By Kim McDarison
This year’s Fort Atkinson High School Senior Scholarship Ceremony marked a return to in-person participation, with parents and guests assembling in the Fort Atkinson High School auditorium Wednesday, as community members and organizations awarded more than $528,000 in scholarship money to the community’s graduating seniors. The event was live-streamed last year as a COVID-19 precaution, with students and presenters only appearing in-person.
During Wednesday’s ceremony, 50 presenters, representing some 92 organizations and individual givers of more than 80 scholarships, many of which awarded multiple recipients, invited 73 Fort Atkinson High School seniors to join them on the school’s auditorium stage to receive recognition and gifts.
Included this year were two new scholarships: The Terry Beck Protective Services Scholarship and the Bretl Family Leadership Award.
A full list of scholarship recipients and the awards received by each is here: https://fortatkinsononline.com/senior-scholarship-award-recipients-2022/.
A video of the ceremony can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/JV9oAhFg1tY.
Photographs from the event follow.
Fort Atkinson High School Guidance Counselor Katie Utphall delivers opening remarks.
Fort Atkinson High School Interim Principal Steve Sperry addresses those in attendance Wednesday and announces the Class of 2022 Top 10 Scholars. They are: Jessica Sharp, Jennifer Tumbarello, Mackenzie Kuska, Elee Sharp, Karlie Blanchar, Lydia Smith, Andrew Meacham, Spencer Whitcomb, Kiara Wolfram and Jada Zorn.
School District of Fort Atkinson Superintendent Rob Abbott delivers opening remarks.
Presenter Harriet Rowland, at podium, addresses audience members in advance of awarding the Capt. Wilbur Sundt Kiwanis award in the amount of $4,000. The scholarship was awarded to Reid Selle.
Presenter Jordan Nelson, at podium, announces the recipients of Fort Atkinson Vocational/Technical scholarship awards. Seven students each received awards ranging from $1,500 to $800, totaling $8,600. The recipients are, not in pictured order, Scott Buchta, Hector Gonzalez Comi, Liam Bos, Callie Krause, Makayla Krueger, Summer Semrau and Margaret Pruitt.
Friends of fallen Vietnam War K-9 handler and soldier Terry Beck, Jeffrey Blomsness, from right, and Gary Wolfram, present Mason Marowsky, the first-ever recipient of the Terry Beck Protective Services Scholarship, with his award of $1,000. The scholarship was organized by members of the Kennel Club of Fort Atkinson and was offered for the first time this year.
Fort Atkinson School District Athletic Director Steve Mahoney, at podium, awards students with the Dr. James Russell Athletic Scholarship. Each recipient, including Carson Baker, not in pictured order, Lily Belzer, Drew Evans and Natalie Kammer, received $1,250.
School District of Fort Atkinson Athletic Director Steve Mahoney, at left, presents Aidan Leurquin with the Fort Atkinson Wrestling Club, Inc., scholarship in the amount of $500.
Fort Atkinson High School Associate Principal Adam Rousseau presents Kiara Wolfram with three healthcare-related scholarships. They are the Fort HealthCare Dr. Robert Handeyside Memorial Scholarship, $2,000; the Fort Memorial Hospital Foundation Scott W. Hulstein Scholarship, $500, and the Fort HealthCare Partners Organization Scholarship, $1,500.
Fort Atkinson High School Associate Principal Adam Rousseau awards several students with the Francis F. Carnes scholarship. Each recipient received $4,000. They are Quinn Abbott, not in pictured order, Lily Belzer, Marnie Draves, and Claire Haffelder.
Fort Atkinson High School Associate Principal Brad Gefvert awards Emma Jahn with the Terra Staffing Services scholarship in the amount of $500.
Presenter Rochelle Mitchell, at podium and a member of the Fort Atkinson Optimist Club, presents Emma Jahn, at left, and Andrew Meacham with the Optimist Club Scholarship. Each recipient received $250.
