The Oregon Trail Community Foundation has selected 45 students to receive a total of $90,500 in scholarships for the 2023-2024 academic year. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Jim and Nancy Kerr for their sponsorship of the new scholarship software we were able to offer our local students this year. This software has made applying for a scholarship easier, faster and more comprehensive than our traditional applications of the past.
Winners of the Oregon Trail Community Foundation scholarship include:
Agribusiness Scholarship: Braydon Binger of Hay Springs, $2,000 and Kaden Bohnsack of Gering, $2,000
Alan Dill Scholarship: Halsey Clark of Scottsbluff, $1,000
Atkins Scholarship: Cierra Schwarzkopf of Scottsbluff, $2500
Class of ’66 Scholarship (Scottsbluff High School Scholarship): Eliyah Johnson, $1,000
CSI Scholarship (Scottsbluff High School Scholarship): CSI-A: Destina Cervantes, $6,000; CSI-B: Jackson
Allen, $6,000; CSI-C: Sarah Griess, $2,000
CSPM Scholarship (Gering High School Scholarship): CSPM-A: Eli Marez, $6,000; CSI-B: Cassidy Flores,
$6,000; CSPM-C: Ariel DeMaranville, $2,000
Clara E. Muehlberger Scholarship: Cort Rummel of Gurley, $4,000; Drew Leisy of Bridgeport, $4,000;
Those receiving $2,000 Muehlberger Scholarships: Axi Benish (Gurley); Aubree Branson (Mitchell); Taryn
Spady (Scottsbluff), Ashley Maschmeier (Gering); Those receiving $1,000 Muehlberger scholarships:
Tamika Eastman (Harrison); Avery Davies (Hemingford); Halsey Clark (Scottsbluff); Kathryn Blakenship
(Banner County); Madison Herbel (Gering); and Avery Weibert (Bridgeport).
Jane & Chet Fliesbach Scholarship ($1,000 Scottsbluff High School Scholarship): Celeste Arias, Gisela
Felix-Morales, Tierra West, and Jaime Modec.
Fliesbach McAllister Scholarship: Lily Krahulic of Mitchell, $1,000
Sharon Hoffman Music Educator’s Scholarship: Ella Ningen of Chappell, $1,000
Floyd’s Truck Center/ Brian Greif Scholarship: Vance Meyer of Sidney, $5,000; Jasper Neal of Amherst,
$2500
Hispanic Advisory Scholarship: Three Scottsbluff High School graduates received a $1,000 scholarships:
Lluvia Montelongo, Jennifer Camargo and Alyssa Mendoza.
Lawrence Lemons Scholarship (Scottsbluff High School Scholarship): Michael Mickey, $500
Lawrence and Pauline Lemons Scholarship (Scottsbluff High School Scholarship): Natalie Garcia
(Gering), $4,000; and Maddux Janacek (Gering), $4,000
Margaret V. Lovercheck Scholarship (Gering High School Scholarship): Kaitlyn Peterson, $4,000
Mitchell Community Scholarship (Mitchell High School Scholarship): Ismael Garcia, $1,000
Panhandle Drug-Free Scholarship: Kaden Bohnsack (Gering) $500
Pre-Engineering Scholarship: Adolfo Vaquera Martinez of Scottsbluff, $2,000
Don and Dian Roth Scholarship: Kara Higgins, Lincoln, $1,000
“Our scholarship program is designed to benefit students in western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming. We’re pleased to offer both academic and vocational scholarships that help regional students pursue their educational interests and hope that, ultimately, they will return to our communities to live and work,” said Joanne Krieg, Oregon Trail Community Foundation board member and scholarship committee chair. “The applicants for Oregon Trail Community Foundation scholarships this year were especially outstanding. We wish them all the very best.”
For information about the Oregon Trail Community Foundation’s scholarship program, visit the website at www.otcf.org.
