PHS Awards Night 2025

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PHS students earn $1.9 million in scholarships

Posted May 12, 2025

Members of the Plymouth High School Class of 2025 will be receiving nearly $1.9 million in scholarships, which were announced during the annual Awards Night held May 7 at the school.

The total includes the Arno A. & Loretta K. Vogt Memorial Scholarship, which will be divided evenly among 61 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 48 scholarships worth more than 65,246 administered by the Plymouth Education Foundation. 

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PHS seniors receiving scholarships

Deacon Allen: $1,500 Chris Helmer Memorial Scholarship

Samantha Andrews: $112,000 St. Norbert Presidential Scholarship; $4,000 Alumni Referral Award; $3,000 Roy Crawford Education & Development Foundation Scholarship

Cole Anhalt: $6,000 UW-Platteville Merit Scholarship; $5,000 Curt G. Joa Inc. Scholarship + internship; $2,500 Kees Manufacturing Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship

A’ziyah Bailey: $4,840 Kohler Foundation Advantage Lakeshore College Scholarship         

Alexis Balde: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Soccer Club Scholarship                   

Colton Beauchamp: $6,500 Walter & June Vollrath Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $750 World’s Cheese Center VFW Post 5612 Scholarship; $750 Martha Thalheim Scholarship; $500 David John Peters Memorial (Never Give Up) Scholarship; $500 PHS Football Boosters Scholarship

Miranda Beaudry: $7,000 June Longrie Vollrath Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Cascade Lions Club  Scholarship

Cayden Becker: $6,000 UW-Platteville Merit Scholarship; $500 “Hands On Your Future” Scholarship

Austin Behr: $5,000 Mitchell Heun Memorial Scholarship

Brooklyn Bersch: $98,000 Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Presidential Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $500 PHS Fine Arts Booster Visual Arts Scholarship; $150 Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizenship Award

Adam Bindl: $15,000 Leonard Gentine Sr. Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Plymouth Chamber of Commerce Scholarship; $500 Sheboygan County Junior Holstein Association Scholarship; $200 Melroy & Helen Kestell Scholarship

Jake Bins: $6,750 Wisconsin Technical Excellence Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Ernest & Ruth Haucke Memorial Scholarship; $1,000 Robert H. Mueller Trade Scholarship; $500 Kris Wimmler Memorial Scholarship

Campbell Booth: $24,000 CFANS Animal Science Department Scholarship; $20,000 University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Food, Agricultural & Natural Resources Sciences Scholarship; $15,000 Leonard Gentine Sr. Scholarship; $2,000 Plymouth Professional Business Women Scholarship; $1,500 UM Gophers Dairy Club Scholarship; $1,500 WI Holstein Foundation John Klossner Memorial Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Sheboygan River Progressive Farmers Scholarship; $1,000 Sheboygan Co. Farm Bureau Scholarship; $1,000 Plymouth Chamber of Commerce Scholarship; $500 Sheboygan Co. Jr. Holstein Association Scholarship; $500 FFA Alumni Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Snow Rangers Scholarship; $300 PHS Girls Basketball Booster Scholarship

Blake Buechel: $1,000 Ladewig-Zinkgraf American Legion Post #243 Scholarship; $500 “Hands On Your Future” Scholarship

Gabrielle Bunyea: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship

Lauren Cantwell: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship

Danielle Conto: $28,000 Morehead State University Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Stuart & Alyce Giffin Scholarship; $500 Knights of Columbus #1789 Harold Meyer Scholarship; $500 Jodi Hinz Memorial Scholarship

Mary Crumley: $2,500 Elizabeth A. Jewett Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Sheboygan County Area Retired Teachers Association Scholarship; $1,000 Peter Talen Memorial Scholarship; $1,000 UW-Stevens Point Invest in Your Purpose Scholarship; $500 PHS Fine Arts Booster Drama Scholarship; $500 Mary K. Croft Writing Scholarship; $250 Pointer Promise Scholarship

Hannah Downs: $1,000 Plymouth Lions Club Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Soccer Club Scholarship

Avery Duff: $5,000 Rhyan Family Class Exemplar Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Wisconsin Association of Cheer/Pom Coaches Scholarship; $600 GFWC Plymouth Woman’s Club Scholarship

Emily Entringer: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship

Isaac Falk: $131,600 Lakeland University Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $547 Bill Lammers Memorial Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Soccer Club Scholarship

