Perry High School seniors receive scholarships during 2025 awards assembly – The Des Moines Register

Perry High School seniors received a number of academic and department awards and scholarships during the Senior Awards Assembly on Wednesday, May 14.
The following is a full list of the night’s award and scholarship recipients.
Iowa Governor’s Scholar Recognition Award – Olivia Christensen
IHSAA Bernie Saggau Award – Geren Kenney
IGHSAU E. Wayne Cooley Award – Taryn Nehring
IGHSAU Lisa Brinkmeyer Award – Amy Diaz
Tom Lipovac Award – Geren Kenney, Quin Mahler-Moreno
Iowa State Bar Association Citizenship Award – Quin Mahler-Moreno, Mylah Meis
The Spirit of a Bluejay Award – Jonathan Armenta, Alec Burgin, Aiden Burgin, Aiden Carlson, Anai Magana, Kenneth Martinez, Freddy Melendez, Sergio Munoz, Jorge Ramirez, Andres Zarate
NASSP Citizenship Award – Keili Aguilar-Clemente, Kember Alvarado, Natalie Castillo, Theo Fisher-Kern, Aaron Flores, Benjamin Kusar, Jackson Loyd, Carlos Martinez, Mylah Meis, Galilea Melena, Denise Rivera, Ashley Robles, Stephani Ubaldo, Andres Zarate
Theulen-Davis Award – Mylah Meis, Owen Myers
Presidential Academic Award – Alexandra Aguilar, Emilie Bates, Olivia Christensen, Christina Kanealy, Collin Lyddon, Quin Mahler-Moreno, Julie Maylum, Valentina Mion, Owen Myers, Carlos Ruiz-Aragon, Miley Sanchez, Brissa Sandoval, Oscar Villalobos
John Philip Sousa Award – Olivia Christensen
IJAG Leadership Award – Zoey Hochstetler
Big Buddy Mentoring Award – Anai Magana 
The Bluejay Congress Outstanding Service Award – Quin Mahler-Moreno
Iowa Choral Directors Award – Mallory Grant
Cook-Weishaar Instrumental & Vocal Music Award – Andres Zarate
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Jeanette Willett
United States Marine Corps Semper Fidelis Music Award – Valentina Mion
Industrial Technology Outstanding Achievement Award – Alec Burgin
Outstanding PE Award H.I.T. Class – Hunter Seiser, Payton Zander
Athletic Enhancement Class – Narciso Hidalgo, Julie Maylum
Mike Garber Physical Education Awards – Sandra Alvayero-Ramirez, Christina Kanealy
George Soumas American History Award – Oscar Villalobos
Judge Van Wifvat American Government Award – Ethan Jackson
Emil Natalle World Studies Award – Mylah Meis
Jim Kaufman Social Studies Award – Olivia Christensen
PHS Economics Award – Owen Myers
Roger Emmert Senior Mathematician Award – Cristobal Turrado
Jeff Bice Memorial Award – Hunter Ayers
Richard Ehlers-Kenneth Finer-Leon Fox Senior Science Awards – Olivia Christensen, Geren Kenney, Quin Mahler-Moreno, Cristobel Turrado
Dave Pratt Outstanding Senior Artist – Jeanette Willet
Helen Utterback – Tom Taylor Business Award – Brissa Sandoval
PHS Instrumental Music Director’s Award – Jackson Loyd
The Barnes Memorial Scholarship – Olivia Christensen ($1,000)
Beasley-Mills Memorial Scholarship – Alexandra Aguilar, Valentina Mion, Owen Myers, Miley Sanchez, Oscar Villaobos ($1,000)
Oliver D. & Mary K. Boyer Memorial Scholarship – Quin Mahler-Moreno, Julie Maylum, Mylah Meis, Owen Myers, Litzy Ramirez ($1,000)
Dr. Eugene R. Brady Memorial Scholarship – Emilie Bates ($500)
Ronald E. Davis Family Scholarship – Mylah Meis, Taryn Nehring ($1,000)
