MVHS Seniors Honored for Achievements
MVHS Seniors Honored for Achievements
Many students from the senior class of 2024 were recognized for their outstanding achievements at Senior Honor Night, which was sponsored by the Mt. Vernon Education Foundation.
As the students entered the stage, their names were announced with the college/university they plan to attend or their intended field of work. The ceremony began with opening remarks from Mt. Vernon High School Principal Brooke Tharp and the Student Government President, Michael Shearer, followed by the presentation of awards/scholarships.
The total amount of scholarship money awarded to the Class of 2024 was an incredible $8,381,630. The following is a compilation of the awards distributed on Senior Honor Night and the students who received them:
Department Awards
Agriculture - Jackson Dowden
Band - Katelyn Deuser
Business - Brady Fitzgerald
Choir - Dezi Lehr
Engineering and Technology - Samuel Bridenthal
English/ Language - Hannah Elstro
FACS - Lily Sexton
Health/Phys. Ed. - Tyler Etherington
Mathematics - Seth Woolston
Science - Seth Woolston
Social Studies - Lillian Ray
Visual Arts - Penelope Dearth
World Language – Reagan Rosner
Service and Citizenship Recognition
Terry/Borgman Mental Attitude Award: Emma Gasiorek
Army National Guard Scholar Athletes: Katelynn Hawkins, Colin Strachman
Character Award: Misha Patel, Michael Shearer
Gary Leward Award: Jackson Dayhoff
Mt. Vernon AP Scholars with Honor: Penelope Dearth, Misha Patel, Seth Woolston, Chloe Wright
Mt. Vernon AP Scholars with Distinction: Cameron Sullivan
Service and Citizenship Merit Awards: Rebecca Anderson, Berenice Bulgado-Trujillo, Austin Crockett, Rachel Fentz, Lillian Ferguson, Jamyah Gillard, Garrett Glassing, Myranda Groce, Katelynn Hawkins, Jazmin Henderson, Tyler Hexamer, Phoenix Hull, Mattie Isger, Wilbert Jones, Savannah Jouppi, Adam Koon, Isabelle Lacy, Dezi Lehr, Lydia Lewis, Ava Lusby, Tyler Nichols, Isaiah Njau, Dawson Perry, Kylie Quispe, Lillian Ray, Aya Renforth, Aiden Roundtree, Dakota Sandstrom, Kyla Selbe, Luke Shelton, Natalie Sparks, Anna Stanfield, Aubrey Trittipo, Jacen Troxwell, Kalin Wallpe, Emily Westfall, Lillian Wong.
National Honor Society Officers: Mya Adams (Secretary), Annelise Hiner (Vice President), Sophie Maxwell (President), Misha Patel (Treasurer), Lillian Wong (Historian)
Student Government Officer: Mya Adams (Executive President), Rachel Fentz (Executive Historian), Sophie Maxwell (Executive Vice President)
Senior Class Officers & Representatives: Katie Bowsher (Secretary), Phoenix Hull (Representative), Ava Lusby (Representative), Isaiah Njau (Treasurer), Misha Patel (Vice President), Callie Runyan (Representative), Micheal Shearer (President)
Community Scholarship Recognition
Ernie Oden Athletic Scholarship: Adam Koon, Andres Langston, Lily Muhlenkamp, Cameron Sullivan, Easton Wampler
Certificate of Multilingual Proficiency: Samanthathleta Mabura
Hancock County Art Educators Award: Karmen Kalal
Chris Sullivan Memorial Music Boosters Scholarships: Daniel Barnes, Katelyn Deuser
Mark Mattick Mental Attitude Award: Natalie Sparks
Jack Roysdon Good Neighbor Service Award: Olivia Hayden
Kristofor J. Hammond Scholarship: Emma Gasiorek
Bruce A. McKinney Memorial Scholarship: Lily Harney
Mike Johnson Memorial Scholarship: Easton Wampler
Phyllis Wright Scholarship: Emily Xiao
William W. Weil Good Citizen Scholarship: Rachel Fentz, Sophie Maxwell
Mental Attitude Athletic Scholarship in Honor of Robery Doddridge and Coaches Jimmie Howell and Randy Wilson: Colin Strachman
Walter P. and Virginia Worland Scholarship: Matthew Quispe-Stephens
The Steve Williams Soccer Scholarship: Elise Gawrys, Xander Sokol
Hancock County Business & Professional Women: Maya McNeely
Custom Exteriors Scholarship: Addison Lockwood
Brewer-Culley VFW Post 2693 Scholarship: Emma Rappe
The Riley Charles Settergren Scholarship: Annelise Hiner, Callie Runyan
McCordsville Police Department Scholarship: Savannah Jouppi
Alpha Phi Chapter of Psi lota Xi Sorority Scholarship (Art): Karmen Kalal
Alpha Phi Chapter of Psi lota Xi Sorority Scholarship (Literature): Rachel Fentz
Alpha Phi Chapter of Psi lota Xi Sorority Scholarship (Music): Katie Bowsher
Tayler Helgason Nursing Memorial Scholarship: Chloe Albright
Roger’s Smile Scholarship: Asia King
Jack and Bev Falkenberg Memorial Scholarship: Emily Xiao
James Whitcomb Riley Festival Scholarship: Misha Patel
Richard and Judith White Memorial Scholarship: Chloe Albright, Adam Koon
Lee and Bessie S. Blazer Memorial Scholarship: Daniel Barnes
Judy D. Smith Memorial Scholarship: Tyler Hexamer
Lilly Community Scholarship: Misha Patel
Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship: Mya Adams
Tri Kappa Scholarship: Rachel Fentz, Annelise Hiner
Edith Zike Nursing Scholarship: Chloe Albright
Rabe-Vermillion Scholarship: Rachel Fentz, Emme Grubbs, Samantha Mabura, Emma Rappe, John Wilson
Gladys Hancock Shumway Scholarship: Tatum Mastin
The Mt. Vernon Optimist Scholarship: Elise Gawrys, Xander Jones, Madelyn Meyer
Rotary Club of Greenfield Education Scholarship: Kalin Walpe
NineStar Connect Scholarship: Brooklyn Jacobson, Addison Lockwood
Earl J. Brooks & Irene B. Brooks Scholarship: Chloe Albright, Rachel Fentz, Emma Gasiorek, Misha Patel
Nancy Terrell Miller Scholarship: Kalin Wallpe
Margaret Johnson Honorary Scholarship: Rachel Fentz
George & Icy Vaughn Performing Arts Scholarship (Instrumental): Daniel Barnes
Academic Top 15 from the Class of 2024
George & Icy Vaughn Performing Arts Scholarship (Vocal): Callie Runyan
Richard H. Crosser Memorial Scholarship: Rachel Fentz
Donna Duzan Nursing Scholarship: Emma Rappe
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6904 Scholarship: Misha Patel
Nucor Foundation Scholarship: Dawson Perry
Recognition of Academic Achievement
Top Scholars: Dylan Anderson, Daniel Barnes, Kirsten Beaty, Adam Benz, Penelope Dearth, Emma Gasiorek, Elise Gawrys, Annelise Hiner, Jebediah Lottes, Sophie Maxwell, Misha Patel, Cameron Sullivan, Kalin Wallpe, Lily Wong, Seth Woolston.
Senior Leadership Award: Mya Adams, Rachel Fentz
