The Sandhills Area Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of its
2025 scholarship awards. This year, the Foundation awarded over $45,000 in
scholarships to outstanding students from Cherry County, continuing its
longstanding commitment to supporting local education and opportunity.
Students awarded scholarships for the 2025-2025 academic year are:
CapRock Scholarship $2,000
Katherine Cox, Aubree Johnson,
Jessa Klabenes, Lauren Schoonveld
SAF College Scholarship $1,500
Jadyn Andersen, Taylor Battershaw, Lindsey Boes, Lauren Ferguson, Hayes
Hammond, Aubree Johnson, Jessa Klabenes, Connor Kreutner, Alexis Long, Lee
Major, Logan Muirhead, Lauren Schoonveld, Grant Springer, Grace Wolff
SAF High School Scholarship $1,000
Jenalee Garwood-In honor of Brian Keech
Jocelyn Jordan-In honor of Shirley Sibert
Katherine Cox, Allison Heath, and Ayden Naslund-In honor of Paul Bass
Olivia Beel, Courtney Billings, Brady Haake, Emma Kreutner, Doc Lancaster,
Cinch Miller, Quinton Nelson, Cadence Swanson, Marybelle Ward
SAF Non-Traditional Scholarship $2,500 Anna Perrett
Cherry County Hospital & Clinic Scholarship $1,000 Emma Kreutner
“We congratulate all of this year’s scholarship recipients and wish all
area graduates the very best in their future endeavors,” said Foundation
President Kim Marlatt. A new initiative, the round-up program at Scotty’s
Ranchland Foods, enabled the foundation to award 8 additional scholarships
this year over last year’s number. The Foundation wishes to extend
heartfelt thanks to Scott and Tammy Millard and Samantha Hand at Scotty’s
for partnering with them in this program.
The public is invited to the reception for the scholarship winners
Wednesday, June 11 at 7 pm at MPCC.
