The Henry County Community Foundation would like to congratulate the 2021 scholarship winners!
All of our scholarships were created by generous donors who support further educational opportunities for students in Henry County. Each year our scholarship recipients are selected by committees of nearly 100 volunteers from all over the county.
2021 Blue River Valley High School Scholarship Winners
Abigail Baldwin: Business Network International Scholarship
Abigail Thornburgh: Janet M. Koger Memorial Scholarship
Alexis Whitinger: 2021 Lilly Endowment Scholarship recipient
Bryce Klein: Matthew E. Lee Memorial 4-H Scholarship and Gaylord “Doc” and Blanche Brinson Memorial Scholarship
Brylee Kanouse: Janet M. Koger Memorial Scholarship, Derek F. Clark – Blue River Scholarship, Ray Pavy Spirit Scholarship, and Dean F. Hahn Family Scholarship
Connor Lewis: Opportunities Unlimited Scholarship
Emma Claar: Magna Machine/ Dick Culy Memorial Scholarship
Fayth Koontz: Gaylord “Doc” and Blanche Brinson Memorial Scholarship, Daniel Edington Memorial Scholarship and Jessica Hale Memorial 4-H Scholarship
Jillian Fox: Preble Family Scholarship
Naomi Brewer: VFW- Veterans of Foreign War Post 1282 Scholarship, Linda L. Newman Scholarship, and Purdue Opportunity Scholarship
2021 Knightstown High School Scholarship Winners
Brynnlee Walters: 2021 Lilly Endowment Scholarship Finalist and Joseph White Scholarship
Emily Adams: Birds Eye Foods, Inc. (Brooks Foods) Scholarship, Opportunities Unlimited Scholarship, Daniel Edington Memorial Scholarship, Jessica Hale Memorial 4-H Scholarship, Matthew E. Lee Memorial 4-H Scholarship and New Castle-Henry County Chamber of Commerce Scholarship
Samuel Thomas: Opportunities Unlimited Scholarship, Queener Family Scholarship,
VFW Gold Post Scholarship, Don Willard Legend Scholarship and Robert A. & Lucille S Farmer Scholarship
Rena’ Witham: Wilfong Girls’ Basketball Award and Scholarship
Riley Hollars: John and Helen Dickey Scholarship
Robert Porter: Kilmer Family Scholarship, Luther and Marian Pidgeon Scholarship, Linda L. Newman Scholarship, and Charlotte McClurg Business Scholarship
2021 New Castle High School Scholarship Winners
Aidan Loveless: Bess M. Doty Memorial Scholarship, Dean F. Hahn Family Scholarship, Donald L. & Almereen Lay Tower Scholarship and the Ray Pavy Spirt Scholarship
Anastasia Taylor: Opportunities Unlimited Scholarship, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1282 Scholarship
Andrew Lacey: Malcolm K. and Sylvia J. Edwards Scholarship, Opportunities Unlimited Scholarship, and John and Helen Weaver Scholarship
Audra McClure: Opportunities Unlimited Scholarship
Blake McKown: Mary Adelaide Long & Pierre “Pete” Long Scholarship and Scott Lewis “Gus” Larrison Memorial Scholarship
Brayden Ring: John and Janet Cleveland Scholarship and Linda L. Newman Scholarship
Caitlin Lorton: Jack Renner Vocational Scholarship, Juanita Jane Rucker Humanities Scholarship, Vance Downey Jr. Memorial Scholarship, and the John and Helen Weaver Scholarship
Caleb Supinger: Kim Gibson Art Award
Cole McDaniel: New Castle Class of 1960 Scholarship and Opportunities Unlimited Scholarship
Collin Glover: War Years Scholarship
Darla Tinch: The City of New Castle Scholarship and John and Helen Weaver Scholarship
Eliza Madden: Dr. Mark Smith and Jan Smith Scholarship, E. Wayne Swayzee Family Scholarship, Judy Bravard Scholarship, and the Roger L. Burke Scholarship
