Pirate grads net $2.2 million in scholarships

Members of the Port Washington High School Class of 2025 were awarded  $2.2  million in scholarships, with a record $494,750 million being awarded to graduating seniors and alumni through the Community Education Foundation of Port Washington-Saukville.

The following scholarships totaling $381,750 were awarded to graduating seniors through the Community Education Foundation of Port Washington-Saukville Inc.:

Port Washington Lion’s Club Scholarship: $2,000 each to Maxwell Behrndt, Ezra Meeks and Carter Hodgson.

Port Washington High School Athletic Booster Club Scholarship: $500 each to  Isaac Morgan, Madison Myers, Sierra Miller and Hope Gilhooly.

Brandon Melichar Memorial Scholarship: $3,500 each to Hewitt Dekker, Abigail Grisar and Aaliyah Lathrop.

Paul Watry Memorial Scholarship: $8,000 to Sadie Turner and $4,000 each to Seth Mangin and Madison Myers.

Arthur G. and Harriet Mehring Scholarship: $4,000 to Reagon Jerome.

  Thomas H. Stanlick Memorial Scholarship: $1,500 to Annabelle Hatfield.

E. John and Peter Geittmann Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 to Brenna Rohrbeck.

Catherine and Alvin Bares Memorial Schoalrship: $5,000 each to Samuel Pasten, Margaret Zirbes and Alexis Luna.

Port Washington State Bank Scholarship: $3,500 each to Jonas Fechner and Madison Myers.

Robert C. Koch Math Scholarship: $2,500 to Annabelle Hatfield.

Ralph J. Hurias Scholarship: $20,000 to Jacari Mathews.

General Tuition Organization Scholarship in memory of Paul Ehrlich and Franklin J. Karrels: $1,500 to Caleb Runkel.

General Tuition Organization Scholarship in memory of John M. Johnson: $1,500 to Joseph Sepanic.

Carol and Melvin Birkholz Scholarship: $1,000 each to Samantha Wheelock and Alivia Stolper.

Charter Steel Scholarship: $1,500 to Carter Hodgson.

Tyler Buczek Memorial Scholarship: $1,500 each to Gabriel Chandler and Paige Scheunemann; and $1,000 to Isaac Morgan.

Jon R Krainz STEM Scholarship: $1,000 to Jonas Fechner.

  Egan Family Scholarship: $1,000 each to Annabelle Hatfield and Alexis Luna.

 Deputy Adam Hartwig Memorial Scholarship: $2,000 each to Maxwell Behrndt, Carter Hodgson, Ezra Meeks and Sophia Shaub.

Be3 Scholarship for Women: $1,000 each to Sierra Miller and Abigail Zirbes.

Dustin Brede Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 to Joseph Sepanic.

Evelyn C. Smith R.N. Scholarship: $2,000 to Liala Golemba.

Darrell P. and Milly S. Bretl Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 to Clare Ritter.

  Nicole Fischer Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 each to Parker Allen and Liala Golemba. 

Kim and Terry Hansen Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 to Aaliyah Lathrop. 

  Port Washington Yacht Club Scholarship: $2,000 to Isaac Morgan.

Arthur Kelm Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 each to Elisia McNall and Abigail Zirbes.

Margaret E. Schmit Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 to Kaitlynn Steidtmann.

  Port Washington-Saukville Music Boosters Scholarship: $2,000 to Seth Mangin and Logan Williams.

Marie Metz Memorial Scholarship: $2,000 to Brooke Mitchell.

Port Washington Saukville Education Association Scholarship: $1,000 to Kaitlynn Steidtmann.

Marc and Evalyn Jean Eernisse Scholarship: $1,000 to Madison Wichman.

  David Herbert Scholarship: $1,000 to Kaitlynn Steidtmann.

  American Legion Landt-Thiel Post 470 Scholarship: $1,000 each to Makenna Gall and Paige Scheunemann.

Alvin and Hildegarde Panarusky Scholarship: $2,500 to Seth Mangin. 

Arno Gunther Memorial Engineering Scholarship: $8,000 each to Pater Lotz and Gabriel Chandler.

