2018 Scholarship Awards

Since the Community Foundation of North Central ’s inception in 1987, over $3.2 million has been awarded in scholarships through funds adminstered within the Foundation, impacting the lives of over 2,750 students and their families.

Funds are established within the Community Foundation for various reasons including honoring or memorializing a loved one, supporting a particular field of study, recognizing a specific academic institution, or to benefit a particular student population. Scholarships are awarded annually from 110 funds utilizing donor directed criteria.

Through the generosity of our donors, more than 200 students from pre-school to post-graduate have been awarded over $300,000 in educational assistance grants this spring. Scholarships will benefit the following students from north central Wisconsin and beyond as they enter the 2018-19 academic year:

Katherine H. Anderson Scholarship: Bailey Ellenbecker, ; Kylie Balk-Yaatenen, Newman Catholic High Schoool; Abigail Lombardo, Ann B. Applegate Piano Scholars Award: Wausau Conservatory of Scholarship Fund Elizabeth R. Augustyn Conservatory Scholarship: Wausau Conservatory of Music Scholarship Fund Jeff Baum Aviation Business & Jim Quinn Flight School Scholarship: Aaron Wahlgren, Gateway Technical College Raymond A. & Amella P. Beilke Scholarship: Ann Seliger, Casey Krasselt, Donavon Free, and Skylar Gage, Marathon High School Phyllis A. Bermingham Hmong Education Scholarship: Angelina Yang, Wausau West High School Elda Bonvincin Memorial Scholarship: Lucas Schlund, Medford High School; Michael Alfonso, Newman Catholic High School; Lucy Brown, Wausau East High School Bradley Foundation Scholarship: Bradley Western, Antigo Senior High School; Grace Tews, Carthage College; Mandy Petts, UW-Oshkosh; Samantha Smits, St. Norbert College Win Brockmeyer Memorial Scholarship: Zach Mueller, DC Everest Senior High School; Marshall Hackel, Newman Catholic High School; Nathan Rodman, Wausau East High School; Mitchell Michalske, Wausau West High School Jack Brokaw Memorial Scholarship: Tyler Frahm, Wausau East High School Leon & Alma Burger Scholarship: Tyler Frahm, Wausau East High School BYFL Scholarship: Brooke Larson and Kaleb Schuster, DC Everest Senior High School William Cherek Scholarship: Michael Charnecke, Rosholt High School; Kylie Linke and Cassady Damitz, Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School; Kyle Premeau, UW-Stevens Point; Madison Bushman, Louisiana State University; Kalei Groshek, UW- Dexter & Ruth Cihla Scholarship: Jared Fabich, Alayna Franson, Elizabeth Glut, Colton Krueger, and Allyson Seefeldt, Rhinelander High School Community Health Care Physician Legacy Scholarship: Erin Stueber, Stratford High School Connexus Association–Danielle Zsenak Scholarship: Rebekah Stege, Bridges Virtual Academy; Preston Krautkramer and ShyAnn Szablewski-Kreager, Marathon High School; Casie McAllister, Merrill High School; Anna Goldbach, Stratford High School Creske-Grassl Memorial Scholarship: Megan Soukup and Ryan Polka, Mosinee High School Cunningham-Weik Scholarship: Abigail Lombardo, Wausau East High School Dennis A. Derwinski Memorial Scholarship: Ellen Hamilton, Wausau East High School Linda Dodd Memorial Scholarship: Sasha Hornung and Angelica Venske, Marathon High School Mark H. Dreyer Memorial Scholarship: Jeremy Damask, Newman Catholic High School; Nadia Bauman, Wausau East High School; Natalie Vilter, Wausau West High