Emily Leistner: Juanita Jane Rucker Scholarship for Humanities
Emilie Stewart: Alford Family Scholarship, Herbert & Hallie Axe Scholarship and New Castle Class of 1969 Scholarship
Emma Walls: Sylvira Flanagan Koons Memorial Scholarship and Viva Campbell Nursing Scholarship
Faith Firle: Derek F. Clark-New Castle Scholarship, Donnie McCorkle Memorial Golf Scholarship, Roger L. Burke Scholarship, Letha Taylor Nursing Scholarship, John and Helen Weaver Scholarship, Hobart & Helen Risley Family Scholarship, and the Gertrude “Trudy” Joyner Memorial Scholarship
Grayson Joslin: Alice Ann Garner Scholarship, Lacy/Walradth Scholarship, and the New Castle Alumni Association Scholarship
Jace Logston: Alice Ann Garner Scholarship, and the New Castle-Henry County Chamber of Commerce Scholarship
Jackson Clapp: Alice Ann Garner Scholarship, Clifford Joe and Violet M. Crane Scholarship, D. Ted Fitzgerald, Jr. Scholarship, Derek F. Clark – New Castle Scholarship, New Castle Class of 1954 Scholarship, New Castle Class of 1958 Scholarship, John M. Jordan Scholarship, Cancer Society of Henry County Scholarship, and the Eugene “Bud” and Nina McCall Scholarship
Jackson Criswell: Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary Scholarship and Carl McClure Memorial Scholarship
Jacob Lucas: Joseph Shapiro Baseball Award
Jade Clark: Bernard & Florine Hurst Scholarship
Kathryn Coy: New Castle Class of 1969 Scholarship, Viva Campbell Nursing Scholarship, Frederick and Mary Couch Wood Scholarship, and the Benjamin F. Williams, Jr. and Myra E. (Edwards) Williams Memorial Scholarship
Kaylie Abbott: Opportunities Unlimited Scholarship, Roger Burke Scholarship, Viva Campbell Nursing Scholarship, and the Charles V. and Ruth Sahlberg Family Scholarship
Kyla Hicks: LaVaughn Bailey Memorial Scholarship
Layne Nicholson: Alice Ann Garner Scholarship, Bob Bunton Wrestling Scholarship, Business Networking International Scholarship, Opportunities Unlimited Scholarship and the John P. & Janet L. Cleveland Scholarship
Lexi Gammello: New Castle Class of 1960 Scholarship, and Opportunities Unlimited Scholarship
Macayla McGowan: Juanita Jane Rucker Humanities Scholarship and the Greg Geozeff Memorial Scholarship
Mackenzie Bridgeman: New Castle Class of 1965 Scholarship, Bess M. Doty Scholarship, Robert Veach Scholarship, and the John and Helen Weaver Scholarship
Madison French: New Castle Breakfast Optimist Club Scholarship
Madison Poe: Janet M. Koger Memorial Scholarship, Mary Phyllis Hayes Memorial Scholarship, Opportunities Unlimited Scholarship, and the Charles & Bernice Popplewell Scholarship
Matthew Bell: Cecil & Wayne Tague Scholarship, and New Castle Class of 1958 Scholarship
Miles Mann: New Castle Babe Ruth Baseball League 1957, Robert Veach Scholarship, Natalie Edwards Memorial Scholarship, Robert Veach Scholarship, and the Herby Meredith Memorial Scholarship
Molly Alspaugh: Scott Lewis “Gus” Larrison Memorial Scholarship and Vernon B. Hill Scholarship
Nancy Thompson: 2021 Lilly Endowment Scholarship Finalist, and O.B and Bill Smith American Music Scholarship
Ronni Johnson: Basler Family Scholarship, Perfect Circle Credit Union Scholarship, and the Irene Bovender Wade Hunley Memorial Scholarship
Samantha Ward: Amy McKown Memorial Scholarship, and Juanita Jane Rucker Humanities Scholarship