  Port Washington Rotary Club Scholarship: $2,000 to Annabelle Hatfield and $1,000 each to Neveah Biggers, Clare Ritter and Ella Rosenthal.

  William J. and Myra L. Niederkorn Scholarship: $7,000 to Drew Carlson and $6,000 to Madelynne Knapp.

  Royce R. Thompson and Anita Fay Thompson Scholarship: $1,000 to Tre’jon Igess.

Julia Blake Munster and Adele Blake Scholarship: $4,000 to William Enos; $7,000 each to Zachary Falkenberg and Logan Greisch; $5,000 each to Parker Allen and Hadley Schwenzen; $4,500 to Paige Scheunemann; and $500 each to Marcy Arn, Deanna Shulka, Julia Del Rio, Alyssa Peek and Isabella Koebel.

Port Washington Kiwanis Club Scholarship with matching funds from WI-UM Kiwanis District: $1,500 to Madison Myers. 

Port Washington Kiwanis Club Scholarship: $500 each to Isabella Koebel and Jenna Korten.

Community Education Foundation Scholarship: $1,000 each to Zachary Falkenberg, Willow Rogers and Logan Greisch.

  Verne and Jeanne Appleman Scholarship: $1,000 each to Cali Schultz, Owen Webb and Samuel Hoeft.

Vernon and Frankie Biever Scholarship: $1,000 each to Neveah Biggers and Isabella Koebel.

Jack and Shirli Flack Scholarship: $10,000 each to Kennedy Enright and Isaac Morgan and $5,000 to Rosalie Grover.

  Arno Gunther Memorial Scholarship: $5,000 to Talula Leverson; $4,000 each to Abigail Zirbes and Makenna Gall; $3,000 to Willow Rogers; $2,500 to Drew Carlson; $2,000 to Annabelle Hatfield; $1,500 each to Abigail Bley, Anika Henckel and Eva Duran; $1,000 each to Mya Stone and Rebecca Uttke; and $500 each to Sarah Panek, Ayden Taleck, Julia Pfeiffer, Emma Curran, Peyton Maves, Carson Page, Kaitlyn Celmo, Brady Shaw, Jazmyn Runkel, Tre’jon Igess, Hayden Cottrell, Owen Webb, Sierra Miller and. Surenady Nguyen

A.D. Usow Memorial Scholarship: $500 to Aiden Altendorf Schmidt.

Lakeside Pepsi Scholarship: $500 each to Cooper Schwanz and Surenady Nguyen.

  Shirley Schanen Gruen Visual Arts Scholarship:  $1,000 to Rosalie Grover.

Timm Snider Memorial Scholarship:  $1,000 to Jaden Palubiski.

  Windjammer Scholarship: $1,000 to Maxwell Behrndt.

Rodney Stricker Scholarship: $1,000 to Brenna Rohrbeck.

  Murial Altendorf Memorial Scholarship: $3,000 to Hope Gilhooly and $2,000 to Mya Stone.

  Fran Koch Scholar Athlete Scholarship: $1,000 to Bayer White.

  Marlam Karnish Literacy Scholarship: $500 to Drew Carolson.

  Keith B .Knop Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 to Isabella Koebel.

  Risë Andersen Arts Scholarship: $1,000 to Rosalie Grover.

Class of 1966 Scholarship: $750 to Trevor Langford.

  Alice Rabenhorst Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 to Rosalie Grover.

  Rosalee Flack Morgan Women in Engineering Scholarship: $1,000 each to Renata Commare and Ava Schnappup.

  PWHS Wall of Fame Scholarship: $1,000 to Abigail Bley.

Kelly Green Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 each to Ryder Stumpf and Rosalie Grover.

KMC Stamping Scholarship: $1,000 to William Enos. 

Eva Kreissig Memorial Scholarship: $500 to Kaitlyn Celmo.

  Margaret A. Hutinger Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 to Rebecca Uttke.

  Ozaukee Masonic Lodge Scholarship: $1,250 to William Enos.

Marine Leatherneck Club of Port Washington Scholarship: $500 each to Joshua Arnold and Reid Daniels.

  Pirate Parent Group Scholarship: $1,000 each to Rebecca Uttke, Kaitlynn Steidtmann, Reagan Jerome and Brenna Rohrbeck.

