in scholarships. That number includes nearly $280,000 awarded by generous local organizations.
The following are the Class of 2025’s local awards and scholarships that were reported and awarded: Wimberley High School held its annual scholarship ceremony last week, distributing awards and recognizing scholarship recipients from the Class of 2025. WHS seniors accepted more than $2.65M Scholastic Excellence Award Baylee Willis, Chloe Swindle Scholar Athlete Award Baylee Willis, Ian Craig Academic Booster Club Scholarships - $5500 total Red Scholarships Baylee Willis, Eamon Gallagher, Julian Jaggard, Maia Martin White Scholarships Chloe Swindle, Marco Perez, Gage Trudeau, Sean Dobbs Theresa Hebert Memorial Scholarship Sophia Vitela Wimberley Ace Hardware College Scholarship Rylee Dill, Myranda Bryla Amigos de Jesus - $1000 each Chloe Swindle, Dulce Jimenez, Elianna Agobe, Emma Leon, Gage Trudeau, Hudson Rivera, Jade Serrato, Juan Lopez, Juan Nava, Kaegan Davis, Kirsa Becker, Luz Areli Carrion Suarez, Madison Hess, Mariela Jimenez, Myranda Bryla, Sophia Vitela, Susan Perdue, Rylee Dill Central Texas Shooting Team Scholarship $2500 Olivia Alberson Four Rivers Association of Realtors Scholarship $1000 Sophia Vitela God is Good All the Time Scholarship Hudson Rivera, Sophia Vitela Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) Scholarship - $1000 Aemelia Norris Hochheim-Prairie Branch 111 D&D Insurance Agency Scholarship - $1000 each Rylee Dill, Sean Dobbs, Eamon Gallagher, Eden Kruse, Campbell Woodward League of Women Voters of Hays County - Youth Civic Education Scholarship - $300 Chloe Swindle Love Like Logan Scholarship - $6000 total Maia Martin, Shepherd Carter, Gavin Olmer, Hudson Rivera Marvin Joseph Memorial Scholarship presented by the Knights of Columbus - $20,000 total Chloe Swindle, Hudson Rivera, Gavin Olmer, Shepherd Carter, Eamon Gallagher, Julia Leonard, Nikki Oddo Ozona National Bank - $1000 each Dane Dugger, Hudson Rivera Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.)
STAR Scholarship, Chapter IF, Wimberley $2500 Julia Leonard Rotary Club of Wimberley - $1500 each Elianna Agobe, Sophia Vitela Stanley and Edna Barnes Memorial Golf Scholarship - $3500 each Cody Stoever, Nolan Waida TACS - Texas Association of Community Schools - $1000 Chloe Swindle Wimberley Arts Robert Moreman Memorial Scholarship - $52,500 total Clarabow Rihn, Dane Dugger, Emma Leon, Gabel Gitterle, Hudson Rivera, Marco Perez, Noah Johnson Wimberley Community Civic Club - $40,000 total Elianna Agobe, Myranda Bryla, Rachel Caldwell, Shepherd Carter, Sean Dobbs, Ella Erwin, Eamon Gallagher, Julia Leonard, Marco Perez, Clarabow Rihn, Hudson Rivera, Chloe Swindle, Gage Trudeau, Sophia Vitela Wimberley FFA Alumni Scholarship - $3500 total Travis Millsap, Cade Moeller, Dane Dugger, Emery Robertson, Aiden Dornak Wimberley Lions Club Scholarship - $80,000 total Gage Trudeau, Maia Martin, Chloe Swindle, Julian Jaggard, Julia Leonard, Myranda Bryla, Sophia Vitela, Juan Lopez, Elianna Agobe, Maggie Moore Wimberley Masonic Lodge Scholarship - $750 each Olivia Alberson, Shepherd Carter Wimberley Texan Athletic Booster Association $15,000 total Allison Dodds, Madison Hess, Reid Leinneweber, Gavin Olmer, Maia Martin, Johonna Morgenroth-Pearl, Rylee Duncan, Hudson Rivera, Cody Stoever Wimberley Valley Big Band - $2000 Avery Knight Wimberley Institute of Cultures Bill Johnson Memorial Scholarship - $1000 each Elianna Agobe, Eamon Gallagher, Shelby Logan Wimberley Water Supply Raymond L. Czichos Memorial Scholarship - $3000 each Dane Dugger, Myranda Bryla Wimberley Youth Sports Association - $8000 total Dane Dugger, Myranda Bryla, Cody Stoever, Hudson Rivera, Addison Gill, Gavin Bock In addition to the local scholarships and the other recognitions that students received at the ceremony, the following scholarships have also been reported as accepted by members of the Class of 2025. (Listed by student’s name, alphabetically.)
