Sweet Home High School graduates in the Class of 2014 were awarded a total of $1,670,148 in scholarships and financial aid this year. That included $560,085 in scholarship funds, $650,000 in military educational funds that will go to enlistees, and 38 $2,500 GEAR UP scholarships totaling $95,000. The total figure also includes 48 ACT students who are moving on to Linn-Benton Community College under an arrangement with Sweet Home High School that allows them to study at LBCC for free, a $5,100 value.
Here are financial awards announced by high school officials at the end of the past school year:
Sweet Home Alumni Foundation Scholarships
SHAF Family Alumni ($1,000) – Kourtney Dixon
SHAF Fun Forest ($1,000) – Briana Warth
SHAF Carlson Family ($500) – Amelia Medina
SHAF David Horner ($750) – Kyle Rose
SHAF Greg Hagle ($1,000) – Emily Marchbanks
SHAF Chuck Smith ($750) – Ian Search
SHAF Norm Davis ($750) – Ian Search
SHAF Mona Waibel ($750) – Taya Cross
SHAF Rotary Club ($750) – Michael Tolle
SHAF Keesecker Family ($500) – Steven Ulmer
SHAF Maureen Scanlon Haynes ($1,000) – Brittany Davies, Andrea Martin
SHAF Jim Riggs ($750) – Grant Kauffman
SHAF Velma Martin ($750) – Emily Marchbanks
SHAF Driggs Family Community Service ($1,000) – Eddy McCartin
SHAF Kiwanis Club ($750) – Jarid Adams,
SHAF Ed Spencer ($1,278) – Amanda Hubbard
SHAF Pacific Power ($1,000) – Auna Davis
SHAF Cycle Oregon ($1,000) – Christina Jenkins
SHAF McQueary Family ($1,000) – Hannah Mather
SHAF Keith Gabriel ($750) – JT Weld
SHAF Loren Emmert Family ($750) – JT Weld
SHAF Robbie Melcher ($1,000) – Chace Hutchins
SHAF Cody McFarland ($750) – David Lewelling
SHAF General ($250) – Chace Hutchins, Hannah Mather, Eddy McCartin, Amelia Medina, JT Weld
SHAF General ($500) – Auna Davis, David Lewelling, Kyle Rose, Briana Warth
SHAF General ($600) – Amanda Hubbard
SHAF General ($750) – Kaelee Almy, Stephen Bishop, Amber Shuell
SHAF General ($800) – Katie Virtue
SHAF General ($1,000) – Jarid Adams, Stephen Bishop, Lacey Carranza, Roxanne Smith, Katie Virtue
SHAF General ($1,250) – Maria Gutierrez, Steven Ulmer
SHAF General ($1,500) – Haley Kent, Ian Wingo
GEAR UP Scholarships
($2,500 to each recipient) – Jarid Adams, Kristina Allyn, Kelee Almy, Montana Baxter, Karlie Callin, Amanda Coone, Nickolas Dadey, Molly Dadey, Brittany Davies, Auna Davis, Maria Gutierrez, Amanda Hubbard, Brett Humphries, Chace Hutchins, Johnie Isabell, Christina Jenkins, Spencer Knight, Mary Lingenfelter, Emily Marchbanks, Andrea Marsh, Shela Marsh, Autumn Martin, Eddy McCartin, Kalin McPherson, Judah Moore, Teira Moore, Michael Moser, Justin Nicholson, Hannah Rice, Austin Rice, Tahali Robbins, Ian Search, Tanna Storkson, Faith Swaney, Michael Tolle, Steven Ulmer, Katie Virtue, Ariel Volkers and JT Weld.
ACT Program Participants
($5,100/year at LBCC) – Robert Ackeret, Lacey Carranza, Brenton Clark, Kara Clement, Taya Cross, Natalie Currey, Katie Currey, Bryce Daniels, Alena Davis, Wesley Davis, Kourtney Dixon, Daniel Folres, Amy Frentz, Shea Fritz, Sadie Gordon, Kaleb Graham, Seana Harer, Kaleb Harris, Jessica Hoover, Kenneth Jones, Grant Kauffman, Courtney Kent, Haley Kent, David Lewelling, Sarah Lowe, Hannah Mather, Amelia Medina, Racheal Miller, Caleb Pelletier, Peyton Plebuch, Nicole Rasmussen, Sarah Ray, Ryan Richards, Kyle Rose, Amber Shuell, John Sims, Roxanne Smith, Adanna Spencer, Micaela Steiner, Haley Swanson, Benjamin Terry, Austin Valloni, Briana Warth, Kaitlyn Watts, Austin West, Zachary Wicker and Ian Wingo.
