CELINA, OH - The Western Ohio Educational Foundation has announced scholarship recipients for the 2025-2026 academic year. This year 95 incoming and continuing Lake Campus students have been awarded 145 scholarships totaling over $165,000 for the upcoming academic year. Scholarships range from a $100 book scholarship to full-tuition.
The Western Ohio Educational Foundation is a 501c3 organization that supports higher education in the Lake Campus region through financial and philanthropically means. The foundation started in 1962 and has since grown to a thirty-member organization that spans over five surrounding counties. One of the missions of the WOEF Board is to support students of the Lake Campus with annual scholarships.
Scholarship recipients will be honored for their achievements at a Scholarship Breakfast on June 4, 2025. For more information about the Western Ohio Educational Foundation please contact Tammy Eilerman at tammy.eilerman@wright.edu.
| Amount | Scholarship Name | First Name | Last Name |
| $3,000 | Precision Strip | Layla | Bihn |
| $3,000 | Pax Machine Works | Cody | Depweg |
| $3,000 | Lincoln Electric Automation, Ft. Loramie | Gavin | Evers |
| $3,000 | Vantilburg Family Scholarship | Kaitlyn | Muhlenkamp |
| $3,000 | Lincoln Electric Automation, Ft. Loramie | Keaton | Puthoff |
| $3,000 | Vantilburg Family Scholarship | Adam | Schwieterman |
| $3,000 | Vantilburg Family Scholarship | Lillian | Severance |
| $3,000 | Mercer County Civic Foundation Healthcare | Audrey | Wendel |
| $2,339 | Crown Scholarship (Direct from HS) | Lillian | Heckler |
| $2,339 | Crown Scholarship (New Bremen) | Allyson | Pape |
| $2,000 | Reuben and Leola Wissman Estate | Grant | Bollenbacher |
| $2,000 | Willis and Ruth Winters | Emily | Delzeith |
| $2,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Alyssa | Diller |
| $2,000 | Midmark Corporation | Natalie | Evers |
| $2,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Henry | Knapke |
| $2,000 | Reuben and Leola Wissman Estate | Jalon | McInnis |
| $2,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Alanna | Mescher |
| $2,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Elise | Muether |
| $2,000 | Willis and Ruth Winters | Kylee | Reno |
| $2,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Brianna | Siefring |
| $2,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Avae | Unrast |
| $1,500 | Rockford FOE Aerie #1292 Direct From High School | Kassidy | Dues |
| $1,500 | Victor Fuhrwerk Memorial | Kendall | Kill |
| $1,500 | Reuben and Leola Wissman Estate | Max | Knapke |
| $1,500 | Reuben and Leola Wissman Estate | William | Knapke |
| $1,500 | Victor Fuhrwerk Memorial | John | Kramer |
| $1,500 | Rockford FOE Aerie #1292 Membership, Any HS | Abbie | Mengerink |
| $1,500 | MVP Dairy Learning Center | Aleigha | Overman |
| $1,500 | Lincoln Electric Automation - Coldwater | Jacob | Schmitmeyer |
| $1,500 | Lincoln Electric Automation - Coldwater | Jacob | Schmitmeyer |
| $1,500 | MVP Dairy Learning Center | Elizabeth | Weitzel |
| $1,200 | Dorothy and Lester Brandewie Scholarship | Abbeygale | Roberts |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Cory | Agler |
| $1,000 | Thomas Rampe Memorial Scholarship | Cory | Agler |
| $1,000 | Reuben and Leola Wissman Estate | Quinn | Andrew |
| $1,000 | Reuben and Leola Wissman Estate | Jared | Andrus |
| $1,000 | WOEF Scholarship | Amelia | Ankerman |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Kaci | Anthony |
| $1,000 | WOEF Scholarship | Ella | Aufderhaar |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Drew | Backs |
| $1,000 | Cargill Agriculture for the Future | Drew | Backs |
| $1,000 | WOEF Scholarship | Quincey | Baumgartner |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | Owen | Bergman |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Mackenzie | Bohman |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | Paige | Buschur |
| $1,000 | WOEF Scholarship | Elizabeth | Davis |
| $1,000 | Stephen and Opal Jagoditz | Joelle | De Lisle |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Abigail | Diller |
| $1,000 | Grand Lake Health System Nursing Scholarship | Alyssa | Diller |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Amber | Dirksen |
| $1,000 | WOEF Scholarship | Jenna | Dirksen |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | Collin | Doseck |
| $1,000 | Reuben and Leola Wissman Estate | Noah | Droesch |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Bethany | Dues |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | Kassidy | Dues |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | Ethan | Eisert |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Brooke | Evers |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | Jaclynn | Felver |
| $1,000 | Stephen and Opal Jagoditz | Jaclynn | Felver |
| $1,000 | Reuben and Leola Wissman Estate | Gavin | Fisher |
| $1,000 | WOEF Scholarship | Jennifer | Fisher |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | Carter | Gasson |
| $1,000 | WOEF Scholarship | Chloe | Gibson |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | Bennett | Glass |
