keegan Schilling, Kinsey Shipp and Gabrielle Weaver
Marvin Dale Hamilton Memorial Scholarship — Grayson Burkett and Lauren Hickson
Maude T. Scott Memorial Scholarship — Mia Tennell
Maurice “Mo” Hughes McCarty Memorial Scholarship — Madison Prine
McCarty Family Scholarship — Kyah Streeval
Molly K. Gibson Memorial Scholarship — Ezra Henry
Nisha Grimm Memorial Scholarship — Bethanie Haveman
Psi Iota Xi Judy Georges Memorial Scholarship — Corey Bentz
Richard & Becky Wertz Scholarship — Halle Wertz and Kara Heuchan
Richard H. Crosser Memorial Scholarship — Pawanjeet Deol
Rick Machledt Memorial Scholarship — Tanner Crouch
Sertoma Club of Greenwood, Dr. Robert L. Hamill Memorial Scholarship — Elise Armstrong
Shirley King DePrez Memorial Scholarship — Kali Carducci Weber
Ted Server Athletic Scholarship — Lauren Klem and Jonathan Sever
Umbarger Show Feed Scholarship (In Memory of Steve Taylor) — Kaylee Carson
Union Elementary PTO Scholarship — Sophie Reinhold
Union Township Alumni Scholarship — Addie Morris
Ward Performing Arts Scholarship — Jenna Kryder
