The Senior Awards Night for the Greene County Class of 2023 was held May 16 at the school auditorium.
Valedictorian for the class is Jesse Miller. Salutatorian is Ashlynn Hinners.
Seniors were recognized for a variety of accomplishments during their high school years.
Recipients of the Seal of Biliteracy, awarded by the World Languages department, were Chad Maston, Olivia Shannon, Alexa Peters, Ilse Hooper, Ashlynn Hinners, Bork Ersnes, Caleb Most and Paton-Churdan senior Tarynn Fisher in Spanish; and Ilse Hooper and Allee Hinote in French. Seal of Biliteracy recognizes students who have attained proficiency in two or more languages, one of which is English. Ilse Hooper received the World Languages Award.
Jesse Miller received the Governor’s Scholar Award.
The Heart of Iowa Activities Conference presented medals to student athletes who met a minimum grade point average. Receiving the medals were Natalie Heupel, Katrina Heupel, Ashlynn Hinners, Jesse Miller, Alexa Peters, and Olivia Shannon.
The Bernie Saggau Award was presented to Katrina Heupel. Emma Hoyle and Jesse Miller were the female and male Ram of the Year respectively.
The Greene County Bar Association presented the Iowa Bar Association’s American Citizenship Award to Allee Hinote and Bella Linberg.
Students were recognized for completing career pathways at the Greene County Career Academy as follows – Education, Analynn Baugh, Sadie Gilbertson, Allee Hinote, Bella Linberg, Olivia Shannon; Advanced Manufacturing/ Welding, Kyle Hughes, Jeremiah Mozena, Jaron Turner; Construction/Building trades, Brian Burris, Ethan Frederick, Brad Mason, Dakota Mobley; Computer Science & Programming, Aaron Knoll; Healthcare, Kamryn Sanders, Alexa Villalobos; Culinary & Hospitality, Alexa Villalobos; Agriculture, Grace Curtis; Industrial Arts, Chad Maston. Future Business Leaders of America Inc, Business CTSO, Ilse Hooper.
All graduates were awarded a $500 Greene County Foundational Scholarship from the Greene County Educational Foundation. This was the fourth year for the $500 awards that are given regardless of each recipient’s future plans.
Students who received $1,000 scholarships were Analynn Baugh, Brianna Blasnitz, Mylo Taute, Katrina Heupel, Natalie Heupel, Ilse Hooper, Emma Hoyle, Gretah Kersey, Madison Kinsey, Cody McCollom, Michael Mills, Cade Silbaugh, and Ashlynn Hinners.
Other scholarships were presented as follows:
-Greene County Pork Producers – Grace Curtis, Kaitlin Fields, Emma Hoyle, McKinley Robbins and Olivia Shannon
-Future Cyclone Leader – Grace Curtis, Alexa Peters
-Lenita Jordan Carstens Scholarship – Isabella Schroeder
-Beta Tau Delta – Analynn Baugh, Allee Hinote, Gretah Kersey
-Ben Carman Memorial Scholarship – Chad Maston, Kamryn Sanders
-Morning Star Masonic Lodge – Brian Burris, Allee Hinote, Gretah Kersey
-Fern Olive Trust Scholarship – Brian Burris, Jesse Miller, McKinley Robbins
-Franklin Township Consolidated School, Cooper – Emma Hoyle
-Greene County Medical Center Foundation – Sadie Gilbertson, Jesse Miller
-Greene County Medical Center Auxiliary – Sadie Gilbertson
-Rotary Club of Jefferson – Grace Curtis, Ashlynn Hinners, Isabella Schroeder, Oliva Shannon
-Greene County soil and water conservation district Conservation Club – Grace Curtis
-Greene County Cattlemen Association – Grace Curtis, Kaitlyn Fields, Parker Fitzpatrick, Emma Hoyle, McKinley Robbins
-Henkel Construction scholarship – Brian Burris, Chad Maston
-Kevin Wills Memorial Scholarship – Allee Hinote
-Frank Linduska Memorial Scholarship – Ilse Hooper
