KEY
Local Scholarship
* Outside Scholarship/Award
** High School Award
ALEXIS ANDERSON – * McDonald’s Restaurant of Merrill Scholarship
IAN ANDERSON – Carl & Wella Orin Scholarship; * Creative Automation Scholarship; * McDonald’s Restaurant of Merrill Scholarship; ** Gold Tassel
JACOB ANDERSON – Merrill Police Department Scholarship; * Student Success Scholarship (Bemidji State Univ.); * University Scholarship (Bemidji State Univ.); ** US Army Reserve Scholar-Athlete Award; ** MHS Hall of Fame Award; ** Senior Athletic Award; ** Gold Tassel
HALEY ARNDT – Ronald & Ellen Nicklaus Scholarship; * Founders’ Assoc. Scholarship (UW-Green Bay); * Macdonald Foundation Work Ethic Scholarship; * Wisconsin Bowling Centers Scholarship; ** President’s Education Award; ** NHS Honor Cord; ** Gold Tassel
SCOTT ARNESON II – Merrill Teachers’ Assoc. Scholarship; Merrill Wrestling Club Scholarship; Ralph L. Neale Memorial Football Scholarship; * Wrestler of the Week (Army National Guard); ** Ogre Hill Wrestling Award; ** Mickelson Award; ** Senior Athletic Award; ** Gold Tassel
MICHAEL BAUMANN – Merrill High School Varsity Blueline Club & Merrill Youth Hockey Assoc. Scholarship; Park City Credit Union University Scholarship; * Freshman Scholarship (UW-Stevens Point); * Linda Osness Memorial Scholarship; ** Conference Scholar-Athlete Award; ** Senior Athletic Award; ** NHS Honor Cord; ** Gold Tassel
RACHEL BAYER – Paul Simon Scholarship; * Community Blood Center Scholarship; * LE Phillips Foundation Scholarship (UW-Eau Claire); * Macdonald Foundation Work Ethic Scholarship; * Gallon Grad Award; ** Gold Tassel
CONNOR BERGMANN – Agra Industries Welding Scholarship; Sylvia Woller Scholarship; * Church Mutual Scholarship
SAMANTHA BERNDT – Jefferson Elementary PTO Scholarship; Martin & Marcella Lahni Scholarship; ** Gold Tassel
MCKENNA BESSERT – Park City Credit Union Technical Scholarship; * Bierman Family Foundation Scholarship (NTC); * Derek Ryman Memorial Scholarship (NTC); * Technical Excellence Scholarship (HEAB); ** Gold Tassel
KONNOR BEYER – ** Gold Tassel
COHRTNEY BOND – * Lincoln Co. Bar Assoc. Scholarship (NTC)
ALISSA BREWER – Martin & Marcella Lahni Scholarship; ** Gold Tassel
CHERISH BROWN – Park City Credit Union Technical Scholarship; * Aspirus Inc. I Scholarship (NTC); * Karl Block Memorial Scholarship (NTC); * Merrill Ice Reflections Scholarship; ** Gold Tassel
BROOKE BUSHOR – Knights of Columbus Scholarship; Marshfield Clinic Scholarship; Ministry Health – Good Samaritan Scholarship; * Voorhees Scholarship (Carroll Univ.); ** Outstanding Vocalist; ** President’s Education Award; ** Gold Tassel
ZACHARY CAMPBELL – ** Gold Tassel
LAUREN CASE – Martin & Marcella Lahni Scholarship; ** Gold Tassel
KYLE CICHY – * GI Bill (US Army)
HANNA COHRS – ** Senior Athletic Award; ** Gold Tassel
TRAVIS COLE – ** Gold Tassel
SETH COLLINS – ** MHS Hall of Fame Award; ** Senior Athletic Award
AMBER DAIGLE – Carl & Wella Orin Scholarship; ** Gold Tassel
KATELYNN DELOSH – ** President’s Education Award; ** Gold Tassel
