COLUMBUS – The Ohio High School Athletic Association and its six District Athletic Boards have awarded $200,000 to 200 recent high school graduates as part of the OHSAA’s Scholar-Athlete Scholarship Program.
The 2024 distribution marks the most dollars, and highest number of recipients, in the college scholarship program’s 30-year history. Last year, the OHSAA awarded $169,000 in college scholarships.
Each of the 200 scholarship recipients, who were selected by their respective District Athletic Boards, will receive a $1,000 award.
“The OHSAA Scholar-Athlete Scholarship Program is a point of pride for our District Athletic Boards, OHSAA staff, Board of Directors and member schools,” said OHSAA Executive Director Doug Ute. “We congratulate these scholar-athletes on all of their accomplishments and wish them well as they work toward their educational and career goals.”
Scholar-athlete recipients are selected based on a point system that rewards students for grade-point averages, class rank, community service activities, varsity letters earned and individual and team athletic honors. The number of scholarship recipients from each district is based on the number of schools within the district.
The recipients were selected by special committees within each of the OHSAA’s six athletic districts. Individuals who receive athletic scholarships from NCAA Division I or II institutions or appointees to military academies are not eligible for an award.
2024 OHSAA Scholar-Athlete scholarship recipients are as follows.
Central District
Denison Murphy, Grandview Heights
Mason Book, West Jefferson
Natalie Smith, Grandview Heights
Rayanna Howell, Columbus Africentric Early College
Elliott Baur, Columbus Bishop Watterson
Donovan Davis, Columbus Bishop Hartley
Carly Henry, Columbus Bishop Watterson
Taylor Warehime, Granville
Aiden Kolb, Hilliard Darby
Mitchell Zahner, Delaware Olentangy Berlin
Kennedy Elfers, Powell Olentangy Liberty
Abigale Killilea, Hilliard Darby
Mathew Fang, Gahanna Columbus Academy
Abrem Igwebuike, Columbus St. Charles
Jason Morbitzer, Hilliard Bradley
Angela Hu, Gahanna Columbus Academy
Jada Shade, Columbus Bishop Hartley
Siri Ponna, Delaware Olentangy Berlin
Brendan Laret, Columbus Bishop Hartley
Ryan Lehman, Galion Northmor
Ryne Whitt, Gahanna Columbus Academy
Slade McClaskey, Baltimore Liberty Union
Samuel Blank, Worthington Christian
Natalie Woodfin, Columbus Bishop Hartley
Piper Minnich, Columbus Bishop Hartley
Julia Partington, Fredericktown
Kassandra Simmons, West Jefferson
Addie Zielinski, Sunbury Big Walnut
East District
Sabria Jones, Steubenville
Matt Loot, Steubenville
Matthew Dervis, Steubenville Catholic Central
Daylin Rivera, Byesville Meadowbrook
Daniel Bolster, Steubenville Catholic Central
Bobby Brennan, Bowerston Conotton Valley
Jackie O’Karma, Steubenville Catholic Central
Alexis Booth, Bowerston Conotton Valley
Noah Farley, Byesville Meadowbrook
Blake Wells, West Lafayette Ridgewood
Taylor Sichina, Byesville Meadowbrook
Kya Maloski, West Lafayette Ridgewood
Jacob Hanner, Dover
Preston Rieger, New Philadelphia
Kiley McIntosh, Dover
Raya Taylor, New Concord John Glenn
Madalyn Criss, Steubenville
Southwest District
John Thieman, Kettering Archbishop Alter
Claire Holcomb, Dayton Archbishop Carroll
Brayden Eldridge, Hamilton Badin
Lena Trokhan, Hamilton Badin
Anya Govil, Cincinnati Indian Hill
Riley Neer, Bellefontaine
Parker Penhorwood, Bellefontaine
Camdyn Paul, Botkins
JJ Meyer, Botkins
Tucker Miller, Bradford
Brooklyn Crickmore, Bradford
Natalie Schoenherr, Vandalia Butler
Abigail Reinhard, Bellefontaine Calvary Christian School
Kaitlyn Hoying, Springfield Emmanuel Christian Academy
Ethan Lukey, Houston
Madden Phelps, Cincinnati Indian Hill
Braden Smith, Springfield Kenton Ridge
Emma Sallot, Springfield Kenton Ridge
Mary Domingo Sales, Lockland
Ben Fahnestock, Cincinnati Mariemont
Brynna O’Brien, Cincinnati Mariemont
Drake Bennett, Casstown Miami East
Maryn Gross, Casstown Miami East
Sarah Deaton, Monroe
Samantha Ringhand, New Richmond
Libbi Mergler, Clayton Northmont
Nate Copas, DeGraff Riverside
