COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – It was another big night for seniors and their parents, as Coldwater High School hosted its annual Local Scholarship Night Wednesday at the Coach Floyd Eby Gymnasium.
Just under $310,000 in scholarships were awarded to 65 Coldwater High School seniors, six Early Middle College students, and 15 CHS alumni in their pursuit of higher educational goals.
The scholarships were made possible through the generosity of Coldwater families, local chapters of Branch County service clubs and organizations, Century Bank and Trust, Southern Michigan Bank and Trust, the Branch County Community Foundation, the Branch Area Careers Center and Coldwater Community Schools.
A complete list of scholarships awarded, and their recipients, follows:
The Jack and Sallie Gates University of Michigan Memorial Scholarship: Ashley Drzewicki
The Petzko Family Golf Scholarship: Jett Galloway, Taylor Musselman
American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Sale Scholarship: Anna Lowder (alumnus), Dawson Poradzisz (alumnus), Marissa Roberts
Coldwater Early Bird Exchange Club Scholarship: Audree Steel
Coldwater Township Sunrise Rotary Club: Marissa Cox, Anna DeMeester, Fatima Naji, Garrett Thorne
KCC Foundation Scholarships: Isaiah Lothamer, Lissbet Ramos
Clement F. Malovey Education Trust: Alyssa Bach (alumnus), Cole Barker, Megan Barnes (alumnus), Caleb Brown (alumnus), Logan Farmer, Alexis Galliers, Sterling Haylett (alumnus), Jacob Knaack (alumnus), Kyle Krzyzanski (alumnus), Anna Lowder (alumnus), Allison Miller, Griffen Persails, Clarissa Sheppard (alumnus), Emilee Smoker (alumnus), Kera Volkmer (alumnus), Kelly Warner (alumnus), Noah Waterbury (alumnus), Aspen Yearling (alumnus)
Percy and Helen Taylor Memorial Scholarship: Ebrahim Ahmed, Ally Aker, Kaleb Barker, Gavin Budd, Joseph Closson, Anna DeMeester, Zachary Diotte, Brandon Downs, Joseph Eichorn, Jett Galloway, Lillian Gimenez, Kaylee Hessler, Ezma Machan, Masyn Marsh, Kaylee McBride, Ava McKinley, Jillian McKinley, Kendall Minick, Amine Mohammed, Taylor Musselman, Fatima Naji, Marissa Roberts, Viviana Rodriguez, Rihana Saleh, Chloe Scheetz, Kyle Sheppard, Evan Sloan, Audree Steel, Anissa Stevens, Legend Szafranski, Ahmed Umari, Kassem Umari, Allie Welch
Verbie E. Harkness Memorial Scholarship: Zackary Grines
The Fraternal Order of Eagles #1907 Scholarship: Cole Barker, Kaleb Barker
Pioneer State Mutual/Branch Insurance Agency Merit Scholarship: Gavin Budd
Coldwater Rotary Club Scholarship: Ashley Drzewicki, Jayla Foster, Paige Kirkpatrick, Aiden Marsden, McKenna Stewart, Nathan Tappenden
CHS Interact Club Scholarship: Anna DeMeester, Alexis Galliers, Allison Miller
The Jillian Crist Memorial Scholarship: Michael Orozco-Aburto, Jonathan Jones, Jillian McKinley, Marissa Roberts, McKenna Stewart
The Branch County Association of Realtors Cliffie Bowers Memorial Scholarship: Gavin Budd, Erica Haney, Aiden Marsden, Masyn Marsh, Fatima Naji, Anissa Stevens
The Good Better Best Scholarship: Joseph Closson, Anna DeMeester, Leah Goodwin, Paige Kirkpartick, Fatima Naji
The Branch County Business Affiliates Scholarship: Curtis Pitts
Branch County Community Foundation Scholarships: Gavin Budd, Joseph Closson, Alexis Galliers, Kaylee McBride, Alyssa Stevens, Bryli Tobolski, Kera Volkmer (alumnus)
Asama-Gokoh Scholarship: Allison Miller, Nathan Tappenden
The Honor Credit Union Commitment Scholarship: Kaleb Barker
The CHS Alumni Scholarship: Anna DeMeester
Branch Area Careers Center: Ebrahim Ahmed, Allyson Aker, Kameron Barrow, Joseph Closson, Joseph Eichorn, Amine Mohammed, Thao-Mi Nguyen, Tasha Pike, Cassandra Pinson, Curtis Pitts, Elijah Quinn, Kenzie Rininger, Viviana Rrodriguez, Rihana Saleh, Audree Steel
Gladys Hensley Scholarship: Cole Barker, Kaleb Barker, Camilla Boston, Joseph Closson, Sarah Forrister, Erica Haney, Paige Kirkpatrick, Isaiah Lothamer, Jillian McKinley, Taylor Musselman, Fatima Naji, Ahmed Umari, Kassem Umari
George W. and Sadie Marie Juhl Scholarship: Mukhtar Abdulla, Ebrahim Ahmed, Nadwia Alaqrai, Shatha Altashi, Cole Barker, Kaleb Barker, Kameron Barrow, Lisset Beltran, Camilla Boston, Avery Boyce, Gavin Budd, Anna DeMeester, Zachary Diotte, Ashley Drzewicki, Brandon Downs, Logan Farmer, Alexis Galliers, Lillian Gimenez, Zackary Grines, Erica Haney, Jonathan Jones, Leeah Kelley, Isaiah Lothamer, Ezma Machan, Aiden Marsden, Kaylee McBride, Ava McKinley, Jillian McKinley, Kendall Minick, Amine Mohammed, Taylor Musselman, Fatima Naji, Thao-Mi Nguyen, Michael Orozco Aburto, Griffen Persails, Carson Perz, Marissa Roberts, Chloe Scheetz, Kyle Sheppard, Evan Sloan, Audree Steel, Anissa Stevens, Alyssa Stevens, McKenna Stewart, Jaden Swartz, Garrett Thorne, Ahmed Umari, Kassem Umari, Allie Welch, Mallory Wilber
The Shackleton Family Scholarship: Alexis Galliers, Amine Mohammed, Griffen Persails
The Shawn Cockrell Dare To Be Great Scholarship: Isaiah Lothamer
The CHS Class of 1981 Scholarship: Joseph Closson
Coldwater Education Association Scholarship: Kaleb Barker, Joseph Closson, Anna DeMeester, Ezma Machan, Masyn Marsh, Jillian McKinley, Taylor Musselman
Coldwater Exchange Club: Marissa Cox, Aiden Marsden
The E. Byron Thomas/Axner Olson Memorial Scholarship: Rihana Saleh
Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel: Rihana Saleh
C. Lester Luce Scholarship: Alexis Galliers
The John R. Vance Memorial Fund: Shatha Altashi
The Care Center Hospital Science and Math Achievement Award: Fatima Naji
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