PHS students earn $1.8 million in scholarships

Posted May 11, 2026

Members of the Plymouth High School Class of 2026 will be receiving more than $1.8 million in scholarships, many of which were announced during the annual Scholarship Awards Night held May 6 at the school.

The total includes the Arno A. & Loretta K. Vogt Memorial Scholarship, which will be divided evenly among 66 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.

PHS Class of 2026 scholarships

Mattea Abhold:
$2,000 Plymouth Lions Club Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 GFWC Plymouth Woman’s Club Scholarship

Macie Abraham:
$80,000 Natalie Black SPEF Scholarship
$15,000 Leonard Gentine Sr. Scholarship
$5,000 Leonard “Butch” Gentine Memorial Scholarship
$2,000 Dairy Farmers of America Cares Foundation Scholarship
$2,000 Compeer Financial Scholarship
$2,000 Plymouth Professional Business Women Scholarship
$1,500 The Golfers Club at T&C Scholarship
$1,200 Jimmy Lohr Memorial Gold Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 UW-Madison Badger Dairy Club Scholarship
$1,000 Sheboygan County Dairy Committee Scholarship
$1,000 Sheboygan River Progressive Farmers Scholarship
$1,000 Premier Insurance Solutions Scholarship
$500 Dairy Doctors Veterinary Services Scholarship
$500 Kris Wimmler Memorial Scholarship
$200 Melroy & Helen Kestell Scholarship

Addison Arnold:
$6,500 Walter & June Vollrath Scholarship
$2,000 Peter Talen Memorial Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 UW-Milwaukee Chancellor’s Merit Scholarship
$500 UW-Milwaukee Black & Gold Scholarship

Alaina Arnold:
$80,000 Ruth DeYoung Kohler Scholarship for Artistic Excellence
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 Ernest Broeniman Scholarship

Maxwell Backhaus:
$152,000 Ripon Faculty Scholarship
$14,656 Ripon Commitment
$8,000 Wiedey Family Ensemble Scholarship
$4,000 Ripon Music Scholarship
$500 David John Peters Memorial/Never Give Up Scholarship

Cavin Baltus:
$136,000 Pere Marquette Scholarship
$9,000 Academic Excellence Scholarship
$5,000 Leonard “Butch” Gentine Memorial Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 Plymouth Chamber of Commerce Scholarship
$500 Knights of Columbus #1789 Scholarship
$500 Plymouth Soccer Club Scholarship

Magnus Blad:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship

Parker Bersch:
$500 Plymouth Panther Football Scholarship

Jack Boerger:
$2,500 Moriarity Trades Scholarship
$500 Plymouth Utilities

Grace Bonde:
$2,500 UW-Green Bay Scholarship

Oliver Boxrucker:
$500 PHS Fine Arts Booster – Drama Scholarship

Kade Burdick:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$500 Will Johnson, Kyle Fredericks & Rachel Jorgensen Memorial Scholarship

Tamera Cohn:
$2,000 Plymouth Lions Club Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship

Owen Conto:
$2,000 Paul Riddle Memorial Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$500 “Hands on Your Future” Scholarship
$500 Will Johnson, Kyle Fredericks & Rachel Jorgensen Memorial Scholarship

Sawyer Dailey:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 Ambelang-Ebert-Lau Post 386 Scholarship
$1,000 Aurora Health Foundation Medical Staff Scholarship
$500 Beyond the Badger State Scholarship
$250 PHS Wrestling Club Boosters Scholarship

Aidan DeMunck:
$15,000 Leonard Gentine Sr. Scholarship
$5,000 Mitchell Heun Memorial Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 UW-Whitewater War Hawk Exceptional Academics Scholarship
$500 Plymouth Panther Football Scholarship
$250 Plymouth Boys Basketball Booster Scholarship

Alysen Dippel:
$52,000 New American University Dean’s Scholarship
$30,000 ASU Commitment Scholarship
$12,000 West Valley Campus Scholarship
$12,000 ASU Living And Learning Award
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Scholarship
$500 Knights of Columbus #1789 Scholarship

Brianna Donner:
$7,000 Presidential Scholarship
$2,000 Trustee Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 Ambelang-Ebert-Lau Post 386 Scholarship
$1,000 Grahn Family Scholarship
$1,000 Central College Journey Scholarship
$500 Central Endowed Scholarship