DUSTIN DENGEL – Gleason Community Club Scholarship in Memory of Richard Bernsdorf; Silver M Scholarship in Memory of Arnold Krombholz; * Trustee Distinguished Scholarship (St. Norbert College); ** NHS Honor Cord; ** Gold Tassel
HUNTER DOWDS – Ministry Health – Good Samaritan Scholarship; * More Light! Scholarship (Lawrence Univ.); * Warch Presidential Scholarship (Lawrence Univ.); ** President’s Education Award; ** Gold Tassel
NOAH DUGINSKI – Genevieve Bowell Scholarship; Pine River Elementary Scholarship; ** Concert Choir Award; ** Outstanding Vocalist; ** President’s Education Award; ** Gold Tassel
EMILY ERICKSON – ** Gold Tassel
MCKENNA FOLZ – ** Outstanding Art Student of the Year Award; ** Gold Tassel
BRITNEY GABLE – * Sierra Pacific Foundation Scholarship
JAMES GABLER – ** Gold Tassel
LAURA GREFE – * Bierman Family Foundation Scholarship (NTC); * NTC Foundation Laptop Award
THOMAS GRUND, JR. – David H. Eckerle Scholarship; Rotary Club Technical Scholarship; UFCW #688 Scholarship; * Bierman Family Foundation Scholarship (NTC); * Jason Elliott Memorial Scholarship; * Kenneth Gradl WI State Youth Bowling Scholarship; * Wausau Area USBC Bowling Assoc. Scholarship; * William C. Johnson Scholarship (NTC); ** Gold Tassel
TRISTAN HABIG – ** Gold Tassel
MIKALA HALL – ** Gold Tassel
BETHANY HASENBERG – Remembering Kyle Memorial Scholarship; ** John Philip Sousa Award; ** Gold Tassel
MAKAYLA HECKENDORF – ** Gold Tassel
ALEXEI HEISINGER – ** Gold Tassel
MASON HELDT – Kiwanis Club Scholarship; ** NHS Honor Cord; ** Gold Tassel
TAYLOR HENRICHS – Walter & Mabel Fromm Technical Scholarship
KASSIDY HIPKE – ** Outstanding Art Student of the Year Award
LARISSA JAHNKE – William J. Hinke Memorial Scholarship; ** Gold Tassel
MIRANDA JAHNKE – Walter & Mabel Fromm University Scholarship; * Freshman Honors Scholarship (UW-Eau Claire); ** MHS Hall of Fame Award; ** Conference Scholar-Athlete Award; ** Senior Athletic Award; ** Gold Tassel
JACOB JENSEN – Mitchell Metal Products Scholarship; * Bierman Family Foundation Scholarship (NTC); ** Senior Athletic Award; ** Gold Tassel
LENNIN KERCHEFSKI – ** Gold Tassel
RACHEL KLADE – Carl & Wella Orin Scholarship; * Pagel Graphic Arts Scholarship; * Polytechnic Scholarship (UW-Stout); ** NHS Honor Cord; ** Gold Tassel
KYLE KLEINSCHMIDT – Merrill High School Varsity Blueline Club & Merrill Youth Hockey Assoc. Scholarship; ** Senior Athletic Award; ** Gold Tassel
DAVID KOTTMAN – ** Frank Roskos Memorial Award
STARR KRENZKE – Leone Torzewski Scholarship; ** Senior Athletic Award; ** Gold Tassel
MATTHEW LADEWIG – ** Senior Athletic Award
TRENT LAMBRECHT – ** Gold Tassel
SARA LAVALLEY – Dr. Jerome Mayersak – Urology Specialists Scholarship; Martin & Marcella Lahni Scholarship; * Academic Excellence Scholarship (HEAB); * Freshman Honors Scholarship (UW-Eau Claire); ** President’s Education Award; ** Gold Tassel
ALEXANDRA LEE – ** Gold Tassel
LUCAS LEE – Lincoln Co. Sports Club Scholarship; Lucas Anderson Memorial Scholarship; Merrill Wrestling Club Scholarship; ** MHS Hall of Fame Award; ** Senior Athletic Award
MARK LEMMER – * GI Bill (Army National Guard); ** Gold Tassel
MICHELLE LOCKE – Lincoln Co. Medical Society Scholarship; ** Gold Tassel
