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Updated: May 18, 2025 @ 10:05 pm
Gary Gwisdalla presented Addison Kay the Sara Gwisdalla Memorial Scholarship.
American Legion Post 107 Chaplain Clarence Canterbury presented a scholarship from the organization to Phoebe Brown.
Bryson Tomlin was the recipient of the Citizenship Award.
Valedictorian Aubrey Cox received congratulations and a certificate from Ripley High Principal Luke Swiney.
Gary Gwisdalla presented Addison Kay the Sara Gwisdalla Memorial Scholarship.
American Legion Post 107 Chaplain Clarence Canterbury presented a scholarship from the organization to Phoebe Brown.
Bryson Tomlin was the recipient of the Citizenship Award.
Valedictorian Aubrey Cox received congratulations and a certificate from Ripley High Principal Luke Swiney.
RIPLEY, W.Va. (WV News) — At the formal awards ceremony at Ripley High School on May 16, $2,174,451.60 in scholarships were awarded. While many were from colleges and universities, others were from memorial funds, businesses, and academic and charitable organizations.
VALEDICTORIAN – Aubrey Cox
SALUTATORIAN – Jeremiah Franklin
WSAZ BEST OF THE CLASS – Aubrey Cox
SCHOLARSHIPS
Bridge Valley Community & Technology College – Jackson Lively
WV Resident Board of Governors Scholarship – Brenna Lutz
University of Charleston – Braydon Champlin, Mason Lanham, Addison Clay
Fairmont State University – Cooper Durst, Brandon Fowler
Glenville State University – Sierra Anderson
Marshall University – Kaylie Cordeiro, Amelia Bibb, Linzia Crook, Isaiah Fisher, Layla Hinzman, Lillian Bergdorf, Lucas Bower, Abigail Eaton, Lily Gorrell, Tyler Grim, Timothy Hall, Camryn Harvey, Isabella Jude, Brody Keller, Lillian Roach, Camdyn Staats, Elizabeth Ridenour, Abigail Hutton
Delbert Carney Staats Memorial – Abigail Hutton
West Virginia State University – Kaylie Cordeiro
West Virginia University – Amelia Bibb
Climb Higher Scholarship – Sullivan Carpenter, Linzia Crook, Samuel Varney, Isaiah Fisher, Lucas Bower, Aubree Brabham, Charles Harrison, McKenna Ryder, Jack Vaughn, Aubrey Cox, Brody Keller
West Virginia University – McKenna Ryder
Creative Arts Scholarship – Brody Keller
West Virginia University Institute of Technology – Nash Davis, Jeremiah Franklin
West Virginia University Parkersburg – Miley Southall, Jasmine Vance
WV Wesleyan College – Braedon Angel, Charles Harrison, Rowan Doss, Maura Deviese, Lucas Bower
Defiance College – Madeline Estep
Long Island University – McKenzie Hupp
Muhlenberg College – Timothy Noah Hall
Muskingum University – Michael Vaughn
Ohio University – Elizabeth Ridenour, Camdyn Staats
United States Air Force – Layne Kendall, Mason Gandee
WV Promise Scholarship
Stevie Boggs, Callie Bonecutter, Lucas Bower, Aubree Brabham, Braydon Champlin, Aubrey Cox, Nash Davis, Jack Donelson, Cooper Durst, Madeline Estep, Isaiah Estep, John Francis, Jeremiah Franklin, Lily Gorrell, Tyler Grim, Charles Harrison, Camryn Harvey, Olivia Hayman, Justin Hinzman, Jake Holmes, Brody Keller, Mason Lanham, Jackson Lively, Elizabeth Ridenour, Lillian Roach, McKenna Ryder, Camdyn Staats, Braxton Tabor, Jack Vaughn
West Virginia STEM Scholarship – Nash Davis
LOCAL/COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS
Morley Q. Parsons Memorial Scholarship – Lyndsay Cox, Camryn Harvey, Kaci Simons
Alpha Delta Kappa/Winnie Casto Memorial – Kaylie Cordeiro
Ben Parsons Memorial Scholarship – Ethan Kay, Isabella Skeen
