SHELBY – Pioneer Career and Technology Center held its annual honors night on April 30. Scholarships were awarded to many students for continuing education with a total amount at $595,704. Pioneer also announced 286 special awards presented to 186 students.
A major highlight of the event was the announcement that Ingrid Schmidt, an Ontario High School senior, is the winner of this year’s Byron H. Carmean Award winner. The Carmean Award is the highest award given to a Pioneer student and was created to recognize students with outstanding qualities of character, personal dedication and service to education. Schmidt was also Pioneer’s senior nominee for the Franklin B. Walter Scholarship Award and the November Student of the Month.
Additional award winners and scholarship recipients in the area are as follows:
Byron Carmean Scholarship:
BOE, $1,000: Ingrid Schmidt Performing Arts, Ontario
Gorman Family Carmean Scholarship, $1,500: Ingrid Schmidt
EAP, $500: Ingrid Schmidt
BOE, $250: Jessica Harford, Galion; Shelby Skidmore, Buckeye Central; Christina Tilton, Lucas; Grace Walker, Northmor; Kyle Willis, Ontario.
North Central State College Scholarships
Presidential Scholarship, $10,582: Douglas Meadows, Northmor.
Academic Dean’s Scholarship: $5,148: Rex Fowler II, Madison Comprehensive; Jacob James, Plymouth; Alicia Sesco, Ontario; Alexis Washburn, Plymouth.
College Tech Prep Stakeholders Scholarship, $500: Courtney Bear, Lucas.
David Cardwell College-NOW Scholarship, $500: John Finch, Galion.
Don Plotts Career Center Scholarship $1,000: Rex Fowler II, Madison Comprehensive; Taylor Kuhn, Crestview.
Pioneer Scholarship:
Gorman Family Foundation Manufacturing Scholarship, $2,000: Kyle Wills, Ontario; Mitchel Noel, Shelby.
Gorman Family Foundation College-NOW Scholarship, $1,500: Benjamin Tucker, Clearfork; Madison Adams, Ontario.
R.H. Phillips Family Scholarship, $1,000: Levi Green, Shelby.
Dr. Gale & Joyce Leimbach Scholarship, $1,000: $500, Ingrid Schmidt, Ontario.
Donald L. Plotts Attitude Scholarship, $500: Irene Caldwell, Willard.
The Glenna R Cannon Excellence in Non-Traditional Field Scholarship, $500 Jessica Harford, Galion.
Bachrach Scholarship, $500: Becca Hostetter, Galion.
Kuhn-Ganyard Scholarship, $500: Abigail Melton, Plymouth.
Walter and Mary Kumm Scholarship, $450: Makenzie Wright, Northmor.
Francisco M. Fabela Scholarship, $250: Jenna Lane, Lexington.
Ruth Klenke T&I Scholarship, $250: Matthew Wright, Northmor
Alumni Endowment Scholarship, $250: Makenzie Wright, Northmor; Matthew Wright, Northmor.
Robert Janca Memorial Scholarship, $365: McKenzie Metzger, Shelby; Allyson Knapp, Ontario.
American Red Cross $250, Anna Hall, Galion.
Civista Bank, $500: Shelby Skidmore, Buckeye Central.
Additional Scholarships:
Ashland University Provost Award, $32,000: McKenzie Metzger, Shelby;; Abigail Melton, Plymouth; Ingrid Schmidt, Ontario.
Ashland University Scholarship, $28,000: Jacqueline Carriger, Galion.
Coach Ebersole Award, $500: Katelynn Knight, Shelby.
Cleveland State University, $20,000: Jessica Harford, Galion.
Edna Price Beck Scholarship, $2,000: Jessica Harford, Galion.
Plymouth FFA Alumni Scholarship, $500: Alexis Washburn, Plymouth.
Ohio Prostart, $2,500: Taylour Smith, Madison Comprehensive
The University of Akron Presidental Scholarship, $16,000: Chynna Gutai, Mansfield Senior.
Bowling Green State University, $16,000: John Metzger, Shelby.
Ohio Dominican Scholarship, $60,000: Mariah Stacy, Lucas.
Capital University Scholarship, $120,800, Christina Tilton, Lucas.
Bowling Green State University Academic Scholarship, $14,000: Eryn Dye, Buckeye Central.
The University of Akron Scholarship of Excellence, $18,000: Eryn Dye, Buckeye Central.
Kent State University Trustee’s Scholarship, $6,000: Ashley Edwick, Ontario.
Steel Dynamics Scholarship, $12,000: Drew Moser, Galion.
Marion Technical Scholarship: $1,500: Selena James, Northmor.
Ohio Prostart Scholarship, $7,000: Adelaide Cole, Ontario.
University of Northern Ohio, $10,000: Hayden Shoup, Crestview
UTI Technical School, $10,000: Hayden Shoup
WYOTech, $6,000: Hayden Shoup.
Awards
Gorman Family Foundation Manufacturing Award, $500: Joseph Applegate, Northmor; Aaron Mohr, Crestview; David Gilbert, Ontario; Levi Green, Shelby; Mitchel Noel, Shelby; Kyle Wills, Ontario.
Gorman Family Senior Project Award, $300: Haily Clum, Galion; Logan Spohn, Lucas.
Gorman Family 100 percent Credential Award, $400: Jeremiah Hacker, Buckeye Central; Ashley Ferrell, Northmor; Alexander Schriner, Willard; Morgan Collins, Lexington; Ashlyn Maley, Northmor; Molly Jones, Galion; Alexia Wolfe, Clearfork; Olivia Scarborough, Lexington.
Gorman Family Foundation College — NOW Scholarship, $1,500: Benjamin Tucker, Clearfork; Madison Adams, Ontario.
