student scholarship winners

The Athens Area Community Foundation is proud to announce its 2007 scholarship winners. The Community Foundation holds these scholarship monies and invests the funds allowing the scholarships to continue to be awarded forever. The twenty awards given this year totaled $10,800. The following are the recipients:

Tarra Amaro received an Athens Rotary Scholarship. She plans to attend Western Michigan University to study biomedical engineering.


Michelle Dulyea received the Donald Trumblee Scholarship. She will attend Kellogg Community College to study graphic design, photography, and printing.

Joshua Fracassi won both the Athens/Union City Lions Club Scholarship and the Les Swartz Memorial Scholarship. He will attend Tri-State University to study engineering.

Beth Ganther is the recipient of an Athens Rotary Scholarship. She plans to attend Kellogg Community College to study nursing.

Becca Hensley won the Dennis Oberlin Memorial Scholarship. Becca will attend KCC to study dental hygiene.

Molly Houser received the Athens AreaCommunity Foundation Scholarship to attend KCC to study hospitality and business management.

Leslie Klein received the Kenneth Clark Memorial Scholarship. She plans to attend Western Michigan University to study chemical engineering and Spanish.

Ami LeBoeuf was awarded the Jacquelyn Barrone Art Achievement Award. She will continue her studies at Kellogg Community College.

Jacob Mack won the Joseph Norrod Scholarship. He plans to attend Western Michigan University to study mechanical engineering.

Chelsea Manies received both the Thomas R. Kelley Memorial Scholarship and the Edith Leonard Scholarship. She plans to attend KCC to study criminal justice and psychology.

Lucas Moore won the Harold Reynolds Memorial Scholarship. He will attend North Central College to study photography or journalism.

Kelsi Mullens received an Athens Rotary Scholarship. She will study actuarial science at Grand Valley State University.

Laura Murphy won a Domenick & Grazia Pontoni Scholarship. She will attend Bethel College to work toward a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.

Amanda Peirce was awarded the Dennis Oberlin Memorial Scholarship. She plans to study biomedical engineering at Indiana Tech.

Adam Stemaly received the Carolyn L. Burnett Scholarship, a new endowment fund established this year. He will attend Western Michigan University to study engineering.

Courtney Stevens won a Domenick & Grazia Pontoni Scholarship. She will study psychology at Northern Michigan University.

Ashley VanderBerg was awarded the Mary Ley Cripps Scholarship. She plans to study English at Central Michigan University.

Ashley Wedel received an Athens Rotary Scholarship. She will study nursing at Kellogg Community College.

Gabe Heurera received the Ratner Scholarship awarded through the Battle Creek Community Foundation. Gabe plans to attend KCC and study video game design.

The Athens Area Community Foundation congratulates all winners and wishes them continued success in their academic careers.