Xavier Ortiz hugs Orchestra Director Jennifer Bayerl after receiving a scholarship. Click pic for more images in our gallery.
The awards were many and because the accomplishments were by the class of 2017 were great.
At the 2017 DDHS Scholarship Awards Ceremony, held Sunday, June 4, at Delavan-Darien High School, graduates-to-be earned 132 scholarships worth $153,450. Those scholarships were a part of a cumulative total of $706,460 students earned from local and outside scholarships, such as from specific colleges, universities and corporations.
The local scholarships awarded are recognized below:
- Taylor Ensminger, American Legion Auxiliary Award Unit 95, Amount: $750;
- Erinn Penniman, American Legion Auxiliary Award Unit 95, Amount: $750;
- Ryan Gengler , American Legion Award Post 95, Amount: $1000;
- Julien Riviere, Americanism and Government Test Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Jacqueline Damrow, Janesville Noon Kiwanis Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Kenna Timmerman, Aurora Health Care Award, Amount: $1000;
- Abigail Even, Darien Fire Department-Dennis Doering Scholarship, Amount: $250;
- Erinn Penniman, Lynda Cooper Memorial Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Hunter Huber, Darien Women’s Club Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Taylor McKinney, Darien Women’s Club Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Jordan Ziolkowski, Darien Women’s Club Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Jada Ludens, Delavan Lioness Club Award, Amount: $1000;
- Abigail Even, Delavan Lions Club-Joseph “Doc” Carroll Award, Amount: $1000;
- Emily Geffers, Delavan Lions Club-Glen Holman Award, Amount: $1000;
- Seth Kirsch, Delavan Lions Club-Dave Curry Award, Amount: $1000;
- Erinn Penniman, Delavan Lions Club-Delbert “Mac” McGinnis Award, Amount: $1000;
- Nilda Ruvalcaba, Delavan Lions Club Award, Amount: $1000;
- Alyssa Gonzalez, Delavan Soccer Club Scholarship, Amount: $350;
- Ricardo Huerta, Delavan Soccer Club Scholarship, Amount: $350;
- Troy Feeney, Delavan Youth Football Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Ryan Gengler , Delavan Youth Football Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Erinn Penniman, Delavan-Darien Education Association Award, Amount: $1000;
- Julien Riviere, Delavan-Darien Friends of the Visual and Performing Arts Scholarship, Amount: $1500;
- Jacob Benzing, Delavan-Darien High School Football Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Ryan Gengler , Delavan-Darien High School Football Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Ethan Cesarz, Delavan-Darien Booster Club Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Cassidy Dodge, Delavan-Darien Booster Club Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Ryan Gengler , Delavan-Darien Booster Club Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Alyssa Gonzalez, Delavan-Darien Booster Club Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Julian Moralez, Delavan-Darien Booster Club Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Jacqueline Damrow, Delavan-Darien Masonic Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Ricardo Huerta, Delavan-Darien Masonic Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Abigail Gomez , Delavan-Darien Rotary Club Awards, Amount: $1000;
- Nilda Ruvalcaba, Delavan-Darien Rotary Club Awards, Amount: $1000;
- Evan Ferguson, Mary Ann Butler Scholarship/Elkhorn Chemical & Packaging, Amount: $500;
- Emily Geffers, Fairfield Grange Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Brisa Valadez, Fairfield Grange Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Katie Nicholas, FFA Alumni Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Jessica Pohl, FFA Alumni Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Cassidy Dodge, Kay Waelti Memorial Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Hunter Huber, Kay Waelti Memorial Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Ricardo Huerta, Kay Waelti Memorial Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Natalie Soto, Kay Waelti Memorial Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Reece Torkelson, Kay Waelti Memorial Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Brisa Valadez, Dora S. Arthur Financial Aid Fund, Amount: $500;