Charles M. Shaver Memorial Scholarship – Cooper Durst
Gavyn’s Voice – in Memory of Gavyn McCauley – Jasper Tinsman, Michael Vaughn
Jack L. Pursley Memorial – Bryson Tomlin
JCBDA in Memory of Jerrald Williams – Isabella Skeen
McKay Coast Scholarship – Camdyn Staats, Ian Greathouse
Robyn Gandee Memorial Scholarship – Miley Southall
Stephen P. Goodwin Memorial – McKenna Ryder
Tara Anderson Memorial – Miley Southall
Allegheny Mountain Section of the Air & Water Management Association – Aubrey Cox
Auxiliary of the WV Hospital Association – Camryn Harvey
American Legion Post 107 – Phoebe Brown
American Red Cross – Cameron Sutler
Burger King Foundation – Aubrey Cox
Constellium Employee Scholarship – Hayden Ross
Constellium Skilled Trades – Garrett Brown, Melina Worley
Delta Kappa Gamma – Kaylie Cordeiro
First United Methodist Church of Ravenswood – Lillian Roach
Jackson County Association of Retired School Employees – Kaylie Cordeiro
Jackson County Democratic Women’s Club – Cooper Durst
Kanawha Valley Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education – Sawyer Burgess
Sandyville Community PRIDE – McKenna Ryder
WoodmenLife Focus Forward – Callie Bonecutter
WV Realtors Relief Fund – Ethan Kay
WV Statewide independent Living Council: WV Disability History Essay Contest – District I – Aubrey Cox
WVU Medicine – JGH Auxiliary – Amelia Bibb
City National Bank – Abigail Hutton
Kemba Charleston First Federal Credit Union: 4th Annual Roanld Turley Scholarship – Aubrey Cox
Peoples Bank – Michael Vaughn
Ravenswood Federal Credit Union – Lyndsay Cox
Truist – Robert K. Park Memorial – Phoebe Brown
Jackson County Community Foundation
Alva Burdette – Elizabeth Ridenour
Sara Gwisdalla Memorial – Addison Clay
Hartley Family – Callie Bonecutter
Jackson County Homebuilders Association – Bryson Tomlin
Dr. Charles Kelly Memorial – Lily Gorrell
Trorie Atkinson Olszewski Memorial – Olivia Hayman
Pilot Club of Jackson County – Phoebe Brown
Lorene Good Postlethwait – Isabella Skeen
Randolph Scholarship in Memory of Lola Randolph/in Honor of Everett Randolph – Aubree Brabham
Ripley Rotary – in Memory of James Robinson – Camryn Harvey
Ripley Rotary – in Memory of Judge Oliver Kessel – Jack Vaughn
Beverly Shatto Memorial – Kaylie Cordeiro, Brianna DeWees
Viking Voices in Memory of Mike Ruben & John Rice – Cooper Durst, Michael Vaughn
Jack Yearego Memorial – Camdyn Staats, Isabella Jude
Parkersburg Area Community Foundation
Fostering Hope – Camdyn Staats
St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae – Callie Bonecutter
Ripley High School Alumni Association – Kaylie Cordeiro, Aubrey Cox, Cooper Durst, Charles Harrison, Camryn Harvey, Abigail Hutton, Brody Keller, Isabella Skeen
LEADERSHIP AND DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS
FFA Alumni Scholarship – Phoebe Brown, Elizabeth Ridenour, Bryson Tomlin
Music
John Philip Sousa Award – Brody Keller
National School Marching Award – Isaiah Fisher
National School Color Guard Award – Abriella O’Dell
Arion Foundation Award – McKenna Ryder
National School Choral Award – Ian Greathouse, Lyndsey Lowry
Co-Op of the Year – Aubrey Cox
Mike Ruben Memorial Athletes of the Year – Ethan Kay, Isabella Jude
Greg Reed Memorial Leadership presented by Chick-Fil-A – Ethan Kay
Daughters of the American Revolution Citizen of the Year – Cooper Durst
Citizenship Award – Bryson Tomlin
Student of the Year – Cooper Durst
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