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Congratulations 2023 scholarship recipients!

The Centra Foundation and Centra Credit Union invest in our Members’ future through the Loretta M. Burd Scholarship Program. Each year, the Centra Foundation awards one scholarship per Centra location to graduating high school seniors and a number of adult scholarships. The adult scholarship is awarded to adults over the age of 22 who’ve made the decision to further their education.

This year, we awarded a total of 32 scholarships! Every year, we’re so impressed by the talent in our Communities.

We’re excited to announce this year’s scholarship recipients and hope you’ll join us in congratulating them!

High school scholarships

Michael Wolf — Columbus North High School
Matthew Degner — Columbus East High School
John Merritt — Columbus North High School
Molly Hotek — Columbus North High School
Saajid Khatri — Carmel High School
Josiah Manring — Manring Academy of Home School
Sophonie Rennekamp — Home School
Soren Kyser — Home School
Emily Vaughn — Shawe Memorial Jr/Sr Highschool
Nathaniel Crenshaw — Brown County High School
Justin Ramey — Jennings County High School
Keira Arvin — Eastern High School
Rachael Mount — Scottsburg High School
Brendan Hanner — Austin High School
Kaytlynn Geary — Christian Academy of Indiana
Alexander Sturgill — Seymour High School
Olivia Klesk — Decatur Central High School
Maggie Lutes — Morristown Jr-Sr High School
Alice Benbow — Northern Nash High
Tate Adams — Charlestown High School
Sophia White — Charlestown High School
Maddison Franks — Corydon High School
Saul Tatum — Clarksville High School
Jacqueline McCoy — Charlestown High School
Tenley Schott — Charlestown High School
Riley Loftus — Floyd Central High School

Adult scholarships

Imani Graham
Mercedes Tobias
Kiara Nobbe
Austin Williams

Team Member & family scholarships

Kaylee Maschino
Lauren Ulrich


The Centra Foundation would also like to recognize Shirley Shea for her support of the Loretta M. Burd Adult Scholarship Program. We’re very grateful for her continued support and are excited to have such a great community partner!