Olivia Albertson-Bethel University Bethel Athletic Scholarship - for 6 years, to include masters, $156,000; College Board Scholarship, $500; Central Texas Shooting Team, $2,500; Bethel Academic Scholarship, $6,000 Sarah Bieter-Texas State University Merit Scholarship, $1,806; Hazelwood Act,$48,880 Lacey Botkin-Texas Tech University Presidential TTU Merit, $12,000; PEC, $100,000; John C. Stevens ACU Merit, $76,000; Distinction Award Baylor Merit, $100,000; Deans Scholarship UMHB Merit, $40,000 Cedar Bruner-Texas Tech No amount given Rachel Caldwell-University College Dublin International Scholarship, $4,700 Hays Canter-Colorado State University Green and Gold Scholarship, $24,000 Ismael Casillas-Baylor University Baylor, $160,000 Braden Cayce-Wharton Jr. College $13,080 Cassidy Davis-Oklahoma Christian University Heritage Scholarship; Deans Scholarship; Swim Team Committed D2 Allison Dodds-Baylor University Baylor 2 Baylor Law, $250,000; Baylor Distinction Award, $100,000; Equestrian, $48,000 Jay Drewry-Texas State University Texas State Achievement Award, $24,000 Daniel Effiom-Texas State University Texas State Award, $12,000 Christian Garcia-St. Edward’s University Dean’s Achievement Scholarship, $64,000 Addison Gill-University of Arkansas Non-Resident out of state Tuition Award, $17,000 Laney Hennessee-University of Alabama Full Athletic Scholarship - Volleyball, $180,000 Iris Kawas-Lemoine-University of New Mexico Lobo Undergraduate Exchange Plus, $92,600 Kathryn Kinser-St. Edward’s University National Scholars Scholarship, $60,000; Dean’s Merit Scholarship, $12,000; St. Edward’s Grant, $19,846; TX Tuition Equalizer Grant, $3,873 Avery Knight-University of Mary-Hardin Baylor UMHB Dean’s Scholarship, $44,000 Sydney Laney-Texas State University Merit Scholarship, $24,000 Reid Leinneweber-Texas State University President’s Honor Scholarship, $48,000 Emma Leon-Texas State University Texas State Achievement Award, $7,000; TPEG Grant, $1,575; Texas Grant, $5,000 Maia Martin-University of British Columbia Outstanding International Student Award, $7,244; PEC Scholarship, no amount given Conner Michael-Texas State University Texas State Distinguished, $16,000 Maggie Moore-University of Georgia Classic Scholarship, $40,476 Marco Perez-Texas State University Texas State Achievement Award, $32,000; Harry E Reasoner Memorial, $1,359 Haden Pharis-Fire & EMT School Live Like Knox Foundation Award, $7,500; Strongest Link Award, $2,000 Hudson Rivera-University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma, $11,000 Ella Sandoval-Howard Payne University Soccer Scholarship, $15,000 Hadley Strickland-St. Edward’s University VFW Essay Award, $1,500 Chloe Swindle-University of Texas St. David’s Neal Kocurek Scholarship, $30,000; A+ FCU Scholarship, $2,000; UT Will Rogers Memorial Scholarship, $3,000 Ty Thames-Rice University Rice Full Athletic Scholarship,$258,028; AADE Central Texas Chapter Scholarship, no amount given Jack Von Gonten-University of Texas at San Antonio Honors College, $1,000; Freshman Engineering Bridge Program, $1,500 Nolan Waida-Texas A & M Commerce Track and Field Athletic Scholarship, $5,000; Texas A&M Commerce Scholarship (FAFSA), $7,000; Texas A&M Commerce Scholarship (FAFSA), $11,000 Noah Williams-University of Oregon Summit Scholarship, $50,000 Campbell Woodward-Colorado State University Green and Gold Scholarship, 50,000; Honors College at CSU, $4,000 Sofia Vitela-University of Texas University of Texas Full Ride, $81,958; Keep TX Beautiful, $500
FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS SHOW OFF THEIR AWARD LETTERS.
GENEROUS LOCAL SCHOLARSHIPS CAME FROM THE WIMBERLEY INSTITUTE OF CULTURES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AMOUNTING TO $280,000.
WIMBERLEY VALLEY BIG BAND REPRESENTATIVE CANDY BOWMAN AWARDS A SCHOLARSHIP TO AVERY KNIGHT, WHO REHEARSED AND PERFORMED WITH THE BAND.
DURING THE CEREMONY, TWO STUDENTS WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR ENLISTMENT IN THE MILITARY.
A RECIPIENT OF A SCHOLASTIC EXCELLENCE AWARD, BAYLEE WILLIS, WAS ONE OF TWO STUDENTS RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS. THE OTHER STUDENT WAS CHLOE SWINDLE.