| $1,000 | WOEF Scholarship | Reese | Goubeaux |
| $1,000 | WOEF Scholarship | Kelly | Grannan |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | Isabella | Gulley |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Monica | Hemmelgarn |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | Jenna | Heuing |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Jenna | Heuing |
| $1,000 | WOEF Scholarship | Colleen | Hiestand |
| $1,000 | Lake Improvement Association Scholarship | Luke | Highley |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | Tyler | Hoblet |
| $1,000 | Mercer Savings Bank | Ryan | Homan |
| $1,000 | Park National Bank | Ryan | Homan |
| $1,000 | Shelby County Resident Scholarship | Rachel | Hoying |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Karen | Hudak |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Allison | Hughes |
| $1,000 | Reuben and Leola Wissman Estate | Haiden | Keith |
| $1,000 | MED Foundation of Mercer Health | Henry | Knapke |
| $1,000 | Cargill Agriculture for the Future | Megan | Kohler |
| $1,000 | WOEF Scholarship | Grace | Leach |
| $1,000 | Reuben and Leola Wissman Estate | Andrew | Leffel |
| $1,000 | Cargill Agriculture for the Future | Summer | Lehsten |
| $1,000 | Reuben and Leola Wissman Estate | Collin | Lenhart |
| $1,000 | Stephen and Opal Jagoditz | Sasha | Liette |
| $1,000 | Reuben and Leola Wissman Estate | Austin | Loughridge |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | Alexander | Lundy |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | Margret | McGlinch |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | Jalon | McInnis |
| $1,000 | MED Foundation of Mercer Health | Abbie | Mengerink |
| $1,000 | Dr. Kenneth H. and Kitty Hunt Ziegenbusch Nursing Scholarship | Alanna | Mescher |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Eve | Mescher |
| $1,000 | Stephen and Opal Jagoditz | Juliana | Mihm |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | Allison | Miller |
| $1,000 | Cargill Agriculture for the Future | Kayla | Myers |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Caitlyn | Nuding |
| $1,000 | WOEF Scholarship | Hannah | Palmer |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | Landon | Pleiman |
| $1,000 | Reuben and Leola Wissman Estate | Trent | Rollins |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Tyler | Rowen |
| $1,000 | Mercer Savings Bank | Blake | Schmitmeyer |
| $1,000 | Reuben and Leola Wissman Estate | Wesley | Schoen |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Rachel | Schroyer |
| $1,000 | WOEF Scholarship | Jackson | Shellhaas |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Trinity | Shoupe |
| $1,000 | Cargill Agriculture for the Future | Trinity | Shoupe |
| $1,000 | Reuben and Leola Wissman Estate | Dominic | Shroyer |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Julia | Siefring |
| $1,000 | WOEF Scholarship | Jenna | Snyder |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | Troy | Spencer |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Alec | Stammen |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Brady | Steinbrunner |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | Abigail | Stroh |
| $1,000 | Mercer Savings Bank | Lauren | Thieman |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | McKenna | Tinnerman |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Natalie | Ungruhn |
| $1,000 | Lake Improvement Association Scholarship | Gena | Vagedes |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | Emma | Wilker |
| $1,000 | Stephen and Opal Jagoditz | Grace | Wilker |
| $1,000 | Grand Lake Health System Nursing Scholarship | Grace | Wilker |
| $1,000 | Richard and Catharine Sharp Estate | Emma | Will |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | Alayna | Wrasman |
| $1,000 | Academic Excellence Scholarship | Gage | Zack |
| $1,000 | Reuben and Leola Wissman Estate | Gage | Zack |
| $750 | Raymond and Patricia Giesige | Eve | Mescher |
| $600 | Tom and Ann Knapke | Abbie | Mengerink |
| $500 | Don Krischak Memorial | Joelle | De Lisle |
| $500 | First National Bank New Bremen | Jaclynn | Felver |
| $500 | BTAS Program Scholarship | Carter | Gasson |
| $500 | Rockford FOE Aerie #1292 Law Enforcement Program | Reiley | Sevillano |
| $250 | Bonnie K. Mathies Book Scholarship | Joelle | De Lisle |
| $250 | Bonnie K. Mathies Book Scholarship | Grace | Leach |
| $250 | Bonnie K. Mathies Book Scholarship | Alexander | Lundy |
| $250 | Bonnie K. Mathies Book Scholarship | Abbie | Mengerink |
| $150 | Merritt Wood Memorial | Joelle | De Lisle |
| $150 | Jennifer Seas Book | John | Kramer |
| $100 | St. Marys Kiwanis Book Scholarship | Camron | Dammeyer |
| $100 | St. Marys Kiwanis Book Scholarship | Keaton | Fischbach |
| $100 | St. Marys Kiwanis Book Scholarship | Bennett | Glass |
| $100 | St. Marys Kiwanis Book Scholarship | Mackenzie | Gray |
| $100 | St. Marys Kiwanis Book Scholarship | Haiden | Keith |
| $100 | St. Marys Kiwanis Book Scholarship | Ryan | Ruvoldt |
| $100 | St. Marys Kiwanis Book Scholarship | Brennan | Steger |
