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May 28, 2025
Harper High School Class of 2025 Scholarships and awards

Anneliese Bacon: Doyle W. Smith Memorial Scholarship – $2,000; Frontier History Company Foundation – $1,000; HALO Scholarship – $750; Harper Livestock Show Scholarship – $400; Henderson-Wessendorff Entomology – $1,000; Kerr County Texas Farm Bureau – $1,000; Miss Harper Flame Scholarshp – $1,000; Tarleton State University Acceptance Award – $2,000; Texas A&M College of Agriculture Dean’s Award – $16,000; Texas State University Merit Scholarship $48,000. Karsann Baethge: Angelo State Distinguished Student – $12,000; Central Texas Electric Cooperative Academic – $4,000; Gillespie County Stock Show Scholarship – $1,000; HALO Scholarship – $500; Harper Livestock Show Scholarship – $400; Hill Country Sheep and Goat Raisers – $1,000; Ron Shipley Memorial Livestock Judging – $1,000; San Angelo Livestock Judging Contest – $1,500; South Plains College Judging Team $3,500; Texas Tech University Presidential Merit – $24,000; Zonta Club of Fredericksburg – $1,000.

Ethan Ballard: Fredericksburg Junior Golf Foundation – $2,500; Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Assn. – TBD; Harper Athletic Boosters Club – $500; Harper Band Boosters – $500; Texas Tech University Presidential Merit – $16,000; Tyler Wilke Athletic Scholarship – $500.

Ty Bierschwale: Gillespie Co Fair and Festivals Assn. – TBD; Harper Athletic Boosters Club – $500; Hill Country Sheep and Goat Raisers $1,000; Texas Tech University Presidential Merit – $6,000; Wally’s Warriors Scholarship – $1,000.

Kiara Cash: Harper PTO/Create Healthy Scholarship – $5,160.

William Clark: Exotic Wildlife Association – $8,000; Hill Country Sheep and Goat Raisers – $1,000; Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islander Award – $13,564; Texas A&M Corpus Christi – $6,000.

Clark Crenwelge: Doss 4-H Club Scholarship – $250; Doyle W. Smith Memorial Scholarship – $3,000; Gillespie County A&M Club (Luckenbach Family) – TBD; Gillespie County A&M Club (Mays Family) – TBD; Gillespie County Farm Bureau Scholarship – $1,800; Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show – TBD; Harper Livestock Show Scholarship – $400; HALO Scholarship – $500; Henderson-Wessendorff Foundation – $3,000; Hill Country Sheep and Goat Raisers – $1,000; Hill Country Telephone Cooperative Scholarship – $2,000.

Bryson Denton: Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo – $4,000; Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show – TBD; Harper Athletic Boosters Club – $500; San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo – $10,000; Starfish Charitable Foundation – $5,000; Texas Holstein Association – $1,000.

Jack Earhart: Gillespie County Texas A&M Club – TBD.

Keoni Fogle: Hill Country Sheep and Goat Raisers – $1,000.

David Garcia: Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Assn. – TBD; Harper Athletic Boosters Club $500; Texas Tech University Presidential Merit – $12,000; Wally’s Warriors Scholarship – $1,000.

Graciela Garcia: Capital Excavation Scholarship – $10,000; Central Texas Electric Cooperative Academic – $4,000; Fredericksburg Jaycees Scholarship – $1,500; Fredericksburg Masonic Lodge #794 – $2,500; Harper Band Boosters – $500; Harper PTO/Create Healthy Scholarship – $5,160; Texas A&M Corpus Christi Scholarship – $12,000.

Cayden Grona: Boot Ranch Community Scholarship – $2,000; Central Texas Electric Cooperative Skilled Trades – TBD; Fredericksburg Jaycees Scholarship – $1,500; Fredericksburg Morning Rotary Club – $2,500; Harper Chamber of Commerce – $1,000; Hill Country Sheep and Goat Raisers – $1,000; Starfish Charitable Foundation – $5,000.

Kenna Herrmann: Association of Compensatory Education of Texas $1,000; D’Hanis Hermann Sons Life Scholarship – $100; Fredericksburg Morning Rotary Club – $2,500; Fredericksburg Masonic John Weikel Memorial – $5,000; Harper Athletic Boosters Club – $500; Medina Electric Cooperative, Inc. – $2,000; Starfish Charitable Foundation – $5,000; TESA Vocational Grant – $2,000.

Gracie Holmes: Boot Ranch Community Scholarship – $2,000; Central Hill Country Board of Realtors – $1,000; Fredericksburg Jaycees Scholarship – $1,500; Fredericksburg Masonic Lodge #794 – $2,500; Gillespie County Democratic Assn. – $1,000; Harper Athletic Boosters Club – $500; Harper PTO/Create Healthy Scholarship – $5,160; Lucky Lindy Segall Scholarship – $5,000; Texas Tech University Presidential Merit – $12,000; Wally’s Warriors Scholarship – $1,000; William Shields Hodges Scholarship – $1,000.

Kinsey Key: Colton Tatsch Memorial Scholarship – $1,500; Exotic Wildlife Association – $8,000; Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Assn – TBD; Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show – $500; HALO Scholarship – Rhett Urban Memorial – $1,000; Harper Athletic Boosters Club – $500; Harper Livestock Show – $400; Harper Presbyterian Church – $1,000; Hill Country Sheep and Goat Raisers – $1,000; Tractor Supply FFA Scholarship – $10,000; Texas Tech University Presidential Merit – $12,000.

