Scholarships

Many different scholarships are available to apply for. Below are a few samples. Click on the links below for a full list of detailed scholarships available and the scholarship FAQ’s.

Alvin E. Egbert Scholarship Fund
AmVets Post #333 Scholarship Fund
Auglaize DD Legacy Scholarship
Beckie Bell Bledsoe Memorial Scholarship
The Berg Family Scholarship
Marilyn and Richard Chadwick Scholarship
Carl & Imogene Atkins Alpha Strength Scholarship
Steven A. and Marie E. Bilyj Scholarship Fund
Ida Brown Scholarship
Richard and Cindy Chadwick Scholarship
CYO Girls Basketball Scholarship
Jesse Doseck Memorial Scholarship
Paul E. Fisher Jr. Scholarship Fund
Freymuth-Sutton Scholarship
Jason C. Kline Scholarship Fund
Riley and Jean Hardacre Family Scholarship Fund
Al & Gladys Heinrich Scholarship
Deborah A. Kleinhenz Scholarship
Sheriff James M. & Carol A. Knoch Scholarship
Scott Lhamon Scholarship
The Sons of the American Legion Post #330 Jerry Mason Memorial Scholarship
Tom Kohlrieser Agricultural Scholarship
Mary Place Baker Scholarship Gifted by Dr. Robert F. Baker
Michelle A. Schulte Ewald Scholarship
Richard A. and Mary L. Lowry Scholarship
Merle and Opal Miller Scholarship
Arlene M. Metz Scholarship
Minster Bank Scholarship
Naylor Scholarship
Diane Inbody Pepple Memorial Scholarship
Larry Sanders Memorial Scholarship
Niki Schaub 4-H Scholarship
Jason Strauser Memorial Scholarship Fund
Veteran’s of Foreign Wars Post 8445 Scholarship Fund
Layla Yoakam Memorial Scholarship
Wapakoneta Community Scholarship Fund
-Ben Stoll Heartbeat Scholarship
-Barb Norton Scholarship
-Masonic Lodge Leland Stroh Scholarship
-Riverside Art Center Scholarship
-Roots & Shoots Garden Club Scholarship
-Wapakoneta Lions Club Scholarship
-Wapakoneta Sertoma Scholarship
-Pauline Menges Nursing Scholarship
-Walter G. Menges Police Training Scholarship
Wapakoneta Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 691 Scholarship
Wapakoneta Rotary Club Scholarship
Wapakoneta Woman’s Club Scholarship

Full List of Detailed Scholarships | Scholarship FAQ’s

Scholarship Opportunities

These are some of schools that the foundation offers scholarship opportunities (please check each scholarship for specific eligibility requirements):

Botkins
Indian Lake
Lima Senior
Minster
New Bremen
New Knoxville
St. Marys Memorial
Upper Scioto Valley
Wapakoneta
Waynesfield-Goshen

Scholarship Recipients

WACF 2023 Scholarship Awards

Effective: June 6, 2023

Total scholarships awarded: 150

Total scholarship funds awarded: $223,250

NOTE: Scholarships are listed in order of the year in which they were established.

Ida Brown Scholarships
Established in 1990

Karrisa Ayers – $1,500
Sarah Hansen – $1,500

Total Award:  $3,000

Scott Lhamon Scholarship
Established in 1990

Paityn Bowman – $1,000

Minster Bank Scholarship
Established in 1993

Dylan Whitehead – $1,000

Al & Gladys Heinrich Scholarships
Established in 1995

Jackson Courter – $1,000
Grace Schneider – $1,000 (Renewal)

Total Award: $2,000

Naylor Scholarship
Established in 1995

Maggie Bloomfield – $1,500

Berg Family Scholarship
Established in 1996

Megan Kohler – $1,000

Wapakoneta Woman’s Club Scholarships
Established in 1997     

Jocee Tenwalde – $1,000
Carlie Tester – $1,000
Megan Kohler – $1,000

Total Award: $3,000

Paul E. Fisher Scholarship
Established in 1999

Thomas Young – $1,500

Hardacre Family Scholarships
Established in 1999

Lauren Place – $1,000 (Renewal)
Cassandra Shroyer – $1,000 (Renewal)

Total Award: $2,000

VFW Post #8445 Scholarships
Established in 2000

Avery Place – $1,000
Amber Schnippel – $1,000
Haven Swink – $1,000 (Renewal)
Kassidy Mitchell – $1,000 (Renewal)
Alexis Barrett – $1,000 (Renewal)
Garrett Seifring – $1,000 (Renewal)