College and Other Scholarships
Sweet Home Junior First Citizens: Amanda Hubbard and Jarid Adams – $150 recognition awards.
Collegiate Athletic Scholarships — Emily Marchbanks (Clackamas Community College) $3,600/year athletic tuition scholarship for two years for total of $7,200; Katie Virtue (Oregon Institute of Technology) $4,274.50/year athletic tuition scholarship for four years for total of $17,098.
Military enlistments: Each of the following students has been admitted to one of the United States branches of military. Upon completing their required tour of duty, each enlistee is eligible for the Post 9/11 GI Bill that includes approximately $100,000 to complete a degree at the college of their choice plus each branch offers an undetermined amount of money to help with annual living expenses while the student is attending school. Each enlistee will receive approximately $130,000 – Joseph Fern, U.S. Navy; Cody Hall, U.S. Air Force; Jacob Marner, U.S. Marines; Randi Rockstead, U.S. Air Force; and Taylor Webb, U.S. Coast Guard.
Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship ($1,000) – Jarid Adams
Confederation of Oregon School Administrators ($1,000) – Katie Virtue.
Oregon State 4-H CHS Foundation ($1,000) – Katie Virtue.
Kiwanis International Sweet Home Chapter Dream Team Member Recognition ($500) – Bobby Ackeret, Jarid Adams, Eddy McCartin.
National Merit Scholarship Corporation UPS Foundation James E. Casey Scholarship ($6,000/year – $24,000) – Katie Virtue.
Sweet Home Rotary Club Scholarships ($1,000) – Jarid Adams, Amanda Hubbard, Katie Virtue.
Dan and Daisy Ashton Memorial Scholarships (Tuition for 12 credits per term for one year at LBCC) — Jarid Adams, Michael Moser, Eddy McCartin and alumni Taylor Thorpe, Kaitlyn Wickline.
Sweet Home Elks Lodge Most Valuable Student Award ($1,000) – Katie Virtue, Michael Tolle.
St. Helen’s Billie Drago Memorial Scholarship – Auna Davis ($1,000).
Selmet Honors Award ($2,500/year for total of $10,000) – Katie Virtue.
Oregon School Employees Association Scholarship ($500) – Maria Gutierrez.
Sweet Home Education Association Scholarship ($500) Michael Tolle, Kristen Tolle. Also, Austin Brown, Philomath H.S. ($300) and Mareen Pappin, Marist High School ($200).
SELCO Community Credit Union ($1,500) – Amanda Hubbard.
Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District Volunteer Association ($600) – JT Weld.
Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District Women’s Association ($500) – Brittany Davies, Amanda Hubbard, Katie Virtue.
Charles and Hazel Cline Memorial Scholarships – ($750) Mary Lingenfelter, ($600) Shela Marsh, Hannah Rice, Mikaela Steiner, Megan Thompson, Leticia Virgen.
Joseph and Gloria Barry Elkins Family Scholarhsip ($2,500/year for four years to University of Oregon) – Christina Jenkins.
Sportsman’s Holiday Court Princess Scholarships – ($819) Hannah Mather, ($1,040) Brianna Warth.
East Linn Masonic Lodge Scholarship ($1,000) – Brittany Davies.
OSU Diversity Achievement Award ($1,00/year for a total of $4,000) – Jarid Adams
Willamette University Scholarship ($21,000/year for four years, totaling $84,000) – Auna Davis
Willamette University Academic Grant ($4,950/year for four years, totaling $19,800) – Auna Davis
George Fox Presidential Scholar Award ($14,000/year for four years, totaling $56,000) – Amanda Hubbard
George Fox Duke Scholar Award ($12,000/year for four years, totaling $48,000) – Chase Hutchins
OSU Sweet Home Scholarship $2,100/year for four years, totaling $8,400) – Eddy McCartin
LBCC Foundation Georgia-Pacific Halsey Mill Scholarship (1,200) – Eddy McCartin
SHHS Booster Club Boy of the Year ($250) – Kyle Rose
SHHS Booster Club Girl of the Year ($250) – Katie Virtue
University of Idaho Discover Idaho Merit Grant ($6,000/year for four years, totaling $24,000) – Michael Tolle
University of Idaho Discover Idaho Access Scholarship ($4,000/year for four years, totaling $16,000) – Michael Tolle
Taylor University Academic Scholarship ($10,000/year for four years, totaling $40,000) – Steven Ulmer
OIT Foundation Wendt Presidential Scholarship ($2,500/year for four years, totaling $10,000) – Katie Virtue.