PEO Chapter OK Scholarship – Keili Aguilar ($300)
DMACC Foundation Scholarship – Janelly Sanchez ($1,000)
E. Ruth Garren Memorial Scholarship – Emely Hernandez, Janelly Sanchez ($500); Alexandra Aguilar, Christina Kanealy, Quin Mahler-Moreno, Kenneth Martinez, Mercedes Ponce, Isaiah Ruiz, Miley Sanchez ($1,000)
Hispanics United for Perry Scholarship – Narciso Hidalgo, Edwin Sanchez ($1,000)
Knights of Columbus – Olivia Christensen, Geren Kenney ($250); Mylah Meis ($500)
Ladies Golf League Scholarship – Lydia Nelsen ($400)
Lloyd & Anne Lane Scholarship – Mylah Meis, Brissa Sandoval ($500); Valentina Mion, Carlos Ruiz-Aragon ($1,000)
Madelon Capp Carlile Scholarship – Jonatan Bauelos, Gabriel Beato, Theo Fisher, Emely Hernandez, Jennifer Lopez, Kenneth Martinez, Denise Rivera, Cristobal Turrado, Payton Zander ($1,000); Emilie Bates, Natalie Castillo, Mallory Grant, Zoey Hochstetler, Jackson Loyd, Julie Maylum, Lydia Nelsen, Andres Zarate ($2,000)
Mary Waggie Scholarship – Geren Kenney ($1,000)
Millard & Blanche White Scholarship – Galilena Melena, Christian Pavlica ($500)
Trent Miner Memorial Scholarship – Amy Diaz, Geren Kenney, Jackson Loyd, Quin Mahler-Moreno, Julie Maylum, Owen Myers, Taryn Nehring, Gabriela Orellana, Mercedes Ponce, Madison Stika ($400)
Optimist Club of Perry Scholarship – Janelly Sanchez, Essay Winner; Julie Maylum, EducationMylah Meis, Smiles for Ahmir ($500)
Perry Education Association Scholarship – Emilie Bates, Mallory Grant, Jackson Loyd, Lydia Nelsen ($250)
Perry Lions Club Scholarship – Alexandra Aguilar, Miley Sanchez ($1,000)
Perry Lutheran Homes StepUp Scholarship – Amy Diaz ($1,000)
Perry Rotary Club Scholarship – Jasmine Agreda-Barco, Amy Diaz, Carlos Ruiz-Aragon, Brissa Sandoval ($1,000)
PHS Science-Tech Scholarship – Olivia Christensen ($400)
Raccoon Valley Bank Scholarship – Geren Kenney, Quin Mahler-Moreno, Mercedes Ponce, Jeanette Willett ($1,000)
Tom Schleicher Memorial Scholarship – Julie Maylum ($150)
St. Patrick’s Regina Guild – Geren Kenney, Mylah Meis, Valentina Mion ($250)
Dallas “Pete” & Joyce (Conklin) VanKirk Scholarship – Lizbeth Avina, Yanira Ayala, Abigail Cubillo, Gabriella Orellana, Addison Richardson, Sergio Robles ($500); Jonathan Armenta, Noah Bates, Benjamin Cornejo, Amy Diaz, Evelyn Hernandez, Narciso Hidalgo, Jetzibe Lopez, Audrey Taggart, Diego Velasco, Stephanie Ubaldo ($1,000); Sandra Alvayero ($2,000)
Judge Van Wifvat Memorial Scholarship – Ethan Jackson ($1,000)
Virginia O’Brian Scholarship – Hunter Ayers, Mallory Grant, Jackson Loyd, Andres Zarate ($1,000)
Raccoon Valley Radio Business and Broadcasting Scholarship – Brissa Sandoval ($300)
Iowa Hospital Association – Stacy Flores-Solis ($500); Alilea Melena, Isaiah Ruiz, Madison Stika ($1,000)
Dallas County Hospital Foundation Scholarship – Christina Kanealy, Mercedes Ponce ($500); Amy Diaz ($1,000)
Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa – Taryn Nehring ($1,000)
The Otley Masonic Lodge 228 Scholarship – Olivia Christensen, Oscar Villalobos ($5,000)
Character Still Counts Scholarship – Mylah Meis ($1,000)
Josh Davis Memorial Scholarship – Alec Burgin, Aiden Burgin ($1,500)

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