Total Award: $6,000

Chad & Cindy Chadwick Scholarship
Established in 2003

Josephine Muller – $1,000

CYO Girls Basketball Scholarships
Established in 2004

Alyssa Zwiebel – $350
Emma Boyer – $350

Total Award: $700

Wapakoneta Eagles Aerie #691 Scholarships
Established in 2006

Grace Bensman – $2,000
Kassidy Mitchell – $2,000
Andrew Mosler – $2,000
Georgia Schroeder – $2,000
Alexandra Steinke – $2,000
Cassandra Shroyer – $2,000 (Renewal)

Total Award:  $12,000

Arlene Metz Teaching Scholarship
Established in 2006

Logan Crow – $1,000

Diane Inbody Pepple Scholarship
Established in 2006

Annabelle Lawrence – $500

Richard & Mary Lowry Scholarship
Established in 2007

Braiden Lee – $1,000

Jesse Doseck Scholarship
Established in 2009

Carlie Schroeder – $1,000

Freymuth-Sutton Scholarship
Established in 2009

Reyna Woodruff – $1,000

Sons of the American Legion Post #333 Jerry Mason Memorial Scholarship
Established in 2009

Jacob Crow – $1,500

Jason Kline Scholarship
Established in 2010

Kyle Rex – $2,000

Jason Strauser Memorial Scholarships
Established in 2011

Olivia Tangeman – $1,000
Carlie Tester – $1,000
Connor Brown – $1,000 (Renewal)
Kelsey Fullenkamp – $2,500 (Renewal)

Total Award: $5,500

Stephen & Marie Bilyj Scholarships
Established in 2012

Kylie Mahaffey – $1,500
Addisyn Cooper – $1,500
Hannah Prine – $1,500
Sarah Hansen – $1,500
Carlie Schroeder – $1,500
Anne Grumblis – $1,500
Maggie McDermitt – $1,500
Alexis Barrett – $1,500
Noelle Hunter – $1,500

Total Award: $13,500

Wapakoneta Community Scholarship Fund Scholarships
Established in 2013

Karrisa Ayers – $1,100
Landon Brandt – $1,100
Nathan Doll – $1,100
Makayla Frame – $1,100
Abigail Hamill – $1,100
Alex Honigford – $1,100
Kyle Rex – $1,100
Reyna Woodruff – $1,100
Makenna Bailey – $650
Emma Boyer – $650
Lance Deffenbaugh – $650
Gabrielle Goliver – $650
Sarah Hansen – $650
Nathan Schneider – $650
Grant Bauer – $400
Paityn Bowman – $400
Logan Crow – $400
Conner Lause – $400
Keaton Lenhart – $400
Andrew Mosler – $400
Amber Schnippel – $400

Total Award: $15,500

Individual Scholarships within the Wapakoneta Community Scholarship Fund

Wapakoneta Lions Club Scholarship

Carlie Schroeder – $1,000

Barbara Norton Memorial Scholarships

Emma Boyer – $500
Nathan Schneider – $500

Total Award: $1,000

Leland Stroh Hamer Lodge Masonic Scholarships

Megan Kohler – $500
Avery Place – $500

Total Award: $1,000

Roots & Shoots Garden Club Scholarship

Amelia Bailey – $500

Riverside Art Center Scholarship

Josephine Muller – $500

Ben Stoll Heartbeat Scholarships

Trevor Hasting – $500
Thomas Young – $500

Total Award:  $1,000

Neil A. Armstrong Scholarship

Nathan Doll – $500

Wapakoneta Rotary Club Scholarships

Karissa Ayers – $1,000
Paityn Bowman – $1,000
Keaton Lenhart – $1,000

Total Award: $3,000

Alvin Egbert Scholarship
Established in 2014

Dylan Bambauer – $1,000

Merle & Opal Miller Scholarships
Established in 2014

Carlie Schroeder – $7,500
Kyra Sutherland – $7,500
Lyndi Hemmelgarn – $7,500
Maggie McDermitt – $7,500
Sarah Hansen – $7,500
Alexis Copeland – $5,000
Anne Grumblis – $5,000
Addisyn Cooper – $2,000
Hannah Prine – $2,000
Noelle Hunter – $2,000
Rylie Jeanneret – $1,500
Megan Kohler – $1,000
Kylie Mahaffey – $1,000
Kiara Holtzapple – $8,000 (Renewal)
Rylie Barrington – $7,500 (Renewal)
Mariangelica Cannizzo – $7,000 (Renewal)
Gracie Casebolt – $5,000 (Renewal)
Addalyn Allen – $5,000 (Renewal)
Alexis Barrett – $2,500 (Renewal)
Hannah Schulze – $2,500 (Renewal)
Allison Wilson – $2,500 (Renewal)
Kassidy Mitchell – $2,000 (Renewal)
John Kohler – $2,000 (Renewal)

