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Posted May 20, 2024
Members of the Plymouth High School Class of 2024 will be receiving nearly $2.2 million in scholarships, which were announced during the annual Awards Night held May 15 at the school.
The total includes the Arno A. & Loretta K. Vogt Memorial Scholarship, which will be divided evenly among 55 recipients who have at least a 3.0 grade-point average and participated in at least 10 high school extracurricular activities. 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 are 43 scholarships worth more than $67,050 administered by the Plymouth Education Foundation.
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Emma Adema: $80,000 Wisconsin Lutheran College GPA Based Merit Scholarship, $8,000 WLC Home School Scholarship, $4,000 WLC Art Scholarship
Jaren Baltus: $114,000 Marquette University Pere Marquette Scholarship, $6,000 Marquette Magis Campus Resident Scholarship, $6,000 Marquette Ignation Distinction Scholarship; $15,000 Leonard Gentine Sr. Scholarship; $12,000 Johnsonville Scholarship Program Award; $5,000 Mitchell Heun Memorial Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Knights of Columbus Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Soccer Club Scholarship; $200 Sheboygan Elks Club Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award
Mitchell Barber: $56,000 Lakeland University Achievement Scholarship
Penny Barta: $50,000 Lakeland University Promise Scholarship, $6,000 Lakeland Golf Scholarship, $4,000 Lakeland Quarter Finalist Scholarship
Hailey Batzner: $1,500 Plymouth High School Alumni Perpetual Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; WIAA Scholar Athlete Award; Senior Athletic Award; East Central Conference Academic Award
Brooke Bein: $2,500 KLorraine Salon Cosmetology Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $500 March Mission Aveda Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Rotary Club Scholarship
Sarah Birenbaum: $1,500 UW-Milwaukee Chancellor’s Merit Scholarship, $500 UW-M Black & Gold Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Brianna Schneider Scholarship
Thomas Blad: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $250 Plymouth Boys’ Basketball Booster Club Scholarship
Trevor Bruckner: $12,000 Sartori Company Scholarship; $4,000 UW-Platteville Merit Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Utilities Scholarship
Cordel Bruggink: $1,000 Ambelang-Ebelt-Lau American Legion Post 386 Scholarship
Afina Budrecki: $1,200 Jimmy Lohr Memorial Golf Scholarship; $1,000 Dustin “Dusty” Knaus Memorial Golf Scholarship
Boden Budrecki: $1,000 Rachel Romps Kubitz Memorial Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award
Ava Bulin: $2,000 Plymouth Firefighter Association Education Scholarship; $1,000 Will Johnson, Kyle Fredericks, & Rachel Jorgensen Memorial Scholarship
Emily Chen: $1,000 Ladewig Zinkgraf American Legion Post 243 Scholarship
Aidan Cohn: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award
Silas Dailey: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $250 PHS Wrestling Booster Club Scholarship
Owen Ellinger: $10,400 Lakeshore Technical College Promise Scholarship; $500 Helen P. Gilboy Scholarship
Helena Erdly: $100,000 St. Norbert College Presidential Scholarship, $4,000 St. Norbert Music Scholarship, $1,000 St. Norbert Alumni Referral Award, $1,000 St. Norbert Visit Award; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Utilities Scholarship
Delaney Fischer: $116,000 Marquette University Pere Scholarship, $1,500 Marquette Magis Campus Resident Award, $1,500 Marquette Ignatian Distinction Scholarship
Austin Gilbert: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 UW-Milwaukee Black and Gold Scholarship
Max Halle: $2,000 Peter Talen Memorial Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Education Association Scholarship; $500 Lou Jaeger Memorial Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award
Savannah Halle: $116,000 St. Norbert College Trustee Distinguished Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Stuart & Alyce Giffin Scholarship
Ava Hendrickson: $600 Fox Valley Technical College General Fund Scholarship, $250 FVTC Foundation NARI of North East WI High School Scholarship
Vivian Iseler: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship
Jack Jacquat: $4,000 Imagine. Believe. Achieve Scholarship in Memory of Leonard “Butch” Gentine Jr.; $2,000 Dustin “Dusty” Knaus Memorial Golf Scholarship; $1,500 The Golfers Club @ T & C Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $250 Plymouth Boys’ Basketball Booster Club Scholarship; Senior Athletic Award; East Central Conference Academic Award
Alaina Jones: $5,000 UW-Whitewater King/Chavez Scholarship; $500 “Hands On Your Future” Mark Provencher Sr. & Robert Provencher Scholarship
