WEST PLAINS, Mo. – Officials at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) recently awarded donor-funded scholarships from the Missouri State University Foundation to students for the 2022-2023 academic year.
The students were selected based on criteria established by the donors of the scholarships, university officials said.
More information about the scholarships can be found at the financial aid website, WP.MissouriState.edu/FinAid.
The list below includes the names of students have accepted the scholarships as of Dec. 16.
MSU-WP empowers students to achieve personal success and to enrich their local and global communities by providing accessible, affordable and quality educational opportunities.
MSU-WP offers associate degrees and credit and non-credit courses, and serves as a delivery site for bachelor’s and master’s degrees offered by Missouri State University in Springfield.
Editor’s Note: Students receiving scholarships are listed below and arranged alphabetically by scholarship, country, state then hometown.
Missouri State University-West Plains
2022-2023 Foundation Scholarship Recipients
1963 Heritage Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Willow Springs: Joseph Grant, Katrina Sidorovich
Adeline E. Moore Non-Traditional Book Scholarship
ARKANSAS
Salem: Veronica Hay
MISSOURI
Bakersfield: Mariah Burnett
Belton: Lauren Kegg
Birch Tree: Barbara Brake, Brynna Cupp
Cabool: Shonda Moore, Paula Riggs
Caulfield: Sarah Amburgy
Dora: Booker Berry, Linda Fox, Toni Joyce, Michelle Spencer
Florissant: Leilani Barrett
Gatewood: Ashlinne McGhee
Houston: Shayna Adams, Kristian Bennett
Kansas City: Roche Burrell
Koshkonong: Emily May, Hannah Palmer
Lee’s Summit: Elizabeth Lancaster
Mountain Grove: Abigail Lawson
Mountain View: Samantha Boston, Tamatha Green
Myrtle: Heather Fabrizio
Norwood: Miranda Hooker
Pomona: Jacqueline Welch
Pottersville: Lynaya Downen
Summersville: Mackenzie Simpson
Tecumseh: Audriana Burton
Thayer: Megan Webster
West Plains: Savannah Bailey, Kristen Barrett, Kyla Bunch, Chrystal Cates, Lynnsey Chilton, Heather Day, Charley Haskins, Hailey Hugg, Gary Johnson, Kilie Judd
Juliane Lopez, Eric Martin, Brandilyn Miller, Travis Pohl, Makayla Ray, Leslee Ruengert, Shawna Sanders, Jacob Skiles, Lowell Stewart, Kasey Weatherford
Willow Springs: Seth Chavez, Joseph Grant, Jo Guffey, Tatyana Plyushcheva, Katrina Sidorovich
Al Hufstedler Leadership Scholarship
MISSOURI
Alton: Kaitlyn Ruddy
West Plains: Elizabeth Benson
Al Hufstedler Memorial Endowed Scholarship (Oregon County)
MISSOURI
Myrtle: Elizabeth Benson
Allison London Smith Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Eminence: Matthew Stephens
West Plains: Kenzie Warren
Bessie Yadon Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Mountain Grove: Gracie Anderson
Bill Burris Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Cabool: Madelyne Aaron
West Plains: Julie Andrews
Carol Bell Silvey Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Mansfield: Christin Gayer
Cecil Riley and Greg Prevett Memorial Scholarship
MISSOURI
Summersville: Mackenzie Simpson
Charles H. and Rena Wood Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Reuben Henderson
Clyde and Joyce Bell Elementary Education Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Mountain Grove: Isabelle Bohnenkamp
Crissy Bell Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Norwood: Ashton Contreras
Darr Incentive Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Florissant: Leilani Barrett
Thayer: Ashleigh Jackson
West Plains: Kaydence Brown, Lauryn Farish, Meghan Johns
Darr Scholar Award
MISSOURI
Thayer: Jayce Haven
West Plains: Trinity Elliott
Dixie Huff Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Inna Koverznyeva
Don and Judy Kenslow Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Alton: Harly Howell
Donald E. and Carol D. (Roe) Reser & Family Endowed Memorial Scholarship
MISSOURI
Caulfield: Anna Meeks
Pottersville: Savannah Summers
West Plains: Kristen Barrett
Donald Flinner Scholarship
MISSOURI
Alton: Harly Howell
Cabool: Cody Allen
Caulfield: Anna Meeks
West Plains: Wesley Balk, Reuben Henderson
Doug Darr Community Leadership Restricted Current Scholarship
MISSOURI
Pomona: Ethan Kissinger
Dr. Bruce Mitchell Smith Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Koshkonong: Heather Montague
Emory Melton Endowed Scholarship
MISOSURI
West Plains: Allissah Cunningham
Everett and Opal Parrott Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Graff: Juliana Moore
Frances Reiter Memorial Nursing Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Tunas: Annie Bishop
Gammill Family Foundation Scholarship for Nursing School
MISSOURI
Bakersfield: Mariah Burnett
Cabool: Paula Riggs
Licking: Camryn Clayton
Norwood: Ashton Contreras
Pomona: Rebekah Crosser
Tecumseh: Katelyn Owens
Thayer: Megan Webster
West Plains: Savannah Bailey, Heather Day, Adiline Hicks, Chloe Howell, Nicole Meher, Jamaica O’Shields, Wyatt Reid, Shawna Sanders, Taylor Vonallmen, Kasey Weatherford
Winona: Shanna Neal
Glyn Spears Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Norwood: Miranda Hooker
Graham and Connie O’Neal Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Willow Springs: Averi Sigert
Granvil and Idell Vaughan Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Caulfield: Sarah Amburgy
Honorable William Hass Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Birch Tree: Thomas Gann
Jack and Marian McNevin Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Faith Littlejohn
Jess and Betty Garnett Family Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Cabool: Shonda Moore
West Plains: Kebron Ghebreigziabher
Jim and Cindy McFarland Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Brandilyn Miller
Jim and Nell Peters Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Willow Springs: Averi Sigert
