PHS Awards Night 2023

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PHS students earn $1.6 million in scholarships

Posted May 22, 2023

Members of the Plymouth High School Class of 2023 will be receiving more than $1.6 million in scholarships, which were announced during the annual Awards Night held May 17 at the school.

The total includes about $81,200 from the Arno A. & Loretta K. Vogt Memorial Scholarship, which will be divided evenly among 58 recipients, who have a 3.0 grade-point average and participated in at least 10 high school extracurricular activities. Each will receive about $1,400. Arno (1904-1988) and Loretta K. Vogt (1906-1997) were lifelong learners and dedicated educators, who lived in Plymouth and taught in Sheboygan County schools.

Also among the awards were 42 scholarships worth more than $61,000 administered by the Plymouth Education Foundation.  “This is the largest award total in PEF history,” said foundation executive director Andrea Schultz. “Thank you so much to all of our donors for supporting our graduating seniors!”

Learn more:
• Read an article about PHS students earning major art scholarships.
• Explore the Academic Excellence section of our interactive, award-winning District Report Card to learn more about how our students create knowledge and develop skills to become leaders and innovators in the ever-evolving global community.


PHS seniors receiving scholarships

Alexander Ames: $52,000 Concordia University Presidential Merit Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $500 PHS Football Booster Club Scholarship; $250 PHS Boys Basketball Booster Club Scholarship; Senior Athletic Award; East Central Conference Academic Award

Carson Anhalt: $10,000 Epprecht Family Foundation Scholarship; $4,000 UW-Platteville Merit Scholarship; $2,000 Sheboygan County Meat Animal Sale; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $500 FFA Alumni Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Utilities Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Snow Rangers Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award

Tate Argall: $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Alice Ebenreiter Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award

Luci Bein: $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Chamber of Commerce Scholarship

Brady Bleck: $15,000 Leonard Gentine Sr. Scholarship; $5,500 UW-Madison William & Janice Ward Family Agriculture Enrichment Scholarship; $2,000 Dustin K. Knaus Memorial Golf Scholarship; $2,000 Sheboygan County Meat Animal Sale; $1,500 Robert P. & Edna B. Niedermeier Dairy Science Memorial Scholarship; $1,500 The Golfers Club at Town & Country; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $1,200 Jimmy Lohr Golf Scholarship; $1,000 Country Visions Cooperative & CP Feeds Scholarship; $1,000 Stuart & Alyce Giffin Scholarship; $500 Sheboygan County Holstein Association Scholarship

Madeline Brown: $2,500 UW-GB Phuture Phoenix: Ignite the Future      

Lauren Bunyea: $3,000 Elizabeth A Jewett Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Helen P. Gilboy Scholarship

Benjamin Coley: $1,500 Plymouth High School Alumni Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award

Lauren Conto: $16,000 Kohler Company College Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Kelly & Margaret O’Neall Agriculture Scholarship; $1,000 Country Cooperative & CP Feeds Scholarship; $1,000 Stuart & Alyce Giffin Scholarship; $500 Dairy Doctors Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award; Lions Club Girls Sportsmanship Award

Ethan DeMunck: Senior Athletic Award

Anna Depping-Herzog: $44,864 UW-Madison Mercile J. Lee Scholarship; $40,000 Ruth DeYoung Kohler Merit in the Arts Award; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $1,100 Barbara Voelker Memorial Scholarship

Miriam Fabian: $1,400 Vogt Scholarship

Breanna Flores: $10,000 Herb Kohl Student Initiative Scholarship; $5,000 UW-Whitewater King/Chavez Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Plymouth Masonic Lodge #167 Scholarship; $500 JM Rock Family Scholarship; $500 PHS Swim & Dive Alumni Scholarship

Arianna Fohr: $13,500 National Buckeye Scholar; $1,500 Eleanor Fischong Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Ohio State University Ohio Trustees Scholarship; WI Global Scholars Certificate

Elise Friedel: $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Lisa & Brad Johnson Memorial Scholarship; WI Global Scholars Certificate