-Earl Wilson Scholarship – Grace Curtis, Ashlynn Hinners, Madison Kinsey, Gretah Kersey
-Ernest Prehm Scholarship – Natalie Heupel, Katrina Heupel, Olivia Shannon, Cody McCollom
-Fred Blackmer Agricultural Studies Scholarship – Grace Curtis
-Warren Raney Memorial Scholarship – Alexa Peters
-Karen Younie Memorial Scholarship – Ilse Hooper, Kaitlin Fields, Allee Hinote
-Bob Carman Patriot Scholarship – Natalie Heupel
-Hazel Brown Zachar P.E.O. – Grace Curtis, Ashlynn Hinners, Brianna Blasnitz
-Betty Jo Callaway Scholarship – Gretah Kersey, McKinley Robbins, Allee Hinote, Cade Silbaugh, Jesse Miller, Grace Curtis, Emma Hoyle, Olivia Shannon, Natalie Heupel and Isabella Schroeder
-Viola Vorhies Nia Scholarship – Brianna Blasnitz
-Fine Arts scholarship – Allee Hinote
-Greene County Activities Booster Club – Jesse Miller, Allee Hinote, Emma Hoyle
-Greene County 4-H Foundation – Olivia Shannon, Grace Curtis
-American Legion Floyd W. Brown Post #11 scholarship – Isabella Schroeder
-Kathy Lynch Memorial Scholarship – Isabella Schroeder, Katrina Heupel
-Lloyd & Shirley Richards Memorial Scholarship – Grace Curtis
-Logan Scheuermann Memorial Scholarship – Emma Hoyle, McKinley Robbins
-Kiwanis Club of Jefferson – Brian Burris, Chad Maston, Cody McCollom, Madison Kinsey
-Greene County Farm Bureau – Grace Curtis, McKinley Robbins
-Raccoon Valley Aktion Club – Allee Hinote
-Grand Junction Lions Club – Emma Hoyle, Cade Silbaugh
-Heartland Bank – Mylo Taute
-Iowa Meat Goat Association – Grace Curtis
-GrCoHS student council scholarship – Olivia Shannon, Gretah Kersey, Isabella Schroeder, Natalie Heupel, Katrina Heupel
-Pat Fields Memorial Scholarship – Alexa Peters, Jesse Miller, Sadie Gilbertson, Grace Curtis, Mylo Taute, Ashlynn Hinners, Patrick Daugherty, Isabella Schroeder, Madison Kinsey, Emma Hoyle, Olivia Shannon
-BPO Does – Brian Burris, Allee Hinote
-Chase Flack Memorial Scholarship – Mylo Taute
-Greene County Education Association – Olivia Shannon, Ilse Hooper, Allee Hinote
-Home State Bank – Isabella Schroeder, Cody McCollom, Grace Curtis, Emma Hoyle, Alexa Peters, McKinley Robbins
-Peoples Bank – Cade Silbaugh, Analynn Baugh, Ilse Hooper, Gretah Kersey
-Gose Farms Inc agricultural studies – Grace Curtis
-Roger Nailor Memorial Scholarship – Analynn Baugh
-Iowa Central Community College work based learning scholarship – Brian Burris, Gabe Fincel, Sadie Gilbertson, Allee Hinote, Bella Linberg, Brad Mason, Kamryn Sanders, Alexa Villalobos
-Des Moines Area Community College Foundation scholarship – JadiLyn Strennen
-University of South Dakota, academics and athletics – Jesse Miller
-Iowa Central Community College – Foundation academic, Rep 4 student merit, pre-health sciences merit, Sadie Gilbertson; Foundation scholarship, Gabe Fincel, Brad Mason; Student merit, March Madness merit, Bella Linberg
Oral Roberts University – Quest Whole Leader scholarship, Isabella Schroeder
University of Northern Iowa – UNI-T.E.D. Award (Unifying Students Through Excellence and Diversity) and Panther achievement award, Michael Mills; Mary and Axel Peterson Scholarship, Natalie Heupel; Panther achievement award, Olivia Shannon
Central College – Stephan Blasnitz
Iowa State University – CJ Gauger 4-h scholarship, Paul Doak Agricultural Business recruiting scholarship, Grace Curtis; ISU grant, Katrina Heupel
University of Iowa – scholarship, Kale Peterson
Oregon State University – Athletic and academic scholarships, McKinley Robbins
Northwestern College – Presidential scholarship, Northwestern grant, eSports scholarship, Caleb Most.
Grand Canyon University – Dean scholarship, Mylo Taute