Grace Erdly:
$1,500 Mike Slagle Memorial Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$750 Meinhardt Orthodontics Scholarship
$500 Knights of Columbus #1789 Scholarship

Tyller Farr:
$16,000 Kohler Company Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship

Aubrey Fischer:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$500 PHS Fine Arts Booster – Band Scholarship

Katherine Fischer:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 Rachel Romps Kubitz Memorial Scholarship

Gianni Frausto:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship

Eli Fuerst:
$1,000 Robert H. Mueller Trade Scholarship

Kathrine Gentine:
$44,000 Iowa State Academic Achievement Award
$8,000 Iowa State Expedition Award  
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 Stuart & Alyce Giffin Scholarship
$500 Dairy Doctors Veterinary Services Scholarship

Adella Gritt:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship

Tia Grucelski:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 PHS Fine Arts Booster Scholarship

Hailey Hamer:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship

Natalie Heinz:
$1,500 Plymouth High School Alumni Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship

Claire Hermanson:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$500 PHS Fine Arts Booster – Choir Scholarship

Maxwell Hill:
$2,500 Jean Lammers Schwiesow Scholarship
$2,000 UW-Whitewater Chancellor Scholars
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$250 Plymouth Boys Basketball Booster Scholarship

Mya Hogue:
$1,500 Eleanor Fischong Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship

Clara Hollister:
$1,500 Chris Helmer Memorial Scholarship
$1,000 Mueller Education & Library Science Scholarship
$1,000 Jeff Petrie Scholarship

Johanna Hoopman:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$500 Cascade Lions Club Scholarship
$500 Elden M. Amundson Family Scholarship

Anneliese Huss:
$68,000 William Penn University Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 Hermitage Conservation Club Scholarship
$1,000 Outdoor Conservation Club Scholarship
$250 VFW Post 9156 Auxiliary Scholarship
$200 Calumet County Sportsmen’s Alliance Scholarship

Glenn Iseler:
$6,500 Walter & June Vollrath Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship

Iris Johnson:
$2,000 Plymouth Firefighter Association Education Scholarship
$500 Plymouth Rotary Club Scholarship

Lindsey Kawa
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship

Brianna Klahn:
$1,500 Early Bird Rotary Club at Sheboygan Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$500 Plymouth Snow Rangers Scholarship

Destiny Klahn:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship

Joslyn Kletzien:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship

Kalli Knowles:
$132,000 University of St. Thomas Academic Scholarship
$8,000 Milwaukee Area Pathway Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$500 Plymouth Soccer Club Scholarship
$500 Jesse Rock Scholarship

Kailee Kornetzke:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship

Delani Krahn:
$500 Winona State University Academic Award

Ayden Krebsbach:
$2,000 Lisa & Brad Johnson Memorial Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship

William Krebsbach:
$2,000 Lona Ahrnsbrak Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$500 Plymouth Utilities Scholarship

Angela Krueger:
$1,250 Sheboygan County 4-H Blue Ribbon Scholarship

Cameron Kulow:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 Worlds Cheese Center VFW Post 5612 Scholarship
$500 J.M. Rock Family Scholarship

Hope Lambert:
$1,500 Chris Helmer Memorial Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship

Kate Lehn:
$15,000 Bellin College Institutional Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$500 Jesse Rock Scholarship

Jacklyn Lensmire:
$2,000 Early Bird Rotary Club of Sheboygan Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$350 Class of 1965 Scholarship

Colton Lindman:
$1,000 Ladewig-Zinkgraf American Legion Post 243 Scholarship
$500 PHS Swim & Dive Alumni Scholarship

Ruby Lucksted:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship

Riley McCulley:
$2,500 Jean Lammers Schwiesow Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$500 PHS Swim & Dive Alumni Scholarship

Addison Meyer:
$2,000 Plymouth Professional Business Women’s Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship

Ashley Miller:
$3,000 Harold Steinke Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 Lloyd Streblow Memorial Scholarship
$1,000 Acuity Insurance Scholarship
$300 Plymouth Girls Basketball Booster Club Scholarship

