{"id":52884,"date":"2020-07-05T23:17:07","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T05:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/onward-announces-scholarship-recipients\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T04:02:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T10:02:01","slug":"onward-announces-scholarship-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/onward-announces-scholarship-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Onward! announces scholarship recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nicci Crowley, Onward! deputy director, stated, \u201cThis year we had a record number of applications received. Even with the March downturn in the market, we were able to support an outstanding number of students with over $69,000 going out for the 2020-2021 academic year.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-subheadline1\">The scholarship awardees<\/div>\n<p>Bill and Peg Rees Scholarship: Adam Yoder, Mancos High School $2000\/yearly renewable scholarship; Nanabah Sam, Grand Canyon University (former MCHS graduate); Katelynn Sweat, Colorado University-Denver (former MCHS graduate); Dylan Long, University of Wyoming (former MCHS graduate) $2000\/yearly renewed scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>MCHS Alumni Scholarship (MCHS specific scholarship): Casen Allmon, $1000 non-renewable scholarship<\/p>\n<p>Leonard Cain Medical Scholarship: Taylor Hickman, Dove Creek High School; Salem Knuckles, Montezuma-Cortez High School; Taegan Allen, Montezuma-Cortez High School $500 each non-renewable scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>Hoover Endowed Medical Scholarship: Taylor Hickman, Dove Creek High School; Salem Knuckles, Montezuma-Cortez High School $2500 each non-renewable scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>Shaun M. McAndrew Memorial Scholarship (MCHS specific scholarship): Hayden Leggett, $1000 non-renewable scholarship<\/p>\n<p>Vic and Ethel Poma Pagosa Springs Scholarship (PSHS specific scholarship): Ryan Lewis; Gabriela Gallegos $1000 each non-renewable scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>Roland R. Schneider Memorial Scholarship (MCHS specific scholarship): Casen Allmon; Gabriel Frizzell; Kira Galbraith; Hayden Leggett; Nicholas Martin; Dimery Plewe $2000 each partially renewable scholarship; Kylie Breitenbach; Abigayle Gray; Salem Knuckles; Carson Yoder $1500 each partially renewable scholarship; Taegan Allen; Rylee Finley; Rylee Majors $1000 each non-renewable scholarship; Jason Engel, Colorado Mesa University; Trystan Henderson, Colorado Mesa University; Sidney Majors, North Dakota State University; Cordell Baer, Adams State University; Kailey Case, Colorado Mesa University; Vincent Conklin, Sterling College; Forest Pejsa, Northern Arizona University; Aspen Yoder, Coconino Community College $1000 each renewed scholarship; Taylor Comisky, Rose Hulman Institute; Marguerite Copeland, Arizona State University; David Hoffman, University of Northern Colorado; Amanda Sturman, Arcadia University; Aryelle Wright, Colorado School of Mines $2000 each renewed scholarship<\/p>\n<p>Woods Canyon Scholarship: Dakota Kantner, Montezuma-Cortez High School $1000 renewable scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Yvonne Taylor Scholarship in Education (MCHS specific scholarship): Nicholas Martin $1000 non-renewable scholarship. Larry Larsen Endowed Scholarship: Kira Galbraith, Montezuma-Cortez High School $2000 non-renewable scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>Heartwood Scholarship: Taelynn Comisky, Montezuma-Cortez High School $1000 non-renewable scholarship; Logan Birch, Montezuma-Cortez High School $750 non-renewable scholarship; Nanabah Sam, Grand Canyon University (MCHS graduate) $1000 non-renewable scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>Mancos Centennial Scholarship: Andrew Ruatti, Mancos High School; Adam Yoder, Mancos High School $1000 each non-renewable scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>Cone Family Scholarship (MCHS specific scholarship): Matthew Broughton, Colorado School of Mines $750 renewed scholarship; Morgan Jones, Colorado Mesa University $1000 renewed scholarship; William Broughton, Colorado School of Mines $500 renewed scholarship.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\">Onward!\u2019s scholarship application cycle opens Jan. 1 and closes April 1. For more information on application eligibility or to donate to one of these scholarship funds, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onwardfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.onwardfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crowley, Onward! deputy director, stated, \u201cThis year we had a record number of applications received. Even with the March downturn in the market, we were able to support an outstanding number of students with over $69,000 going out for the 2020-2021 academic year.\u201d The scholarship awardees Bill and Peg Rees Scholarship: Adam Yoder, Mancos [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[202],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-52884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-briefs"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88166,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52884\/revisions\/88166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52884"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=52884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}