Carter Fuerst: $4,000 Kohler Co. Inspirational Award; $750 Worlds Cheese Center VFW #5612 Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Utilities Scholarship   

Calyssa Hall: $42,000 DePaul University Vincentian Award

Reymar Harms: $1,400 Vogt Scholarship

Collin Harvey: $4,000 Kohler Co. Inspirational Award; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 James Hemauer Memorial Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award

Hilde Haucke: $10,800 LTC Promise Scholarship; $750 Worlds Cheese Center VFW Post 5612 Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Chamber of Commerce Scholarship

Laura Henze: $7,000 Walter & June Vollrath Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $750 PHS Fine Arts Booster Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award

Ella Hogue: $1,000 Plymouth Lions Club Scholarship

Emma Hollister: $1,000 Jeff Petrie Scholarship

Natalie Johnson: $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $1,280 UW-GB Bill & Pat Larsen Endowed Phuture Phoenix Scholarship; $1,000 Ernest Broeniman Scholarship

Clarissa Jones: $76,000 St. Norbert College John F. Kennedy Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Plymouth Lions Club Scholarship

Ethan Kawa: $2,000 Marshall Sign Scholarship

Kaylee Kleinhans: $72,000 Lakeland University Presidential Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Rachel Romps Kubitz Memorial Scholarship; $750 Wisconsin American Legion Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award

Mira Koene: $2,000 Marshall Sign Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $750 Worlds Cheese Center VFW #5612 Scholarship

Allison Kultgen: $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Soccer Club Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award

Ryan Lautenschlaeger: $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Plymouth Lions Club Scholarship                                                                                            

Ellison Lilyquist: $108,000 St. Norbert College Distinguished Trustee Scholarship; $1,500 Mike Slagle Memorial Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $300 Plymouth Girls Basketball Boosters Scholarship; WIAA Scholar Athlete Honorable Mention; Senior Athletic Award; East Central Conference Academic Award

Allison Limberg: $30,600 Grand Canyon University President Scholarship; $5,000 June Longrie Vollrath Scholarship; $3,000 Sartori Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Country Visions Cooperative & CP Feeds Scholarship; $500 Sheboygan Co. Farm Bureau Scholarship; $500 GFWC Plymouth Woman’s Club Scholarship; $500 Hands on Your Future Scholarship

Elizabeth Manthey: $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Utilities Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Rotary Club Scholarship; $500 Northcentral Technical College Foundation Scholarship

Caleb Martell: $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Rotary Club Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award                                

Ryan McEvoy: $6,750 Wisconsin Technical Excellence Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Robert H. Mueller Trade Scholarship         

Andru Miller: $4,000 Kohler Co. College Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Lloyd Streblow Memorial Scholarship; $500 PHS Football Booster Club Scholarship; $250 PHS Boys Basketball Booster Club Scholarship; Senior Athletic Award; East Central Conference Academic Award

Jake Miller: $6,750 Wisconsin Technical Excellence Scholarship; $2,000 Imagine Believe Achieve Scholarship in Memory of Leonard “Butch” Gentine; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship

Connor Miley: East Central Conference Academic Award

Wyatt Moore: $4,000 Kohler Co. College Scholarship; $2,500 Jean Lammers Schwiesow Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Plymouth Lions Club Scholarship; $500 PHS Football Booster Club Scholarship; WIAA Scholar Athlete Honorable Mention; Senior Athletic Award; East Central Conference Academic Award

Braden Neu: $2,000 Paul A. Riddle Memorial Scholarship; $1,500 Plymouth High School Alumni Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship

Cady Ninnemann: $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $200 Melroy & Helen Kestell Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award

Kaelei Olig: $72,000 University of Tampa Presidential Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Jessie Rock Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award

Forest Olsen: $24,000 Colorado School of Mines Provost Award; $12,000 Eileen Bruce Memorial Scholarship; $3,000 Harold Steinke Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship

Oliana Ozbaki: $2,000 Plymouth Professional Business Women’s Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship

Zayda Pankow: $15,000 Leonard Gentine Sr. Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $1,200 Jimmy Lohr Golf Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award