 Donna Mae Dickmann Memorial Scholarship: $5,000 to Kylie Krajenka.

  Mike Simsic Memorial Scholarship: $2,000 to Matthew Hansen.

  Stars & Stripes Legacy Scholarship: $500 to Trevor Langford.

  Jeff Plier Memorial Scholarship: $2,000 to Liala Golemba.

  Toni and Lloyd Smith Memorial Scholarship: $2,000 to Alexander Anewenter and $1,000 each to Brady Calder and Kennedy Enright. 

  Class of 1971 Scholarship: $2,500 to Ella Rosenthal. 

Custom Wire Technologies Inc. Scholarship: $10,000 each to Renata Commare and Jonas Fechner.

Lake Financial Scholar-Athlete Scholarship: $1,000 each to Eily Haas and Eamon Tetzlaff

Jack “Skip” Flack Memorial Scholarship: $2,000 each to Samuel Pasten and Eily Haas.

Class of 1974 Scholarship: $1,000 to Hadley Schwenzen.

  Tom Watry Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 to Samuel Pasten.

  Bretl Brothers Scholarship: $1,000 to Jaden Palubiski.

PWHS DECA and Captain’s Quarters Scholarship: $500 each to Brooke Mitchell, Liala Golemba and Madison Wichman and $250 to Kylie Krajenka.

  Doug Conradt Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 to Joseph Sepanic.

  Benjamin B. Bourbon Scholarship: $2,000 each to Zachary Falkenberg and Logan Williams.

  Sara Stitt Collins Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 to Jenna Korten.

  PW Pride Scholarship: $500 to Emma Curran.

  Friends of Port Washington Fish Days Scholarship: $1,000 each to Abigail Zirbes and Makenna Gall.

  Jeanne Marie Johnson Scholarship: $1,500 to Anika Henckel.

  Richard C. and Janice R. Becker Scholarship: $2,000 each to Chase Polcyn and Therese Stanwood and $1,000 to Paige Scheunemann.

  St. John’s XXIII Men’s Club Scholarship: $1,000 to Reagan Jerome.

Harbor Campus/Capri Communities Scholarship: $1,000 to Clare Ritter.

  Dave Schmutzler Memorial Trade School Scholarship: $2,000 to Joseph Sepanic.

Aurora Medical Center Grafton Medical Staff Health Sciences Scholarship: $1,500 to Victoria Del Angel Cano. 

Scott Zirbes Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 to Isaac Morgan.

  Ronald and Elizabeth Schowalter Memorial Scholarship: $2,500 to Hope Gilhooly and Margaret Zirbes.

  Ozaukee County Economic Development Scholarship: $1,000 to Mya Stone.

  Quest for the Net Basketball Scholarship: $1,000 each to Hope Gilhooly, Sierra Miller, Paige Scheunemann and Margaret Zirbes.

  The following Scholarships totaling $1.7 million were awarded to graduating seniors by colleges and other organizations:

Edgewood University Trustee’s Scholarship: $92,000 to Willow Rogers. Edgewood University Henry J. Predolin Scholarship: $16,000 to Willow Rogers. 

Marquette University Pere Marquette Scholarship: $112,000 to Rebecca Uttke.

Evansville University Tuition Exchange Scholarship: $172,000 to Isaac Morgan.

4-H Foundation Scholarship: $3,000 to Carter Hodgson.

Ozaukee County Agriculture Society Scholarship: $2,000 to Carter Hodgson.

Greater Ozaukee-Washington Bowling Association Youth Scholarship: $250 to Logan Williams.

UW-Milwaukee Black & Gold Scholarship: $2,000 to Jacari Mathews.

UW-Stout Polytechnic Merit Scholarship: $1,500 to Chase Polcyn.

UW-Stout Promise Scholarship: $2,000 to Chase Polcyn.

  New York University Presidential Scholarship: $196,000 to Therese Stanwood.

  St. Louis University Athletic Scholarship: $267,360 to Parker Allen.

University of Nebraska-Omaha Athletic Scholarship: $146,248 to Lillian Merow.

Carthage College Founders Scholarship: $80,000 to Alexandra Mihalko. 

