Seniors receive awards, scholarships
May 13, 2021
Wednesday May 12, the class of 2021 was honored for their academic accomplishments with scholarships and awards. Also named were the top 10, including Valedictorian Anna Becker and Salutatorian Kylie Garton.
EAST NOBLE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2021 TOP TEN – Valedictorian – Anna Becker, Salutatorian – Kylie Garton, Carly Turner, Kyler Corbin, Kayla Desper, Mariah Maley, Holly Butler, Chandler Rathke, Shayla Bowker & Ethan Fuller
SHERI BERHALTER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP – Anna Strong
JOSEPHINE KIMMELL ART AWARD – Lydia Gisel
JANIC
E WALTER MEMORIAL / EAST NOBLE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP – Mackenzie Ross
MATTHIAS KRETLER TOOL & DIE/ENGINEERING – Braeden Ball
NOBLE COUNTY EXTENSION HOMEMAKERS SCHOLARSHIP – Mariah Maley
KENDALLVILLE LIONS CLUB SCHOLARSHIP – Kayla Desper
NOBLE REMC SCHOLARSHIP – Karly Kirkpatrick
RICHARD BENTZ LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP – Mariah Maley
CHARLES & MARGARET LEAMON MEMORIAL BOWLING SCHOLARSHIP – Shayla Bowker
BURTON W. RIMMEL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP – Ashgaan Al-Bahal
WAYNE CENTER ELEMENTARY PARENT ACTION COMMITTEE SCHOLARSHIP – Kayla Desper
NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY PTO SCHOLARSHIP – Carly Turner
SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO SCHOLARSHIP – Leslie Solis
SYLVAN LAKE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP – Maliah Hampshire
AVILLA SCHOOL PTO SCHOLARSHIP – Miah Hudson & Mackenzie Ross
GASLIGHT PLAYHOUSE – Lynnette Strong
RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE SCHOLARSHIP – Morgan Forker
SANDY DESPER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP – Kyle Blackburn, Kayla Desper & Walker Leamon
BETA ASSOCIATE CHAPTER OF TRI KAPPA SCHOLARSHIP – Joslyn Keel
BETA ASSOCIATE CHAPTER OF TRI KAPPA ENGLISH AWARD – Rachel Carpenter
BETA ASSOCIATE CHAPTER OF TRI KAPPA VOCAL MUSIC AWARD – Emilia Beck
BARGAIN SHOPPE OF THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH SCHOLARSHIP – Kasandra Shire & Lynnette Strong
ROME CITY/BRIMFIELD LIONS CLUB SCHOLARSHIP – Abby Anderson, Maliah Hampshire & Samuel Logan
RICHARD STONEBRAKER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS PRESENTED BY THE KENDALLVILLE ROTARY CLUB – Avan Beiswanger, Genesis Click & Mariah Maley
ROMAN PRIDE SCHOLARSHIP – Rehab Yahya
EAST NOBLE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1975 SCHOLARSHIP – Ethan Beachy
DELTA THETA TAU SORORITY THESPIAN FEMALE AWARD – Savanah Lagemann
ROME CITY SAL SCHOLARSHIP – Mitchell Bell
AMERICAN LEGION POST 381 – Karly Kirkpatrick
NICCUM EDUCATIONAL TRUST – Anna Strong, Leah Strong & Lynnette Strong
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS-KENDALLVILLE SCHOLARSHIP – Kayla Desper & Ryan Gienger
CHAD WAPPES MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP – Cassandra Taylor
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP – Leah Strong
XI DELTA EPSILON CHAPTER-BETA SIGMA PHI SORORITY – Lynette Strong
IU SCHOLARSHIP IN MEMORY OF JOHN ATZ BY TIM & ANITA HESS – Jaycee Knafel
ANDREW CARPENTER MEMORIAL YOUTH BASEBALL SCHOLARSHIP – Elijah Hanson
ARTHUR FRANKLIN MAPES MEMORIAL LITERARY SCHOLARSHIP – Grace Patton
ALPHA ASSOCIATE CHAPTER OF TRI KAPPA SCHOLARSHIP – Lynnette Strong
