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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 2021 - 2022 Oerter Foundation Recognized Scholars and the 2021 - 2022 Scholarship Winners listed below! 

2021 - 2022 Recognized Scholars

Columbia High School
Avery Allen
Isabella Crabtree
Evan Descher
Madison Ebner - Scholarship Winner
Avery Flowers
Luke Haubein
Riley Henderson
Alexa Hildebrand
Jolie Hilgedieck
Kaitlyn Koenigstein
Jason Kuchinski
Kylee McGuire
Zachary O'Leary
Madelyn Parker
Alexander Patrick
Ella Riley
Alexis Schlemmer
Kiersten Shane
Kami Steffenauer
Alexis Voelkel
Dupo High School
Emily Baugh
Alexis Curtis
Tommy Dixon
Abigail Francis
Katie Harr
Hailey Keys - Scholarship Winner
Bryce Koonce
Breanna Portell
Saran Vanover
Gibault Catholic High School
Elayna Hermanns
Faith Miskell
Evan Muehlher
Noah Newton
Autumn Ramey
Jacob Whitworth - Scholarship Winner
Valmeyer High School
Ariana Gibbs - Scholarship Winner
Isabella McCarthy
Jordan McSchooler
Frederick Schaefer
Sophie Seidler
Waterloo High School
Austin Bedford - Scholarship Winner
Haley Bell
Ella Bockhorn
Meredith Britton
Aidan Brown
Savanna Cawvey
Sarah Crump
Isabella Del Re
Bailey Du Chenne
Kristina Ferry
Sophie Foster
Josephine Giffhorn
Joely Goulding
Ryan Hanks
Anthony Irovic
Marah Johnston
Karley Kinzinger
Madeline Leifeld
Nathaniel Lenhardt
Kendall MacDonald
Hailey Montgomery
Olivia Most
Payton Richter
Drew Rose
Jack Schnepel
Ian Schrader
Ellie Schwehr
Alexis Stumpf
Emma Tiedemann
Chase Veto
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