Total Award: $89,300

Mary Place Baker Scholarship
Established in 2015

Karrisa Ayers – $5,000

Mark Coomer Memorial Tool Scholarships
Established in 2016

Tabitha Price – $500
Nicholas Daniels – $500
Daniel May – $500

Total Award: $1,500

Carl & Imogene Atkins Scholarship
Established in 2018

Kylie Mahaffey – $500

First National Bank Academic Team Scholarships
Established in 2018

Nathan Doll – $1,000
Drew Pothast – $1,000

Total Award: $2,000

AmVets Post #333 Scholarships
Established in 2019

Garrett Siefring – $1,000
Haven Swank – $1,000
Alexandria Bauer – $1,000
Addisyn Cooper – $1,000

Total Award: $4,000

Larry Sanders Memorial Scholarships
Established in 2019

Addisyn Cooper – $1,000
Cassidy Mitchell – $500

Total Award: $1,500

Deborah A. Kleinhenz Scholarships
Established in 2019

Landon Brandt – $1,000
Alexis Copeland – $1,000
Alice Grumblis – $1,000
Anne Grumblis – $1,000
Noelle Hunter – $1,000
Maggie McDermitt – $1,000
Hannah Prine – $1,000
Payton Richards – $1,000
Amber Schnippel – $1,000
Peyton Debell – $1,000 (Renewal)
Lauren Place – $1,000 (Renewal)
Grace Schneider – $1,000 (Renewal)
Cassandra Shroyer – $1,000 (Renewal)
Clayton Wilsey – $1,000 (Renewal)

Total Award: $14,000

Sheriff James & Carol Knoch Scholarship
Established in 2020

Gracie Casebolt – $1,000

Beckie Bell Bledsoe Scholarship
Established in 2021

Austin Greer – $500

Tom Kohlrieser Agriculture Scholarships
Established in 2021

Carrie Rhoades – $1,000
Olivia Tangeman – $250

Total Award: $1,250

Layla Yoakam Scholarships
Established in 2021

Abbigail Ruppert – $1,000
Lance Deffenbaugh – $1,000
Emma Schneider – $1,000
Keaton Lenhart – $1,000
Libby Yoakam – $1,000
Abigail Hamill – $1,000
Kloie Knueve – $1,000
Heath Dilsaver – $1,000
Makayla Frame – $1,000
Jaylen Williams – $1,000

Total Award: $10,000

Michelle (Schulte) Ewald Scholarship
Established in 2022

Emma Boyer – $1,500

Auglaize DD Legacy Scholarship
Established in 2022

Cora Rable – $1,500

For Scholarship Award Recipients

If you have been notified that you have received a scholarship from one of the funds administered by the Wapakoneta Area Community Foundation…Congratulations! You need to complete one easy task to receive your scholarship check:

1. Send us your tuition statement (your college may call it an account or billing statement). Colleges and universities typically make these available to you by logging into your account on the college’s website. Scholarship payments, in most cases, will be made in full the fall semester of the academic year they have been awarded. Please mail or email a copy of the tuition statement which shows what you owe to attend college. We consider this as proof of enrollment in the college. An emailed item may be sent to gmyerswacf@bright.net. A mailed copy may be sent to Wapakoneta Area Community Foundation P.O. Box 1957 Wapakoneta, Ohio 45895.

And one more important request…please send a Thank You note to the person or family that provided your scholarship. It is always appreciated and valued by them! Please send the note to the Wapakoneta Area Community Foundation P.O. Box 1957 Wapakoneta, Ohio 45895.

If you don’t personally know the individuals who provided the scholarship, it is always safe to begin your note with “To the (scholarship name) family.” We will forward your note to the appropriate individual or family member. Mention your future plans such as your college, major and career goal. Most individuals who create a scholarship fund have no involvement with the selection process and have not read your application. They truly enjoy reading notes from recipients!