TPF awards to 77 students

Students will receive more than $150,000 in scholarships.

The Portland Foundation on Friday announced that it has awarded 77 students a total of $153,371 during its summer scholarship cycle.

Logan McGinnis and Gabi Paxson were selected for the largest of the scholarships. They will each receive a $5,000 Fred M. and Elizabeth L. (Hudson) Stultz Scholarship for Jay County residents who are juniors or seniors pursuing a degree in agriculture or veterinary science.

The Jerry R. Pierce Memorial Scholarship for employees and descendents of employees of Accelerated Curing went to Chase McFarland and Kindell Welker at $3,500 each.

Connor Davis, Mitchel Frasher, Candler Hedges, Tayler Smeltzer and Katy Smeltzer were each selected to receive $3,000 Dr. Ara C. and Gay B. Badders Medical Scholarships for Jay County graduates majoring in a doctoral medical program.

Receiving $1,600 each will be Erin Emery, Heather Johns and Hope Lugar through the Clifford and Nancy Ball Scholarship, Sarah Bowdell, Gavin Farmer, Sophia Fugiett, Nadia Hardman, Katie Robbins, Andrew Simmons, Kelsey Simmons, Megan Templeton and Lillian Trinidad through the Alwyn Carder Scholarship for Jay County residents who are juniors or seniors majoring in architecture, history or education, and Daniel Bracy, Keith Hartley, Heather Lugar, Amber McClain and Carissa Mercer through the Orla and Ruth Tharp Education Scholarship.

Daniel Bracy was awarded a $1,581 Martha Catharine Rockwell Music Scholarship for Jay County graduates who are juniors or seniors majoring in a music-related degree and enrolled in a Christian college.

Receiving $1,500 each will be Reid Claycomb, MaKenna Davis, Emma James, Hannah James, Allison Jobe, Benjamin Nichols, Gabrielle Paxson, Aubrie Schwieterman, Trevor Shaneyfelt, Mikele Suman, Makayla Templeton and Alexis Trobridge through the Weldon and Dorothy Hamma Memorial Scholarship and Ashlyn Dow, Chloe Farmer and Joseph Hilty through the Orla and Ruth Tharp Education Scholarship.

Elizabeth Starbuck II Scholarships of $1,400 went to Eliza Bader, Alex Davis, Pacie Denney, Mariah Gross, Alana Kunkler, Hannah Littler, Griffin Mann, Brooklyn Mattingly, Logan McGinnis, Gavin Muhlenkamp, Kearsten Myers, Makenzie Ring, Olivia Rowles, Gabriel Rowles, Konner Sommers, Jessica Walter and Houston Yowell while Haynes Starbuck II Scholarships of $1,000 went to Madeline Ardizzone, Shea Bailey, Dorane Jay Beiswanger, Samuel Bracy, Grace Brewster, Olivia Bright, Makaya Champ, Haleigh Clayton, Bryce Collins, Sam Dunlavy, Aidan Garlinger, Dustin Harris, Lilly Hedges, Holly Hemmelgarn, Kayla Hurt, Tricia Ison, Chailey Muhlenkamp, Isabel Rodgers, Mia Stolz, McKenna Vore and Seth Wilson.

Nadia Hardman, Heather Lugar, Logan McGinnis and Katie Robbins were selected for $1,150 Richard L. and Loretta E. (Larry) Zeigler Memorial Scholarships, and Sarah Bowdell, Nadia Hardman and Kelsey Simmons were chosen for $1,100 Joyce A. Horn Scholarships.

Other scholarships were:

•Ruth Whipple Badders – $760 to Megan Templeton

•Robert Quadrozzi Memorial – $750 to Kearston Myers

•Carla E. Horn Memorial – $600 to Mia Stolz

•Linus and Margaret Mescher – $600 to Erin Emery, Keith Hartley, Heather Johns, Heather Lugar, Hope Lugar and Amber McClain

•Larry and Maria Hiatt – $600 to Nadia Hardman

•East Central Opportunities – $585 to Mia Stolz

•Janet B. Arnold Memorial – $450 to Sarah Bowdell and Nadia Hardman

•Altrusa Club of Portland – $420 to Alexis Trobridge

•Shirley Franck Perseverance – $400 to Katie Robbins

•Charles and Ruth Joos – $350 to Madeline Ardizzone, Shea Bailey, Dorane Jay Beiswanger, Samuel Bracy, Grace Brewster, Olivia Bright, Makaya Champ, Haleigh Clayton, Bryce Collins, Sam Dunlavy, Aidan Garlinger, Dustin Harris, Lilly Hedges, Holly Hemmelgarn, Kayla Hurt, Tricia Ison, Chailey Muhlenkamp, Isabel Rodgers, Mia Stolz, McKenna Vore and Seth Wilson

•John Jay Center for Learning – $275 to Holly Hemmelgarn

•Marseal T. Deweerd, Edith T. Horn and Virgie M. Brady – $280 to Allison Jobe, Gabi Paxson, Katie Robbins and Jessica Walter