Marley Michel: Ag and Life Sciences Grant – UG – $2,000; Angelo State Distinguished Student – $8,000; Angelo State University TPEG Resident – $3,000; Colton Tatsch Memorial Scholarship – $500; Gillespie County A&M Club (Morrill Family) – $1,000; Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Assn. – $2,500; Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show – TBD; HALO Scholarship – $750; Harper Athletic Boosters Club – $500; Harper Community Park Scholarship – $500; Henderson-Wessendorff Foundation – $3,000; Hill Country Sheep and Goat Raisers – $1,000; Kerr County Farm Bureau Scholarship – $1,000; Schreiner University Academic Merit $92,000; Schreiner University Bonus Scholarship – $1,000; Schreiner University GRIT Score – $2,500; Schreiner University Hill Country – $2,000; Schreiner University Presidential Award – $23,000; St James Lutheran Church – $1,000; Tarleton State Academic Scholarship – $2,000; Tarleton State University PEG – $1,850; Texas FFA Champion Ento CDE – $250; Texas A&M University Tuition Support Award – $1,000; Tyler Wilke Ag Scholarship – $500; Zonta Young Women in Leadership Award – $1,000.

Tyler Polak: Angelo State Distinguished Student – $8,000; Carl and Lerlene Hamilton Oehler Memorial – $1,000; Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show – $1,000; San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo Ag – $14,000.

Alli Price: Angelo State Distinguished Student – $12,000; Carl and Lerlene Hamilton Oehler Memorial – $1,000; Fredericksburg Rotary Club $1,500; Harper Athletic Boosters Club – $500; McLaughlin Doty Foundation – $30,000; Nevel (Red) and Geneva Haley Scholarship – $7,395; Tyler Wilke Athletic Scholarship – $500.

Jesse Rodriguez: Harper Band Boosters – $500.

Markhas Rose: Harper Band Boosters – $500.

Payton Ryno: Harper PTO/Create Healthy Scholarship – $5,160.

GG Sander: Angelo State Distinguished Student – $8,000; Baylor University Distinction Award – $120,000; Baylor University Grant – $46,680; Carl and Lerlene Hamilton Oehler Memorial – $1,000; Central Texas Electric Cooperative Academic – $4,000; Fredericksburg Rotary Club – $1,500; Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Assn. – TBD; Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show – TBD; Greater San Antonio Chapter of Basketball Officials – $1,000; HALO Scholarship $250; Harper Athletic Boosters Club – $500; Harper Band Boosters – $500; Hill County Sheep and Goat Raisers $500; Patricia Frist Memorial Scholarship – $4,250; Texas Tech University Presidential Merit – $26,000.

Kelsie Sawyer: Harper Band Boosters – $500; VTSU Better Together Scholarship – $5,000.

Carli Smith: McLaughlin Doty Foundation – $30,000.

Kaitlynn Smith: Fredericksburg Jaycees Scholarship – $1,500; Fredericksburg Junior Golf Foundation $2,500; Harper PTO/Create Healthy Scholarship – $5,160; Hunt Garden Club Scholarship – $1,050; Texas ELKS Association – $5,000; UNT Excellence Scholar Scrappy – $1,000.

Megan Smith: Harper Band Boosters – $500.

Nikki Tatsch: Carl and Lerlene Hamilton Oehler Memorial – $1,000; Catholic Life Insurance Scholarship – $1,000; Central Texas Electric Cooperative Academic – $4,000; Colton Tatsch Memorial Scholarship – $1,000; Fredericksburg Masonic Lodge John Weikel Memorial – $5,000; Fredericksburg Nimitz Rotary Club – $1,000; Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Assn. – $2500; Gillespie County Farm Bureau Scholarship – $1,000; Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show – $1,400; HALO Scholarship – $500; Harper Athletic Boosters Club – $500; Harper Community Park Scholarship – $1,000; Harper FFA Boosters Sheila Maner Zant Memorial – $1,000; Henderson-Wessendorff Foundation – $1,000; Hill Country Sheep and Goat Raisers – $1,000; Knights of Columbus, St. Joseph’s, St. Ann’s and Catholic Daughters Scholarship – $1,000; Midwestern State Freshman Excellence – $2,000; Midwestern State Redwine Honors Program – $40,000; Order of Eastern Star Kerrville – $1,500 Pecos Worrell: American Royal High Individual 4-H Livestock Judging – $500; Andy Peek Livestock Memorial Scholarship – $1,000; BioEnzyme National Leadership Award – $1,000; Black Hawk East Livestock Judging – $80,000; Capital Farm Credit Scholarship – $1,000; Charlie Wilson Memorial Scholarship – $1,000, Colton Tatsch Memorial Scholarship – $2,000; District 10 TEBA Scholarship – $2,000; Fredericksburg Jaycees Scholarship – $1,500; Gillespie County 4-H Adult Leaders Scholarship – $2,000; Gillespie County Extension Education Association – $1,000; Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Assn. – TBD; Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show $1,800; HALO Scholarship – $750; Harper Livestock Show Scholarship – $400; Hill Country Sheep and Goat Raisers -$1,000; Hill District Grandstand Heifer Scholarship $1,500; Sullivan Supply Scholarship – $1,000; Thomas Kemp Memorial Angus Scholarship – $3,000.

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