Rising Sun Regional Foundation awards $56,000 in scholarships

(Rising Sun, IN) – The Rising Sun Regional Foundation (RSRF) is pleased to announce the awarding of $56,000 in scholarships to 56 graduating seniors who reside in Ohio and Ripley counties and the City of Aurora, the foundation’s Southeastern Indiana grantmaking region. Each student has received a $1,000 scholarship award.

Recipients of these RSRF scholarships are:

Batesville Community School Corporation

  • Riley Bailey
  • Sophia Cassidy
  • Nadine Davis
  • Ella Dieterlen
  • Thomas Hartman
  • Haley Lipps
  • Sophie Myers
  • Cole Pride
  • Megan Raab
  • Cael Rahe
  • Madison Rahschulte
  • Kaitlyn Sarringhaus
  • Madeline Schrand
  • Jaden Smith
  • Nate Vankirk
  • Jackson Wanstrath
  • Samuel Weigel
  • Eryu Zhang

Sunman-Dearborn Community School Corporation

  • Tara Hall
  • Luke Jackson
  • Sean Martin
  • Nikolas Norman

Jac-Cen-Del Community School Corporation

  • Avery Caccamo
  • Larissa Eldridge
  • Luke Meyer
  • Brynn Negangard
  • Regan Richter
  • Emalee Veerkamp
  • Corbin White

Milan Community School Corporation

  • Madison Cavins
  • Hailey Hunter
  • Mckenzie Seale
  • Maddison Smith
  • Brady Werner

Rising Sun/Ohio County Community School Corporation

  • Kieran Groover
  • Dylan Martin
  • Baylee Morris
  • Ellie Ohlmansiek
  • Brenden Paradise
  • Jenna Saylor
  • Ruby Thompson
  • Brady Works

South Dearborn Community School Corporation

  • Austin Ballart
  • Adam Bruner
  • Kaylee Marsh
  • James Willoughby

South Ripley School Corporation

  • Shelby Bastin
  • Meridath Delmar
  • Joshua Johnson
  • Brionna Linkel
  • Mya McNew
  • Nicholas Miller
  • Katelynn Samples

Private/Homeschool

  • Sophonie Rennekamp

All graduating seniors who reside in Ohio and Ripley counties and the City of Aurora maintain a six-semester grade point average of 2.75 or higher, and plan to attend a post-secondary educational institution were eligible to apply for these scholarship awards.

Winners of these scholarships were drawn at random from the pool of applications that were submitted to the Rising Sun Regional Foundation with official transcripts.

(Rising Sun Regional Foundation press release)