Avalyn Friedel: $6,000 Winona State Presidents Honor Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship

Sylvia Gehl: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship

Marcus Gerlach: $2,000 Marshall Signs Scholarship

Benjamin Harpstead: $2,500 Jean Lammers Schwiesow Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $1,200 Jimmy Lohr Memorial Scholarship

Gaige Heller: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $500 VFW Post 9156 Giuliani Family Trades Scholarship

Chase Hellmer: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 American Legion Post 386 Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Utilities Scholarship; $500 PHS Football Boosters Scholarship

Barret Helmer: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Plymouth High School Alumni Scholarship; $500 Beyond the Badger State Scholarship; $250 Plymouth Boys Basketball Booster Club Scholarship; Senior Athletic Award

Brennan Helmer: $125,000 Chick Evans Scholarship for Caddies; $3,000 Royce Thalheim Scholarship; $1,500 Lisa & Brad Johnson Memorial Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $250 Sheboygan County Christian Youth Organization Athlete Award

Yahir Hernandez-Montoya: $4,840 Kohler Foundation Advantage Lakeshore College Scholarship

Wyatt Herzog: $6,750 Wisconsin Technical Excellence Scholarship

Ava Jaeckels: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Jesse Rock Scholarship; $300 PHS Girls Basketball Booster Scholarship

Shannon Jankuski: $64,000 University of Nebraska-Lincoln New Nebraskan Tuition Scholarship; $3,000 NR Nebraska Housing Credit; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship

Callie Jo Kiekhoefer: $1,000 Plymouth Lions Club Scholarship; $500 PHS Swim & Dive Alumni Scholarship; $500 Lakeshore College Promise Opportunity Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Rotary Club Scholarship

Thomas Kilian: $2,500 Imagine.Believe.Achieve. Scholarship in Memory of Leonard “Butch” Gentine Jr.

Mara Kohlmann: $1,000 Mueller Education & Library Science Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Utilities Scholarship

Chloe Krebsbach: $104,000 Carroll College Trustee Scholarship; $8,000 Sullivan Business Scholarship; $2,000 Music Scholarship; $2,000 Hilger Tradition Award; $1,500 Mike Slagle Memorial Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $500 World’s Cheese Center VFW Post 5612 Scholarship

Nehl Kremer: $88,000 Creighton University Founders Award; $8,000 Shaffel Award; $4,000 Labaj Award; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship

Ezrabella Kubow: $500 Lakeshore College Promise Opportunity Scholarship

Addison LaCount: $1,500 Chris Helmer Memorial Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Jeff Petrie Scholarship; $750 Meinhardt Orthodontics Scholarship

Grace Lambert: $6,500 Walter & June Vollrath Scholarship; $2,000 Lona Ahrnsbrak Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship

Emmett Lodl: $6,000 UW-Platteville Merit Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Acuity Scholarship

Emily Machovec: $10,000 UCLA Bruin Success Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Jesse Rock Scholarship

Alison Matzdorf: $10,000 Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Cougar Pride Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship

Ava Miller: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $300 PHS Girls Basketball Booster Scholarship; Senior Athletic Award

Olivia Monkoski: $60,000 Epprecht Family Foundation Scholarship; $8,000 Sheboygan Rotary Club Scholarship; $3,200 National Honor Society Scholarship; $3,000 Harold Steinke Scholarship; $2,000 Sheboygan Police Benevolent Association Scholarship; $1,500 Mental Health America - Lakeshore Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship

Macklyn Moore: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $600 Fox Valley Technical College Benefit Golf Outing Scholarship; $500 Pioneer Athletics Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Rotary Club Scholarship

Ella Morrison: $120,000 St. Norbert College Trustee Distinguished Scholarship; $12,000 Sartori Cheese Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Rachel Romps Kubitz Memorial Scholarship; $1,000 Alumni Scholarship; $1,000 American Legion Post 83 Scholarship; $500 Knights of Columbus #1789 Harold Meyer Scholarship; Lions Club Sportsmanship Award

Molly Munson: $35,000 Herbert V. Kohler Leadership Award; $9,000 Wisconsin Academic Excellence Scholarship; $2,000 James Theusch Scholarship; $2,000 Professional Business Women Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $200 Sheboygan Elks Lodge 299 Student of the Month Scholarship; WIAA Scholar Athlete Award