MORGAN MARNHOLTZ – Evelyn Broecker Memorial Scholarship; Merrill Lions Club Scholarship; * Herb Kohl Excellence Scholarship; * Most Valuable Student Scholarship (Wausau Elks Lodge #248); * Presidential Scholarship (Concordia Univ.); * High School Sports Award (Gannett Media); * WIAA Scholar-Athlete Award; ** US Air Force Math & Science Award; ** Klug Award; ** MHS Hall of Fame Award; ** Conference Scholar-Athlete Award; ** Senior Athletic Award; ** President’s Education Award; ** NHS Honor Cord; ** Gold Tassel
HANNAH MARRIER – Beta Sigma Phi Scholarship; Remembering Kyle Memorial Scholarship; Social & Sick Society Scholarship; Tim Volz ‘79 Scholarship; ** MHS Hall of Fame Award; ** Senior Athletic Award; ** Gold Tassel
BRANDON MCCARTHY – Merrill Wrestling Club Scholarship
BENJAMIN MEDLEY – Rotary Club Technical Scholarship in Memory of Roger Nelson; Sgt. Ryan Jopek Memorial Scholarship; ** Gold Tassel
ADAM MESSERSCHMIDT – Social & Sick Society Scholarship; Washington Elementary Scholarship; * St. Stephens Staats Memorial Scholarship; ** Senior Athletic Award; ** Gold Tassel
PAULA MEYER – ** Gold Tassel
MALCOLM MILLER – Walter & Mabel Fromm University Scholarship; ** President’s Education Award; ** Gold Tassel
JUSTIN MONDEIK – Agra Industries Designing Scholarship; Gleason Community Club Scholarship in Memory of Richard Bernsdorf; Gleason Lions Club Scholarship; * Bierman Family Foundation Scholarship (NTC); * George Avant Memorial Scholarship (NTC); * Technical Excellence Scholarship (HEAB); ** NHS Honor Cord; ** Gold Tassel
MELANIE MONNOT – X to C Golf Scholarship; ** Senior Athletic Award; ** Gold Tassel
MCKENZIE MONROE – Mitchell Metal Products Scholarship; Reindl Printing Scholarship; ** Gold Tassel
FRANCES MOONEN – ** Gold Tassel
CHAZ MOOTZ – Ralph L. Neale Memorial Athletic Scholarship; Silver M Scholarship in Memory of Stan Smith; ** Senior Athletic Award; ** Gold Tassel
MARIAH MUELLER – ** Senior Athletic Award
TIFFANY NINNEMANN – Walter & Mabel Fromm Technical Scholarship; * Jesse J. Fleischman Memorial Scholarship (NTC)
JACOB NOHR – WA Marquardt Scholarship; * Admissions Scholarship (Crown College); * Alumni Referral Scholarship (Crown College)
MORGAN NORTON – Carl & Wella Orin Scholarship; Chad Sharon Student Council Scholarship; ** Conference Scholar-Athlete Award; ** NHS Honor Cord; ** Gold Tassel
ASHLEY NOWAK – Martin & Marcella Lahni Scholarship; Robert & Joanne Opsahl Scholarship; * Church Mutual Scholarship; * Gallon Grad Award; ** President’s Education Award; ** NHS Honor Cord; ** Gold Tassel
PHOEBE OSTERHUS – Martin & Marcella Lahni Scholarship; Washington Elementary Scholarship; * Excellence Scholarship (Northern Michigan Univ.); ** President’s Education Award; ** Gold Tassel
COURTNEY PAGEL – Optimist Club Scholarship; Rotary Club University Scholarship; * Freshman Honors Scholarship (UW-Eau Claire); * Gallon Grad Award; ** President’s Education Award; ** Gold Tassel
ZACHARY PETERSON – ** Gold Tassel
RILEY PIKUS – Erwin G. Rusch Memorial Scholarship; Tomahawk – Merrill Tavern League Scholarship; * Freshman Honors Scholarship (UW-Eau Claire); * International Society of Automation Scholarship; ** President’s Education Award; ** Gold Tassel
