GLENWOOD CITY — For the past several years graduating classes at Glenwood City High School have been the recipients of six figure scholarship totals and this year’s class is no different
Although no formal senior awards banquet or graduation ceremony was held due to the Coronavirus pandemic, it was recently announced by the Glenwood City School District that the Class of 2020 has received over $380,000 in scholarship monies with 33 of the 49 class members receiving monetary awards.
The lion’s share of the monies came from post secondary sources such as colleges, universities and the GI Bill.
Nicholas Melendrez collected the largest amount – $109,108, of which $107,008 was awarded through the GI Bill to further his education. He also received a $1,500 Russell Meyer Scholarship.
Two other class members came close to receiving six-figure scholarship tallies – Allyson Motz and Jabin Hojem.
Motz was awarded $98,250 in awards, the bulk of which will come from a
$92,000 College of St. Scholastic Benedictine Scholarship along with a College of St. Scholastic Leadership Award valued at $4,000. She also received a Russell Meyer Scholarship.
Jabin Hojem will receive $88,112 through the Amery Reserve GI Bill.
Class valedictorian Nyah Anderson was awarded a total of $22,000 which included a $10,000 St. Norbert College STEM Scholarship and the Wisconsin Academic Excellence Scholarship, valued at $9,000 ($2,250 per year for four year) that is awarded to each of Wisconsin’s high school valedictorians. Anderson also was awarded a Russell Meyer Scholarship.
Aiden Voeltz earned an $6,750 scholarship, the Technical Excellence Scholarship.
Mae Buttles was awarded seven scholarships totaling $5,500. That amount included an $1,800 award from the Glenwood City FFA Alumni, a $1,000 Wisconsin Holstein Association award and a $1,500 Russell Meyer Scholarship.
Andrew Berends earned $4,400 in scholarship awards. Berends’ largest amount will come from a $4,000 UW-Stout Polytechnic Scholarship.
Kaitlin Lee earned a total of $3,900 in scholarship arwards, including a pair of $1,500 scholarships – the Russell Meyer and Glenwood City FFA Alumni Scholarships.
Class salutatorian Leah Magsam earned $2,250, much of which came via a $1,500 Russell Meyer Award.
The Russell Meyer Scholarship fund once again benefited 13 graduates this year with each receiving $1,500 for a total of $19,500.
A complete list of scholarship recipients and their respective awards follow:
Nyah Anderson: Russell Meyer Scholarship $1,500.00; Topper Partnership Foundation Scholarship $550.00; Glenwood City Fire Association Scholarship $200.00; Glenwood City Wrestling Scholarship $250.00; Phil Ottney Memorial Scholarship $300.00; National Honor Society Scholarship $200.00; Academic Excellence Scholarship $9,000.00; Science Department Award; St. Norbert College NSF – S – S – STEM Scholarship $10,000.00
Isabelle Arbuckle: Youth Apprenticeship Certificate in Hospitality Lodging & Tourism; Youth Apprenticeship Certificate in Health Science
Andrew Berends: Glen Hills Tuesday Night Ladies Golf League Scholarship $100.00; Phil Ottney Memorial Scholarship $300.00; Dunn-St. Croix Scholar Athlete Award ; WIAA Scholar Athlete Nominee; UW-Stout Polytechnic Scholarship $4,000.00
Ethan Berends: GC Class of 1950 Scholarship $500.00; Glen Hills Tuesday Night Ladies Golf League Scholarship $100.00
Emily Bethell: Lane Berenschot American Family Insurance Scholarship $250.00; Chuck Rasmussen Captain’s Scholarship $500.00; Glenwood City Wrestling Scholarship $250.00; Konder Family Cross Country Scholarship $375.00; Matson Miller Post #330 & Auxiliary of Wilson Scholarship $500.00; Phil Ottney Memorial Scholarship $300.00; Dunn-St. Croix Scholar Athlete Award; WIAA Scholar Athlete Nominee
Mae Buttles: Glenwood City Basketball Scholarship $200.00; Russell Meyer Scholarship $1,500.00; Glenwood City Co-op Trust Scholarship $250.00; Glenwood City Vet Clinic Scholarship $500.00; Glenwood City FFA Alumni Scholarship $1,800.00; Glenwood City Volleyball Club Scholarship $250.00; Wisconsin Holstein Association $1,000.00
Zoe Christmas: Wally Lindholm Memorial Scholarship $2,500.00; Glen Hills Tuesday Night Ladies Golf League Scholarship $100.00; Spanish Department Award
Hallie Cook: Glen Hills Rods & Rides $200.00; SF Insurance Group Scholarship $500.00; Troy Rathai Scholarship $900.00
Janessa DeMar: Patricia & Laverne Gust – Class of 1947 Scholarship $500.00; Brenda Cassellius-Wink Scholarship $500.00; George Johnston Memorial Scholarship $250.00; Youth Apprenticeship Certificate in Health Science
Harli Dikeman: Patricia & Laverne Gust – Class of 1947 Scholarship $500.00; Glenwood City Fire Association Scholarship $200.00; Business Department Award; Glenwood City Area USBC Assocation Scholarship $300.00; WITC – Woodcraft Industries Scholarship $500.00
