Area students earn BW scholarships

Students from the area were among more than 600 students who earned endowed scholarships at Baldwin Wallace University this fall. BW has a long history of endowed scholarship support from alumni, faculty, trustees and friends.

Over 400 named scholarships provide in excess of $3 million to help students attend, persist and graduate from BW. Endowed scholarships vary in their requirements with many specifying financial need, a course of study, involvement on campus or a commitment to excellence in a particular field. BW grants a wide range of scholarships to current students each year. Including endowed, merit and need-based scholarships, BW students received over $48 million in financial support from the University for the 2018-2019 academic year.

The following local students earned endowed scholarships:

• Nabil Abad of Mentor, a graduate of Mentor High School majoring in music composition, earned the E.S. & M.R. Griffiths Scholarship and the Lee Goldstein Music Scholarship.

• Alexis Adams of Euclid, a graduate of Horizon Science Academy majoring in psychology, earned the Desich Family Community Impact Scholarship and the Willard H. Hagenmeyer Scholarship.

• Daixuan Ai of Willoughby, a graduate of Andrews Osborne Academy majoring in keyboard performance and music composition, earned the Carl and Margaret Schluer Scholarship and the Robert D. Neuhard Music Scholarship.

• Rithe Arnold of Cleveland, a graduate of Khartoum International Community School majoring in philosophy and English, earned the Peter & Eleanore Kleist Scholarship.

• Madeline Bednar of Chagrin Falls, a graduate of Kenston High School majoring in biology, earned the Donald & Connie Rebar Scholarship.

• Mia Bester of Chagrin Falls, a graduate of Kenston High School majoring in music education, earned the Drs. Edward & Josephine Brown Scholarship and the Florence N. Gray Scholarship.

• Collin Birk of Painesville, a graduate of Riverside High School majoring in accounting and business administration, earned the Gene Zito Scholarship.

• Elisha Bly of Garrettsville, a graduate of James A. Garfield High School majoring in biology and environmental science, earned the Dr. Lucille Mercer Scholarship and the Lloyd & Mildred Hoffman Scholarship.

• Jaqcara Boom how er Williams of Ash tabula, a graduate of Edgewood Senior High School majoring in psychology and criminal justice, earned the Jacobsen-Reid Social Sciences Scholarship.

• Jacob Boyd of Willoughby, a graduate of Kirtland High School majoring in management, earned the William E. Harris Scholarship.

• William Bradley of Cleveland, a graduate of Charles F. Brush High School majoring in engineering, earned the Charles & Katherine Rotuno Scholarship.

• Brooke Bucary of Willoughby Hills, a graduate of Andrews Osborne Academy majoring in biology, earned the Gene Zito Scholarship.

• Cameron Caito of Mentor, a graduate of Madison High School, earned the Elizabeth & William Treuhaft Scholarship. • Troy Colucci of Conneaut, a graduate of Conneaut High School majoring in sport management, earned the Theodore S. Bogardus Scholarship.

• Thomas Conkle of Cleveland, a graduate of Collinwood High School majoring in business administration, earned the Donald Delapenha Class of 1985 Memorial Scholarship.

• Michael Czubaj of Eastlake, a graduate of Willoughby South High School majoring in music education, earned the Jacquelyn Jean Fynes Scholarship.

• Alexander Dempsey of Madison, a graduate of Madison High School majoring in marketing, earned the Theodore S. Bogardus Scholarship.

• Dante Dixon of Cleveland, a graduate of Charles F. Brush High School majoring in neuroscience biology and biology, earned the Dr. Dante Scarpelli Scholarship.

• Tiani Dunn of Euclid, a graduate of Cleveland School of the Arts majoring in theatre acting and directing, earned the Frances & William Summers, Sr. Scholarship.

• Hannah Durst of Madison, a graduate of Madison High School majoring in biology, earned the William & Mary Smithett Scholarship.

• Mary Fraley of Mayfield Heights, a graduate of Mayfield High School majoring in film studies and business administration, earned the Elizabeth & William Treuhaft Scholarship.

• Nicholas Franks of Aurora, a graduate of Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School majoring in biology, earned the James & Ruth Keir Scholarship.

• Corey Friedrich of Mentor, a graduate of Mentor High School majoring in sport management, earned the Boynton D. Murch Scholarship.

• Deborah Garner of Cleveland, a graduate of St. Martin de Porres High School majoring in health care management and marketing, earned the Ruth & Allen Theis Scholarship.

• Alexis Garrett of Mentor, a graduate of Mentor High School majoring in pre-physical therapy, earned the Emma Louise Gerhard Scholarship and the Robert V. Zito ‘49 Scholarship.

• John Gibbons of Willoughby, a graduate of Lake Catholic High School majoring in mild/moderate educational needs, earned the Sam & Maria Miller Scholarship.

• Corey Grubar of Mentor, a graduate of Lake Catholic High School majoring in arts management and entrepreneurship, earned the Gene Zito Scholarship.

Daniel Heard of Cleveland, a graduate of Shaker Heights High School majoring in software engineering, earned the Charles & Mary Jane Spahr Scholarship.

• David Holbert of Woodmere, a graduate of Orange High School majoring in music theatre, earned the Jerry Jarrett Scholarship.

• Jacob Kaminski of Mentor, a graduate of Mentor High School majoring in instrumental performance, earned the E.S. & M.R. Griffiths Scholarship.

