Tons of scholarships awarded the BFHS Class of '17

June 14, 2017

The list of 2017 Bonners Ferry High School scholarship recipients has been released, indicating once again how dedicated and motivated are the Bonners Ferry Badgers who set out this year to make their places in the world. Winners of the $2,388 Monger Scholarship this year were Thomas Smith, Tucker Dirks, Mitchell Kramer, Daniel Perez, Karla Horton, Jennah Smith, TJ Smith, Janzen Figueroa and Anthony Shutes. $1,000 awards went to Abby Davis and Alaina Rushing, and $500 awards went to Mathew Merrifield and Keither Lecrenski. Boundary County Artists Association scholarships were granted to Madalynn Kelley,$250, and Marisol Vazquez, $50; the $300 Idaho School Board Association scholarship went to Connor Krezman. Idaho State University Scholarships four year, $2,500 scholarships went to Christian Aguirre Dowell, Gabrielle Blackmore, Cassandra Curtiss, Nicholas Sabin and Jennah Smith. The $500 Katherine Haynes Art Scholarship went to Madalynn Kelley, the renewable $3,000 Idaho Governor’s Cup Scholarship was awarded to Janson Figueroa, $1,000 Rotary Scholarship were presented to Abby Davis, Alaina Rushing, Brittany Spangler, Dawson Brod, Evan Wasmer, Grace Coughlin, Janson Figueroa, Kevin Gray, Lauren Wages, Mary Fioravanti and TJ Smith, and $500 Rotary Scholarships went to Louis Balcaen and Caleb Harrington. University of Idaho Scholarships went to Kevin Gray, $8,000, Connor Krezman and Evan Wasmer, $6,000 each, Christian Dowell, Ethan Erickson, Nick Sabin, Jennah Smith and Brittany Spangler, $5,000 each, and Cassandra Curtiss, Connor Neufeld, Daniel Robinson, and Matt Varelman, $2,000 each. Distinguished Young Women scholarships went to Brittany Spangler, $2,200, Mary Fioravanti, $1,600, Jill Alexander, $1,300, Alexandria LeVesque, $700, Interview, $700, Brittany Spangler, Scholastics, $850, Jill Alexander and Alaina White, Self Expression, $700, Brittany Spangler, Spirit of DYW, $700, Madalynn Kelley, Talent, $700, Brittany Spangler, and Be Your Best Self, $700, Cameron Haworth. The $1,000Forget Me Not scholarship went to Evan Wasmer, the $800 Betty Mills/Eastern Star scholarship was awarded to Grace Coughlin, the $500 Boundary County Education Association scholarship went to Brittany Spangler. $500 Rob Gust & CJ Erickson scholarships werwe awarded to TJ Smith and Janson Figueroa. $1,000 Class of 1951 scholarships were awarded to Karla Horton, Jada Miller, Cheyenne Andrews and Mason Kelson, the $250 Gib & Dede Hall Scholarship went to Alex Urbaniak and the All School Reunion Scholarship of $1,000 went to Kevin Gray. The Kootenai River Runb scholarship went to Nicole Donn, $500 Class of 1970 scholarships were awarded to Jada Miller, Janson Figueroa, Grace Coughlin and Briana Clizer. The $750 Stella Brochu award went to Brianna Clizer and the $750 Beta Sigma Phi scholarship was presented to Janson Figueroa. Thomason Foundation Scholarshipsv went to Grace Coughlin, $3,000, Evan Wasmer, $2,000 and Kaleb Stockton, Mary Fioravanti, Mason Kelson and Janson Figueroa, $1,500 each. The $600 PEO scholarship went to Briana Clizer, the $1,000 P1FCU scholarship to Mary Fioravanti, and the $500BFHS National Honor Society scholarship was presented to Grace Coughlin. Gear Up $1,500 scolarships, with matches to the school, were awarded to Karla Horton, Jennah Smith, TJ Smith, Jarreka Byars, Mary Fioravanti, Alaina White, Avery Lane, Kevin Gray, Summer Norman, Nicole Donn, Rachel Young, Taylor Strangio, Mason Kelson, Janson Figueroa, Daniel Robinson, Isaac Lavala, Grace Coughlin, Benjamin Horton, Katelyn Bennett, Nicholas Sabin, Ashley McLeish, David Cossairt, Jesse Dunham, Matthew Varelman, Ethan Erickson, Christian Dowell, Caleb Harrington, Savannah Jordan, Olivia Whittaker, Madalynn Kelley, Evan Wasmer, Samantha Johnson, Keither Lecrenski, Brianna Clizer and Marisol Vazquez. The New York Film Academy presented Shelby Sporl a $40,000 scholarship. Our congratulations to each scholarship winner, and best of wishes to each member of the Bonners Ferry High School Class of 2017. May each of you live long and prosper.