School; Cady Kelnhofer, UW-Green Bay; Noel Lange, UW-Madison; Bailey Boudreau and Nou Stephanie Lor, UW-Stevens Point; Maggie Hall, UW- Eau Claire; Olivia Roecke-Kretzer, UWMC; Cassandra Haack, UW-Oshkosh; Julian Curtis, UW-Stout; Gao Zoua Thao, UW-Whitewater Tim Driscoll Memorial Scholarship: Grant Seils, Wausau East High School Donald A. & Arzelee M.S. Drown: Julia Reising, Wausau East High School John & Elena Dzubay Memorial Scholarship: Johanna Rothenberger, Caleb Moses, and Wyatt Rottier, Wausau East High School Ort Enstad Kiwanis Scholarship: Whitney Sloan, DC Everest Senior High School; Camilla Meyer, Wausau East High School; Anjali Dvorak, Wausau West High School Walter (Coke) Fehl Hockey Scholarship: Ryan Begley, DC Everest Senior High School Lucille & George Ferguson Memorial Scholarship: Sarrianna Hoffer and Chalig Lo, Newman Catholic High School; Taylor Hackel, UW-LaCrosse; Kuehous Lo, Katherine Losinski and Hannah Meyer, UW-Madison; Alexander Dums and Brogran Kimball, Marquette University Lucille & George Ferguson Memorial Scholarship: Anna Brown, Kaitlin Kalafice, Peyton Heinz, and Madelyn Seidl, Newman Catholic Middle School; Dylan Ackermann, Emma Sullivan, Evelyn Gabriel, Elise Johnson, Kelsey Kalafice, Sam Krasowski, Michael Kupczak, Chija Lee, Newman Catholic High School William L. Goggins Memorial Scholarship: Kaden Leischer, Newman Catholic Middle School; Jaida Heinz and Elliot Samuels, Newman Catholic High School William K. Gottschalk Scholarship: Abigail Tveten, Merrill High School B.A. & Esther Greenheck Scholarship: Grace Olson, Wausau West High School Bellamy Hamilton Scholarship: Wausau Conservatory of Music Scholarship Fund Steve Hansen Earth Steward Scholarship: Carly Rowe, Wausau East High School Sally M. Hattenhauer Scholarship: Melinda Murphy, Newman Catholic Schools Elsie H. Heckman Memorial Scholarship: Molly Weix, Merrill High School Patricia Hedblom Memorial Scholarship: Lily Heiting, Wausau East High School Hmong Community Higher Education Scholarship: Emily Xiong, DC Everest Senior High School; Jasmine Xiong, Naly Lao, and Jenifer Lao, Wausau East High School John & Fritzi Howland Memorial Scholarship: Bradley Check and Jakob Shafer, Mosinee High School Kristan Janse Memorial Scholarship: Olivia Ziebell, Marathon High School George & Lois Johnson Memorial Scholarship: Sarah Frazier, Wausau East High School Jerry Johnson Warior Football Scholarship: Jacob Wolfe, Wausau West High School Elizabeth Hardy Kanemoto Scholarship: Sarah Heinrich, Wausau East High School Richard L. Knauf Memorial Scholarship: Caleb Koeller, Marathon High School Barbara Lattimer Scholarship: Johnathon Pries, Wausau Conservatory of Music Emma C. Larson Memorial Scholarship: Lucy Brown, Wausau East High School Kyle R. Long Scholarship: Amelia Olson, Northland College and Shane Messmann, Medford High School Luthra Family Scholarship: Barnabas Shiferaw, Wausau West High School Macdonald Foundation Work Ethic Scholarship: Preston Krautkramer, Marathon High School; Casie McAllister, Merrill High School; Courtney Claeys, Mosinee High School; Jeremy Damask, Newman Catholic High School; Marissa Cepress, UW-LaCrosse; Anna Goldbach, Stratford High School; Hannah Tipple, UW- Madison; Tiffany Heinzen, UW-Eau Claire; Ellen Hamilton, Wausau East High School; Abigail Talg and Mathew Chapman, Wausau West High School; Zachary Urquhart, UW-Stevens Point Marathon School District Scholarship: Anna Buchberger and Ann Seliger Marathon High