FORTVILLE — Students from the Mt. Vernon High School graduating class of 2017 were recognized at Senior Honor Night for outstanding achievements. A grand total of $6,231,157.25 in scholarships was awarded to graduating seniors. This amount included scholarships directly awarded from universities and colleges.
Awards given were:
Character Award
Madeline King, Gavin Stamper
Gary Lewark Award
Gavin Stamper
Service and Citizenship Merit
Nick Anderson, Tatum Barton, Mazie Bernard, Madeline Bovard, Emily Frost, Megan Gawrys, Maddison Hahn, Kourtney Hancock, Madelyn Keerns, Madeline King, Erica Lohman, Elise Lowell, Emily Martin, Ashley Offenbach, Kyra Prewitt, Kallan Ratekin, Meg Schleter, Shawn Smith, Gavin Stamper, Collin Walsh, Shelbi Webb, Seth Wentz, Tori Whyde, Peyton Wuerch
Terry/Borgman Mental Attitude Award
Meg Schleter
Senior Class Officers
Gavin Stamper, President; Madeline King, Vice-President; Meg Schleter, Secretary; Oliver Mast, Treasurer
Senior Class Representatives
Madeline Keerns, Jonah Robinson, Drake Tackett, Henry Werking
Student Government Officers
Blake Miller, President; Tatum Barton, Historian
National Honor Society Officers
Hannah Martin, President; Alyssa Powell, Vice-President; Dana Sutherlin, Secretary; Emily Frost, Treasurer; Emily Annakin, Historian
Mt Vernon AP Scholars with Honor
Madeline Bovard and Gavin Stamper
Bruce McKinney Memorial Scholarship
($868) Hannah Martin
Steve Utt Scholarship
($500) Dylan Finke
Mike Johnson Memorial Scholarship
($1,410) Oliver Mast
Judy D. Smith Memorial Scholarship
($500) Julia Wayer
Ernie Oden Athletic Scholarships
($250 each) Jaclyn Bulmahn, Michael Ertel, Madeline King, Oliver Mast
Brandon Rush Award
($100) Skyler Elsky
Roger’s Smile Scholarship
($1,000) Ben Thompson
Hancock County Art Educators Scholarship
($376) Mariah Moore
Edith Zike Nursing Scholarship
Hannah Martin
Phyllis Wright Scholarship
($21,624) Victoria Whyde, Jeffrey Boxberger, ($5,000) Tatum Barton
Rabe-Vermillion Scholarship
($1,200) Elise Lowell, Kaley Smith
Mark Mattick Mental Attitude Award
($500) Madeline Bovard
Chris Sullivan Memorial Music Booster Scholarships
($541.50 each) Leah Klinestiver, Erica Lohman
Donna Duzan Nursing Scholarship
($500) Briahna Angelopulos
Fortville Business and Professional Women Scholarship
($1,000) Kaley Smith
Steve Williams Soccer Scholarship
Briahna Angelopulos, Joshua Powell
Mt. Vernon Optimist Scholarship
($1,000 each) Abby Anderson, Megan Gawrys, Anne McCain, Kathleen Smith, Henry Werking
Rotary Club of Greenfield Education Scholarship
($500) Mazie Bernard
Psi Iota Xi Literature Scholarship
($1,000) Zachary Roach
Psi Iota Xi Art Scholarship
($1,000) Abby Anderson
Psi Iota Xi Debbie Plank Memorial Music Scholarship
($1,000) Kathleen Smith
Greenfield Kiwanis Robert Eagleston Scholarship
($1250) Emily Frost
Richard H. Crosser Memorial Scholarship
($518) Madelyn Keerns
Margaret Johnson Honorary Scholarship
($2,000) Madeline Bovard
Hancock County Community Foundation Scholarship — Lilly Finalists
($1,000 each) Emily Frost, Meg Schleter
Fortville McCordsville Area Chamber of Commerce
($1000) Abby Anderson
George and Icy Vaughn Performing Arts Scholarship
2nd Place Vocal ($2500) Felicity Kratky; 2nd Place Instrumental ($2500) Leah Klinestiver
Gladys Hancock Shumway Scholarship
($1147) Madeline Bovard
Walter P. and Virginia Worland Scholarship
($1169.25) Zach Roach
Nancy Terrell Miller Scholarship
($1156) Jeffrey Boxberger
Lillian Thomas Hull and Charles M. Hull Fine Arts Scholarship
($500) Erica Lohman
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6904 Scholarship
($662) Gavin Stamper
JAG Outstanding Senior
Malik Hamilton-Battee
Earl J. and Irene B. Brooks Scholarship
($3,668) Savanna Donaldson; ($3,668) Danielle Keene
Maxwell United Methodist Memorial Scholarship
($1000) Shelbi Webb
Mervin K. Holzhausen Memorial Scholarship
($2000) Julia Wayer
Army Reserve Scholar Athlete
Meg Schleter and Mitch McCarthy
DAR Good Citizen
($100) Madeline King
FCCLA Scholarship Award
Mazie Bernard
The Marine Corps Semper Fidelis Award
Gavin Stamper
The Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award
Michael Ertel
The Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award
Madeline King
Top Scholar Awards
Badrinadh Alvandhar, Emily Annakin, Madeline Bovard, Emily Frost, Megan Gawrys, Nathan Grandstaff, Bryce Gray, Leah Klinestiver, Erica Lohman, Seth Luke, Mitchell McCarthy, Alyssa Powell, Kallan Ratekin, Luken Rigsbee, Meg Schleter, Gavin Stamper, Shelbi Webb
Mt. Vernon High School Department Awards
Seth Roberts (Agricultural Education,) Gavin Stamper (Band,) Madelyn Keerns (Business,) Erica Lohman (Choir,) Josh Powell (Engineering and Technology,) Madeline Bovard (English/Language,) Elise Lowell (FACS,) Elise Lowell (Fine Arts,) Alex Barnett (Health/Phys. Ed.,) Blake Miller (High Tech Academy,) Nathan Grandstaff (Mathematics,) Nathan Grandstaff (Science,) Shelbi Webb (Social Studies,) Madeline King (Word Language)
Senior Leadership Award
($1,500 each) Blake Miller, Gavin Stamper
