On Wednesday, May 28, 2025, Coldwater High School hosted its annual Local Scholarship Award Night. The generous families of Coldwater, local chapters of invaluable Branch County service clubs and organizations, Century Bank and Trust, Southern Michigan Bank and Trust, the Branch County Community Foundation, and representatives from Coldwater Community Schools, past and present, awarded 55 Coldwater High School seniors and 21 alumni just under $406,000 in scholarship monies to be invested in the Coldwater High School students and their dreams of pursuing higher education. Coldwater High School would like to thank the staff, students, parents, and the entire Coldwater community for their continued, generous support and recognition of our students each year. A complete list of scholarship recipients follows:
American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Sale Scholarship: Violet Cunkle (alumnus), Lydia Rogers
The Maryjo Allen Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in Art: Ashlyn Caswell
Coldwater Early Bird Exchange Club Scholarship: Gennevieve Graham, Laura Sharpley
CHS Interact Club Scholarship: Harper Cummings
The Good Better Best Scholarship: Dakota Allen, Steven Covell (alumnus), Sydney Gallop (alumnus), Jillian Hawver (alumnus), Claire Hawver, Abigail Hicks, Jonathan Niedzwiecki (alumnus), Alexandra Stewart (alumnus, Lennon Swick, Miah Taylor
Coldwater Township Sunrise Rotary: Landon Auble, Ellianna Foley, Kaden Lewis, Evan Poradzisz
Hillsdale Hospital Future of Nursing Scholarship: Kylee Barnett
KCC Foundation Scholarships: Salli Abdo, Kylee Barnett, Nikolle Reyes
Coldwater High School ASTRA Club Scholarship: Hana Ahmed
Clement F. Malovey Education Trust: Addison Arver (alumnus), Landon Auble, Gabriella Bookmyer (alumnus), Carter Collins (alumnus), Brady Crabtree (alumnus), Ayden Dirschell, Brandon Downs (alumnus), Scarlett Granados Balderrama, Kazzier Lindblom, Ayla McCowan, Alexis Mobley, Chayse Moore (alumnus), Griffen Persails (alumnus), Maddilyn Persails, Vanessa Pineda Lujano, Lydia Rogers, Macy Stanton, Abigail Steele (alumnus), Hannah Stevens (alumnus), Lucas Wischmeyer (alumus)
Percy and Helen Taylor Memorial Scholarship: Salli Abdo, Hana Ahmed, Rawan Alaqrai, Dakota Allen, Shahd Altashi, Ellison Anderson, Kylee Barnett, Ashlyn Caswell, Valentina Charry, Nicholas Downs, Ellianna Foley, Claire Hawver, Abigail Hicks, Abeer Khaled, Kaden Lewis, Isabella Lozada Risi, Garrett McVicker, Sarah Omar, Steven Pfister, Evan Poradzisz, Kiyah Richmond, Claire Roberts, Briana Scialabba, Laura Sharpley, Lennon Swick, Audrey Thornburg, Yeasmeen Zamzami, Daniel Zimmerman
Verbie E. Harkness Memorial Scholarship: Zackary Grines (alumnus)
Coldwater Noon Club Scholarship: Dakota Allen, Garrett McVicker, Briana Scialabba, Lennon Swick)
The Branch County Association of Realtors Cliffie Bowers Memorial Scholarship: Shahd Altashi, Ayden Dirschell, Nicholas Downs, Gennevieve Graham, McKinley Kirk, Dayne Knapp, Kazzier Lindblom, Briana Scialabba
The CHS Class of 1981 Scholarship: Ayden Dirschell
Branch County Community Foundation Scholarships: James Baker, Kylee Barnett, Melanie Callejas, Gracie Finn (alumnus), Alexis Galliers (alumnus), Annabelle Kling (alumnus), Kaden Lewis, Isabella Lozada Risi, Madilynn Persails, Steven Pfister, Vanessa Pineda Lujano, Nikolle Reyes, Lydia Rogers, Hannah Stevens (alumnus), Yeasmeen Zamzami
The Asama Gokoh Scholarship: Garrett McVicker, Khadiga Alomari, Miah Taylor, Vanessa Pineda Lujano
The Hillquist Family Scholarship: Kaden Lewis
The Kiwanis Club Scholarship: Garrett McVicker, Lydia Rogers, Daniel Zimmerman
The Branch County 4H Scholarship: Audrey Thornburg, Ayden Dirschell, Garrett Gruner, Laurissa Johns
Gladys Hensley Scholarship: Rawan Alaqrai, Landon Auble, James Baker, Melanie Callejas, Ellianna Foley, Ta’Vaiyah Hughes, Isabella Lozada Risi, Ayla McCowan, Raheel Nasser, Steven Pfister, Evan Poradzisz, Laura Sharpley, Macy Stanton, Audrey Thornburg, Yeasmeen Zamzami
George W. and Sadie Marie Juhl Scholarship: Hana Ahmed, Emily Andrews, Carter Collins (alumnus), Harper Cummings, Ayden Dirschell, Nicholas Downs, Scarlett Granados Balderrama, Garrett Gruner, Claire Hawver, Abigail Hicks, Dayne Knapp, Kaden Lewis, Alexis Mobley, Sarah Omar, Madilynn Persails, Nikolle Reyes, Kiyah Richmond, Lydia Rogers, Taylor West (alumnus)
The Shackleton Family Scholarship: Ellison Anderson, Ashlyn Caswell, Claire Roberts, Daniel Zimmerman
Coldwater Education Association Scholarship: Ellison Anderson, Ellianna Foley, Claire Hawver, Ta’Vaiyah Hughes, McKinley Kirk, Lydia Rogers, Lilyanah Roscoe, Briana Scialabba, Daniel Zimmerman
The Jack and Sallie Gates University of Michigan Memorial Scholarship: Harper Cummings, Kaden Lewis, Garrett McVicker
The Jillian Crist Memorial Scholarship: Maddylan Dixon, Jillian Hawver (alumnus), Claire Hawver, Ta’Vaiyah Hughes, Vanessa Pineda Lujano, Dawson Sharpley (alumnus), Laura Sharpley, Macy Stanton, Abigail Steele (alumnus)
The CHS Alumni Scholarship: Lydia Rogers
The Jason Rubley Memorial Scholarship: Harper Cummings, Kaden Lewis, Lydia Rogers, Yeasmeen Zamzami
Coldwater Noon Exchange Club: Yeasmeen Zamzami
Pioneer State Mutual/Branch Insurance Agency Merit Scholarship: Isabella Lozada Risi
Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel: Gennevieve Graham
C. Lester Luce Scholarship: Salli Abdo
The John R. Vance Memorial Fund: Yeasmeen Zamzami
The E. Byron Thomas/Axner Olson Memorial Scholarship: Abeer Khaled
American Red Cross Scholarship: Ellianna Foley
The Care Center Hospital Science and Math Achievement Award: Alexis Mobley