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2022 Oerter Banquet - April 28, 2022
6:00 p.m. at Turner Hall, Columbia
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Sophia and Elmer Oerter Charitable Foundation Annual Scholar Recognition

"Student Recognition for Academic Achievement and Leadership"
The Sophia and Elmer Oerter Foundation was created pursuant to the Last Will of Sophia Oerter.  In her Will, Sophia Oerter made a provision which provided for a monetary donation to create a Foundation in her and her husband’s name for the purpose of “promoting, furthering and supporting charitable, education, literary, religious and public objectives and programs within and without the City of Columbia, Illinois”.  The Foundation has been in existence since 1987 with its registered agent being Crowder & Scoggins, Ltd., a law firm in Columbia. 
 
In 1988 through 2005, the Foundation honored students from Columbia, Dupo, Gibault, Valmeyer, and Waterloo High Schools.  Beginning in 2006, the Foundation not only honored the scholars from those high schools but also began awarding a $500.00 scholarship to the top scholar from each high school. The Foundation began hosting an annual banquet, as well, for the scholars, their family, their school administrators, and their teachers.  In 2017, the Foundation increased its scholarship award to $1,000.00 to the top five (5) honor students. 
 
Since 2019, the Foundation continues to honor students who are in the top 15% of their senior class with one of those students who displays “exemplary efforts not only in scholarship, but in character, service and leadership” being awarded a $2,500.00 scholarship.  

CONGRATULATIONS to the 2020 - 2021 Oerter Foundation Recognized Scholars listed below! The scholarship winners will be named here once all have been notified by his/her respective high school. 

2020 - 2021 Recognized Scholars

Columbia High School
Mason Albers
Anna Baur
Paige Bierman
Patrick Birner
Bryson Bourisaw
Maci Brown
Natalie Busch
Emily Buss
Alycie Caya
Emily Chace
Kylie Cleveland
Paige Drabant
Alexandria Evans
Peter Gutknecht
Emily Kohlenberger
Andrew Maulding
Colin McLaren
Kelsie Ohlendorf
Kolin Ohlendorf
Olivia Peterson
Isaac Schreckenberg
Rose Sippel
Victoria Voelkel
Jillian Wisneski
Dupo High School
Briana Conway
Lena Devine
Ellie Elfrink
Allyson Ellis
Larissa Hoffmann
Chase Holland
Grace Jelinek
Rylea Mueller
Bree O'Guinn
Sandra Totra
Gibault Catholic High School
Grace Busch
Madalyn Davis
Katherine Grawitch
Ande Grohmann
Andrew Harmon
Reagan Herrmann
Melanie Rueter
Zoe Swip
Valmeyer High School
Ellie Brewer
Elizabeth Buchanan
Lea Hoock
Katie Morwick
Megan Morwick
Jacob Niebruegge
Jacob Rowold
Waterloo High School
Garrett Barksdale
Anna Dawson
Emily Dougherty
Aaron Eckart
Breeyn Garrett
Edward Heinen
Jane Kaniecki
Robert Lee
Thomas Lewis
Carson Luhr
Laurin Lunk
Alexis Mudd
Grace Nikolaisen
Emma Rick
Jordan Scharf
Garrett Scherrer
Claire Schultheis
Deanna Schultheis
Madeline Shormas
Hugh Skinner
Haley Storm
Emma Stutsman
Megan Vogt
Isabel Wahn
Haley Weilbacher
Samantha Wheat
Taylor Wilson
Adam Yount
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