Sara Espiritu: Dr. Larry Horney Scholarship, John Lee Memorial Scholarship, Linda Walls Scholarship, and the John and Helen Weaver Scholarship
William Grieser: John and Helen Weaver Scholarship, Alice Ann Garner Scholarship, Parkview Family Dentistry, New Castle Class of 1965 Scholarship, Dr. Guido P. Wilhelm Medical Scholarship, D. Ted Fitzgerald, Jr. Scholarship, Cancer Society of Henry County Scholarship, Judge John H. Morris Scholarship, and the Freeburg Family Sports Scholarship
2021 Shenandoah High School Scholarship Winners
Addisyn Barbosa: Jessica Hale Memorial 4-H Scholarship
Allison King: Witham Family Scholarship
Bailey Hatcher: William T. and Suzanne Davis Memorial Scholarship
Bridget Lohrey: Tyler Eugene Atkinson Memorial Scholarship
Delainey Zdanowski: Gary and Lana Merritt
Elena Fries: Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1282 Scholarship, Business Networking International Scholarship, and the Donald E. & Martha S. McNeil Family Scholarship
Hailie Asher: Magna Machine/Dick Culy Memorial Scholarship
Jakeb Kinsey: Dr. Guido P. Wilhelm Medical Scholarship
Kaitlyn Craig: Hubie King III Scholarship
Laura Moore: Opportunities Unlimited Scholarship
Lauren Taylor: Jessica Hale Memorial 4-H Scholarship and Linda L. Newman Scholarship
Luke Waggener: Donald Vivian, MD, Henry Co. Medical Society Scholarship
McKayla Donahue: 2021 Lilly Endowment Scholarship Finalist
Megan Anderson: Opportunities Unlimited Scholarship, Sylvira Flanagan Koons Scholarship, and the Judy Trennepohl Scholarship
Morgan Nation: Frank C. and Lauretta R. McDonald Scholarship
Sophia Wilkinson: Ryan Lohrey Memorial Scholarship and Sylvira Flanagan Koons Scholarship
2021 Tri Jr. Sr. High School Scholarship Winners
Anastasia Sorrell: Pauline Dickerson Art Scholarship and Kelly Thompson Opportunity Scholarship
Averi Phelps: Ida M. Bravard Scholarship, and Opportunities Unlimited Scholarship
Cameron Turner: 2021 Lilly Endowment Scholarship Finalist and Joseph Russell Bimber Scholarship
Cheyenne Lee: Helen Ellis Brown Scholarship for Academic Excellence, and Opportunities Unlimited Scholarship and Kelly Thompson Opportunity Scholarship
Daryl Frith: Butch Fairchild Memorial Scholarship, Aaron Montgomery Memorial Vocational Scholarship, Jack Renner Vocational Scholarship, Jessica Hale Memorial 4-H Scholarship, Eldon “Eck” Huffman Pap’s Pocket Memorial Scholarship, and Magna Machine – Dick Culy Memorial Scholarship
Holden Thomas: Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1282 Scholarship and Jessica Hale Memorial 4-H Scholarship
James Cornes: Luther Pidgeon Scholarship
Kennedy Peggs: Frank C. & Lauretta R. McDonald Scholarship, Linda L. Newman Scholarship, and Opportunities Unlimited Scholarship
Parker Engle: Business Networking International Scholarship
Students who attend other county high schools, but are residents of Henry County.
Centerville High School
Journey Cornett: Jessica Hale Memorial 4-H Scholarship
Eastern Hancock High School
Chloe McCarty: Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1282 Scholarship and Linda L. Newman Scholarship
Hagerstown High School
Garrett Burns: 2021 Lilly Endowment Scholarship Finalist
Robert Walther: Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1282 Scholarship and Jessica Hale Memorial 4-H Scholarship
Congratulations to all graduates of the Class of 2021!