The Bellefontaine High School Class of 2026 was awarded a generous amount of local scholarship money this year.
The Senior Awards Program was held in the BHS Cafeteria Monday night.
$390,190 in local scholarship money was presented to 42 seniors.
Bellefontaine City Schools thanks the many donors for their support.
Here’s a list of BHS scholarship recipients:
Alissa Bailey
- Mary Rutan Foundation General Scholarship, $1,000
Isabel Beck
- Susie Parker Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
- Dewey VanHoose Memorial Scholarship, $500
Claire Brown
- American Legion Harold Kerr Post #173 Scholarship, $1,000
- Bellefontaine City Schools Board of Education Scholarship, $1,000
- Logan County 4-H Committee Scholarship, $500
- Susie Parker Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
- Lewis J. & Anne Ringler Memorial Scholarship, $12,000
Richiona Burnell
- Ratleff Senior Award Scholarship, $1,200
Jordyn Campbell
- Bellefontaine High School FCCLA Scholarship, $500
Arrisa Carver
- Bellefontaine Education Association Scholarship, $1,000
- Bellefontaine High School Chieftain Backers Scholarship, $400
- Phil Forsythe Scholarship, $1,500
Carter Caudill
- Bellefontaine High School Chieftain Backers Scholarship, $400
- Pepsi Leadership Scholarship, $1,250
Jamison Clement
- Bellefontaine Exchange Scholarship, $1,000
- Sons of American Legion Squadron #173 Tom Smith Scholarship, $500
Ava Dolan
- Logan County Board of Developmental Disabilities Foundation Scholarship, $1,500
Max Fissel
- BHS Class of 1975 Scholarship, $500
- Haushalter Family Foundation Scholarship, $10,000
Kaeleigh Flora
- American Legion Harold Kerr Post #173 Scholarship, $1,000
- Bellefontaine City Schools Board of Education Scholarship, $1,000
- Bellefontaine Professional Firefighters Association Scholarship, $500
- Quest Federal Credit Union Scholarship, $500
Cassandra Garrett
- Sons of the American Legion Squadron #173 Tom Smith Scholarship, $500
Ryann Gatchel
- Bellefontaine High School Alumni & Friends Scholarship, $250
- Champaign-Logan Education Foundation Scholarship, $4,000
Sydney Gatchel
- Champaign-Logan Education Foundation Scholarship, $4,000
- James Forsythe Milroy Foundation Scholarship, $2,500
Isabelle Gunnett
- Skilled Trades from the Haushalter Family Foundation Scholarship, $2,500
Caitlin Haley
- Harold and Barbara Marker Academic Scholarship, $10,000
- Earl & Marion Spain Memorial Scholarship, $8,000
Jacob Henry
- Bellefontaine City Schools Board of Education Scholarship, $1,000
- Kristy Mount Science Major Scholarship, $1,000
- Effie Patterson Memorial Scholarship, $500
- Lewis J. & Anne Ringler Memorial Scholarship, $12,000
- Franklin B. Walter All-Scholastic Nominee Award Scholarship, $100
Lorenz Henry
- Bruce E. Higham Memorial Scholarship, Full Tuition, Room, Board, Meals, Books, and Fees for Four Years
Lane Howard
- Bellefontaine Lions Club Scholarship, $500
- Genevieve Froman Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
- Harold and Barbara Marker Academic Scholarship, $5,000
- Wickerham STEM Academic Scholarship, $11,350
Cody Hudson
- BCYSA Tammy Elkins Memorial Scholarship, $500
- Ohio Association of Public School Employees Scholarship, $400
Brilee Joseph
- Logan County Electric Cooperative Technical Scholarship, $2,500
Ava Kunze
- Bellefontaine High School National Honor Society Scholarship, $500
- Bellefontaine Moose Richard L. Sharon Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
- Mary Rutan Foundation Walter & Janet Sack & Charlotte L. & Norman R. Miller Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
Elliett Lang
- Bellefontaine City Schools Board of Education Scholarship, $1,000
- Bellefontaine Daily Digital Senior of the Month Scholarship, $500
- Bellefontaine High School National Honor Society Scholarship, $500
Grayson Lotts
- Jerry Ritter Family Scholarship, $500
Hayden Maus
- ISS America Academic Scholarship, $500
- Monicha P. Simpson Memorial Scholarship, $250
Paige McComas
- 40 & 8 Nursing Scholarship, $500
