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Black Hawk seniors earn scholarships
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SOUTH WAYNE - The Black Hawk School District hosted its first Senior Scholarship Awards Night on Tuesday, May 10. Approximately 21 scholarship donors attended the event, and just under $94,000 was awarded to Black Hawk senior students who will be attending post-secondary institutions next fall.

Scholarship winners were:

Kara Bartels: Gladys Leck Memorial ($400); Wanda Rood Memorial ($1,000).

Molly Bechtolt: St. Ambrose - Presidential Scholars ($14,000/four years); BH Booster Club ($100); BH Student Council ($100); John Eckerman Memorial ($200); Schardt Orthodontics Scholarship ($300); Ervin Johnson and Phyllis Johnson Foundation ($1,250).

Caitlin Bird: Gratiot VFW ($200).

Thad Brenum: BH FFA Alumni ($700); Gratiot VFW ($200); Woodford State Bank ($300).

Katie Brummel: BH FFA Chapter ($200); BH FFA Alumni ($700); Tina Eckerman ($200); The Monroe Clinic Volunteers in Partnership ($500); Nathan Cole Larson Memorial ($100); Ethel Budenz Memorial ($3,000).

Jill Engeli: Tina Eckerman Memorial ($200); Woodford State Bank ($300).

Dani Hagen: BH Activity Fund Scholarship ($200).

Hillary Holland: BH Girls Basketball ($100); Gratiot VFW ($200); Gratiot American Legion Post 177 ($500); Gratiot State Bank ($250); Kevin Konkel Memorial ($300); Ethel Budenz Memorial ($3,000).

Bruce Hull: Gratiot State Bank ($250).

Alex Kallenbach: John Eckerman Memorial ($200).

Christian Krahenbuhl: UW-Madison Freshman Agriculture and Life Science ($1,000); BH Booster Club ($100); BH Boys Basketball ($100); John Eckerman Memorial ($200); Woodford State Bank ($300); WI Covenant Scholar ($500).

Bryant Luhman: UW-Stevens Point Freshman Scholarship ($1,000); Warrior Wrestling Club ($300); BH National Honor Society ($100); BH Board of Education ($100); Gratiot Conservation Club ($200); Green County Forestry Education ($300); Green County Courthouse Union Scholarship ($175); Norman Leck Memorial ($400); Southwest WI Chapter of Pheasants Forever ($500); Yellowstone Flint & Cap Club ($250); Bob Bodden Memorial Scholarship ($250).

James McDonald: BH FFA Alumni Lisa McDonald Memorial Scholarship; Wanda Rood Memorial ($1,000).

Jake Meier: BH Booster Club ($100); BH Boys Basketball ($100); BH Technology Scholarship ($150); Woodford State Bank ($300).

Kayla Melland: BH FFA Alumni ($700); John Eckerman Memorial ($200).

Mackenzie Monson: Edgewood - Founders Scholarship ($5,000/4 years); Edgewood - Alumni Award ($2,000); Tina Eckerman Memorial ($200); Cindi Kaster Memorial ($500); Frederick C. & Helen E. Rehmstedt ($250); Ervin Johnson and Phyllis Johnson Foundation ($1,250).

Morgan Nelson: UW-P Black Hawk Community Scholarship ($300); BH FFA Alumni ($700); John Eckerman Memorial ($200); Richard McKnight Memorial ($200); Wiota Collectors Club ($250).

Alyssa Piefer: Edgewood - Dominican Scholarship (8,000/4 years); BH Girls Basketball ($100); BH Parent's Club ($250); Tina Eckerman Memorial ($200); Gratiot American Legion Post 177 ($500); Rick Wolff Memorial ($100); South Wayne EMS ($500); Gratiot State Bank ($250); WI Covenant Scholar ($1,000).

Rachel Rygh: BH Booster Club ($100); BH Girls Basketball ($100); BH Dennis Murhpy ($250); John Eckerman Memorial ($200); Cindi Kaster Memorial ($500); Scenic Rivers Energies ($500); Schardt Orthodontics Scholarship ($300); Woodford State Bank ($300); Ervin Johnson and Phyllis Johnson Foundation ($1,250); Thomas B. Jones & Grace Stevenson Jones Charitable Foundation ($1,500); USDA Farm Services Agency - WI Association of County Office Employees ($1,500); Wiota Lutheran Church ($200).

Lacey Sigafus: BH Girls Basketball ($100); Gratiot VFW ($200).

Tasha Sweeney: John Eckerman Memorial ($200); Frederick C. & Helen E. Rehmstedt ($250); BH Activity Fund Scholarship ($200); Ervin Johnson and Phyllis Johnson Foundation ($1,250).

Megan Vosberg: Greg's Feed & Seed Scholarship ($250).

Melissa Wellnitz: Edgewood - Dominican Scholarship ($7,000/4 years); Edgewood - Predolin Scholarship ($6,000/4 years); BH Booster Club ($100); BH Girls Basketball ($100); BH Dennis Murphy ($250); Tina Eckerman Memorial ($200); Robin Wright Marty Memorial ($300); Green County EMS Scholarship ($350); Jeanne Miller Memorial ($200); Christina M. Folgate Memorial ($200); Woodford State Bank ($300); Warrior Women's Sports ($100); Thomas B. Jones & Grace Stevenson Jones Charitable Foundation ($1,800); Ervin Johnson and Phyllis Johnson Foundation ($1,250).

Elizabeth Werren: Tina Eckerman Memorial ($200); Green County Deputy Sheriff's Union ($400); Green County Ag Chest ($300).

Michael Wolff: HEAB Academic Excellence Scholarship ($2,250/4 years); BH Dennis Murphy Scholarship ($250); BH Board of Education ($100); BH Booster Club ($100); BH Boys Basketball ($100); BH Parent's Club ($250); John Eckerman Memorial ($200); Rick Wolff Memorial ($200); Tim Gille Memorial ($200); Woodford State Bank ($300); Shamrock Club of Lafayette County ($100); Ervin Johnson and Phyllis Johnson Foundation ($1,250); Thomas B. Jones & Grace Stevenson Jones Charitable Foundation ($1,800).