June 3, 2021
Morgantown, WV – Your Community Foundation of North Central West Virginia, Inc. (YCF) is pleased to announce $319,300 in scholarships have been awarded to 105 students for the 2021-2022 academic year. Applications were evaluated by scholarship committees of more than 100 volunteers from across the North Central West Virginia region.
YCF currently manages over 40 scholarship funds. New scholarship endowment funds may be established with a minimum donation of $20,000, which donors may achieve over three years. The principal is invested, and the earnings provide scholarship dollars – forever. Donors may suggest award criteria, and the funds are often named in honor or memory of loved ones.
This year, the George E. and Joanne R. Davis Memorial Scholarship, a scholarship for West Virginia student-athletes, made its inaugural award. The family of the late George and Joanne Davis established the scholarship fund in the hopes of carrying on the couple’s love of West Virginia and their belief in the value of sports and education. This fund provides a $1,000 scholarship to a West Virginia resident pursuing an undergraduate degree as a full-time student at West Virginia University. The inaugural recipient is Eden Williams of Fairmont Senior High School.
“We congratulate this year’s scholarship recipients and wish them the best as they continue with their educational journeys,” said YCF President Patty Showers Ryan. “Given the pandemic-related challenges these students have faced, we are confident they have gained the skills they need to be successful in college and beyond.”
Following are YCF’s new scholarship recipients for the 2021-22 academic year:
Angela Shahan Memorial Scholarship – Gabrielle Wolfe, Preston High School
Bobby Lee Secret Memorial Scholarship – Elizabeth Renzelli, Notre Dame High School
Brandi Kay Bowen Scholarship – Abigail Nicholson, Doddridge County High School; Eliana Sias, Doddridge County High School
Brenda B. Hellwig Vocational Development Scholarship – Sierra Moses, Bridgeport High School
Catherine Flynn Morrison Memorial Scholarship – Emily Duffy, Lincoln High School
Charlotte and Mary Gail Koen Scholarship – Isabella Fetty, North Marion High School; Sophia Tomana, Fairmont Senior High School
Dr. Leo Kotchek Memorial Scholarship – Gabrielle Wolfe, Preston High School
EQT Scholarship – Adam Earls, East Fairmont High School; Elijah Hannig, Fairmont Senior High School; Luke Hawranick, East Fairmont High School; Kaylee Kenney, East Fairmont High School
Erin Marie Keener Nursing Scholarship – Angela McIntyre, West Virginia University
Ernest Daniel Conaway, Raymond Guy Baker and Everett Reece Baker Memorial Scholarship – Mason Winkie, West Virginia University; Elizabeth Renzelli, Notre Dame High School
Flora O. Corpening Scholarship – Coulter Bracken, Bridgeport High School; Alexandria Chumley, Bridgeport High School
Frances Scarcelli Tyler Scholarship – Elizabeth Renzelli, Notre Dame High School
George E. and Joanne R. Davis Memorial Scholarship – Eden Williams, Fairmont Senior High School
HopeWorks Scholarship – Jack Ernstes, University High School
J. Cecil Jarvis Memorial Scholarship – Sundus Lateef, West Virginia University; Minahal Naveed, West Virginia University
Jacob David Bower “Bower Power” Memorial Scholarship – Luke Hawranick, East Fairmont High School; Abigail Tillema, Fairmont Senior High School
Jean and Laurence S. DeLynn Scholarship – Jeanneliese Cannon-Blachere, University High School; Cole Domansky, Morgantown High School; Heidi Gidley, Preston High School; Jonah Higley, Waynesburg Central High School; Eli Morris, East Fairmont High School; Kiley Shriver, North Marion High School; Olivia Shunk, University High School; Sachin Thacker, Morgantown High School; Sophia Tomana, Fairmont Senior High School; Whitney Wade, Morgantown High School
Jim Dunn Memorial Scholarship – Reese Burnside, Doddridge County High School; Quinn Jacquez, Morgantown High School; Caroline Kirby, University High School
John C. and Joann T. Wills Music Educators Scholarship – Emma Harvey, Mount Vernon Nazarene University
Joycelyn A. and Robert A. Ayersman Sr. Memorial Scholarship – Jesse Humphrey, Preston High School
KHS Class of ‘59 Scholarship – Gabrielle Wolfe, Preston High School
Lillian A. Devison Scholarship – Mason Winkie, West Virginia University
Margaret L. Spencer Health Career Education Scholarship – Sade Miller, West Virginia University
Matthew “Biggie” Wolfe Memorial Scholarship – Emmery Cottrell, University High School; Zanon Sines, Morgantown High School
Micah Wilson Memorial Scholarship – Jack Ernstes, University High School
Mountain Loggers Group, Inc. Scholarship – Logan Hosaflook, Glenville State College
North Elementary Scholarship – Kathryn Lemley, Morgantown High School
PFC Andrew Martin “Bo” Harper Memorial Scholarship – Jack Ernstes, University High School; Elizabeth Renzelli, Notre Dame High School
Roy and Frances Valentine Family Scholarship – Dannielle Calcamp, Tucker County High School
Rusty Mazzie and Seth Nicholson Memorial Scholarship – Gracie Marsh, Notre Dame High School
Sam McLaughlin Scholarship for the Arts – Kathleen McPherson, Fairmont Senior High School
Scott Argabrite Memorial Scholarship – Uilleam Bell, Socastee High School
Seth Burton Memorial Scholarship – Sophia Tomana, Fairmont Senior High School
Sgt. Christopher Dalton Memorial Scholarship – Kibsaim Coli, Morgantown High School
Soundra K. Poling – Brookhaven Elementary Scholarship – Daniel Larimer, Morgantown High School; Lindsey Moran, Morgantown High School
William “Will” Charleton Bridges Scholarship – Gabrielle Walker, Fairmont Senior High School
William Charles Davis and Dorcas Regina Davis Educational Scholarship – Abigail Boggs, Fairmont State University
Woodrow W. Woods Scholarship – Coulter Bracken, Bridgeport High School; Abriann Hartzell, Robert C. Byrd High School; Denzil Hawkinberry, Bridgeport High School; Sofia Henline, Bridgeport High School; Leah Herndon, Lincoln High School; Matthew Howe, West Virginia University; Lindsay Knight, West Virginia University; Margaret Lohmann, West Virginia University; Samuel Martino, West Virginia University; Sierra Moses, Bridgeport High School; Jeffrey Muller, Bridgeport High School; Mackenzie Randolph, Bridgeport High School; Wyatt Ray, Marshall University; Elizabeth Renzelli, Notre Dame High School; Molly Runner, Bridgeport High School; Thomas Stire, Lincoln High School; Ava Vavrick, Bridgeport High School; Mason Winkie, West Virginia University
YCF’s mission is to promote philanthropy and build endowment funds to benefit our communities. Through financial resources, YCF extends assistance to qualified people, programs and projects in the form of grants and scholarships. Primarily serving North Central West Virginia, YCF’s underlying goal is always to enhance the quality of life for those the organization serves.
For more information please call (304) 296-3433 or visit YCF’s website, www.ycfwv.org.