- Mary Rutan Foundation Dr. Joseph C. & Florence C. Longfellow Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
Emma Merrin
- Bellefontaine Citizen’s Police Academy Alumni Association D.A.R.E. Scholarship, $320
- Deborah Ellis Academic Scholarship, $1,700
- Mary Rutan Foundation Scholarship, $1,000
Harper Penhorwood
- American Legion Harold Kerr Post #173 Scholarship, $1,000
- Haushalter Family Foundation Scholarship, $10,000
- Harriet L. Headington Memorial Scholarship, $1,600
Adison Postle
- Bellefontaine Education Association Scholarship, $1,000
- Bellefontaine High School Academic Boosters Scholarship, $1,000
- Bellefontaine Rotary Club Scholarship, $1,000
- Fraternal Order of the Police Craig Comstock Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
- Zachariah W. Keller Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
- Sharyl Sue Shafer Memorial Scholarship, $11,500
Thessaly Reminder
- Bellefontaine Citizen’s Police Academy Alumni Association D.A.R.E. Scholarship, $320
- Bellefontaine High School National Honor Society Scholarship, $500
- Bellefontaine Moose Timothy Moore Memorial Scholarship, $500
- Deborah Ellis Academic Scholarship, $1,700
- Harold and Barbara Marker Academic Scholarship, $7,000
- Mary Eleanor Morris/Columbus Foundation Scholarship, $1,000, Renewable for Three Additional Years
- Charles Roby/Boggs Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of Ohio Scholarship, $500
Kayla Sellars
- American Legion Auxiliary Unit 173 Linda K. Stamm Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
- American Legion Harold Kerr Post #173 Scholarship, $1,000
- Bellefontaine Lions Club Scholarship, $500
- Bellefontaine Rotary Club Scholarship, $1,000
- Haushalter Family Foundation Scholarship, $10,000, Renewable for Three Additional Years
- Logan County Education Foundation Scholarship, $2,000
- Mary Eleanor Morris/Columbus Foundation Scholarship, $1,000, Renewable for Three Additional Years
- Ohio Association of Public School Employees Scholarship, $300
Callie Shumaker
- Bellefontaine Moose Timothy Moore Memorial Scholarship, $500
- Dutch Wilde Memorial/BHS Athletic Boosters Scholarship, $1,000
Kelsie Snapp
- Mike Bible Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
- Pepsi Leadership Scholarship, $1,250
Natalie Snapp
- American Legion Auxiliary Unit #173 Scholarship, $500
- Bellefontaine High School Academic Boosters Scholarship, $1,000
- Bellefontaine High School Chieftain Backers Scholarship, $400
- Nigle & Phyllis Standley Memorial Scholarship, $1,500
- Stocked Event Rentals Scholarship, $500
- Roger Van Erem & Shirley Earick Scholarship, $1,000
Gillian Steele
- Ronald H. Wisse Memorial Scholarship, $500
Chloe Stolly
- Bellefontaine City Schools Board of Education Scholarship, $1,000
- Logan County Bar Association Scholarship, $1,000
- Jenny O’Connor Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
- James Stolly Memorial Scholarship, $500
Patrick Stolly
- Bellefontaine Lions Club Scholarship, $500
- Bellefontaine Moose Timothy Moore Memorial Scholarship, $500
- Robert L. & Helen E. Ginn Memorial Scholarship, $500
- Mary Eleanor Morris/Columbus Foundation Scholarship, $1,000, Renewable for Three Additional Years
- Lewis J. & Anne Ringler Memorial Scholarship, $12,000
- Dr. Earl Sloan Renewable Business Scholarship, $1,000, Renewable for Three Additional Years
- James Stolly Memorial Scholarship, $500
- Dutch Wilde Memorial/BHS Athletic Boosters Scholarship, $1,000
Emma Suman
- Bellefontaine Moose Timothy Moore Memorial Scholarship, $500
Mason Swisher
- Bellefontaine Exchange Club Scholarship, $1,000
- Don Harris Memorial Scholarship, $500
- Skilled Trades from the Haushalter Family Foundation Scholarship, $2,500
Reid Varner
- Bellefontaine Moose Timothy Moore Memorial Scholarship, $500
Addison Wical
- Bellefontaine Education Association Scholarship, $1,000
Jared Young
- Mike Bible Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
- Sons of American Legion Squadron #173 Tom Smith Scholarship, $500