Rochelle (Hake) Mitchell, at podium, presents several students with the Jerome Hake Engineering Scholarship. Awards ranged from $2,000 to $4,000, for a total of $16,000. Recipients included Andrew Meacham, not in pictured order, Joseph Barganz, Logan Recob, Christy Nguyen, Natalie Kammer and Lizbeth Gallegos.
Sue Johnson, at podium and President of Fort Community Credit Union, presents students with Fort Community Credit Union Scholarships. Each of three recipients received $2,000. They are Natalie Kammer, not in pictured order, Summer Semrau and Taylor Gray.
Fort Atkinson Community Foundation Marketing Specialist Kaylee Kidd, at podium, presents students with the Fred and Helen Rose Inspire a Dream Scholarship. Each of three recipients received $1,000. They are Allison Howe, not in pictured order, Valeria Cazanove Pena and Lainey Kincaid.
Fort Atkinson Community Foundation Executive Director Sue Hartwick, at podium, presents Quinn Abbott with both the Isabell Mathews Educational Scholarship, $2,250, and the James and Frances Luther Memorial Scholarship, $2,500. Not pictured, but also a recipient of the James and Frances Luther Memorial Scholarship, Sarah Holzli, received $2,500.
Fort Atkinson Community Foundation Executive Director Sue Hartwick, at podium, presents Lily Congdon with two awards: the Maurice and Clara Staller Memorial Scholarship, $6,000, and the Dr. Sydney Weidemann Memorial Scholarship, $3,000. Preston Whitcomb, not pictured, was also a recipient of the Dr. Sydney Weidemann Memorial Scholarship, receiving $3,000.
Fort Atkinson Community Foundation Executive Director Sue Hartwick, at podium, presents Drew Evans with the Juanita Schreiner Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $5,000.
Fort Atkinson Community Foundation Board of Directors Vice Chairperson Sue Johnson, at podium, presents several students with the Richard Noel Bingham Memorial Scholarship. They are Jennifer Tumbarello, from left, Logan Recob, Joseph Barganz, Joshua Juarez, Nolan Zachgo, Kiara Wolfram and Tayanna Schwefel. Each student received $7,800, with the full fund awarding some $54,600.
Recipients of the Theodore W. Batterman Family Foundation Scholarship awards gather for a photo. They are Andrew Meacham, from left, Karlie Blanchar, Drew Evans, scholarship presenter Fort Atkinson Community Foundation representative Anna Bishop Courtier, Lainie Volquardsen and Lizbeth Gallegos. Each recipient received $12,000.
Fort Atkinson Community Foundation Board of Directors Vice Chairperson Sue Johnson, at center, takes a moment to congratulate Walter and Louise Buell Merit Scholarship recipients and twin sisters Elee, at left, and Jessica Sharp. Each recipient received $22,000.
Fort Atkinson High School Counselor Katie Utphall, at left, congratulates Makayla Krueger, who is the first-ever recipient of the Brelt Family Leadership Scholarship which is new this year. Krueger was awarded $7,500.
Princess Zuniga Torres, at left, is congratulated by Fort Atkinson High School Counselor Lourie Strom, in recognition of her achievement of earning the Ed Winiarski Turn Around Award in the amount of $750.
Friends of Terry Beck, for whom the Terry Beck Protective Services Scholarship is named, Gary Wolfram, from left, and Jeffrey Blomsness, pose with Kennel Club of Fort Atkinson treasurer Mabel Schumacher and Mason Marowsky, the first-ever recipient of the scholarship, which is new this year. Marowsky will be studying fire protection at Blackhawk Technical College. The Kennel Club of Fort Atkinson is the organization which spearheaded the creation of the scholarship.
Seniors assemble in the Fort Atkinson High School gym in advance of the 2022 Senior Scholarship Awards ceremony. The event was held Wednesday.
Contributed photos.
Shown above is the full list of awards and the presenters of each.
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