These MHS seniors were recognized for excellence and awarded scholarships in the senior awards ceremony Thursday. They are left to right, front, Emalee Glass, Alison Brown, Olivia Cleek, Jennifer Robinson,Victoria Wolfe, Danielle Cullums, Cayelynn Smith, Melissa Johnson, Kassandra Mullins, and Chelsey Eads; second row, Steven Mahr, Marlee Hoffman, Cassidy Hood, Heather Stewart, Tanisha McKinney, Samantha King, Nathan Rothgeb, Jastyn Lee, and Elizabeth Sprouse; third row: Stephanie Hoalcraft, Jeffrey Kimes, Austin King, Rebecca Fortner, Cody Hanning, Bruno Casci, Zach Sayre, Taylor Jones; fourth row, Tyler Dunham, Brady Norville, Zachary Sheets, Ben Reed, Blake Crow, Travis Tackett, Charles Barrett IV, and Jeffrey Roush.
Meigs Guidance Counselor Cliff Kennedy, left, presents certificates to the recipients of the Ohio High School Athletic Association scholar-athletic awards, Zach Sayre and Tanisha McKinney. They were selected to receive the awards on the basis of their accomplishments in both areas.
Marianne Campbell, left, and Wendy Harbarger of the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, present MHS students, Tanisha McKinney, Kassandra Mullins, Jeffrey Roush and Zach Sayre, scholarships of $2,500 each from the Forrest Bachtel Scholarship Fund.
POMEROY — Scholarships totaling nearly $400,000 were awarded to Meigs High School graduating seniors during the annual senior awards day assembly program held Thursday morning in the school gymnasium.
The top scholarship awards went to class valedictorian Jennifer Robinson, who received the Ohio University Jewell Cutler Scholar Award valued at $100,000, and salutatorian Olivia Cleek who was the recipient of the Ohio State University Land Grant Scholarship, also valued at $100,000.
Other students receiving top scholarship awards were Steven Mahr, an Ohio State University Morrill Excellence Scholarship valued at $40,136, and the Ohio State University Provost Scholarship of $12,000; Melissa Johnson, the Mount Vernon Nazarene University Academic Scholarship of $30,000; and Kassandra Mullins, the Shawnee State President’s Scholarship of $26,000.
Other scholarship recipients were Alison Brown, Marshall University A. Michael Perry Scholarship, $750, and VFW Post 9926 Scholarship, $500; Austin King, Milestone Benefits, Inc., Scholarship, $750, Milestone Benefits Inc. scholarship, $750; and Marshall University A. Michael Perry Scholarship, $750; Ben Reed, Milestone Benefits, Inc., Scholarship, $750; Brady Norville, Ohio University Gateway Scholarship, $1,000; Cassidy Hood, Marshall University River City Scholarship, $1,500, Marshall University Board of Governors Honors Scholarship, $2,500, VFW Post 9926 Scholarship, $500; Kayelynn Smith, Meigs High School Faculty Scholarship; Charles Richard Blakemore Crow, Ohio University Gatewood Scholarship, $2000, Robert Wingett charitable Trust Scholarship, $3000. and Ernest and Maxine Wingett Scholarship, $1,000; Chelsey Eads, VFW Post 9926 Scholarship, $500, and the Student Council Scholarship, $150;.
Cody Hanning, Dennis Boggs/Adam Grim Scholarship $300, Ohio University’s Robert and Joan Morton Scholarship, $1,000, Ohio University Edwin V. Gilliland Memorial Scholarship, $700, Bedford Township Scholarship, $500, Meigs Alumni Association Scholarship, $500, and Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters, $1,000; Dustin Lee, UNOPH HS Instructor Scholarship, Elizabeth Sprouse, Student Council Scholarship, $100, and Washington State Community College Tech Prep Scholarship, $500; Emalee Glass, Milestone Benefits,Inc Scholarship $750, Parker Long Scholarship, $500, Ohio University General Endowed Scholarship, $700; Heather Stewart, University of Rio Grande Partial Tuition Music Scholarship, $1000; Jeffrey Kimes, Crawford Grey Lewis Scholarship; and Jeffrey Roush, Milestone Benefits, Inc. Scholarship, $750, and Meigs High School Athletic Boosters Scholarship, $250.
