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The Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation has awarded more than $500,000 in scholarships to area students pursuing post-secondary education. See the list of 2022 scholarship recipients.

The scholarships are funded by donors who are passionate about changing lives, promoting economic security and investing in the future through the power of education.

“We’ve long believed that philanthropy and education can and must intersect to help drive positive change, said Patrick Gale, vice president for Community Investment. “We are so grateful to the donors behind these scholarship funds for investing in the leaders of tomorrow — young people from across our area who, in their educational pursuits, will be challenged to ask questions, listen, engage in dialogue, learn, serve and explore new ideas. Our 2022 scholars are an extraordinary group of young people and we are confident they will play a vital role in creating a brighter and stronger tomorrow for the world we all call home.”

About Scholarship Funds

Scholarship funds at the Community Foundation allow donors to make a meaningful, life-changing charitable contribution, qualify for an immediate tax benefit, and provide scholarships in perpetuity to area students pursuing post-high school education.

Donors work with the Foundation to design an impactful scholarship fund based on criteria that’s personally meaningful and relevant to current societal needs. Once the fund is established and applications arrive, the Foundation team supports scholarship review committee members in an annual selection process.

2022 Scholarship Recipients

The following list includes the 2022 scholarship recipients, their hometowns, and the name(s) of the scholarship(s) they were awarded:

