UPDATED MAY 29: The Daniel L. Sommers Memorial Scholarship was also awarded to Alyssa Hoffman.
Bluffton High School held the 44th annual Academic Awards Program on Wednesday, May 15 in the Middle School Cafetorium. The program included a welcome by principal Mike Minnig and academic awards presentations introduced by Dr. Elizabeth Smith, school counselor, who also provided closing remarks.
The following scholarship recognition and awards, special athletic awards and top student awards by teacher were presented.
SCHOLARSHIP RECOGNITION
Lima Exchange Club Scholarship, Caitlyn Couch
American Association of University Women Scholarship, Olivia Hobensack
OMEA District 3 Honor Festival Jazz Scholarship, Alyssa Hoffman
OMEA District 3 Honor Festival Choir Scholarship, Ben Hartzler
Franklin B. Walter Scholarship, John-Paul Yoder
Arthur and Marian Rudd Scholarship, Carsen Weaver
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS PRESENTATION
SHANNON Service Club of Bluffton Scholarship
- Presented by Paiten Dulaney to Cole Bowers and Jacob Granger
Bluffton Lions Club Scholarship
- Presented by Barbara Plaugher to Ella Armstrong, Jacob Granger & Carsen Weaver
SumiRiko Ohio Inc. Scholarship
- Presented by Jackson Stevens to Ella Armstrong
Charles Sr. and Sophia Hankish Scholarship
- Presented by Elizabeth Smith to Alissa Beck
Bluffton High School Deisel Scholarship
- Presented by Elizabeth Smith to John-Paul Yoder
Bluffton Education Association Scholarship
- Presented by Jamie Erford to Carsen Weaver
Charles River Biomedical Research Scholarship
- Presented by Andy Slaughterbeck to Jacob Granger
Eli Jones Memorial Scholarship
- Presented by Jason Diller to Jacob Granger, Isabella Stechschulte, Carsen Weaver and John-Paul Yoder
Ohio Means Jobs Allen County Scholarship
- Presented by Tessa Laing to Marley Kindle
Daniel L. Sommers Memorial Scholarship
- Presented by Elizabeth Smith to Ella Armstrong
Marathon Petroleum Merit Scholarship
- Presented by Robert Stechschulte to Isabella Stechschulte
Blanchard Valley Health System Auxiliary Scholarships:
- In Honor of Marty Lemley Auxiliary Scholarship
- Presented by Jodi Karhoff to Caitlyn Couch
- Blanchard Valley Health System Auxiliary Scholarships
- Presented by Jodi Karhoff to Ella Armstrong & Brooke Camper
Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation Scholarships (TBA)
- Kyle P. Luginbuhl Memorial Scholarship, William P. and Pauline J. Deisel Scholarship and Dominic Francis Bluffton Memorial Scholarship
- Comments by Brian Treece
The Daniel L. Sommers Memorial Scholarship was also awarded to Alyssa Hoffman.
SPECIAL ATHLETIC AWARDS
Presented by Mr. Hanna
OHSAA Scholar Athlete Award, to John-Paul Yoder and Isabella Stechschulte
Archie Griffin Sportsmanship Award to Jacob Granger and Ashley Fleece
NFHS National Award of Excellence to Theo Andreas and Shylee Kaufman
Jim “Cappy” Clark Award to Gavin Bogart and Ella Armstrong
TOP STUDENT AWARDS
Mr. Boblitt
Jacob Granger, Principles of Engineering
Calvin Frideger, Intro to Engineering
Liam Jordan, Civil Engineering
Mason Shank,Programming & Robotics I
Levi Antrim, Programming & Robotics II
Liam Jordan, Programming & Robotics III
Mrs. Bogart
Brooklyn Nance, Personal Wellness
Damien Criblez, Principles of Food
Leah Klinger, Career & College Readiness
Lilly Deitering, Nutrition and Wellness
Carsen Weaver, Personal Finance
Jordyn O’Connell, Leadership Development
Mrs. Burgei
Kate Klinger, Health
Braydon McClure, Physical Education
Mr. Diller
Zoe Shank, Chemistry
Sadie Combs, Organic Chemistry
Theodore Andreas, Physics
Mrs. Diller
Elijah Diffin, Advanced Math Senior
Kynzie Ewing, Acc. Algebra II
Luke Ginther, Geometry
Ms. Erford
Jacob Granger, CP English 12
Lilly Deitering, English 12
Willow Angel, English 9
John-Paul Yoder, College Writing
Mackay Tuttle, Principles of Speech
Alissa Beck, Teaching as a Profession
Mrs. Garmon
Aubrey Burkholder, Art I
Liam Jordan, Art Ceramics/Sculpture
Kally Cotter, Art Ceramics/Sculpture II
Hayden Dearth, Art Ceramics/Sculpture III
Lizzy Suter, Art Design/Composition
Theo Andreas, Art Design/Composition II
Hope Miller, Art Design/Composition III
Hope Miller, Art Seminar
Brooklyn Moser, Photography I
Carly Setzer, Photography II
Lauren Bassett, Mural
June Essinger, Digital Art
Izzy Stechschulte, Crafts
Mr. Hanna
Kerry Wright, Officiating & Sportsmanship
Mrs. Hoff
Kate Klinger, Latin I
Lizzy Suter, Latin II
Kaleigh Coffman, Latin III
Mr. Hoff
Lizzy Suter, Biology
Zoe Shank, Anatomy & Physiology
Mr. King
Liliana Liberato, Spanish I
Lauren Bowers, Spanish II
Zoe Shank, Spanish III
John-Paul Yoder, Spanish IV
Mrs. Knowlton
Karden Geiser, English 9
Zoe Shank, College Prep English 11
Griffin Stackhouse, English 11
Mackay Tuttle, Intro to Literature
Mr. Krendl
Nora Matthews, World History
Ms. Lovell
Asa Clingerman, American Government
Caitlyn Couch, Economics
Alissa Beck, Sociology
Mrs. Mayberry
Nora Matthews, Science 9
Logan Smith, Environmental Biology
Kya McDougle, Integrated Science
Mr. O’Rear
Lauren Bowers, Industrial Technology I
Josef Miller, Adventures in Technology
Paige Harkness, C.B.I.
Mr. Rackley
Lizzy Suter, American History
Ellie Hartzler, American History 110
Claire Phillips, American History 111
Asa Clingerman, Psychology
Shylee Kaufman, Buccaneer
Mrs. Shepherd
Lizzy Suter, English 10
Coby Dailey, English 9
Mrs. Skilliter
Asa Clingerman, College Algebra/Trigonometry
Logan Smith, Algebra II
Ryleigh Rex, Int. Math III
Sadie Combs, Calculus I
Mr. Smith
Elizabeth Phillips, Acc. Geometry
Aaron Ungashick, Algebra I
Adanna Johnstone, Statistics