IMPACT AWARD – Leslie Solis
KENDALLVILLE EAGLES LADIES AUXILIARY #985 SCHOLARSHIP – Avan Beiswanger, Kyle Blackburn, Rachel Carpenter, Mariah Maley & Lynnette Strong
KENDALLVILLE ELKS #1194 SCHOLARSHIP – Kayla Desper & Walker Leamon
BOLLHOFF, INC. – ENGINEERING & SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP – Lorraine Strong
KENDALLVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SCHOLARSHIP – Rachel Carpenter & Anna Strong
A.J., CLARICE & PETER JAMES ROGERS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP –Bryn Blaskie
NOBLE COUNTY YOUNG PROFESSIONAL NETWORK SCHOLARSHIP – Maliah Hampshire
CHRISTINE EDER & VIRGIE NEIZER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP – Leah Strong
GAMMA XI CHAPTER TRI KAPPA SCHOLARSHIP – 4 YEAR ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP – Leah Strong
GAMMA XI CHAPTER TRI KAPPA SCHOLARSHIP – EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP – Mariah Maley & Lynnette Strong
GAMMA XI CHAPTER TRI KAPPA SCHOLARSHIP – MERIT SCHOLARSHIP – Maliah Hampshire
GAMMA XI CHAPTER TRI KAPPA SCHOLARSHIP – HELEN R CONKLIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP – Maliah Hampshire
GAMMA XI CHAPTER TRI KAPPA SCHOLARSHIP – KATHERINE LAWSON MEMORIAL ART AWARD – Traneisha Gentry
GAMMA XI CHAPTER OF TRI KAPPA THESPIAN MALE AWARD – Hunter Evans
GAMMA XI CHAPTER TRI KAPPA SCHOLARSHIP – VOCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP – Amer Alahmar
Arthur A. & Hazel S. Auer Scholarship – Mitchell Bell & Dorothy Tipton
Delta Theta Tau Sorority IOTA IOTA Chapter Scholarship in memory of Tammi Riecke – Lynnette Strong
Oliver and Eleanor Ellenbecker Education Program Scholarship – Anna Strong
Oliver and Eleanor Ellenbecker Bachelor’s Program Scholarship – Lorraine Strong
Oliver and Eleanor Ellenbecker Medical Profession Scholarship – Lynnette Strong
Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council Scholarship – Wesley Potts
Peter R. Bottomley Scholarship – Ethan Musselman
Talia Joy Smith “Performing Arts” Scholarship – Savanah Lagemann
Dr. Richard R. (MD) & Theresa M. Gutstein Memorial Scholarship – Mariah Maley
Joseph A. and Lolita J. Hornett Memorial Scholarship – Mariah Maley
Benjamin H. Murray Scholarship – Alex Clouse & Cassandra Taylor
Art & Jeanne Howard 4-H Scholarship – Mariah Maley
Noble County Memorial Scholarship in Memory of: Kenneth Forker, Chester E. Dekko, Howard G. Heckner, John E. Hogan, Dorothy Mossman, Dave Knopp, Loretta & Christine Noe, Sandra K. Shepherd, Sylvan Springs, Ruthann Richards, Linda L. Speakman-Yerick – Kyler Corbin & Lynnette Strong
EAST NOBLE CLASS OF 1969 – Alex Clouse
Paul Pelikan Memorial Scholarship – Anna Strong
Hilda H. Rehwinkel Scholarship – Lynnette Strong
Dave Smith Memorial Scholarship – Dorothy Tipton
P.U.L.S.E. Endowment in memory of Dave Knopp Scholarship – Kyler Corbin
Chester A. & Bessie C. Throp Scholarship – Ethan Musselman
John and Mary Schermerhorn Memorial Scholarship – Wyatt Huckeriede
Cecil C. and Bettie I. Smith Scholarship – Payton Ross & Anna Strong
Max Sneary, M. D. Memorial Scholarship – Lynnette Strong
Josh Stahl Scholarship – Kyler Corbin
John E. and Joan E. Robinson Scholarship in memory of their son Bill Robinson – Lynnette Strong
Trent Zuehsow Memorial Scholarship – Savanah Lagemann
Benjamin B. and Kathleen June Earley Memorial Scholarship – Kayla Desper
