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SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH SCOTT COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

The Scott County Community Foundation has numerous scholarships to aid in the continuing of education. Not all scholarships listed below are currently available, as some funds are still growing to be able to distribute awards. Applications will be completed online and are due April 1.

If you are a graduating senior in Scott County, complete your application for the majority of our scholarships here.

If you are an adult and current college student, complete your application here.

Graduating seniors from Scottsburg High School, complete your application for the Timothy Michael Wolf Memorial Scholarship here.

For more information, please call the Foundation office or talk to your guidance counselor.

• Alice and Gerald L. Miner Scholarship Fund
  This scholarship is available for Scottsburg High School graduating seniors. You must have a G.P.A. of 3.0 or higher. This scholarship is worth $2,000.

• Bonnie Church Scholarship Fund
  This scholarship is available for Scottsburg and Austin High School graduating seniors. You must have a G.P.A. of 2.0 or higher and plan to major in golf course or turf management. This scholarship is worth $2,500.

• AHS Alumni Association Scholarship Fund
  This scholarship will be available for graduating Austin High School seniors. Please contact your guidance counselor for the application.

• Carol Pettit Memorial Scholarship Fund
  This scholarship is available for graduating seniors who attended Vienna-Finley Elementary School and plan to pursue a college degree in the field of education. This scholarship is worth $250.

• Charles G. Nolan Memorial Scholarship Fund
  This scholarship will be for any graduating senior of Scott County (Austin High School, Scottsburg High School or home-school) who wants to major in mathematics, engineering, or a science-related profession. This scholarship is worth $318.

• Christie Crafton Memorial Scholarship Fund
  This scholarship provides money to a graduating senior from Scottsburg who plans to pursue a career in education. This scholarship is worth $250.

• Dale McNeely Scholarship Fund
  Established from the Martha McNeely estate in honor of her husband, Dale McNeely. This scholarship is for graduating seniors from Scottsburg High School and is worth $10,000.

• Epply Shields Memorial Scholarship Fund
  This scholarship is available for eligible graduating seniors at Scottsburg High School who are enrolled in an undergraduate or post secondary program as a full time student. This is a renewable scholarship over four years and the amount is based on the earnings of the fund, which is $2,777 this year.

• Greater Scott County Chamber of Commerce Education Award
  The purpose of this fund is to provide financial assistance to individuals in meeting educational goals beyond high school. Adults/current college students may apply for this scholarship. Two $500 scholarships are awarded annually.

• Kenninger Music Education Fund
  This scholarship will be for students who want to pursue a degree in music, and who demonstrate financial need, or to be used by music teachers in Scott County to help students who have financial need to rent or purchase musical equipment and/or provide support to music teachers for musical education and/or projects. This scholarship is not available this year.

• Lilly Scholar Endowment Fund

              Established through a challenge to our Lilly Scholars several years ago, this fund

              will award a scholarship to a graduating senior at both Austin and Scottsburg High

              schools. It is worth $625 for each scholarship.

• Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship
  The purpose of the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program is to help raise the level of educational attainment in Indiana and to leverage further the ability of Indiana’s Community Foundations to enhance the quality of life of the state’s residents. This scholarship pays for four years of tuition at any Indiana public or private college, as well as $900 per year for books. One scholarship is awarded in the county.

• Mallory Lainhart Memorial Scholarship

              Mallory was a beautiful 9-month-old girl who was born with a fatal congestive heart 

              defect. Mallory was considered by all to be a miracle child of God, and she lost her  

              fight to live after her body was too weak to go on, having endured 19 procedures and

              surgeries on her tiny body. There will be two scholarships for $500 each for

              graduates of Austin and Scottsburg high schools.

• Mary Elizabeth - Virgil S. Miller Memorial Scholarship

              This scholarship will allow a student from Austin High School and a student from

              Scottsburg High School to pursue a degree in higher education. It is worth $1,000

.             at each school.

• Philip Glenn Martin Memorial Scholarship
  In memory of Phil Martin, this scholarship has been established for graduates of Scottsburg High School residing in Finley Township who have chosen to further their education. This scholarship is not available this year.

• Phyllis Calvin Educational Endowment Fund

              This scholarship is available to graduates of Austin High School who will major in

              education. This scholarship is not available this year.

• Robert G. Comer Memorial Scholarship
  This scholarship is available to Scott County graduating seniors (from Scottsburg High School, Austin High School or home schools) who have an agricultural background and a grade point average of 3.0 or higher. This scholarship is worth $500.

• Scott Memorial Hospital Guild Brunton-Mumford Scholarship
  This scholarship is for Austin High School seniors, Scottsburg High School seniors, or adults who will major in the medical field. It is worth up to $5,000. There is one scholarship available to graduates of Austin High School and one available to adults attending college.

• Scott Memorial Hospital IUS Scholarship
  This scholarship is for a student who is a Scott County resident and is pursuing a degree at Indiana University Southeast in the medical field. Applications are available from Indiana University Southeast.

• Scott Memorial Hospital Ivy Tech Scholarship
  This scholarship is for a student who is a Scott County resident and is pursuing a nursing degree or certificate at Ivy Tech. Applications are available from Ivy Tech Community College-Sellersburg.

• Shelley Comer Akers Memorial Scholarship
  This scholarship is for Austin High School seniors, Scottsburg High School seniors, or Scott County home-school graduates who have been involved in 4-H at some point in their life. This scholarship is worth $500.

• Timothy Michael Wolf Memorial Scholarship
  In memory of Tim Wolf, a member of the Scottsburg High School Class of 1994, this scholarship has been established by his family to provide scholarships to graduates of Scottsburg High School who have chosen to further their education. It is worth $5,000. Submit your application for the Timothy Michael Wolf Memorial Scholarship here.

• Walter S. and Clarice (White) Bridgewater Memorial Scholarship
  This scholarship is for a student at Scottsburg High School who demonstrates financial need. It is worth $1,000.