KATIE PINTENS – “Lee & Lillian Leidiger O’Reilley Scholarship; ** Conference Scholar-Athlete Award; ** President’s Education Award; ** Gold Tassel
STEPHEN POPHAL – Walter & Mabel Fromm Technical Scholarship
KATHLEEN PURMAL – David & Emily Streich Scholarship; Robert & Joanne Opsahl Scholarship; * Excellence Scholarship (Northern Michigan Univ.); ** MHS Hall of Fame Award; ** Conference Scholar-Athlete Award; ** Senior Athletic Award; ** President’s Education Award; ** NHS Honor Cord; ** Gold Tassel
JUSTIN PYAN – Eagles Auxiliary #584 Scholarship; Merrill Baseball Assoc. Scholarship; Ralph L. Neale Memorial Athletic Scholarship; Silver M Scholarship in Memory of Art Ebert; Tomahawk – Merrill Tavern League Scholarship; * Ruth O. Peterson Scholarship (UW-Stevens Point); * St. Stephens Staats Memorial Scholarship; ** Conference Scholar-Athlete Award; ** President’s Education Award; ** Gold Tassel
SARAH RANTA – Walter & Mabel Fromm University Scholarship; ** Gold Tassel
BEN RASMUSSEN – Kate Goodrich Elementary Scholarship; * Macdonald Foundation Work Ethic Scholarship
TRENT RATHKE – Eagles Auxiliary #584 Scholarship
MCKENZIE REIMANN – Shirlaine Drew Memorial Scholarship; ** Outstanding Vocalist; ** NHS Honor Cord; ** Gold Tassel
MASON REINHARDT – “Herbert F. & Elizabeth S. Guenzl Scholarship; Lincoln Co. Assoc. for Home & Community Education Scholarship; Merrill Baseball Assoc. Scholarship; Merrill Wrestling Alumni Club Scholarship; Ralph L. Neale Memorial Wrestling Scholarship; * Athletic Scholarship – Wrestling (UW-Madison); * St. Stephens Staats Memorial Scholarship; * VFW/Ladies Auxiliary Scholarship; * Wisc. Public Service Foundation College Scholarship; * High School Sports Award (Gannett Media); * WIAA Scholar-Athlete Award; ** Legion Wrestling Award; ** Klug Award; ** MHS Hall of Fame Award; ** Conference Scholar-Athlete Award; ** Senior Athletic Award; ** NHS Honor Cord; ** Gold Tassel
SABRINA RIEHLE – Walter & Mabel Fromm University Scholarship; ** Gold Tassel
DEVON RINK – * GI Bill (US Air Force); ** Louis Armstrong Jazz Award
LESLIE ROHMEYER – * GI Bill (US Air Force)
BRITTANY ROUSSEAU – Kiwanis Club Scholarship; ** Gold Tassel
BRIAN ROWE – Eagles Aerie #584 Scholarship; Eagles Auxiliary #584 Scholarship; Neil Callahan Memorial Scholarship; * Brickner Family Automotive Scholarship (NTC); * St. Stephens Staats Memorial Scholarship; * Weinbrenner Shoe Co. Scholarship (NTC)
ERIC RUSSELL – Dave Bonnell Memorial Sports Scholarship; ** NHS Honor Cord; ** Gold Tassel
CHRISTA SCHLEIF – Robert & Joanne Opsahl Scholarship; * Raymond & Marie Goldbach Foundation Scholarship; ** Senior Athletic Award; ** Gold Tassel
BRADY SCHMELLING – “Herbert F. & Elizabeth S. Guenzl Scholarship; Merrill Wrestling Club Scholarship; ** Physics Student of the Year Award; ** US Air Force Math & Science Award; ** Conference Scholar-Athlete Award; ** Senior Athletic Award; ** President’s Education Award; ** Gold Tassel