• Zena Abiya, Sioux Falls, Ralph and Doris Wallin Scholarship
• Alex Anderson, Jasper, Trent Area Scholarship
• Merci Arbach, Sioux Falls, Independent Insurance Agents of Sioux Falls Scholarship and the Raymond Eddy Scholarship
• Amber Aymar, Sioux Falls, Tea Area Community Scholarship
• Luwam Balihu, Sioux Falls, Herman and LaVerne Griller Scholarship
• Firaol Baneta, Sioux Falls, Ralph and Doris Wallin Scholarship
• Bridgette Baumberger, Dell Rapids, Trent Area Scholarship
• Carly Begalka, Brandon, Bill Barlow "Second Chance" Scholarship
• Emma Benz, Sioux Falls, Joe Foss "An American Hero" Scholarship and the Sally Bertina Meyer Scholarship
• Daniel A. Bethke, Sioux Falls, Kiwanis Club of Sioux Falls Community Service Scholarship
• Jordan Bjerke, Groton, Hopps Dow Scholarship
• Cole Brown, Milbank, Fred and Marie Christopherson Scholarship
• Matthew Brown, Brandon, Joe Foss "An American Hero" Scholarship
• Elena Burgwald, Sioux Falls, Joe Foss "An American Hero" Scholarship and the Junior League of Sioux Falls Memorial and Tribute Scholarship
• Sanyogita Chandra, Sioux Falls, North Central Heart Institute Scholarship
• Hannah Dayaget, Sioux Falls, Robert W. Best Scholarship
• Hannah DeHoogh-Kliewer, Sioux Falls, Ashley Elizabeth Evans Medical School Scholarship
• Charli Dlugosh, Sioux Falls, James and Bernice Kopperud Scholarship
• Jeremiah Donahoe, Garretson, Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith Scholarship
• Carolyn Eich, Canton, Viola Lingo Watson Scholarship
• Sage Fastdog Jr., Mission, Kimberly Rose Means - Native American Council of Tribes Scholarship
• Mason Fey, Ashton, Joe and Norma Rahm Memorial Scholarship
• Sophia Fletcher, Sioux Falls, Jim and Fran Foss Scholarship
• Patrick Gaddis, Sioux Falls, James and Bernice Kopperud Scholarship
• Max Gallivan, Sioux Falls, North Central Heart Institute Scholarship
• Ellen Gandrud, Savage, Hovland Scholarship
• Mario Garcia Morales, Sioux Falls, Raymond Eddy Scholarship
• Aiden Geraets, Dell Rapids, Trent Area Scholarship
• Kaycee Groves, Faith, Yeager-Afdahl Memorial Scholarship
• Ranisha Gurung, Sioux Falls, James B. and Vera A. Sadler Undergraduate Scholarship
• Michael Haddican, Sioux Falls, James B. and Vera A. Sadler Graduate Scholarship
• Abigail Hamilton, Huron, Justin Lake College Scholarship
• Sydney Hansen, Sioux Falls, Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith Scholarship, Jim and Fran Foss Scholarship, and the Karen Bates Trimble WHS Class of 1962 Scholarship
• Nichole Hansen, Valley Springs, Landon Wulf Brandon Valley High School Scholarship
• Kennedy Hansen-Essem, Sioux Falls, Raymond Eddy Scholarship
• Grace Heiberger, Brandon, Shon Trimble Memorial Scholarship and the Waneta Drake Miller Edmison Memorial Scholarship
• Mackenzie Hemmer, Dell Rapids, Trent Area Scholarship
• Caleb Henderson, Canton, Harrison-Joslyn Memorial Scholarship
• Kjerstin Hensley, Sioux Falls, Amy Erickson Memorial Award
• Emily Hofer, Hartford, Julius A. and Dorothy L. Jacobsen Scholarship
• Aida Hoffelt, Sioux Falls, Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith Scholarship
• Shawntel Hohn, Mitchell, Southeastern District Dental Society Benevolent Scholarship
• Jeslyn Huinker, Tea, Tea Area Community Scholarship
• Braden Husby, Sioux Falls, Rush Family Scholarship
• Hawa Ibrahim, Sioux Falls, Herman and LaVerne Griller Scholarship and the Washington High School Alumni Scholarship
• Elijah Isais, Canton, Murray A. Rowe and Helen I. Rowe Endowed Scholarship
• Jaedyn Jacks, Sioux Falls, Ralph and Doris Wallin Scholarship
• Joshua Jackson, Sioux Falls, James Stenholtz Scholarship
• Kayla Jesse, Hartford, Ralph and Doris Wallin Scholarship
• Isaac Johnson, Tea, Tea Area Community Scholarship and the Justin Lake College Scholarship
• Gracen Juffer, Lennox, Hovik Family Scholarship and the Jon Richter Memorial Scholarship
• Caleb Kittelson, Baltic, Arthur O. Moe Scholarship
• Amina Koch, Sioux Falls, Duane and Bonnie Bly Family Scholarship and the Fred and Marie Christopherson Scholarship
• Charm-noj Krueger, Sioux Falls, James B. and Vera A. Sadler Undergraduate Scholarship
• Payton Krumm, Dell Rapids, Jerry Hoftiezer Memorial Scholarship
• Hallie Kueter, Montrose, Julius A. and Dorothy L. Jacobsen Scholarship
• William Kuhl, Buffalo Gap, Joe Foss "An American Hero" Scholarship and the Osmann Family Native American Scholarship
• Alexyss LaDeaux, Trent, Trent Area Scholarship
• Daisy Larson, Sioux Falls, The Equitable Sioux Empire Scholarship, James and Bernice Kopperud Scholarship and the Kiwanis Club of Sioux Falls Scholarship
