FORTVILLE — The Senior Honor Night for Mt. Vernon High School saw more than $400,000 awarded to the class of 2021. The following is a compilation of the awards distributed on Senior Honor Night and the students who received them:
Service and Citizenship Recognition
Character Award: Shiloh McFarland, Colin Brown
Gary Lewark Award: Colin Brown
Service and Citizenship Merit: Braden Alban, Kayden Bensheimer, Colin Brown, Carson Collinsworth, Hunter Dobbins, Jack Greer, Paige Gwinn, Caroline Hadley, Catherine Hernandez Morales, Katelynn Hexamer, Sidney Johnstone, Taylor Lorsung, Shiloh McFarland, Sofie Mott, Lily Njau, Analise Parsley, Evan Rappe’, Jack Robinson, Haiden Rose, Lydia Ruegsegger, Brayden Stamm, Raelyn Stanfield, Trinity VanHeel, Jaclyn Wilson, Daniel Woods
Terry/Borgman Mental Attitude Award: Lexi Shelton
Senior Class Officers: Colin Brown, President; Avery Longman, Vice President; Seth Morrison, Treasurer
Senior Class Representatives: James Demircioglu, Sam Mackall, Sydney Nichols
Student Government Officers: Shiloh McFarland, Executive President; Maddie Moore, Executive Vice President; Alycia Arkenau, Executive Historian
National Honor Society Officers: Madison Stanley, President; Madisen Carns, Vice President; Hannah Smith, Secretary
Mt. Vernon AP Scholars with Honor: Madisen Carns, Nolan Gronowski, Christopher Hays, Olivia Yeley
Community Scholarship Recognition
Bruce McKinney Memorial Scholarship: ($936.00) Katelynn Hexamer
Kristofor J. Hammond Endowment Fund: ($4,000.00) Macy Wilson
Ernie Oden Athletic Scholarships ($1,000 each): Madelynne Moore, Olivia Yeley, Aden Cappelletti, James Demircioglu
Roger’s Smile Scholarship: ($1,000) Taylor Bostic
Hancock County Art Educators Award: ($315) Sydney Nichols
The Riley Charles Settergren Scholarship: ($1,000) Shaynin Stindle
Rabe-Vermillion Scholarship: ($1,600 each) Hannah Heydon, Jordyn White ($1000 each to graduates) Bronte Davidson, Kennedy Glazier
Mark Mattick Mental Attitude Award: ($500) Abigail Corbly
Chris Sullivan Memorial Music Booster Endowment Fund: ($562 each) Sophia Frank, Daniel Woods
Mt. Vernon Optimist Scholarship: ($1,000 each) Eli Clotfelter, James Demircioglu, Katie Gawrys, Christopher Hays, Hannah Smith
Greenfield Rotary Education Scholarship: ($500) Shiloh McFarland
Earl J. Brooks and Irene B. Brooks Scholarship Endowment Fund: ($3,808 each) Allyson Beattie, Emily Rollo
Greenfield Kiwanis J.B. Stephens Scholarship: ($1,500) Shiloh McFarland
Psi Iota Xi Alpha Phi Literature Scholarship: ($1,000) Emily Rollo
Psi Iota Xi Alpha Phi Art Scholarship: ($1,000) Emma Muffler
Psi Iota Xi Alpha Phi Music Scholarship: ($1,000) Kaira Carter
Richard H. Crosser Memorial Scholarship Fund: ($543) Cole Hess
Margaret Johnson Honorary Scholarship Endowment Fund: ($2,500) Shiloh McFarland
Hancock County Community Foundation Scholarship Endowment Fund: ($2,000.00 each) Alycia Arkenau, Kayden Bensheimer
George and Icy Vaughn Performing Arts Endowment Fund: ($3,000 each) Madalyn Cottrell, Daniel Woods
Gladys Hancock Shumway Scholarship Endowment Fund: ($1,264) Shiloh McFarland
Hancock County Business & Professional Women: ($1,000) Emily Rollo
Nancy Terrell Miller Scholarship Endowment Fund: ($1,224) Alycia Arkenau
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6904 Scholarship Endowment Fund: ($691) Emily Rollo
JAG Outstanding Senior: Logan Schomaker
Army National Guard Scholar Athlete: Olivia Yeley, Kayden Bensheimer
DAR Good Citizen ($100): James Demircioglu
The Marine Corps Semper Fidelis Award: Seth Morrison
The Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award: Lydia Ruegsegger, Rylan Cole
The Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award: James Demircioglu
Donna Duzan Nursing Scholarship Endowment Fund: ($500) Emily Rollo
Judy D. Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund: ($600) Julia Schrowe
Mental Attitude Athletic Scholarship in Honor of Robert Doddridge and Coaches Jimmie Howell and Randy Wilson: ($500) Abigail Corbly
Phyllis Wright Scholarship Endowment Fund: ($5,000) Cole Hess
William W. Weil Good Citizen Scholarship – Traditional Student ($4,000) Shiloh McFarland
Deborah Jean (Bainter) Vaughn Memorial Scholarship Fund: ($2,500) Shay Stindle
Recognition of Academic Achievement
Top Scholar Awards — Alycia Arkenau, Kayden Bensheimer, James Demircioglu, Katie Gawrys, Nolan Gronowski, Dylan Harsin, Christopher Hays, Sam Mackall, Shiloh McFarland, Sam McWilliams, Seth Morrison, Sofie Mott, Hannah Smith, Tyler Strantz, Daniel Woods, Olivia Yeley
Mt. Vernon High School Department Awards:
Agricultural Education — Madisen Carns; Band — Ethan Cottrell; Business — Rylan Cole; Choir — Liam Bass; Engineering and Technology — Joel Walton; English/ Language — Shiloh McFarland; FACS — Kaylee Duckworth; Health/Phys. Ed — Kayden Bensheimer; High Tech Academy — Josh Neeb; Mathematics — Olivia Yeley; Science — Hannah Smith; Social Studies — Jaclyn Wilson; Visual Arts — Karlee Franklin; World Language — Catherine Hernandez Morales
Senior Leadership Award: ($800each) Alycia Arkenau, Shiloh McFarland
