Scholarship Night for the Whitewater High School Class of 2023 was held on Wednesday, May 17, at 6 p.m., in the WHS auditorium. Seventy seniors were awarded 220 local and area scholarships worth over $227,580. Whitewater Unified School District administrators, staff, and community members presented the good news. Information was also shared about 24 state, national, and collegiate scholarships earned by this group worth over $706,480. This made the grand total of all scholarships awarded Wednesday evening over $934,000!
“In so many ways, this is a community that steps up for our students, including those who are about to take the next step in their academic careers,” said Dr. Caroline Pate-Hefty, WUSD Superintendent. “On behalf of the district, I would like to thank the individuals, families, and organizations that sponsor scholarships each year and support our students and the community. We would also like to thank the WHS Counseling Office that dedicates tremendous time to organizing and planning the Scholarship Night. And, a big congratulations goes out to our students whose hard work and dedication have earned them these opportunities.”
Community members interested in establishing a scholarship for the 2024 Whitewater High School local competition are asked to contact Pamela Sonmor-Wintz at 262-472-8113 or psonmorwintz@wwusd.org.
The local and area scholarships that were presented are as follows:
- Samuel, Afah Annah
- Kikkoman Foods, Inc., $1,000
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Brenda, Aguilar Valadez
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Anthony J Weiler Memorial Scholarship, $500
- Kikkoman Foods, Inc., $500
- Optimist Club – Robers Memorial, $500
- Cambell Alexander
- Veronica Hookstead-West Memorial, $4,000
- Treyton Kilar Memorial, $500
- Allison Alvarado
- Stimpson Memorial, $500
- Anthony J Weiler Memorial Scholarship, $1,500
- Kikkoman Foods, Inc., $500
- Wyatt Anderson
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Whitewater HS LGBTQ+ Pride, $500
- Tyler Arnett
- Frawley Oil Company, $1,000
- NHS Scholarship, $200
- Treyton Kilar Memorial, $500
- Benny Liang Memorial Scholarship, $500
- Brooke Bazeley
- Whitewater Rotary Club, $1,000
- Madelynn Buehler
- D.L.K. Enterprises Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- Burton H Heldt Memorial, $650
- Whitewater Rotary Club Business, $1,000
- Treyton Kilar Memorial, $500
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Keith Cameron
- Arnold & Clara Dierfeld, $250
- Caelyn Caputo
- D.L.K. Enterprises Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- Burton H Heldt Memorial, $650
- Treyton Kilar Memorial, $500
- Whitewater Federation of Women’s Clubs, $500
- Jamie Sendt Memorial, $750
- Dayna Carlson
- Sam & Anne Soffa, $13,000
- Anders Clarksen
- Krueger Memorial, $1,084
- D.L.K. Enterprises Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- Joshua Demrow
- Wisconsin Technical Excellence Award, $6,750
- Alejandra Diaz-Gallegos
- D.L.K. Enterprises Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- ME Converse Public Speaking Memorial, $1,000
- F. L. Moksnes Memorial, $1,000
- Kikkoman Foods, Inc., $1,000
- Melissa Patrick Memorial, $400
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Isabelle Dieter
- Mary Eckstein Memorial , $2,000
- Burton H Heldt Memorial, $650
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Molly Fader
- Arnold & Clara Dierfeld, $750
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Julia Feit
- Arnold & Clara Dierfeld , $500
- Rose Marie Fosdal
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Veronica Hookstead-West Memorial, $4,000
- Grace Foucault
- FFA Alumni & FFA,
- J-Hawks Booster Club Swim , $250
- Burton H Heldt Memorial, $650
- Treyton Kilar Memorial, $500
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Brandon Haas
- Freiermuth Working To Success, $1,000
- Rick Nelson Memorial Skilled Trades Scholarship, $1,500
- Veronica Hookstead-West Memorial, $4,000
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Bernie Partoll Memorial, $500
- Whitewater HS Technology & Engineering, $500
- Schenck Process LLC, $500
- Wisconsin Technical Excellence Award, $6,750
- Reece Hammond
- Treyton Kilar Memorial, $500
- Reagan Hammons
- Rosemary Roe Goeglein Memorial, $1,750
- Kathryn Mayer Memorial, $1,000
- D.L.K. Enterprises Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Casey Heizman
- D.L.K. Enterprises Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- Kindyl Kilar
- Fort HealthCare Robert G. Handeyside, $2,000
- Randy Lyon Memorial, $500
- TIMSHEL, $300
- NHS Scholarship, $200
- Whitewater High School Faculty & Staff, $1,000
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Tom Baird Memorial, $1,000
- Josh Kirley
- Arnold & Clara Dierfeld, $500
- Tim Ryan Memorial Scholarship, $500
- Cali Kopecky
- American Legion Al & Doris Kolmos, $1,000
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Terra Staffing Services, $500
- Fort Community Credit Union Scholarship, $2,000
- Tom Baird Memorial, $1,000
- Kachel Family Maury Greene Business, $2,500
- Treyton Kilar Memorial, $500
- Lions Club, $500
- Optimist Club – General, $500
- TIMSHEL, $300
- Jake Kuhlow
- Treyton Kilar Memorial, $500
- District Leadership Team Scholarship, $500
- Sam & Anne Soffa, $13,000
- Maricruz Lopez
- Kikkoman Foods, Inc., $500
- Anthony J Weiler Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Katlyn Maize
- Arnold & Clara Dierfeld , $250
- Anthony J Weiler Memorial Scholarship, $1,500
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Alexandra Martin
- D.L.K. Enterprises Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- Diane Flood Public School Arts Enrichment, $500
- Fort Community Credit Union Scholarship, $2,000