• Chase LeBrun, Flandreau, Trent Area Scholarship
• Jordan Levesque, Sioux Falls, Jim and Fran Foss Scholarship
• Dylan Ligtenberg, Sioux Falls, Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith Scholarship
• Allyssa Locke, Groton, Hopps Dow Scholarship
• Tori Lodmell, Dell Rapids, David Jay Schmidt Memorial Scholarship
• Kiana Lothrop, Canton, Vince Beck Five Point Scholarship
• Max Marcotte, Hartford, Robert W. Best Scholarship
• Bogdan Marushkevych, Parker, Justin Lake College Scholarship and the Waneta Drake Miller Edmison Memorial Scholarship
• Dawson Maska, Parker, Waneta Drake Miller Edmison Memorial Scholarship
• Peyton Meadors, Hartford, Dale Lokke Law Enforcement Scholarship
• Michael Merry, Dell Rapids, Herman and LaVerne Griller Scholarship
• Ruby Metzger, Sioux Falls, James and Bernice Kopperud Scholarship
• Austin Metzger, Rock Rapids, Spirit of Sioux Falls Scholarship
• Morgan Mikuska, Harrisburg, Herman and LaVerne Griller Scholarship
• Samantha Miller, Sioux Falls, Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith Scholarship
• Tell Mollman, Watauga, Fred and Marie Christopherson Scholarship
• Julia Mosley, Sherman, Jeremy Baum "Hope" Scholarship
• Sonia Mugorewera, Sioux Falls, James and Bernice Kopperud Scholarship and the Jim and Fran Foss Scholarship
• Evelyn Osterloo, Sioux Falls, Katherine A. Larson Scholarship
• Fayleen Overweg, Kimball, Delmar and Rosemary Skluzak Family Scholarship
• Angelina Palmiotto, Sioux Falls, Kiwanis Club of Sioux Falls Community Service Scholarship
• Miriam Pickard, Dell Rapids, Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith Scholarship
• Julia Pittmann, Dell Rapids, Kent Hegge Memorial Scholarship
• Kinsey Price, Hartford, Julius A. and Dorothy L. Jacobsen Scholarship
• Denise Quizon, Sioux Falls Kiwanis Club of Sioux Falls Community Service Scholarship
• Carter Rager, Canton, Frank Lingo Scholarship
• Tashina Red Hawk, Mission, Norman W. Ranschau Memorial Scholarship
• Noah Reiff, Dell Rapids, Trent Area Scholarship and the Verne and Ardith Forbes Scholarship
• Harbor Renken, Hawarden, Delmer Scott Award and the Louis H. Shoraga Scholarship
• Veronica Rhead, Alcester, Anna and Paul Lind Scholarship, Harry Lee Scholarship and the Mary Scott Award
• Luke Richardson, Canton, Frank Lingo Scholarship
• Rylee Rinehart, Dell Rapids, Mark Bielen Scholarship
• Estefany Rivas Saravia, Sioux Falls, James B. and Vera A. Sadler Undergraduate Scholarship
• Tate Roberts, Brandon, Joe Foss "An American Hero" Scholarship
• Seth Roemen, Dell Rapids, Regina "Grandma" Evans Scholarship and the Wyatt Ammon Memorial Scholarship
• Tara Rouillard, Porcupine, Fool Soldier Scholarship
• Landon Ruesink, Dell Rapids, Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith Scholarship, Regina "Grandma" Evans Scholarship and the Jerry Hoftiezer Memorial Scholarship
• Alicia Ruud, Worthing, Jon Richter Memorial Scholarship
• Caleb Schneider, Crooks, Spirit of Sioux Falls Scholarship
• Cassidy Schuelke, Opal, Yeager-Afdahl Memorial Scholarship
• Sawyer Scott, Sioux Falls, Ralph and Doris Wallin Scholarship and the Siouxland Chapter CFMA Scholarship
• Chelsea Smith, Redfield, Joe and Norma Rahm Memorial Scholarship
• Katherine Stahl, Canton, Harrison-Joslyn Memorial Scholarship
• Savannah Stengel, Milbank, Joe Foss "An American Hero" Scholarship
• Josephine Sutherland, Flandreau, Trent Area Scholarship
• Grace Suttle, Crooks, Sioux Falls Retired Teachers Association Scholarship
• Brooklyn Swanson, Veblen, Myrtle and David Blomquist Scholarship
• Gemma Symington, Brandon, Dakota Alliance Soccer Club Student Athlete Scholarship
• Lilly Tiernan, Dell Rapids, Cogley-Buffington Certified Property and Casualty Underwriters Fund and the Herman and LaVerne Griller Scholarship
• Tyler Tjaden, Dell Rapids, Bill Barlow "Second Chance" Scholarship
• Shelly Townley, Sioux Falls, Waneta Drake Miller Edmison Non-Traditional Student Scholarship
• Taylor Tryon, Rapid City, Andy Award
• Kegan Tvedt, Castlewood, Siouxland Chapter CFMA Scholarship
• Kaylee Updegraff, Sioux Falls, Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith Scholarhip
• Lindsay Wachal, Sioux Falls, Jim and Fran Foss Scholarship and the David L. Profilet Scholarship
• Lydia Wagner, Doland, Gordon Ingwersen Scholarship
• Ashlynn Wildeboer, Parker, Rush Family Scholarship
• Autumn Wilkinson, De Smet, Hovland Scholarship
• Jamie Young, Sioux Falls, Dakota Alliance Soccer Club Student Athlete Scholarship
• Nazrawit Zewdie, Sioux Falls, Robert W. Best Scholarship

A number of additional scholarships will be awarded this summer.