School Mark Foundation TLC Scholars Award: Varick Peak, DC Everest Senior High School Peter A. Mattiacci Athletic Scholarship: Jordan Murphy and Jordan Straub, Wausau East High School Marathon County Farm Technology Days: Marcus Schroepfer, Antigo Senior High School; RaeJean Stowe, Athens High School; Lindsey Murry, UW-River Falls McKenna-Mann Performing Arts: Zachary Palmer, Antigo Senior High School Marathon County Labor Council Scholarship: Krista Koenig, DC Everest Senior High School; Jacob Johnson, Merrill High School Marathon County Medical Alliance: Riyah Rudeen, DC Everest Senior High School; Hannah Theiss, Mosinee High School; Ashley Krasowski, Newman Catholic High School; Kayla Schultz, Northcentral Technical College; Samantha Miles, Wausau East High School; Kayla Kovach, Wausau West High School Berland A. Meyer Scholarship: Teagan Maier, Wausau East High School; Rachel Leopold, Wausau West High School Mid Wisconsin Foundation Scholarship: Morgan Geiger, Colby High School; Nathaniel Jagodzinski, DC Everest Senior High School; Stephanie Draeger, Marathon High School; Bryanne Brugger, Rib Lake High School Mitchell Metal Products Scholarship: Ryan Leskela, Northcentral Technical College Gene & Carolyn Molinaro Scholarship: Elijah Scheckel and Lindsey Moffatt, Union Grove High School Robert J. Neugebauer Memorial: Lilly Nowinsky and Julianne Barkholz, Newman Catholic High School; Emilie Pauls, Wausau East High School; Sydney Draeger, Wausau West High School Newman Class of '63 Scholarship: Samuel Zeimetz, Newman Catholic Middle School Northland Lutheran High School Scholarship: Northland Lutheran High School Scholarship Fund OjO-Dor Scholarship: Rachel Burns, Lakeland Union High School; Katlyn Schaub, UM-Carlson School of Management; Brina Trapp, UW-Twin Cities; Paige Courtney, Michigan Technological University Russell C. & Dorothy A. Paulsen Scholarship: Johanna Rothenberger, Wausau East High School Matthew R. Paustian Memorial Engineering Scholarship: Chandler Fochs, Wausau West High School Robert Payzer Memorial Scholarship: Isaac Lee, DC Everest Senior High School Sally Pfund Memorial Scholarship: Morgan Wardall, Merrill High School Roger & Mary Pukall Memorial Scholarship: Bobbi Steines, Lakeland Union High School; Brianna Burns, Nicolet Area Technical College; Gabrielle Rehm, UW-Green Bay Todd McQuinn Rhoades Memorial: Keegan Trevillian, Wausau East High School River Valley Bank Music Scholarship: Wausau Conservatory of Music Scholarship Fund Rotary Club of Wausau Scholarship: Sydney Freiberg and Olivia Coleman, DC Everest Senior High School; Ashley Krasowski, Newman Catholic High School; David Burgess, Northland Lutheran High School; Siam Rezwan, Wausau East High School; Hannah Senanayake, Barnabas Shiferaw, and Grace Schuler, Wausau West High School Sara Quirt Sann Legacy Scholarship: Sierra DeLonay, Wausau East High School Larry Schmitz Wausau East Soccer Scholarship: Tyler Frahm, Wausau East High School James T. Schremp Memorial Scholarship: Jeremy Falstad, Mosinee High School; Iris Schira, Olivia Walters, UW-Madison; Colin Pozorski, UW-Platteville Marvin C. Schuette Memorial Scholarship: Olivia Frome, UW-Stevens Point; Riley Kats, Mosinee High School; Alexa Mathis, Univeristy of Minnesota Twin Cities Cornelia L. Seim Scholarship: Julie Manning and Jordan Long, Northcentral Technical College; Leah Hoogland, UW-Marathon County; Tyler Frahm, Wausau East High School Paul C. Simon Memorial Scholarship: Abigail