Rotary hosts honors banquet at PCHS

PORT CLINTON – The Port Clinton High School Rotary Honor Banquet was hosted on May 6 in the Performing Arts Center. Outstanding students from the Class of 2015 were awarded college scholarships. Prior to the award presentations, Port Clinton Rotary Club hosted their 69th annual dinner for all PCHS honor students, the scholarship winners, parents and presenters.

PCHS students and scholarships are:

PEO Sisterhood Book Scholarship, Elizabeth Showalter; Literary and Social Club Scholarship, McKenzie Stine; Kent Johnson/Grandma Theo Memorial Scholarship, Collin Salyers; Robert Krupp Memorial USG Scholarship, Eryn Binder; Fraternal Order of Police Robert Rigoni Scholarship, Keegan Lowe; The Jacob “Jake” Hefflinger Memorial Scholarship, Antonia Jones; Laurie Mann Memorial Scholarship, Shane Meek; and 1994-2004 Walleye Festival Scholarship, Kiya Brown.

Other recipients are Oliver H. Perry Carl Kuestheardt Masonic Memorial Scholarship, Alyssa Araguz; Jessica F. Schenk Memorial Scholar Athlete Scholarship, Keegan Lowe, McKenzie Stine and Hannah Weaver; Earl E. Warnke Memorial Scholarship in Music, Raven Rogers; Business and Professional Women’s Club of Port Clinton, Katelyn Webb; Ottawa County Board of Realtors Scholarship, McKenzie Stine; and Steve G. Benko Family Memorial Scholarship, Emily Zibert.

Additional recipients are Devin Kohlman Memorial Scholarship, Jesse Escobedo; Croghan Colonial National Bank Scholarship Fund, Emily Ashley; Terry Heise Scholarship, Keegan Lowe; Dad’s VFW Post 207 Scholarship, Ashley Gill; Joan M. Hudak Teacher Education Scholarship, Andrew Cline; Port Cinton Academic Boosters Scholarships, Gaberiel DeFreitas, Nicholas Reineck, Hannah Weaver, McKenzie Stine, Emily Ashley; Robert L. Underwood Memorial Culinary Arts Scholarship, Ashley Gill, Shelby Radloff; Order of the Eastern Star Scholarship, Allessandria Dracka; and Angie Wright Memorial Scholarship, Eryn Binder and Kassidy Mahler;

More recipients included Port Clinton Athletic Boosters Scholarship, Emily Ashley, Keegan Lowe; Port Clinton Key Club Scholarship, Dennis Elias; Port Clinton Kiwanis Endowment Service Scholarship, Alec Ochs, Nicholas Reineck; Knights of Columbus, Alec Ochs, Emily Ashley; Fraternal Order of the Police Associates Lodge No. 34, Collin Salyers; “Magruder Hospital Auxillary Health Careers Scholarship, Kiya Brown, Eryn Binder, Ty Gallogly, Elizabeth Showalter, David Saunders, McKenzie Stine; Dr. R.W. Minnick Scholarship, McKenzie Stine, Ty Gallogly; and PCFT Peggy Bredbeck Memorial Scholarship, Andrew Cline.

Additional recipients are Port Clinton Lions Club Scholarship, Eryn Binder; The Ohio State University Alumni Scholarship, Shane Meek, and Nicholas Reineck; Jonathan T. Pope Memorial Scholarship Fund, Alec Ochs and Collin Salyers; Kathy Jo Schwietzer Continuing Education Scholarship, Michael Campbell; Mildred C. Roy Scholarship, Ashley Gill and Katelyn Webb; Fraternal Order of the Eagles No. 2295 Redskin Bowling Fund, Eryn Binder; Elks Leadership and Scholarship Awards, Gaberiel DeFreitas (State), McKenzie Stine; Port Clinton Chamber of Commerce Scholarships, Collin Salyers, Alec Ochs; and Keith Montgomery Music Performance Scholarship, Blake Clemons.

More recipients included Port Clinton Music Boosters Scholarship, David Saunders and Eryn Binder; Catawba Island VFD Ladies Auxillary Scholarship, Alec Ochs, Andrew Cline, Kathryn Mueller and Allison Schroeder; George and Lois Svehla Trust Fund Scholarship, Raven Rogers; Lenore Peterson Blackburn Scholarship, Allison Gilleland, Alyssa Araguz, Abigale Baugh, and Kiya Brown; Ottawa County Mayor John Blatt Scholarship, Marcus Hogan; Lester J. Klenk Memorial Scholarship, Alysia Zoeller; and Jean C. Rutan Port Clinton High School Scholarship, Ty Gallogly and Keegan Lowe.

Additional recipients are Peter B. and Jean C. Rutan Scholarships, Marcus Hogan, Ashlynn Slauterbeck, Kiya Brown, Collin Salyers, Hannah Weaver, Kathryn Mueller, Lauren Wheeler, Abigale Baugh, Emily Ashley, McKenzie Stine, Gaberiel DeFreitas, Allison Schroeder, Samantha Stroupe, Alysia Zoeller and Gracey Stewart; James W. Longe Scholarship, Allison Gilleland and Alyssa Araguz; Julie Quayle Memorial Scholarship, McKenzie Stine; Priscilla Rheil Art Scholarship, Alyson Shaler; Thomas Bodager Memorial Scholarship, Carter Rumball; Ann Bolte Achievement Scholarship , Andrew Cline; Port Clinton Soccer Boosters Scholarship, Alec Ochs; Thomas W. Maher Scholarship, Jack Warner, Ashlynn Slauterbeck, Dylan Spears, Cal Laurel, Raven Rogers and Lisa Niceswanger; Port Clinton Women’s Club Scholarships, Keegan Lowe and Allessandria Dracka; and Port Clinton Rotary Club Scholarships, Gaberiel DeFreitas, McKenzie Stine, Keegan Lowe and Hannah Weaver.

Before the awarding of scholarships, Pam Belden Wallack, Class of 1977 and Michael Taylor, Class of 1985, were inducted into the Port Clinton High School Alumni/Academic Hall of Fame. Alumni Hall of Fame inductees information and nomination forms can be found at www.pccsd.net along with photographs from the PCHS Honors Banquet.