- Taylor McKinney, Florence Dunwiddie Memorial Fund, Amount: $500;
- CJ Morse, Jacqueline Yanke Memorial Award, Amount: $300;
- Troy Feeney, Vincent James Agius Memorial Award, Amount: $300;
- Luis Nova, Kikkoman Foods, Inc. Scholarship, Amount: $3000;
- Jacob Chapman, Jeremiah Millard Memorial Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Alejandra Contreras, Aurora Lakeland Medical Center Medical Staff Scholarship, Amount: $2000;
- Alyssa Gonzalez, National School Orchestra Association Award, Amount: $500;
- Brian Norris, Robert Labonne Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Cassidy Dodge, Sherry L. Rozell Memorial Award, Amount: $500;
- Jayce Crull, SPX Flow Technology, Delavan Operations Scholarship, Amount: $5000;
- Ethan Cesarz, Stinebrink’s Piggly Wiggly Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Evan Ferguson, Stinebrink’s Piggly Wiggly Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Seth Kirsch, Carrie Schuknecht Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Ismael Coello Ramirez, Delavan-Delavan Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Award, Amount: $500;
- Jennifer Perez, Lake Lawn Resort Award, Amount: $1000;
- Julien Riviere, Lake Lawn Resort Award, Amount: $1000;
- Alejandro Tejeda, Lake Lawn Resort Award, Amount: $1000;
- Julien Riviere, Lake Geneva Lakers Soccer Club Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Kenna Timmerman, Walworth County Deputy Sheriff’s Association Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Jacqueline Damrow, United Way of Walworth County-Jim S. Santy Memorial Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Raquel Aranda, Delavan-Darien Foundation Memorial Awards, Amount: $1000;
- Elvia Echeverria, Delavan-Darien Foundation Memorial Awards, Amount: $1000;
- Jesus Garcia, Delavan-Darien Foundation Memorial Awards, Amount: $1000;
- Kristin Hardwick, Delavan-Darien Foundation Memorial Awards, Amount: $1000;
- Jada Ludens, Delavan-Darien Foundation Memorial Awards, Amount: $1000;
- Giselle Medrano, Delavan-Darien Foundation Memorial Awards, Amount: $1000;
- Jonathan Olson, Delavan-Darien Foundation Memorial Awards, Amount: $1000;
- Chandni Patel, Delavan-Darien Foundation Memorial Awards, Amount: $1000;
- Reece Torkelson, Delavan-Darien Foundation Memorial Awards, Amount: $1000;
- Jordan Ziolkowski, Delavan-Darien Foundation Memorial Awards, Amount: $1000;
- Jacob Benzing, Delavan-Darien Foundation Award, Amount: $250;
- Harim Cano, Delavan-Darien Foundation Award, Amount: $250;
- Troy Feeney, Delavan-Darien Foundation Award, Amount: $250;
- Thomas Hummel, Delavan-Darien Foundation Award, Amount: $250;
- Kiana Jaramillo, Delavan-Darien Foundation Award, Amount: $250;
- Grace Maynard, Delavan-Darien Foundation Award, Amount: $250;
- Taylor McKinney, Delavan-Darien Foundation Award, Amount: $250;
- Tamika Robinson, Delavan-Darien Foundation Award, Amount: $250;
- Hannah Santeler, Delavan-Darien Foundation Award, Amount: $250;
- Julien Riviere, William L. Fleck Memorial Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Ricardo Huerta, Stephanie Roherty Memorial Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Jessica Pohl, Stephanie Roherty Memorial Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Luis Nova, Jason M. Sterken Memorial Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Jacqueline Damrow, Jim Santy Community Service Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Ryan Gengler , Mike & Carol Murphy Family Scholarship, Amount: $2500;
- Ismael Coello Ramirez, First Generation Dream Scholarship, Amount: $2000;