Pria Joseph: $9,000 Wisconsin Academic Excellence Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Ardelle & Helen Gerber Schuricht Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award
Hollee-Olivia Kaiser: $64,000 Lakeland University Deans Scholarship, $12,000 Lakeland Service and Leadership Scholarship, $8,000 Lakeland Science, Technology & Education Scholarship
Annelise Kleiber: $4,000 UW-Milwaukee Chancellor’s Merit Scholarship, $2,000 UW-M Black & Gold Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Fine Arts Booster Scholarship; $500 Knights of Columbus Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award
Erynn Kletzien: $6,000 June Longrie Vollrath Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Plymouth Chamber of Commerce Scholarship
Caden Kluth: $600 Fox Valley Technical College Betty Lutes Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Rotary Club Scholarship
Melina Knowles: $144,000 University of St. Thomas Athletic Scholarship, $66,000 St. Thomas Academic Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Soccer Club Scholarship
Ethan Kober: $500 Plymouth Utilities Scholarship
Cora Kohlman: $15,000 Leonard Gentine Sr. Scholarship; $2,000 Sheboygan County Meat Animal Sale Committee Scholarship; $1,500 Compeer Financial Scholarship; $1,500 UW-River Falls Falcon Soar Award; $1,000 Premier Insurance Solutions Scholarship; $1,000 Country Visions Cooperative and CP Feeds Scholarship; $1,000 Stuart & Alyce Giffin Scholarship; $500 Dairy Doctors Scholarship
Ethan Kohlman: $2,500 Jean Lammers Schwiesow Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Plymouth Masonic Lodge, Cassia #167 Scholarship; $300 PHS Football Booster Club Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award
Ryan Koll: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Aurora Health Foundation Medical Staff Scholarship; $300 PHS Football Booster Club Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award
Lillian Krueger: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship
Joseph Krusiec: $1,000 Ernest Broeniman Scholarship; $500 Knights of Columbus Scholarship
Alysha Lehrke: $2,500 UW-Green Bay Scholarship; $1,000 Plymouth Lion’s Club Scholarship; $750 World’s Cheese Center VFW Post 5612 Scholarship; $500 J.M. Rock Family Scholarship
Zoe Ludington: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship
Grant Luedtke: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $500 PHS Swim & Dive Alumni Scholarship; $300 PHS Football Booster Club Scholarship; $250 UW-Stevens Point Pointer Promise Scholarship
Gaven Marx: $1,000 Will Johnson, Kyle Fredericks, & Rachel Jorgensen Memorial Scholarship
Shea McMullen: $52,000 Concordia University Wisconsin Presidential Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $1,100 Barbara Voelker Memorial Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award
Edison Mella: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $300 PHS Football Booster Club Scholarship; $200 Melroy & Helen Kestell Scholarship
Jade Meyer: $64,000 Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Merit Scholarship
Jenna Meyer: $10,400 Lakeshore Technical College Promise Scholarship
Alise Mooney: $2,000 Plymouth Professional Business Women’s Scholarship; $2,000 Lona Ahrnsbrak Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Wisconsin Association of Cheer/Pom Coaches Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award
Julia Mulder: $200 Dairy Doctors Scholarship
Claire Nelson: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Plymouth Lion’s Club Scholarship; $1,000 Gale & Renae Grahn Family Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award; Global Scholar Award
Mylee Nickel: $5,000 Rhyan Family Class Exemplar Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 UW-Stevens Point Invest in Your Purpose Scholarship, $500 UW-SP Sentry School of Business Scholarship; $1,000 FBLA Lorraine Missling Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award
Sawyer Paape: $10,400 Lakeshore Technical College Promise Scholarship; $1,000 Robert H. Mueller Scholarship
Lauryn Pelnar: $80,000 University of Arizona Excellence Award; $1,500 Eleanor Fischong Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Plymouth Lion’s Club Scholarship; $1,000 Lisa & Brad Johnson Memorial Scholarship; $800 World’s Cheese Center VFW Post 5612 Scholarship; $600 GFWC Plymouth Woman’s Club Scholarship; $500 Beyond the Badger State Scholarship
Owen Plate: $25,000 Herbert V. Kohler Incentive Scholarship; $3,000 Harold Steinke Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 WIAA Scholar Athlete Scholarship; WIAA Scholar Athlete Award; Senior Athletic Award; East Central Conference Academic Award
Harper Ploeckelman: $7,000 Walter & June Vollrath Scholarship; $500 “Hands On Your Future” Mark Provencher Sr. & Robert Provencher Scholarship
Grace Poppe: $120,000 Marquette University Pere Marquette Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Elden M. Amundson Family Scholarship; Lion’s Club Sportsmanship Award; East Central Conference Academic Award
