{"id":4978,"date":"2020-07-29T09:15:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T15:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/?p=4978"},"modified":"2020-07-20T09:19:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T15:19:32","slug":"congrats-to-our-scholarship-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/?p=4978","title":{"rendered":"Congrats to our scholarship winners!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Onward! managed scholarship awardees:<\/p>\n

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  1. Bill and Peg Rees Scholarship:<\/strong> Adam Yoder, Mancos High School $2000\/yearly renewable scholarship; Nanabah Sam, Grand Canyon University (former MCHS graduate); Katelynn Sweat, Colorado University-Denver (former MCHS graduate); Dylan Long, University of Wyoming (former MCHS graduate) $2000\/yearly renewed scholarship<\/li>\n
  2. MCHS Alumni Scholarship (MCHS specific scholarship):<\/strong> Casen Allmon, $1000 non-renewable scholarship<\/li>\n
  3. Leonard Cain Medical Scholarship:<\/strong> Taylor Hickman, Dove Creek High School; Salem Knuckles, Montezuma-Cortez High School; Taegan Allen, Montezuma-Cortez High School $500 each non-renewable scholarship<\/li>\n
  4. Hoover Endowed Medical Scholarship:<\/strong> Taylor Hickman, Dove Creek High School; Salem Knuckles, Montezuma-Cortez High School $2500 each non-renewable scholarship<\/li>\n
  5. Shaun M. McAndrew Memorial Scholarship (MCHS specific scholarship):<\/strong> Hayden Leggett, $1000 non-renewable scholarship<\/li>\n
  6. Vic and Ethel Poma Pagosa Springs Scholarship (PSHS specific scholarship):<\/strong> Ryan Lewis; Gabriela Gallegos $1000 each non-renewable scholarship<\/li>\n
  7. Roland R. Schneider Memorial Scholarship (MCHS specific scholarship):<\/strong> Casen Allmon; Gabriel Frizzell; Kira Galbraith; Hayden Leggett; Nicholas Martin; Dimery Plewe $2000 each partially renewable scholarship; Kylie Breitenbach; Abigayle Gray; Salem Knuckles; Carson Yoder $1500 each partially renewable scholarship; Taegan Allen; Rylee Finley; Rylee Majors $1000 each non-renewable scholarship; Jason Engel, Colorado Mesa University; Trystan Henderson, Colorado Mesa University; Sidney Majors, North Dakota State University; Cordell Baer, Adams State University; Kailey Case, Colorado Mesa University; Vincent Conklin, Sterling College; Forest Pejsa, Northern Arizona University; Aspen Yoder, Coconino Community College $1000 each renewed scholarship; Taylor Comisky, Rose Hulman Institute; Marguerite Copeland, Arizona State University; David Hoffman, University of Northern Colorado; Amanda Sturman, Arcadia University; Aryelle Wright, Colorado School of Mines $2000 each renewed scholarship<\/li>\n
  8. Woods Canyon Scholarship:<\/strong> Dakota Kantner, Montezuma-Cortez High School $1000 renewable scholarship<\/li>\n
  9. Michelle Yvonne Taylor Scholarship in Education (MCHS specific scholarship):<\/strong> Nicholas Martin $1000 non-renewable scholarship<\/li>\n
  10. Larry Larsen Endowed Scholarship:<\/strong> Kira Galbraith, Montezuma-Cortez High School $2000 non-renewable scholarship<\/li>\n
  11. Heartwood Scholarship:<\/strong> Taelynn Comisky, Montezuma-Cortez High School $1000 non-renewable scholarship; Logan Birch, Montezuma-Cortez High School $750 non-renewable scholarship; Nanabah Sam, Grand Canyon University (MCHS graduate) $1000 non-renewable scholarship<\/li>\n
  12. Mancos Centennial Scholarship:<\/strong> Andrew Ruatti, Mancos High School; Adam Yoder, Mancos High School $1000 each non-renewable scholarship<\/li>\n
  13. Cone Family Scholarship (MCHS specific scholarship):<\/strong> Matthew Broughton, Colorado School of Mines $750 renewed scholarship; Morgan Jones, Colorado Mesa University $1000 renewed scholarship; William Broughton, Colorado School of Mines $500 renewed scholarship<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    While graduation did not look the same as it had in previous years, the scholarship committees were impressed by the students hard work and diligence with a special \u201chats off\u201d to finishing strong during quarantine.  Nicci Crowley, Onward! deputy director, stated, \u201cThis year we had a record number of applications received. Even with the March downturn in the market, we were able to support an outstanding number of students with over $69,000 going out for the 2020-2021 academic year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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    Onward!\u2019s scholarship application cycle opens January 1 and closes April 1. For more information on application eligibility or to donate to one of these scholarship funds, visit Onward!\u2019s website at www.onwardfoundation.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Onward! managed scholarship awardees: Bill and Peg Rees Scholarship: Adam Yoder, Mancos High School $2000\/yearly renewable scholarship; Nanabah Sam, Grand Canyon University (former MCHS graduate); Katelynn Sweat, Colorado University-Denver (former […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-our-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4979,"href":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4978\/revisions\/4979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}