Cassandra Pilling: $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Salem UCC Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Soccer Club Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award

Julianna Pohl: $5,000 Mitchell Heun Memorial Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Ambelang-Ebelt-Lau American Legion 386 Scholarship; $500 Knights of Columbus #1789 Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award

Kaitlyn Scharenbroch: $10,000 LTC Promise Scholarship

Brooke Schuenemann: $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Mueller Education & Lebray Science Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Education Association Scholarship; $250 PHS Wrestling Booster Club Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award

Brandon Schultz: $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Sheboygan County Farm Bureau Scholarship; $500 FFA Alumni Scholarship

Austin Schwartz: $64,000 Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Merit Scholarship; $10,000 MIAD Scholarship Portfolio Class Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship

Carson Schwartz: $9,000 WI Academic Excellence Scholarship; $2,500 Jean Lammers Schwiesow Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award

Natalie Schwarz: $92,000 St. Norbert College Presidential Scholarship; $2,000 Plymouth Professional Business Women’s Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship

Carter Selk: $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Ardelle & Helen Gerber Schuricht Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Utilities Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award

Masee Selk: $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Jessie Rock Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award

Ryan Selk: $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $500 PHS Swim & Dive Alumni Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award

Nicholas Shircel: $35,000 Herbert V. Kohler Leadership Award; $20,000 University of Minnesota Gold Scholar Award; $12,000 Johnsonville Scholarship; $9,000 WI Academic Excellence Scholarship; $4,000 Imagine Believe Achieve Scholarship; $2,500 National Merit Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship

Jacob Shutter: $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $500 PHS Football Booster Club Scholarship; $250 PHS Boys Basketball Booster Club Scholarship; Senior Athletic Award; East Central Conference Academic Award; Lions Club Boys Sportsmanship Award

Emma Sprenger: $10,000 Sentry Insurance Student Leadership Scholarship; $4,000 Presidential Purple Scholarship;
$2,000 Plymouth Professional Business Women’s Scholarship; $2,000 Lona Ahrnsbrak Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $500 UW-Stevens Point Pointer Promise Scholarship

Eli Steiner: $1,500 UW-Stevens Point Paper Science & Chemical Engineering Foundation Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 UW-Stevens Point Invest in Your Purpose Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award

James Steinhardt: $2,000 Sheboygan Early Bird Rotary Scholarship; $2,000 Sheboygan County Meat Animal Sale; $1,000 Ernest & Ruth Haucke Memorial Scholarship; $1,000 Ambelang-Ebelt-Lau American Legion 386 Scholarship; $700 Treyden Gonzalez Memorial Scholarship; $500 Cascade Lions Club Scholarship; $500 Sheboygan Contractor Association Scholarship

Sydney Steinhardt: $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Lou Jaeger Memorial Scholarship

Maisy Sternhagen: $90,000 Ruth DeYoung Kohler Scholarship for Artistic Excellence; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Ladewig-Zinkgraf American Legion Post 243 Scholarship; $1,000 PHS Fine Arts Booster Scholarship; $500 Hands on Your Future Scholarship

Ava Stroessner: $120,000 University of Arizona Merit Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Beyond the Badger State Scholarship

Nathaniel Stucke: $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Elden M. Amundson Family Scholarship

Abigail Tagel: $2,000 Sheboygan Early Bird Rotary Scholarship

Molly Trepanier: $60,000 Auburn University Academic Heritage Scholarship; $5,000 Rhyan Family Class Exemplar Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $200 Elks Student of the Month Scholarship

Alex Weisensel: $1,400 Vogt Scholarship

Sarah Welsch: $108,000 St. Norbert College Distinguished Trustee Scholarship; $2,000 James Theusch Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Aurora Health Foundation (Medical Staff) Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Soccer Club Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award

Hannah Wettstein: $72,000 Edgewood College Dominican Scholarship; $4,000 Edgewood College Aspiring Fine Arts Scholarship; $1,400 Vogt Scholarship; $750 Worlds Cheese Center VFW 5612 Scholarship

NOTE: Please notify the PHS Counseling Department of any errors or omissions.