- Ismael Coello Ramirez, Patrick Schmitt Memorial Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Ismael Coello Ramirez, Cinco de Mayo Scholarship, Amount: $700;
- Jonathan Olson, Robert Torrenga Memorial Award, Amount: $300;
- Kenna Timmerman, Robert Torrenga Memorial Award, Amount: $300;
- Fab Lab Fab Lab, Michael J. Dillner Memorial Award, Amount: $500;
- Jessica Pohl, Michael J. Dillner Memorial Award, Amount: $750;
- Julian Moralez, Balestrieri Family Foundation Scholarships, Amount: $1000;
- Nilda Ruvalcaba, Balestrieri Family Foundation Scholarships, Amount: $1000;
- Xavier Ortiz, Donald Lucius & Jean Ellyn Smith Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Madalyn Krablean, Donna Buchholz Memorial Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Erinn Penniman, Thrivent Financial Generosity Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Jacqueline Damrow, First National Bank and Trust Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Jesus Garcia, Town Bank Award, Amount: $2000;
- Hunter Huber, Darien Corn Festival/Chuck & Su Brown Award, Amount: $1000;
- Katie Nicholas, Burdette W. Holt Memorial Award, Amount: $250;
- Alexandra Gonzales, Charles Wileman Memorial Award, Amount: $750;
- Priyanka Patel, Claude & Kathryn Davis Family Scholarship, Amount: $6000;
- Erinn Penniman, Doug Kahl Memorial Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Stephanie Garcia, Eugene Schmig Memorial Scholarship, Amount: $1000;
- Jacob Chapman, Gene Shreves Award, Amount: $3000;
- Harim Cano, Howard Knapp Award, Amount: $600;
- Julian Moralez, Jerry B. Gifford Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Jacob Benzing, Irvin C. and Harriett B. Llewellyn Award, Amount: $1000;
- Taylor McKinney, Irvin C. and Harriett B. Llewellyn Award, Amount: $1000;
- Xavier Ortiz, Kathleen Frederick Reader Memorial Award, Amount: $1000;
- Erinn Penniman, McGinnis Education Award, Amount: $1000;
- Jada Ludens, Merlin Moser Award, Amount: $1000;
- Xavier Ortiz, Merlin Moser Award, Amount: $1000;
- Nilda Ruvalcaba, Paul Weckel Memorial Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Madalyn Krablean, Richard Hummel Memorial Award, Amount: $500;
- Israel Montelongo, Richard McClellan Smith Memorial Award, Amount: $500;
- Alyssa Gonzalez, Robert Michael Koval Memorial Award, Amount: $500;
- Julien Riviere, Wallace Zimmerman Memorial Award, Amount: $1000;
- Hailey Volmar, William Boone Memorial Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Nilda Ruvalcaba, Zachary Butler Scholarship, Amount: $500;
- Julien Riviere, Benson Family Scholarship, Amount: $6000;
- Jennifer Perez, Borg Foundation Achievement Scholarship, Amount: $4000;
- Kenna Timmerman, George W. Borg Foundation Inc. Science Scholarship, Amount: $8000;
- Madalyn Krablean, George W. Borg and Effie Borg Scholarship, Amount: $4000;
- Ismael Coello Ramirez, Bohn Family Leadership Scholarship, Amount: $10000;
- Seth Kirsch, Bohn Family Leadership Scholarship, Amount: $10000;
Outside scholarships and award included:
- Jacob Benzing, MPC Scholarship, $2000;
- Jacqueline Damrow, Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award;
- Jesus Garcia, USC Trustee Scholarship, $213760;
- Kristin Hardwick, Mount Mary University Heritage Scholarship, $12000;
- Morgan Hennesey, Carroll University Academic Excellence Scholarship, $66000;
- Kiana Jaramillo, University of Dubuque Honors Scholarship; $10000;
- Taylor McKinney, Marian University Sr. Mary Mollison Legacy Scholarship and Sr. Mary Sheila Burns Scholarship, $56000;
- Johnson Olson, Dordt College Presidential Scholarship, $9000;
- Chandni Patel, Prudential Spirit Community Award;
- Tamika Robinson, UW-Platteville Community Scholarship, $250;
- Hannah Santeler, Carroll University Charles Carroll Sholar, $64000;
- Kenna Timmerman, Utah State University Non-Resident Aggie Scholar and Service Scholarship, $14000;
- Evan Ferguson, University Scholarship, $10000.
Receiving the Academic Excellence Scholarships, worth $2250 per year renewable for four years were:
- Ismael Coello Ramirez
- Kenna Timmerman