Since 1986, the Elkhorn Area High School Scholarship Foundation has awarded nearly $5 million in scholarships to graduates of the Elkhorn Area School District (EASD). For the Class of 2025 alone, scholarships totaled over $444,000! To learn more about the Foundation, please visit eahsscholarships.com and check out the “Stories Behind the Scholarships.” We encourage you to consider making a tax-deductible gift to the Foundation to support future scholarship awards.
Additionally, the EAHS Scholarship Foundation is proud to offer post-graduate scholarships to EASD alumni who are currently enrolled in college or university. This year, the Foundation awarded a total of $12,000 in scholarships to alumni.
Valedictorian
Keller Hominick
Salutatorian
Dominic Brandt
Advocate Aurora Burlington Lakeland Medical Staff Scholarship
Brolan Frost, Ava Sollars
America's Liquor LLC Scholarship
Brett Kitzmiller
Arthur C. & Vira Desing Award
Ella Ahler, Dominic Brandt, Emily Catozzi, Aubrey Ganhs, Keller Hominick, Ash Kulick, Colton Petrasek, Kai Rodriguez, Ava Rucinski, Kendall Simonds, Ariana Solorio, Livia Spear, Wyatt Texidor
Barbara A. Fischer Bright Futures Scholarship
Isabella Corpus
Ben Davis Hageli Memorial Scholarship
Nickolas Trombley
Broadcasting Excellence Award
Gavin Krauss, Ash Kulick
Carol E. Siddons Memorial Scholarship
Annason Wissell
Connie McCluskey Scholarship
Hailey Clark
Dan Erskine Memorial Scholarship
Edgar Roman
Drew Wallace Memorial Scholarship
Brett Kitzmiller, Katelin Krauklis
EAHS All Sports Booster Club Scholarship
Nicholas Barkes, Kaylee Frank, Brolan Frost, Vanessa Kotlarz, Kylie Loomer, Owen Paddock
EAHS Auto Club Scholarship
Jacob Pody, Ben Reed, Hunter Vierck, Gabriel Vorpagel
EAHS Digital Innovations Scholarship
Ash Kulick
EAHS Fine Arts Boosters Scholarship
Ember Contreras, Madison Markham, Aydann McHugh, Joseph Mike, Robert Remus, Jameson Rush
Elizabeth O'Brien Scholarship
Evelyn Martinez Dominguez, Jessa Meersman, Kellen Paprocki
Elkhorn Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Center Scholarship
Emiliano Palos
Elkhorn Area Women's Club Scholarship
Elizabeth Barrett, Jazmine Camarena, Weston Holmes, Madison Markham, Kendall Simonds, Ava Sollars
Elkhorn Autism Support Team (EAST) Scholarship
Weston Holmes, Weston Jenquin
Elkhorn FFA Alumni Barbara Fischer Memorial Scholarship
Ben Reed
Elkhorn FFA Alumni Charles Papcke Memorial Scholarship
Ben Reed
Elkhorn FFA Alumni Michael Reinke Memorial Scholarship
Mikayla Werfelmann
Elkhorn FFA Alumni Rick Walter Memorial Scholarship
Kendall Simonds
Elkhorn FFA Alumni Scholarship
Aubrey Ganhs, Madison Markham
Elkhorn Kiwanis Club "Mud" Eames Scholarship
Abraham Herchenbach
Elkhorn Kiwanis Club Dr. Henry Mol Scholarship
Aaron Schumer
Elkhorn Kiwanis Club Dr. Norbert Sabin Scholarship
Gurleen Kaur
Elkhorn Kiwanis Club Honorable James Carlson Scholarship
Christopher Hansen
Elkhorn Kiwanis Key Club Scholarship
Madison Markham
Elkhorn Knights of Columbus Scholarship
Carly Banta, Jazmine Camarena, Laura Hensel, Nickolas Trombley, Paulson Yesbeck
Elkhorn Lions Club Scholarship
Kaylin Bannigan, Hailey Clark, Jessa Meersman
Elkhorn Penguins Swim Team Scholarship
Dominic Brandt, Allison Sax
Elkhorn Rotary Club Scholarship
Isabella Corpus
Elkhorn Rotary Club Scholarship in Memory of Ray Gruman
Robert Remus
Elkhorn Rotary Club Scholarship in Memory of Susan Davey
Caydence Albrecht
Elkhorn Sno-Drifters Scholarship
Aidan Thomas, Nickolas Trombley
First Congregational UCC Scholarship in Memory of Adolph Piek Family
Maci Skala, Nickolas Trombley, Annason Wissell
First Congregational UCC Scholarship in Memory of Ardelle Baur
Haylie Hansen
Girls Can Build Scholarship
Hannah McGee
Harlan & Frances Laney Endowment Award
Hunter Hanson
Hugh and Marie Squires Scholarship
Brianna Librado
Jean A. Amos Memorial Scholarship
Emily Hicks
JoAnne Pella Manufacturing a Brighter Future Scholarship
Aidan Thomas
Jon Eric Jacobson Memorial Award
Madison Markham
Joseph Jeka III Memorial Award
Isabella Corpus
Joseph Jeka Jr and David Jeka Memorial Scholarship
Sadie Kraayvanger, Emiliano Palos, Landon Rieck
Kathryn Bucher Memorial Scholarship
Kaylee Schloemer
