Following are scholarships awarded to graduating Sweet Home High School seniors, announced by the school. A total of more than $1 million was awarded this year, though exact figures for every award were not available.
Sweet Home Alumni Foundation Scholarships
Greg Hagle Memorial ($750) – Kobe Olson, Gracie Olson, Nathan Hager, Jessica Coats).
Robbie Melcher Memorial (Forestry/$1,000) – Daniel Virtue.
L. David and Janice M. Horner (Agriculture/Business/Music/$1,000) – Victoria Clark
Norm Davis Memorial (Wrestling/$1,000) – Kobe Olson
Casey “KC” Hanscam Memorial (Soccer/Track/$1,000) – Dana Hiett
John Seward Memorial (Swimming/$500) – Elea Hewitt
Chuck Smith Memorial (Law Enforcement/$1,000) – Gabriel Glynn
Jim Riggs Memorial ($1,000) – Victoria Clark
Keith Gabriel Memorial ($500) – Madisen Barringer
Maureen Scanlon Haynes ($2.500) – Jozie Balcom
Driggs Family Community Service ($1,000) – Elea Hewitt
Velma Martin Memorial ($1,500) – Michelle Isabell
Pat Baxter Memorial (Wrestling/$750) – Kobe Olson
Fun Forest (Timber Management/$1,000) – Gracie Olson
Ramona Waibel ($1,000) – Sarita Zanona
Carlson Family ($1,000) – Kristen Adams
McQueary Family (Technology/Engineering/Science/Medicine/$500) – Sean Wolthuis, Nathan Hager, Alana Van Eck, Madisen Barringer
Loren Emmert Family (Medicine/Education/$1,000) – Ashley Search
Millie Miller ($750) – Kylie Johnson
Virginia Dosser (Legal/Accounting/Technology/Nursing/$750) – Ilima Kaauwai-Walker
Tony and Shelly Larson (Applied/Life/Physical Science/$750) – Sean Wolthuis, Dana Hiett.
Keesecker Family (Biblical/Christian College/$750) – Kylie Johnson
Sportsman/Sorseth Family ($500) – Anakin Leyba, Makayla Towry, Jenna Underwood.
Cycle Oregon ($1,000) – Chloe Newport
Class of 1965 ($650) – Kenzie Adams
Class of 1976 ($500) – Alana Van Eck
Rotary Club ($500) – Kristen Adams
Sweet Home Kiwanis ($750) – Sophia Brown
Family Alumni (Alumnus in the Family/$500) – Kenzi Adams
SHAF General Scholarships – ($1,250) Gracie Olson, Elea Hewitt, Daniel Virtue; ($1,000) Kylie Johnson; ($750) Nathan Hager, Sean Wolthuis; ($500) Dana Hiett, Chloe Newport, Madisen Barringer, Jessica Coats, Ilima Kaauwai-Walker, Makayla Towry, Anakin Leyba, Jenna Underwood; ($350) Kenzie Adams; ($250) Sophia Brown, Michelle Isabell, Sarita Zanona; ($150) Ashley Search.
Gear Up Scholarships
($2,500 to each recipient, some over two years) – Kenzi Adams, Kristen Adams, Jozie Balcom, Madisen Barringer, Shania Baxter, Kiana Burks, Tori Clark, Gabriel Glynn, Nathan Hager, Elea Hewitt, Dana Hiett, Michelle Isabell, Kylie Johnson, Ilima Kaauwai-Walker, Anakin Leyba, Nicholas McIntyre, Sam Murray, Chloe Newport, Gracie Olson, Kobe Olson, Wesley Parker, Jake Porter, Cade Randall, Josh Rice, Nicholas Rietz, Ashley Search, Jared Smith, Jenna Underwood, Alana Van Eck, Daniel Virtue, Ivy Weidner, Sean Wolthuis, McKenzie Yoder, Sarita Zanona.
Collegiate Athletic Scholarships
Kobe Olson (wrestling at Umpqua Community College)
Jake Porter (wrestling at Umpqua Community College)
Brandon Vasfaret (swimming at Southwestern Oregon Community College)
Jessica Coats (swimming at Wagner College in New York)
Military Enlistments
Each of the following students have been admitted to one of the United States branches of military: Raymond Szubart, U.S. Navy; Katarina Kinker, U.S. Navy; Craig Hansen, U.S. Marines; Reuger Lyon, U.S. Marines; Cody Vasquez, U.S. Marines; Tristan Graham, U.S. Marines; Soriah Curtis, Air National Guard.
College and Other Scholarships
Colleges awarding academic scholarships (Amounts and recipients not designated): Brigham Young University, Corban University, Grand Canyon University, Linn-Benton Community College, Multnomah University, Oregon State University, Pacific Lutheran University, Portland State University, University of Oregon, Wagner College, Yale University.
Sweet Home Junior First Citizen ($250) – Sean Wolthuis, Elea Hewitt
Linn County Junior First Citizen ($500) – Elea Hewitt
Associated Oregon Loggers Scholarship ($1500/yr for 4 years) – Daniel Virtue
Foster Alumni Scholarship ($250) – Gracie Olson, Tori Clark, Nick Rietz
Sweet Home Rotary Scholarships ($1,000) – Sean Wolthius, Elea Hewitt
East Linn Masonic Lodge ($1,000) – Daniel Virtue
Oregon School Employees Association Scholarship ($500) – Kenzie Adams, Sophia Brown, Michelle Isabell, Alana Van Eck
Sweet Home Education Association Scholarship ($500) – Kristen Adams
Sweet Home Elks Lodge Most Valuable Student Award ($1,000) – Daniel Virtue, Elea Hewitt
2016 Sportsman’s Holiday Court ($500) – Elea Hewitt
2016 Sportsman’s Holiday Court ($1,200) – Tori Clark
2016 Sportsman’s Holiday Court ($2,170) – McKenzie Yoder
American Red Cross ($1,000) – Elea Hewitt
Cline Memorial ($350) – Ramon Humphreys, Carlos Ibarra, Jozie Balcom, Cody Kokesch, Justin Carpenter, Keanu Aiona, Codie Brown, Joshua Rice, Nicholas McIntyre, Jacob Porter, Jaysen St. Onge, Alana Van Eck, Sydny Chase, Crystal Ashby
Confederation of Oregon School Administrators ($1,000) – Daniel Virtue, Tori Clark
Comcast Leaders & Achievers ($1,000) – Gracie Olson
Robert Mealey Scholarship Linn County Small Woodlands Association ($1,000) – Daniel Virtue
Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District ($500) – Madisen Barringer
Sweet Home Sanitation ($1,000) – Daniel Virtue
Society of Women’s Engineers ($1,000) – Gracie Olson
Zonta International Club of Corvallis Young Women in Public Affairs Award ($3,000) – Elea Hewitt
Dan & Daisy Ashton Memorial Scholarship ($4,500) – (renewable for a second year) Kenzi Adams, Gabe Glynn, Nathan Hager, Ilima Kaauwai-Walker, Makayla Towry, Sarita Zanona. Renewed recipients: Kara Baker, CC Durheim, Christopher Forum, Makayla Horner, Jane Kline, Rachel Larkin, Kirsten Marin, Mikkala Weld, Deborah Windom.
Grace Patch Memorial Scholarship ($2,000) – (renewable for a second year) Lane Wilson
Grace Patch Memorial Scholarship ($2,750) – (renewable for a second year) Nick Rietz
Renewed for Josh Mabe ($2,750).