Preston Raeder: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 UW-Stevens Point Invest in Your Purpose Scholarship
Cresence Ramaeker: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award
Andrew Rau: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $300 PHS Football Booster Club Scholarship
Wyatt Rodgers: $2,000 UW-Stout Blue Devil First Year Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award
Justin Sabel: Kohler Foundation Advantage Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award
Zeb Schermacher: East Central Conference Academic Award
Kerissa Schleicher: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship
Isabel Schmelter: $100,000 St. Norbert Presidential Scholarship, $4,000 St. Norbert's Music Scholarship; $1,000 St. Norbert’s Visit Award; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship
Jordan Schmitt: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Lloyd Streblow Memorial Scholarship; $300 PHS Football Booster Club Scholarship; $250 Plymouth Boys’ Basketball Booster Club Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award
Brylee Schuenemann: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Jesse Rock Memorial Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award
Tanner Schultz: $64,000 Lakeland University Deans Scholarship, $8,000 Lakeland Sheboygan County Scholarship; $1,200 Jimmy Lohr Memorial Golf Scholarship; $250 Plymouth Boys’ Basketball Booster Club Scholarship; Lion’s Club Sportsmanship Award
Kathryn Schwartz: $6,750 Wisconsin Technical Excellence Scholarship; $2,500 Wisconsin 4-H Foundation Hendrickson Memorial Scholarship; $2,000 Sheboygan County Meat Animal Sale Scholarship; $2,000 Imagine.Believe.Achieve. Scholarship in Memory of Leonard “Butch” Gentine Jr. Scholarship; $600 Fox Valley Technical College Sam Fran Agriculture Scholarship
Natalie Seifert: $116,000 St. Norbert College Trustee Distinguished Scholarship
Brielle Seymour: $60,000 Epprecht Family Foundation Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $750 Fine Arts Booster Scholarship
Cadence Seymour: $1,500 Mike Slagle Memorial Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $500 PHS Swim & Dive Alumni Scholarship
Mariah Smeltzer: $500 University of Wisconsin Black & Gold Scholarship
Danh C. Smith: $2,375 UW-Green Bay Byron L. Walter Family Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Utilities Scholarship
Jenesa Soberg: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship
Allison Steiner: $3,000 Elizabeth A. Jewett Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Jeff Petrie Scholarship; $1,000 UW-Stevens Point Invest in Your Purpose Scholarship, $250 UW-SP Pointer Promise Scholarship, $250 UW-SP Admissions Scholarship
Emma Steinhardt: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship
John Steinhardt: $4,000 Kohler Company Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $300 PHS Football Booster Club Scholarship
Jillian Straub: $2,000 James Theusch Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award
Sophia Suchocki: $1,500 Plymouth High School Alumni Perpetual Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; Senior Athletic Award; East Central Conference Academic Award
Isaac Tayse: $10,400 Lakeshore Technical College Promise Scholarship
Joshua Thiry: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Snow Rangers Scholarship
Taylor Trakel: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Jesse Rock Memorial Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Soccer Club Scholarship; Lion’s Club Sportsmanship Award; East Central Conference Academic Award; Senior Athletic Award
Marco Troka: $9,000 WI Academic Excellence Scholarship; $2,500 Jean Lammers Schwiesow Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; Senior Athletic Award
Mario VanDrie: $1,000 Plymouth Lion’s Club Scholarship
Lauren Wagner: $6,750 Wisconsin Technical Excellence Scholarship; $2,000 Kees Inc. Scholarship; $1,000 Ernest & Ruth Haucke Scholarship; $750 Vollrath Union Scholarship; $750 Cap Council Scholarship Local 1472 Scholarship
Emma Weedman: $119,000 St. Norbert College Trustee Distinguished Scholar; $5,000 Just Kids Dental SC Scholarship; $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award
Jackson Weinhold: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $1,250 UW-Stevens Point Admission Scholarship
Sage Wifler: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship
Alec Wilderman: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award
Dylan Youmans: $1,500 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Ambelang-Ebelt-Lau American Legion Post 386 Scholarship; $500 Cascade Lion’s Club Scholarship; East Central Conference Academic Award
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Video courtesy of Plymouth Community Television