Ethan Hanson: Summit 58 Scholarship $250.00
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Logan Hoitomt: Lane Berenschot American Family Insurance Scholarship $250.00; Glenwood City Elementary Parent Teacher Connection Scholarship $400.00; Glenwood City Area USBC Assocation Scholarship $300.00
Jabin Hojem: Youth Apprenticeship Certificate in Manufacturing Process; Army Reserve GI Bill $88,112.00
Alexa Holden: Lane Berenschot American Family Insurance Scholarship $250.00; Russell Meyer Scholarship $1,500.00; Glen Hills Lions Club Scholarship $500.00; Glen Hills Tuesday Night Ladies Golf League Scholarship $100.00; Glenwood City Fire Association Scholarship $200.00; Glenwood City Wrestling Scholarship $300.00; Miss Glenwood City Princess Scholarship $250.00
Jordan Klatt: Bill Ullom Memorial Scholarship $500.00
Tucker Lagerstrom Kathy Gross Wood Memorial Scholarship $300.00; Glenwood City Wrestling Scholarship $400.00; Kay Logghe Inspirational Scholarship $500.00; Phil Ottney Memorial Scholarship $300.00; Tim O’Meara Memorial Scholarship $500.00
Isabella Lawson: Lane Berenschot American Family Insurance Scholarship $250.00
Kaitlin Lee: Russell Meyer Scholarship $1,500.00; George Johnston Memorial Scholarship $250.00; Glenwood City Band Boosters Scholarship $150.00; Glenwood City FFA Alumni Scholarship $1,500.00; Miss Glenwood City Princess Scholarship $250.00; Band Department Award; Career & Technical Education Scholarship $250.00; Math Department Award; Youth Apprenticeship Certificate in Health Science
Cole Logghe: Kay Logghe Inspirational Scholarship $500.00
Daniel Loring: WITC – James W. Covery Scholarship $500.00
Leah Magsam: Patricia & Laverne Gust – Class of 1947 Scholarship $500.00; Russell Meyer Scholarship $1,500.00; Glenwood City Volleyball Club Scholarship $250.00; Choral Department Award; Family & Consumer Science Department Award
Nicholas Melendres: American Legion Auxiliary Post #168 $100.00; Russell Meyer Scholarship $1,500.00; Matson Miller Post #330 & Auxiliary of Wilson Scholarship $500.00; GI Bill $107,008.00
Hannah Meyers: AnnMarie Foundation Scholarship $2,000.00
Jackson Mintz: English Department Award – Most Improved
Allyson Motz: Russell Meyer Scholarship $1,500.00; George Johnston Memorial Scholarship $250.00; Glenhaven Inc. Scholarship $500.00; Art Department Award; College of St. Scholastica Benedictine Scholarship $92,000.00; College of St. Scholastica Leadership Award $4,000.00
Mackenzie Nelson: Youth Apprenticeship Certificate in Health Science
Bryce Nutter: Youth Apprenticeship Certificate in Hospitality Lodging & Tourism
Connor Olson: Art Department Award
Alexander Peralta-Rojas: Russell Meyer Scholarship $1,500.00; Konder Family Cross Country Scholarship $375.00
Zachary Raska: Physical Education Department Award
Thomas Rosenow Russell Meyer Scholarship $1,500.00; Glen Hills Lions Club Scholarship $500.00; Glen Hills Tuesday Night Ladies Golf League Scholarship $100.00; Glenwood City Elementary Parent Teacher Connection Scholarship $400.00; Jerry Hoffman Memorial Scholarship $500.00; Phil Ottney Memorial Scholarship $300.00; Agriculture Department Award; St. Croix Electric Co-op Scholarship $500.00
Shelby Rundquist: Russell Meyer Scholarship $1,500.00; Social Studies Department Award
Makiah Schutz: Glenwood City Basketball Scholarship $200.00; Wally Lindholm Memorial Scholarship $1,000.00; UW-RF Marcel K. & Edith H. Lynum Scholarship $1,000.00
Elijah Simmons: Russell Meyer Scholarship $1,500.00; Chuck Rasmussen Captain’s Scholarship $500.00; Konder Family Cross Country Scholarship $375.00
Brandi Standaert: Russell Meyer Scholarship $1,500.00; George Johnston Memorial Scholarship $250.00; Troy Rathai Scholarship $900.00; Glenwood City Volleyball Club Scholarship $250.00; English Department Award – Most Outstanding
Kassidi Thompson: Glenwood City Basketball Scholarship $200.00; Patricia & Laverne Gust – Class of 1947 Scholarship $500.00; Brenda Cassellius-Wink Scholarship $500.00; George Johnston Memorial Scholarship $250.00; Ridgerunner Snowmobile Club Scholarship $150.00; Glenwood City Volleyball Club Scholarship $250.00
Bethany Ullom: Bill Ullom Memorial Scholarship $500.00; Glenwood City Basketball Scholarship $200.00; Russell Meyer Scholarship $1,500.00; Topper Partnership Foundation Scholarship $550.00; George Johnston Memorial Scholarship $250.00; Miss Glenwood City Queen Scholarship $500.00
Aiden Voeltz: Technology Department Award; Technical Excellence Scholarship $6,750.00; Youth Apprenticeship Certificate in Hospitality Lodging & Tourism
Isabella Williams: Curry Ainswoth Post #168 Scholarship $200.00; Konder Family Cross Country Scholarship $375.00