• Sean Kelley of Cleveland, a graduate of Gilmour Academy majoring in English, earned the Neille & Jeanne Shoemaker English Scholarship.

• Emily Lesco of Wickliffe, a graduate of Wickliffe Senior High School majoring in public health, earned the Donald & Connie Rebar Scholarship.

• Bryce Lewis of Euclid, a graduate of Hawken School majoring in theatre acting and directing, earned the Joseph & Berneice Smith Non-Honors Day Scholarship.

• Matthew Lowe of Mentor, a graduate of Mentor High School majoring in health care management, earned the Marguerite & Oswald Binder Scholarship.

• Nicole McBride of Fairport Harbor (44077), a graduate of Harding High School majoring in early childhood education, earned the Oren Class of 1929 & Ruth Merkle Scholarship.

• Lea McClure of Lyndhurst, a graduate of Rocky River High School majoring in music education, earned the E.S. & M.R. Griffiths Scholarship.

• Terrell Mitchell of Cleveland, a graduate of Benedictine High School majoring in computer information systems, earned the Obie Bender Diversity Affairs Scholarship and the William & Mary Smithett Scholarship.

• Sean Mucha of Cleveland Heights, a graduate of Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin School majoring in music education, earned the Frank & Hazel Larimer Merit Scholarship in Education and the Frank & Hazel Larimer Scholarship.

• Gina Mulh of Mentor, a graduate of Mentor High School majoring in instrumental performance, earned the Barbara Geiser Popeney Scholarship and the E.S. & M.R. Griffiths Scholarship.

• Daniel Nadinic of Cleveland, a graduate of Lake Catholic High School, earned the Hagen Family Scholarship and the Sam & Maria Miller Scholarship.

• Alexander Nahra of Cleveland, a graduate of Mayfield High School majoring in applied mathematics, earned the Francis Family Scholarship.

• Andrew Pope of Cleveland Heights, a graduate of Lutheran High School East majoring in acting, earned the Joseph & Berneice Smith Non-Honors Day Scholarship.

• Sarah Porter of Chagrin Falls, a graduate of Kenston High School majoring in instrumental performance, neuroscience biology and biology, earned the E.S. & M.R. Griffiths Scholarship.

• Connor Prusha of Chardon, a graduate of Chardon High School majoring in music education, earned the Florence N. Gray Scholarship.

• Justin Ransom of Madison, a graduate of Madison High School majoring in English, earned the John & Marjorie Sinnema Scholarship.

• Luke Razzante of Highland Heights, a graduate of Mayfield High School majoring in prephysical therapy, earned the Ruth Lapp Johnson Scholarship.

• Sarah Reinhard of Willoughby, a graduate of Willoughby South High School majoring in athletic training and prephysical therapy, earned the Lincoln Electric Scholarship.

• Thomas Richmond of Chagrin Falls, a graduate of Chagrin Falls High School majoring in sport management, earned the Lloyd & Mildred Hoffman Scholarship.

• Larry Salerno of Mentor, a graduate of Mentor High School majoring in management and marketing, earned the Charles & Katherine Rotuno Scholarship.

• Seth Schrock of Madison, a graduate of Madison High School, earned the Florence N. Gray Scholarship.

• Antonia Searight of Euclid, a graduate of Bedford High School majoring in physics, earned the Harry & Louise Kiefer Chemistry Scholarship.

• Hope Sloop of Willoughby, a graduate of North High School majoring in broadcasting and mass communication, earned the Dr. Lucille Mercer Scholarship and the Ted Harakas Seminar in Europe Scholarship.

• Nicholas Smith of Mentor, a graduate of Mentor High School majoring in pre-physical therapy, earned the Lloyd & Mildred Hoffman Scholarship.

• Maddison Spencer of Hiram, a graduate of Bio Med Science Academy STEM School majoring in psychology, earned the Anna Eleanor Lee Scholarship and the Walter R. Dickhaut Sr. Scholarship.

• Grant Strlich-Way bright of Chardon, a graduate of Ohio Connections Academy majoring in acting, earned the William and Mary Lou Allman Drama Scholarship.

• Brandon Taylor of Cleveland Heights, a graduate of Orange High School majoring in theatre acting and directing, earned the Emma Louise Gerhard Scholarship.

• Abigail Thompson of Madison, a graduate of Madison High School majoring in marketing, earned the Isabel Marting Scholarship.

• Aleyah Turner of South Euclid, a graduate of Beaumont School majoring in chemistry, earned the Lincoln Electric Scholarship.

• Makenna Virag of Madison, a graduate of Madison High School majoring in music education, earned the Arline Kadel Music Scholarship and the E.S. & M.R. Griffiths Scholarship.

• Kailyn Vontorcik of Chardon, a graduate of Cardinal High School majoring in health care management, earned the V. Eugene and Margaret Zito Scholarship.

• Taniesha Walters of Cleveland, a graduate of Charles F. Brush High School majoring in psychology, earned the Elizabeth & William Treuhaft Scholarship.

• Gwendolyn Weaver of Madison, a graduate of Madison High School majoring in marketing, earned the Lloyd & Mildred Hoffman Scholarship.

• Wanqi Wen of Mayfield Heights, a graduate of Mayfield High School majoring in theatre stage management, earned the Dr. Lucille Mercer Scholarship.

• Theresa Widenhofer of Richmond Heights, a graduate of Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin School majoring in theatre acting and directing, earned the Joseph & Berneice Smith NonHonors Day Scholarship.