Brayden Monnin, Russia
Jaela Shappie, Russia
Aboubacar Soumahoro, Cincinnati Spencer Center
Parker Jackson, New Carlisle Tecumseh
Jackson Smith, Tipp City Tippecanoe
Braden Keating, New Madison Tri-Village
Isabella Black, New Madison Tri-Village
Marlon Howard, Trotwood-Madison
Frank Rupnik, Troy Christian
Ellen Benintendi, Cincinnati Turpin
Kaleb Petitjean, Versailles
Lydia Hecht, Versailles
Connor Huffman, Waynesville
Addison McAuley, West Liberty-Salem
Lillian Weaver, West Liberty-Salem
Southeast District
Isabella Claxon, South Webster
Cody Hesler, Seaman North Adams
Kendra Allen, Chillicothe
Isaac Martin, Chillicothe Unioto
Max Hagans, Wheelersburg
Cole Hines, Gallipolis Gallia Academy
Sydney Skiver, Wheelersburg
Emma Sayre, Portsmouth West
Jace Copley, Lucasville Valley
Raine Rodich, Thornville Sheridan
Ryan Blum, Chillicothe
Cole Wright, Glouster Trimble
Caleb Redding, Lancaster Fairfield Union
Tariq Cottrill, Stewart Federal Hocking
Tyler Sommer, South Webster
William Briggs, Wellston
Kimberly Aubrey, Wellston
Kenzley Urban, Marietta
Northwest District
Landon Brewer, Antwerp
Maria Maringer, Lakeside Danbury
Madeline Militello, Fremont St. Joseph Central Catholic
Ava Krueger, Monroeville
Chaney Cedarleaf, Minster
Marcus Medina, Milan Edison
Gracelyn Lamoreaux, Greenwich South Central
Rebecca Wenning, Coldwater
Teigen Fortkamp, Fort Recovery
Blake Berrier, Bascom Hopewell-Loudon
Anna Durliat, Van Buren
Mia Felder, Galion
Caroline Kagy, Attica Seneca East
Abigail Rothenbuhler, Pemberville Eastwood
Brycen Lantz, Attica Seneca East
Jacob Granger, Bluffton
Alexia Chevalier, Sycamore Mohawk
Hudson Myers, Haviland Wayne Trace
Savana Brooks, Harrod Allen East
Callie Cyrus, Mansfield Madison
Noah Normington-Slay, Sandusky Perkins
Shaye Ledyard, Perrysburg
Xander Ankney, Wauseon
Alex McGuire, Lima Shawnee
Marah Smith, Bryan
Cora Liskai, Clyde
Maggie McVeigh, Sandusky Perkins
Emma Garmatter, Findlay Liberty-Benton
Grayson Sasis, Mansfield Madison
Teagan Rupp, Wauseon
Tyson Rodriguez, Wauseon
Tia Maly, Toledo Notre Dame Academy
Kelly Cooper, Lima Shawnee
William Kepple, Mansfield Madison
Erin Meier, Findlay
Ashton Homan, Monroeville
Andrew Eyink, Coldwater
Gabriel St. Amour, Findlay Liberty-Benton
Erin Wilmore, Toledo Ottawa Hills
Landon Witte, Port Clinton
For the full list of scholarship recipients, visit www.OHSAA.org.
Northeast District
Melanie Plecko, Rootstown
Trevor Siefke, Lisbon David Anderson
Isabella Dalton, Jeromesville Hillsdale
McKenna Baney, Apple Creek Waynedale
Addyson Blazer, Hanoverton United
Cailey Wellman, Brookfield
Christian Haught, Leavittsburg LaBrae
Connor Reich, Apple Creek Waynedale
Brian Smith, Brookfield
Brayden Neuenschwander, Kidron Central Christian
Andrew Ogilvie, Hanoverton United
Elizabeth Baker, Lisbon David Anderson
Angela Miller, Kidron Central Christian
MacKenzie Lightly, Columbiana Heartland Christian
Taylor Morris, Wellington
Catrina Race, Orrville
Lillian Wakefield, West Salem Northwestern
Alena Len, Jackson-Milton
Will Morgan, Columbiana Heartland Christian
Kennady Grace, Warren Champion
William Madison, Salem
Lucas Brandt, Gates Mills Hawken
Luke Delida, Warren Howland
Preston Blue, Hunting Valley University School
Kylie Johnson, Massillon Tuslaw
Michael Myers, Ravenna
Allison Yagersz, Lodi Cloverleaf
Isaac Griffith, Girard
Logan Kray, Ashtabula Edgewood
Isabella Wyman, Bay Village Bay
Emma Morris, Struthers
Madison Dobbins, Norton
Scotty Edwards, Conneaut
Gino Carcelli, Struthers
Troy Buehner, Parma Padua Franciscan
Claire Bennett, Norton
Brendan Spellman, Bay Village Bay
Emily Adams, Massillon Jackson
Emily Kerekes, Copley
Brian McQuaide, Solon
Kathleen Baxter, North Canton Hoover
Ezra Herring, Massillon Jackson
Maiya Agnew, Berea-Midpark
Emmalie Mitzel, Massillon Jackson
Drew Kitzmiller, Macedonia Nordonia
Lena Huynh, Cleveland John Hay
Tiffany Nshimiye, North Canton Hoover
Tanner Sir Louis, Wadsworth
Alyssa Bettura, Warren Howland
Anna Myers, Louisville
Kariane Elson, Massillon Perry
Naagashiv Nagajothi, Massillon Jackson
Lotus Lemp, Wadsworth
Noah Nunney, Cleveland John Hay
Koren Goss, Twinsburg