John Craig Memorial Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Brandilyn Miller
Judge Harold and Martha M. Henry Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Owen Harris
Judith Shepard Newman Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Mountain Grove: Kylee Sheppard, Breanna Vandiver
Mountain View: Grace Schierling
Pomona: Wilhelm Christopher
West Plains: Amber Summers, Haylie Jeffery, Inna Koverznyeva
Willow Springs: Dora Hummel
Winona: Casey Smith, Erica Vermillion
Kent and Barbara Thomas Student Ambassador Scholarship
MISSOURI
Thayer: Kale Willison
Lelia Heuer Restricted Current Scholarship
MISSOURI
Mountain View: Samantha Boston
West Plains: Lowell Stewart
Lelia Heuer Restricted Current Scholarship for Howell County
MISSOURI
West Plains: Abigail Harris, Jesse Mills
Lida Risner Bozman and Louis Bozman Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Linda Kerley
Lillian Meade Darr Endowed Leadership Scholarship
MISSOURI
Eminence: Luke Stephens, Matthew Stephens
Mountain View: Brianne Abbey
West Plains: Kayla McCarter, Alexis Shumpert
Linda Wood Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Natalie Wiehe
Lorin L. Vaughn Probation & Parole Citizens Advisory Board Scholarship
MISSOURI
Thayer: Destinee Gray
- O. Looney Community Service Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Drury: Kaitlyn Thompson
Margaret W. Shaw Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Alton: Launa Cheever
Myrtle: Heather Fabrizio
Thayer: Jayce Haven, Ashleigh Jackson, Hallie Johnson, Michela Skinner
West Plains: Julie Andrews, Owen Harris
Marianna Hoover Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Houston: Kristian Bennett
Marvin Wheeler and Lorene Wheeler Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Haley Willbanks
Mary H. Sheid Student Ambassador Scholarship
MISSOURI
Dora: Andi Howard
Willow Springs: Caitlyn McNew
Mary Lou and Don Sallee Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Cabool: Madelyne Aaron
Maxine Brown Restricted Scholarship
MISSOURI
Houston: Kristian Bennett
May Wheeler Memorial Scholarship
MISSOURI
Thayer: Hallie Johnson
Mike and Mary Jane Lybyer Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Birch Tree: Brynna Cupp
Mildred M. Schobert Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Caulfield: Sarah Amburgy
Houston: Shayna Adams
West Plains: Brandilyn Miller
Missouri State University-West Plains Technology in Manufacturing Scholarship
MISSOURI
Willow Springs: William Smith
Mountain Grove 2006 Missouri State Alumni Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Mountain Grove: Gracie Anderson
Mountain Grove Missouri State University Alumni Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Hermann: Zoe Schafer
Mynde Tarter Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Taylor Rogers
Naomi McKee Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Mountain View: Kelsea Martin
Norman Rieger Dora Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Dora: Taylor Morgan
Nursing Alumni Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Mountain View: Nicolas Barraza Ortiz
Onita Trett Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Jacob Skiles
Peggy Rieger Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Kassidy Scott
Ralph F. and Louella Cox Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Julie Andrews, Shawna Sanders, Jacob Skiles
Rita Fugate Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Thayer: Mikayla Green
Rita J. Turpin Memorial Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Cabool: Paula Riggs
Robert Neathery Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Willow Springs: Katrina Sidorovich
Robert T. Drago Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Dalton Ball
Roger D. Shaw Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Myrtle: Heather Fabrizio
Thayer: Destinee Gray, Michela Skinner
Roy and Vallie Mayfield Memorial Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Lexy Bridges
Samantha Beach Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Megan McCrackin
Scholarship for Future Welders
MISSOURI
Thayer: Gabriel Foster
Shirley Calhoun Lawler Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Angela Maciel
South Central Ozark Home Health Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Austin Row
St. Francis Farm Endowed Book Scholarship
MISSOURI
Koshkonong: Hannah Palmer
Susan Sims-Giddens and Edwin Giddens Scholarship
MISSOURI
Mountain View: Grace Schierling
Newburg: Lillian Stephens
Saint Peters: Kateura Williams
Springfield: Sarita Rivera
Tunas: Annie Bishop
Mountain View: Tamatha Green
West Plains: Chloe Howell, Nicole Meher, Helen Meyer, Makayla Ray, Jacob Skiles
Thayer: Kale Willison
Tarter-Thompson Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Charley Haskins
Ted and Jeanette Gilliam Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Allissah Cunningham
The Lancaster Family Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Winona: McCade Dixon
The McIntosh Trades Scholarship
MISSOURI
Willow Springs: Joseph Grant
Urban Missouri Scholarship
MISSOURI
Raytown: Ahmea Parham
Virginia Henderson Nursing Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
Florissant: Leilani Barrett
Vivian H. Drago Endowed Leadership Scholarship
MISSOURI
Cabool: Vanessa Metheney
Eminence: Luke Stephens
Norwood: Addyson Kelly
West Plains Bank & Trust Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Lisa Inlow
West Plains Campus Letters and Communications Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Kenzie Warren
William and Virginia Darr Endowed Leadership Scholarship
MISSOURI
Drury: Kaitlyn Thompson
West Plains: Andrea Rivera, Hannah Stokes
Zizzer Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Faith Littlejohn
Zizzers Class of 1964 Nursing Endowed Scholarship
MISSOURI
West Plains: Wyatt Reid, Taylor Vonallmen
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