Tveten and Mariyah Weber, Merrill High School Russell Sliwicki Memorial Scholarship: Samuel Hessel, DC Everest Senior High School Scott Stasney Freedom Award: Sarah Frazier, Wausau East High School Lawrence & Jane Sternberg Memorial Scholarship: Rachel McLaughlin and Madeline Rodemeier, Wausau East High School John & Judy Stevens Music Scholarship: Wausau Conservatory of Music Scholarship Fund David & Emily Streich Scholarship: Megan Brewer, Merrill High School Harold & Ruth Tessmer Scholarship: Jack Hoelter, Charlie Shields, and Abigail Burgoyne, Newman Catholic Schools Jerome Thiessen Aviation Scholarship: Emily Bennett, Southern Illinois University Charles (Chuck) Thorpe Scholarship in the Visual Arts: Madeline Decker, Wausau East High School Ralph Tinker Memorial Scholarship: Kaylee Pagel, Wausau East High School; Angela Jupp, Wausau West High School Peter & Carol Tomasi Scholarship: Noah Briquelet Miller, Wausau East High School Archie C. Towle Aviation Scholarship: Ethan Goethel, Wausau Flying Service Kimberly A. Van Den Elzen Memorial Scholarship: Jenna Cooper and Claire Tomczik, DC Everest Senior High School Chia Vang & Chue Lor Scholarship: Pashua Yang, Central Senior High (St. Paul) Alan C. Vecchio Memorial Scholarship: Isaiah Heyel, Merrill High School Carol Verhasselt Art Scholarship: Julia Reising, Wausau East High School Tim Volz "79" Memorial Scholarship: Melinda Schubert, Merrill High School Pastor Walter & Blanche Wahl Clergy Development Award: Southeastern Minnesota Synod of the ELCA First Call Scholarship Award Fund Christopher M. Wallschlaeger Memorial: Kaden Leischer and Anna Brown, Newman Catholic Middle School; Kasey Kalafice, Newman Catholic High School Wausau Area Builders Association: Alexis Myszka, Marathon High School; Andrew Schoenfuss, Stratford High School; Lily Heiting, Wausau East High School; Hanna Mork and Kieran Talley, Wausau West High School; Dalton Zeinert and Garret Kersten, Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School Wausau Area HOPE Hmong Women Scholarship: Emily Xiong, DC Everest Senior High School Wausau East Class of 1960 Scholarship: Amaya Czerwinski and Iris Hunter, Wausau East High School Wausau East Girl's Swim Team Scholarship: Madeline Rodemeier and Rayann Rehwinkel, Wausau East High School Wausau East Mathematics Dpt Scholarship: Noah Briquelet Miller, Wausau East High School Wausau Education Association Foundation Scholarship: Rachel McLaughlin and Samuel Petralia, Wausau East High School; Barnabas Shiferaw and Mikahla Klug, Wausau West High School Wausau High School Class of 1963: Alicia Schumacher and Alaina Goetsch, Wausau East High School Secretaries & Paraprofessionals Scholarship: Alana Schubring, Wausau East High School Richard Weinreis Memorial Scholarship: Kuamuachua Thor, Wausau West High School Brett Robert Weller Memorial Scholarship: Sydney Schwantes, DC Everest Senior High School; Halle Tallitsch, Marathon High School; Lilly Nowinsky, Newman Catholic High School Shari K. Widmark Memorial Scholarship: Jordan Murphy, Wausau East High School Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame / Carl Guell Memorial Aviation Scholarship: Emily Bennett, Illinois State University Harry K. Wrench, Jr. Memorial College Scholarship: Mallory Wagner, UW-Oshkosh; Monica Swinick, UW- Stevens Point Neng & Bao Xiong Volvo Scholarship: Siam Rezwan, Wausau East High School Tong Phia Xiong & Sale Lor Scholarship: Barnabas Shiferaw, Wausau West High School # # #