Kelly Butzen Memorial Scholarship
Edgar Roman
Kikkoman Foods Foundation, Inc. Scholarship
Isabella Corpus
Kikkoman Foods Foundation, Inc. Endowment Fund Award
Dominic Brandt, Mikayla Werfelmann
Kirt Fiegel Family Scholarship
Jazmine Camarena, Ember Contreras
Lake Geneva Country Club Foundation Scholarship
Evan Bednarek
Lauderdale-LaGrange Fire Department Jamie Sendt Memorial Award
Benjamin Neumann
Len Shilts Masonry Scholarship
Hunter Vierck
LeRoy McCluskey Scholarship
Gabriel Vorpagel
Les Johnson Memorial Scholarship
Ben Reed, Mikayla Werfelmann
Livgracefully Memorial Scholarship
Serenity Jensen, Gavin Krauss, Koda Rebernak, Jillian Rule
Making the Most of High School Scholarship
Ella Ahler, Evan Ahler, Jorlyna Alder, Mark Ambelang, Noah Aney, Nicholas Barkes, Evan Bednarek, Dominic Brandt, Gavin Brueggemann, Emily Catozzi, Isabella Corpus, Brolan Frost, Weston Holmes, Keller Hominick, Cooper Karedes, Gurleen Kaur, Vanessa Kotlarz, Sadie Kraayvanger, Joshua Lauderdale, Aydann McHugh, Joseph Mike, Cameron Nolan, Owen Paddock, Emmanuel Padilla Hernandez, Colton Petrasek, Edgar Roman, Ava Rucinski, Luke Schopf, Kendall Simonds, Maci Skala, Makayla Thomazin, Gabriel Vorpagel, Mikayla Werfelmann
Martin Baur Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Laela Martin
Matheson Memorial Library Foundation Scholarship
Emily Hicks, Gurleen Kaur, Madison Markham, Robert Remus, Emmaline Snead
Medal of Honor Scholarship
Haiden Kruger
Medal of Honor-Nominator Scholarship
Mark Ambelang
Nicholas D Sergi Foundation Scholarship
Ben Reed, Mikayla Werfelmann
Nick Van Dyke Scholarship
Ben Reed
Olson/Folkers Auction Service Scholarship
Labraun Jordan, Madison Markham
Paul & Katherine Schmidt Scholarship
Nicholas Barkes, Ava Sollars
Porter & Lorraine Davis Memorial Scholarship
Sadie Kraayvanger, Victoria Perez
Proud2Be Scholarship
Emily Catozzi, Jameson Rush
Purple & Gold Scholarship
Carson Guth, Brett Kitzmiller, Paulson Yesbeck
Purple & Gold Susan Davey Memorial Scholarship
Landen Kuhart
Randi Wulf Memorial Scholarship
Jazmine Camarena, Haylie Hansen, Laura Hensel, Vanessa Kotlarz, Hudson Krauklis, Cameron Nolan, Owen Paddock, Victoria Perez, Olivia Prowitz, Veronica Siegler, Brook Slinde, Ariana Solorio, Owen Taylor
Rick Nelson Memorial Skilled Trades Scholarship
James Foucault, Aiden McGuire, Benjamin Neumann, Emiliano Palos, Jacob Pody, Ben Reed, Dylan Rumer, Aidan Thomas, Nickolas Trombley
Robert E. Heistad Memorial Scholarship
Alex Kotlan, Madison Markham, Travis Scheibe
Schaffer Health & Fitness Scholarship
Carly Banta, Sethan Otter, Veronica Siegler
Scott P. Jones Memorial Scholarship
Kai Rodriguez
Shaina Ashley Baumeister Memorial Scholarship
Ella Uhlenhake
Southern Lakes Masonic Lodge #12 Scholarship
Emmaline Snead
Steve Durkin Memorial Scholarship
Benjamin Neumann, Emiliano Palos
Sugar Creek Lutheran Church Scholarship
Mark Ambelang, Kaylin Bannigan, Nicholas Barkes, John Batovsky, Katelin Krauklis, Madison Markham, Hannah McGee, Dylan Rumer, Mikayla Werfelmann, Aubrey Zepezauer
Susan Davey Memorial Scholarship
Brett Kitzmiller, Jillian Rule
The Balestrieri Family Foundation Award in Memory of Alex Balestrieri
Isabella Corpus, Brolan Frost, Owen Paddock, Luke Schopf
The Balestrieri Family Foundation Scholarship
Mark Ambelang, Brett Kitzmiller, Katelin Krauklis, Hannah McGee
The Joseph Kirkpatrick Memorial Scholarship
Madyson Bockhop
The Ryan Ringhand Scholarship
Mark Ambelang, John Batovsky, Cooper Karedes
Thelma Adams Meyer Scholarship
Miranda Lopez
Thomas G. Godfrey Scholarship
Selena Wolff
Warren D. Welkos Memorial Scholarship
Madison Markham, Nickolas Trombley
William & Marlyne Seymour Scholarship
Mark Ambelang, Andres Dominguez
William & Mary Ellen Morrissey American Legion Award
Carter Georgalas, Laura Hensel
Post-Graduate Awards
Arthur C. & Vira Desing Post Graduate Scholarship
Grace Alderman, Joelle Dahlgren, Caleb Greving, Molly Turk, Grace Woyak
JoAnne Pella Engineering a Brighter Future Post Graduate Scholarship
Lauren Vorpagel
Joyce Messerschmidt Post Graduate Scholarship
Ella Storlie
Randi Wulf Memorial Post Graduate Scholarship
Ray Beilman, Drew Davey, TJ Huerta