Jackson Neilitz: $6,816 Rock Valley College Athletic Scholarship

Lauren Niewolny: $50,000 Bellin College Admissions Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $1,200 Jimmy Lohr Memorial Scholarship; $1,000 Aurora Health Foundation Medical Staff Scholarship; $1,000 Plymouth Lions Club Scholarship; $1,000 Grahn Family Scholarship; $1,000 Wisconsin Association of Cheer/Pom Coaches Scholarship

Cora Nothem: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship

Kassidy Novak: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $250 PHS Wrestling Booster Club Scholarship

Adyson Olig: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Brianna Schneider Scholarship; $500 Lake Country Academy Scholarship

Isabelle Peterson: $22,000 Florida Southern College Watson Scholarship; $1,500 Southern Experience Scholarship

Sadie Pieterick: $1,500 Chris Helmer Memorial Scholarship; $500 Plymouth Education Association Scholarship; $500 Lou Jaeger Memorial Scholarship             

Kyleigh Rautmann: $4,840 Kohler Foundation Advantage Lakeshore College Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Plymouth Lions Club Scholarship

Evelyn Resimius: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $500 Knights of Columbus #1789 Harold Meyer Scholarship  

Vincent Reysen: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $500 PHS Fine Arts Booster Band Scholarship

Jonah Rodgers: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship

Samuel Rodgers: $2,000 UW-Stout Blue Devil Merit Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship

Sydney Rohde: $30,000 University of Oregon Minds Move Mountains Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship          

Grayson Schamberger: $6,000 UW-Platteville Merit Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $300 Ken’s Sports Academic Excellence Scholarship

Carter Schmitz: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Ardelle & Helen Gerber Schuricht Scholarship; WIAA Scholar Athlete Award

Brianna Schroeder: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 PHS Fine Arts Booster Scholarship

Kiley Schultz: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship

Regan Schwartz: $9,000 Wisconsin Academic Excellence Scholarship; $2,500 Jean Lammers Schwiesow Scholarship; $2,000 UW-La Crosse Merit Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $300 PHS Girls Basketball Booster Scholarship; $150 Jay Grosshuesch Scholarship; Senior Athletic Award

Christina Sember: $1,500 Helmer Memorial Scholarship

Devin Shircel: $5,000 Imagine.Believe.Achieve Scholarship in Memory of Leonard “Butch Gentine Jr.; $4,000 UW-Whitewater Merit Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship                

Brett Shutter: $2,500 Thielmann’s Athletic Club Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Lloyd Streblow Memorial Scholarship; $500 PHS Football Boosters Scholarship; $250 Plymouth Boys Basketball Booster Club Scholarship; Senior Athletic Award

Casey Smallish: $4,000 Kohler Company College Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship

Tyson Smith: Senior Athletic Award

Hope Southworth: $4,840 Kohler Foundation Advantage Lakeshore College Scholarship; $500 Pioneer Athletics Scholarship

Hannah Spiro: $56,000 Lakeland University Scholarship

Claire Steinacker: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Plymouth High School Alumni Scholarship

Michael Stephan: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $500 PHS Fine Arts Booster Choir Scholarship; $500 Kiel Area Youth Theatre Scholarship

Avery Stiefvater: $750 World’s Cheese Center VFW Post 5612 Scholarship

Callynn Strausser: $52,000 Concordia University WI Presidential Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship

Grant Thome: $500 Plymouth Utilities Scholarship; $500 J.M. Rock Family Scholarship; Lions Club Sportsmanship Award                         

Shelby Tollman: $211,600 Ripon College Knop Science Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 Stuart & Alyce Giffin Scholarship

Donna Tolman: $300 PHS Girls Basketball Booster Scholarship; Senior Athletic Award

Aubrey Vaughn: $1,500 Eleanor Fischong Scholarship; $1,000 Ladewig-Zinkgraf American Legion Post #243 Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $300 PHS Girls Basketball Booster Scholarship; Senior Athletic Award

Madelyn Weber: $12,000 Bellin College Scholarship; $1,250 Vogt Scholarship

Tayla Weisensel: $500 Plymouth Utilities Scholarship

Abigail Wiskirchen: $1,250 Vogt Scholarship; $1,000 American Legion Post 386 Scholarship

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