- Walworth County Arts Council Scholarship, $1,000
- Treyton Kilar Memorial, $500
- John Tinchner Memorial, $402
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Whitewater HS Music Parents – Roxa Pritchett Music, $1,000
- Ben McCulloch
- St John’s Masonic Lodge, $600
- Rebecca Mendoza
- D.L.K. Enterprises Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- Whitewater Education Assoc, $800
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Courtney Meyer
- Freiermuth Key to Business, $1,000
- NHS Scholarship, $100
- FBLA Scholarship, $100
- Lions Club, $500
- Whitewater Professional Police Association, $1,000
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Youssef Mohamed
- F. L. Moksnes Memorial, $1,000
- D.L.K. Enterprises Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Evelyn Noonan
- American Legion Al & Doris Kolmos, $1,000
- Veronica Hookstead-West Memorial, $4,000
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Emily O’Donnell
- American Legion Al & Doris Kolmos, $1,000
- FFA Alumni & FFA,
- D.L.K. Enterprises Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- Betzaida Palomec
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Aileen Perez-Aguilar
- Engineered Plastics Company, $12,000
- Washington PATT, $500
- Lions Club, $500
- Whitewater Community Foundation Founders’, $500
- WHS National Honor Society Outstanding Leadership Award, $500
- Whitewater Kiwanis Breakfast Club, $1,200
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Halee Peters
- Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) , $1,000
- SSM Health Dean Medical Group, $500
- Lakeview PTA Alumni, $500
- Jenna Pope
- Treyton Kilar Memorial, $500
- Clara Bray Reddy Memorial, $500
- Lions Club, $500
- Aaron Porras
- Dream Big Scholarship, $1,000
- Treyton Kilar Memorial, $500
- Arnold & Clara Dierfeld , $1,500
- District Leadership Team Scholarship, $500
- Whitewater Kiwanis Breakfast Club, $1,200
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Ashlynn Prah
- The Coburn Family, $10,000
- James & Zoe Connor, $8,000
- Whitewater Kiwanis Breakfast Club, $1,200
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- D.L.K. Enterprises Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- Wisconsin Academic Excellence Award, $9,000
- Mel Prince
- D.L.K. Enterprises Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- Loussaint & Tiara Minett Family Scholarship, $1,000
- Malcolm C. Davison Music, $250
- Maia Pruitt
- Arnold & Clara Dierfeld , $250
- D.L.K. Enterprises Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- Adrian Rios
- D.L.K. Enterprises Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- Rose Robertson
- WHS Pride Scholarship, $500
- Eli Rodriguez
- Arnold & Clara Dierfeld , $500
- Optimist Club – ELL, $500
- D.L.K. Enterprises Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- Halee Rogers
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Carter Schepp
- D.L.K. Enterprises Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- Kachel Family Science, $2,500
- Treyton Kilar Memorial, $500
- Cole Schlicher
- Arnold & Clara Dierfeld , $500
- Heidi Sherman
- FFA Alumni & FFA,
- John & Joyce Duffin Memorial , $500
- D.L.K. Enterprises Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- Lakeview PTA Alumni, $500
- Caroline Skindingsrude
- Arnold & Clara Dierfeld , $1,500
- Alix Snow
- Arnold & Clara Dierfeld , $250
- D.L.K. Enterprises Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- Skylar Staebler
- Michael Hoffman Memorial Music, $500
- Anne & Lane Kuske Drama, $2,000
- David F. Veith Memorial, $2,500
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Andrew Swartz
- D.L.K. Enterprises Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- Arnold & Clara Dierfeld , $2,000
- Calvin Tomomitsu
- American Legion Al & Doris Kolmos, $1,000
- Lakeview PTA Alumni, $500
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- D.L.K. Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- Claire Tourdot
- Whitewater Rotary Club, $1,000
- Josephine Treder
- Arnold & Clara Dierfeld, $750
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Evelyn Troxel
- Treyton Kilar Memorial, $500
- Lions Club, $500
- Elizabeth Parenteau Spirit of Service Award, $1,000
- Dirk Seibold Cross Country & Track, $1,000
- Whitewater Community Foundation, $3,000
- Whitewater Kiwanis Breakfast Club, $1,200
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Dejaney Valles
- St. John’s Masonic Lodge, $600
- D.L.K. Enterprises Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- Karime Velazquez
- Lincoln Elementary School, $500
- Raymond O. Storck Family, $3,000
- Arnold & Clara Dierfeld, $2,000
- FBLA Scholarship, $100
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Tania Verduzco
- D.L.K. Enterprises Whippet to Warhawk, $750
- Grace Villarreal
- Alvin Wutti H.O.P.E. Memorial, $300
- Arnold & Clara Dierfeld, $500
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Anderson Waelchli
- Arnold & Clara Dierfeld , $250
- Emma Weigel
- Treyton Kilar Memorial, $500
- Jean Broman Olson Art, $1,600
- Burton H Heldt Memorial, $650
- Wisconsin Academic Excellence Award, $9,000
- Tyler Wright
- FBLA Scholarship, $100
- Ashly Xochipa
- Kikkoman Foods, Inc., $500
- Anthony J Weiler Memorial Scholarship, $500
- Lincoln Elementary School, $500
- Caleigh Yang
- Treyton Kilar Memorial, $500
- Kindness Matters Scholarship, $250
- Uglow Family, $1,000
- Class of 1965 & Wink Jung Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
- NHS Scholarship, $100
- District Leadership Team Scholarship, $500
- Jim Stewart Memorial, $1,000
- Whitewater HS Alumni Association, $500
- Matthew Zingsheim
- Whitewater HS National Honor Society (American Red Cross), $250