Captain James M. Treesh Scholarship – Mackennzie Wisner
Clarence and Marie Woolf Scholarship – Mariah Maley
Community Foundation of Noble County Top Honors – Kayla Desper, Mariah Maley, Wesley Potts, Lynnette Strong & Carly Turner
Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship – Anna Becker
OLIVE B. COLE FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS – Avan Beiswanger, Kyle Blackburn, Rachel Carpenter, Genesis Click, Kayla Desper, Bianca Everson, Ethan Fuller, Kylie Garton, Lydia Gisel, Maliah Hampshire, Wyatt Huckeriede, Savanah Lagemann, Mariah Maley, Kasandra Shire, Anna Strong, Leah Strong, Lorraine Strong, Lynnette Strong, Dorothy Tipton & Morgan Walz
KIWANIS ATHLETIC MENTAL ATTITUDE AWARDS – Jacob Graden & Mariah Maley
OUTSTANDING SENIOR FEMALE ATHLETE – Kylie Garton
OUTSTANDING SENIOR MALE ATHLETE (POP GUYMON AWARD) – Cole Schupbach
EAST NOBLE HONOR STUDENTS (3.2 to 3.49 GPA) – Amer Alahmar, McKenna Arnett, Natalie Baculima-Castro, Mitchell Bell, Faith Borrero, Genesis Click, Dylen Fox, Jasmine Freeman, Elliot Hackman, Elijah Hanson, Hannah Hartman, Sala Hosani, Ryan Johnson, Ashton Jordan, Matthew Kumfer, Jenna Long, Marina Martinez, Riley Meade, Halima Mohsen, Kaitlin Mullins, Garner Owens, Grant Owens, Grace Patton, Karrah Rarick, Brenda Rodriguez, Payton Ross, Cristian Sanchez, Nada Sawal, Wafa Sawal, Cole Schupbach, Kasandra Shire, Cassidy Shortridge, Endia Simpson, Lorraine Strong, Dorothy Tipton, Xzavier Vice, Margarita Villa, Aiva Wilson
EAST NOBLE HIGH HONOR STUDENTS (3.5 or above) – Salma Alawi, Noora Albajari, Manal Ali, Aarzag Al-Sharfi, Abby Anderson, Jalyn Baxter, Emilia Beck, Anna Becker, Avan Beiswanger, Kyle Blackburn, Bryn Blaskie, Shayla Bowker, Holly Butler, Rachael Carlson, Rachel Carpenter, Kathryn Clark, Kyler Corbin, Laura DeLong, Kayla Desper, Bianca Everson, Ethan Fuller, Kylie Garton, Ryan Gienger, Lydia Gisel, Jacob Graden, Maliah Hampshire, Wyatt Huckeriede, Miah Hudson, Autumn Huff, Aliyah Jimenez, Joslyn Keel, Karly Kirkpatrick, Jaycee Knafel, Savanah Lagemann, Lauren Lash, Walker Leamon, Kimberly Li, Ashtin Likes, Samuel Logan, Emily Lowery, Mariah Maley, Wesley Potts, Chandler Rathke, Mackenzie Ross, Leslie Solis, Ruby Sprague, Brooke Stewart, Leah Strong, Lynnette Strong, Carly Turner, Morgan Walz, Rachel Weng, Rehab Yahya
SENIOR DEPARTMENT AWARDS –
Agriscience – Wyatt Huckeriede
Business – McKenna Arnett
English – Holly Butler
Family & Consumer Science – Endia Simpson
Foreign Language – Kayla Desper
Instrumental Music – Ethan Musselman
Mathematics – Anna Becker
Performing Arts – Chandler Rathke
Physical Education – Carly Turner
Science – Wesley Potts
Social Studies – Noora Albajari
Visual Arts – Anna Strong
Vocal Music – Hunter Evans
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY – Mariah Maley
MULTILINGUAL PROFICIENCY CERTIFICATES – Amer Alahmar, Manal Ali, Noora Albajari, Salma Alawi, Rachel Carpenter, Ruby Marquez, Brenda Rodriguez, Leslie Solis & Rehab Yahya
FOUR YEAR PERFECT ATTENDANCE – Manal Ali, Kasandra Shire, Endia Simpson & Brooke Stewart
MILITARY RECOGNITION
Scholastic Excellence Award – Anna Becker & Kyler Corbin
“Semper Fidelis” Award for Musical Excellence – Abbygail Hernandez
Distinguished Athlete Award – Avan Beiswanger & Wesley Potts
ACADEMIC WALL OF FAME INDUCTEES CLASS of 2020 – Benjamin Jansen Salutatorian & Ian Schowe Valedictorian