JOSHUA SCHMIDT – Gleason Community Club Scholarship in Memory of Richard Bernsdorf; WA Marquardt Scholarship; “* United Steel Workers Local 2-248 Scholarship; ** Gold Tassel
MOLLY SCHULTZ – Leone Torzewski Scholarship; ** Gold Tassel
BENJAMIN SOSNOVSKE – Agra Industries Engineering Scholarship; Gleason Lions Club Scholarship; Park City Credit Union University Scholarship; * Agricultural Education Scholarship (Foremost Farms); * Casey Klimek Memorial Scholarship (Merrill FFA Alumni); * Heartland Cooperative Services Scholarship; * Lincoln Co. 4-H Scholarship; * Mutual of Wausau Insurance Corp. Scholarship; ** President’s Education Award; ** NHS Honor Cord; ** Gold Tassel
BAILEY STEFFEN – ** Outstanding Art Student of the Year Award; ** Gold Tassel
KEENAN STELLINGWORTH – Pine River Elementary Scholarship; ** Senior Athletic Award; ** Gold Tassel
LESLIE STEVENSON III – ** MHS Hall of Fame Award; ** Senior Athletic Award
MITCHELL STOCKOWITZ – Matthew Zocher Memorial Scholarship; ** Gold Tassel
KAYLA SUTTON – Paul Simon Business Scholarship; Remembering Kyle Memorial Scholarship; * Blugold Promise Scholarship (UW-Eau Claire); * Optimist Club – Octagon Club Service Scholarship; ** Conference Scholar-Athlete Award; ** President’s Education Award; ** NHS Honor Cord; ** Gold Tassel
BRETT SWAN – ** Senior Athletic Award; ** Gold Tassel
SETH TAUTGES – “Leonard N. Anson Scholarship; * Academic Excellence Scholarship (HEAB); * National Merit – Mead Witter Foundation Scholarship; * Wisconsin Electronic Security Assoc. Scholarship; ** Physics Student of the Year Award; ** President’s Education Award; ** NHS Honor Cord; ** Gold Tassel
RYAN TAYLOR – * Chancellor’s Academic Scholarship (UW-Oshkosh); ** Gold Tassel
JOHN TRAEGER – Lincoln Co. Beef Producers Scholarship
MARIAH TURENNE – Dave Bonnell Memorial Sports Scholarship; Ralph L. Neale Memorial Athletic Scholarship; Sally Pfund Memorial Scholarship; ** US Army Reserve Scholar-Athlete Award; ** Mickelson Award; ** MHS Hall of Fame Award; ** Conference Scholar-Athlete Award; ** Senior Athletic Award; ** NHS Honor Cord; ** Gold Tassel
SHADE WARD – * Frank Hanousek, Jr. Memorial Scholarship (NTC)
THOMAS WEINKAUF – Merrill Wrestling Club Scholarship; ** Gold Tassel
MIA WILLETT – ** Gold Tassel
KATLYN WILLIAMS – Lawrence & John Frederick Agriculture Scholarship; Nicklaus Agriculture Scholarship; * Merrill FFA Alumni Scholarship; ** Senior Athletic Award; ** Gold Tassel
NOAH WILMINK – Alan C. Vecchio Memorial Scholarship; * Bierman Family Foundation Scholarship (NTC)
BOBBI WIMMER – Elsie Heckman Memorial Scholarship; * Aspirus Inc. I Scholarship (NTC); ** Gold Tassel
TYLER WIMMER – Kate Goodrich Elementary Scholarship; Optimist Club Scholarship; Sherry Simon Education Scholarship; * Optimist Club – Octagon Club Service Scholarship; ** Gold Tassel
SAM YESKIS-WEST – Sherry Simon Success Scholarship
ALEXANDRIA YU – ** NHS Honor Cord; ** Gold Tassel
KAYLA ZULEGER – Walter & Mabel Fromm University Scholarship; * Berlin-Hamburg Lions Club Scholarship; * Founders’ Assoc. Scholarship (UW-Green Bay); * Superior Diesel Scholarship (UW-Green Bay); * Wausau Area Builders Assoc. Scholarship; ** NHS Honor Cord; ** Gold Tassel