Deven Miller:
$500 Plymouth Panther Football Scholarship

Zack Miller:
$6,750 Technical Excellence Scholarship
$5,000 Michels Corporation Construction Scholarship
$2,500 Moriarity Trades Scholarship
$2,000 Harold & Gloria Meyer Scholarship
$2,000 Early Bird Rotary Club of Sheboygan Scholarship
$1,500 in tools Tomorrow’s Trades Today Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 Ernest & Ruth Haucke Memorial Scholarship
$1,000 Ken Grebe Memorial Scholarship
$500 Plymouth Utilities Scholarship
$500 Plymouth Rotary Club Scholarship
$500 Scott Curtiss Memorial Scholarship

Nikolas Nelson:
$500 Plymouth Panther Football Scholarship

Norah Nelson:
$2,000 Plymouth Lions Club Scholarship
$1,500 Plymouth High School Alumni Scholarship

Brennan Nickel:
$150,000 Herbert V. Kohler Scholarship
$60,000 Epprecht Scholarship
$10,000 Kohler Credit Union Scholarship
$9,000 Academic Excellence Scholarship
$5,000 Rhyan Family Class Exemplar Scholarship
$5,000 Curt G. Joa Inc. Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 Sheboygan Police Benevolent Association Scholarship

Haylen Odekirk:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 Salem United Church of Christ Scholarship
$500 Jodi Hinz Memorial Scholarship

Adele Orth:
$3,000 Elizabeth A. Jewett Scholarship
$1,500 Chris Helmer Memorial Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$500 Plymouth Education Association Scholarship

Alexandra Pilling:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 Salem United Church of Christ Scholarship
$1,000 UW-Stevens Point Invest in Your Purpose Scholarship

Claire Poppe:
$2,000 UW-Milwaukee Chancellors Merit Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$400 Joanne Lammers Memorial Scholarship
$300 Plymouth Girls Basketball Booster Club Scholarship

Jaycob Schaub:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$500 Plymouth Panther Football Scholarship

Elise Schneider:
$1,500 Chris Helmer Memorial Scholarship
$1,225 Donna M. Sheedy Endowed Scholarship in honor of Robert & Mary Jean Sheedy

Megan Schuenemann:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship

Ethan Schuette:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 Stuart & Alyce Giffin Scholarship
$500 Plymouth Utilities Scholarship

Kayden Schultz:
$252,076 Michigan Technological University Athletic Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$500 Knights of Columbus #1789 Scholarship
$250 Plymouth Boys Basketball Boosters Scholarship

Layla Sherman:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$500 “Hands on Your Future” Scholarship

Cael Shuman:
$64,000 Lakeland University Scholarship

Dylan Smith:
$7,300 June Longrie Vollrath Scholarship
$2,000 Plymouth Lions Club Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 Ladewig-Zinkgraf American Legion Post 243 Scholarship
$1,000 Worlds Cheese Center VFW Post 5612 Scholarship

Michael Smith:
$250 Plymouth Health Service/North Shore Scholarship

Kali Soberg:
$350 Class of 1965 Scholarship

Cora Steiner:
$7,000 UW-Platteville Merit Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 Ardelle & Helen Gerber Schuricht Scholarship

Sydney Steiner:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 UW-Stevens Point Invest in Your Purpose Scholarship

Ana Clara Volpato Stemper:
$67,200 UW-Madison Mercile J. Lee Scholarship Program
$2,000 James Theusch Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$500 Knights of Columbus #1789 Scholarship

Ezra Streblow:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$500 PHS Fine Arts Booster – Visual Arts Scholarship
$300 Plymouth Girls Basketball Booster Club

Max Trepanier:
$6,750 Wisconsin Technical Excellence Scholarship
$2,500 Kees Manufacturing Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship

Ava Truttschel:
$2,000 Drift Busters Snowmobile Club Scholarship
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship

Rachel Van Derven:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$500 Alice Ebenreiter Scholarship

Logan VanDrie:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 Plymouth Chamber of Commerce Scholarship
$500 David John Peers Memorial/Never Give Up Scholarship

Carter Weinhold:
$500 Plymouth Panther Football Scholarship

Tristan Wettstein:
$1,200 Jimmy Lohr Memorial Golf Scholarship

Tyler Williams:
$1,200 Vogt Scholarship
$1,000 UW-Platteville Academic Merit Scholarship