Jennifer Robinson, Ohio University Jewell Cutler Scholar Award, $100.000, Maude Sellers Scholarship, $150. , and Holzer Clinic Science Award, $300; Kassandra Mullins, Shawnee State President’s Scholarship, $26,000 and McEleney Honors Scholarship,$1,000; Marlee Hoffman, McComas-Moore Memorial Scholarship, $500; Melissa Johnson, Mount Vernon Nazarene University Academic Scholarship, $30,000; and Red Cross Scholarship, $250;; Nathan Rothgeb, Middleport Alumni Scholarship; Olivia Cleek, Ohio State University Land Grant Scholarship, $100,000 and Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters, $1,000.
Rebecca Fortner, Milestone Benefits, Inc. Scholarship $750, Red Cross Scholarship, $250, and Linnie Taylor Scholarship, $2,000; Samantha King, Daughter of America Scholarship, $4,000; Steven Mahr, Milestone Benefits, Inc. Scholarship, $750, Ohio State University Morrill Excellence Scholarship, $40,136, Ohio State University Provost Scholarship, $12,000, Walter H. Kidd Engineering Scholarship, $500, Meigs Alumni Association Scholarship, $500, and Linnie Taylor Scholarship, $2,000.
Tanisha McKinney, Milestone Benefits, Inc. Scholarship, $750, and Meigs High School Athletic Boosters Scholarship, $250; Taylor Jones, Ohio University Gateway Scholarship, $500, and Louise Morehart Grant Music Scholarship, $500; Travis Tackett, OVEC Kyger Creek Scholarship, $250, Ohio University Gateway Scholarship, $750; Ohio University ACE Scholarship, $8,000; Victoria Wolfe, VFW Post 9926 Scholarship, $500; and Zachary Sayre, 2013 David V. Stivison Appalachian Community Action Scholarship, $1,000, Milestone Benefits, Inc., Scholarship, $750; Bowling Green State University Freshman Academic Scholarship, $1,500, and Meigs Alumni Association Scholarship, $500.
In addition to the above scholarships, five Fred W. and Eleanor Karr Crow, Jr. scholarships of $300 each were awarded to Charles Richard Blakemore Crow, Danielle Cullums, Alison Brown, Zachary Sheets, and Charlie Barrett III.
The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio awarded scholarships from the Forrest Bachtel Scholarship Fund totaling $10,000. Academic scholarships of $2,500 each went to Zach Sayre, and Kassandra Mullins, and athletic scholarships went to Tannisha McKinney and Jeffrey Roush. The Bachtel Scholarship was established by Dr. Harry Keig in 2004 in appreciation of a longtime relationship with Bachtel. Making the presentation was Marianne Campbell of the Foundation’s scholarship committee, accompanied by a Foundation representative, Wendy Harbarger .
Other scholarships awarded were Get Back in Action, $500, to Zach Sheets; the Josh Napper Scholarship of $1,500 to Stephenie Hoalcraft; the Troop 299 Eagle Scout award, amount unspecified, to Steven Mahr; the Brandy Thomas Scholarship of $1,500 to Morgan Lentz, a student at Ohio University, and Steven Mahr, Middleport Alumni Scholarship of $1,000 to the Nathan Rothgeb, and the archery scholarship of $500 Samantha King and Taylor Jones.
Also on hand to give recognition to students were members of military units, and the Drew Webster Post 39, American Legion Post which gave recognition to Steven Mahr and Jennifer Robinson. Academic scholar certificates were presented to students achieving a 3.5 grade point average during their senior year, and teachers acknowledged students with outstanding performance in their respective classes.
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