North Park University Recognition Scholarship: $52,000 to Julia Pfeiffer.

North Park University Financial Recognition Scholarship: $12,000 to Julia Pfeiffer. 

Dairy Doctors Veterinary Services Scholarship-UW-River Falls: $500 to Madelynne Knapp.

  UW-River Falls Falcons Soar Scholarship: $2,000 to Madelynne Knapp.

Auburn University Academic Charter Scholarship: $28,000 to Owen Webb.

Marquette University Pere Marquette Scholarship: $114,000 to Mya Stone.

  Marquette University Ignatian Distinction Scholarship: $10,000 to Mya Stone.

Ozaukee Chorus Youth Scholarship: $1,500 to Logan Williams. 

  UW-Madison National Merit Scholarship: $20,000 to Jonas Fechner.

Badger Meter 4-H Scholarship: $5,000 to Peter Lotz.

 Ozaukee County Agriculture Society Scholarship: $1,500 to Peter Lotz.

Marquette University Pere Marquette Scholarship: $142,000 to Brady Shaw.

Milwaukee School of Engineering Scholarship: $136,000 to William Enos.

Xavier Athletic Baseball and Academic Scholarship: $45,000 to Samuel Hoeft.

 Xavier University Catholic Heritage Award: $2,000 to Samuel Hoeft. 

Wisconsin Academic Excellence Scholarship: $9,000 to Drew Carlson.

Vollrath Co. LLC Academic Scholarship: $8,000 to Eamonn Tetzlaff.

The following scholarships totaling $113,000 were awarded through the Community Education Foundation of Port Washington-Saukville Inc. to Port Washington High School graduates attending college:

Alfred and Irene Pirrung Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 to Olivia Karrels.

  Clarence and Barbara Becker Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 to Connor Cowen.

William and Lalonie Ross Music Scholarship: $1,000 to Margo Halblieb.

  Port Washington Woman’s Club Scholarship: $1,000 to Ella Gilhooly and $500 to Margo Halblieb.

  Len Friede Memorial Scholarship: $2,000 to Austin Huber and $1,000 to Lyla Waranka.

  Port Washington-Saukville Education Association Scholarship: $1,000 to Alyssa Hovey.

Rodney Stricker Scholarship: $1,000 each to Brady Fleischmann, Elaina Makout and Lydia Weyker.

Community Education Foundation Scholarship: $1,000 to James Mitchell.

Muriel Altendorf Memorial Scholarship: $5,000 to Bryce Borchardt.

Catherine and Alvin Bares Memorial Scholarship: $2,000 each to Spencer Struckman, Karsten Huse, Kyle Krentz and Brayden Thompson; $2,500 each to Luca McCaman and Matthew McCaman; $2,000 to Patrick Lippe; and $1,000 to Morgan Canseco.

Alice Rabenhorst Memorial Scholarship: $3,000 each to Lydia Weyker and Leah Sheriff and $1,000 to Alyssa Hovey. 

Julia Blake Munster and Adele Blake Scholarship: $2,500 to Jackson Myers.

William J. and Myra L. Niederkorn Scholarship: $1,500 to Logan Bares.

Arno Gunther Memorial Scholarship: $4,000 each to Ryan Burmesch, Lauren Jeffers, Sophia Kuhl and Luke Markiewicz; $3,000 each to Olivia Poull and John Sickles, $2,000 each to Sydney Hoeft, Miles Carlson, Noah Doherty, Ashley Giese, Daniel Hansen, Abigail Lotz, Ava Mrozek, Peyton Mueller-Stenz, Rebecca Sepanic, Nathan Uselding, Jennacy Wille and Margo Halblieb; $1,000 each to Brielle Bertler, Caroline Hadacek, Alyssa Hartline, Emma Injeski, Emmitt Karrels, Nolan Kopp, Hunter Motiff, Ella Mueller, Gabrielle Ortiz, Jacob Peacy, Taylor Peiffer, Maxwell Rogers, Eliabeth Schmidt, Brayden Thompson, Nolan Voeller, Maria Wichmann and Aleysha Will; and $500 each to  Walker Malouf, Elijah Perez and Abigail Doll.