Class of 2022 Bobcats were celebrated for earning impressive scholarships and awards at the annual MHS Awards Night on Thursday.
A record-breaking number of students earned a Seal of Biliteracy award this year. Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) medals, Silver Cord awards, Bobcat Ready recognitions, and thousands of dollars in post-secondary scholarships were also among the accolades earned by students. In all, 49 students earned scholarships – the first year award total came to $648,318, and the four-year total came to $1,923,376.
See a full list of honors earned by these incredible students and more photos from Thursday’s celebration below, and remember to tune in for this Sunday’s 2022 Commencement Ceremony!
Bianca Andrade: Seal of Biliteracy, Bobcat Ready
Jonathan Aquino: Seal of Biliteracy, Bobcat Ready
Rochelle Avalos: U of I Advantage Iowa Award – $5k; U of I Need-Based Academic Award – $6k; U of I Scholars Award – $1k; Foster O. Blake Memorial Scholarship – $1,700; Rose and Harry Druker Memorial Scholarship – $2k; Members 1st Credit Union – $1k; Phyllis Perry Hulton Scholarship – $1,100; Americorps – $1,342; Gwendolyn & Lucian Hinecker Scholarship – $4k; UnityPoint Health Auxiliary Scholarship – $2k; Marshalltown Education Partnership Scholarship – $3,118; Red Cord (Life Serve Donor of Distinction); Seal of Biliteracy; Silver Cord; MVP Medallion, Bobcat Ready
Marcus Barker: ISU Forever Scholar Merit Scholarship – $2k; ISU Johnson-Engel Scholarship Endowment in Engineering – $2k; Phyllis Perry Hulton Scholarship – $1,100; Harlietta Helland Scholarship – $500; RACOM Scholarship – $1k; NSCC Board of Directors (BOD) Scholarship – $1,500; Marshalltown Evening Lions – $750; Gwendolyn & Lucian Hinecker Scholarship – $4k; IA Governor’s Scholar Plaque; Silver Cord; MVP Medallion; Bobcat Ready
Stephen Blom: UNI Panther Impact Award – $3k; UNI Veone Kneller Award – $1,050; UNI Honors Award – $2k; Modern Woodmen of America Make an Impact Award – $10k; Alliant Energy Innovation Scholarship – $1k; Theisen’s Farm Home Auto 4-H Scholarship – $1k; Matins Kiwanis Scholarship – $750; Bobcat Tennis Academy – $250; UnityPoint Health Auxiliary Scholarship – $2k; Bobcat Ready
Kasie Brandt: BVU President’s Scholarship – $27k; BVU Fine & Media Art Award – $2k; BVU College Visit Scholarship – $1k; Silver Cord; Seal of Biliteracy; MVP Medallion; Red Cord (Life Serve Donor of Distinction); Bobcat Ready
Austin Close: The Ohio State National Buckeye Scholar Scholarship – $13,500; Iowa Alumni Scholarship – $500; The Ohio State Alumni Scholars Program Award – $600; Red Cord (Life Serve Donor of Distinction)
Elisabeth Draisey: Marshalltown Education Partnership Scholarship – $3,118; Roskopf- Williams Scholarship – $1k; Rex Ryden Scholarship – 1/2 Tuition; Noon Optimist Club of Marshalltown Scholarship – $750; Jean Seberg Scholarship – $250; Silver Cord; Bobcat Ready
Lilly Duff: University of Dubuque Heritage Society Grant – $15k; University of Dubuque Trustee Promise Grant – $5,850; Bill Palmer Legacy Scholarship – $5k; Gwendolyn & Lucian Hinecker Scholarship – $4k; Univ. of Dubuque Wendt Character Scholarship – $3,500; Phyllis Perry Hulton Scholarship – $1,100; University of Dubuque Educator Grant – $1k; University of Dubuque General Institutional Grant – $8k; Silver Cord; Seal of Biliteracy; Bobcat Ready
Alivia Eaton: Simpson College Cowles Fellowship Scholarship – $34k; Emerson Scholarship – $2,500; Turbiville Teaching Scholarship – $1k; Matins Kiwanis Scholarship – $750; PEI Scholarship – $100; Silver Cord; Seal of Biliteracy
Sydney Faltys: Grand View University Dean Scholarship – $16k; Grand View University Volleyball Scholarship – $8k; Grand View University Academic Scholarship – $1k; Bobcat Ready
Tania Gonzalez: Tricia McKenzie Loney Memorial Scholarship – $600; MVP Medallion; Silver Cord; Seal of Biliteracy
Grant Greazel: Mark Mann Memorial Scholarship – $1k; Jerry Johnson Memorial Scholarship – $850
Amber Henson: Drake University Presidential Scholarship – $23k; Drake University Golf Athletic Scholarship – $23,012; Drake University Alumni Trustee Scholarship – $3k; Iowa Golf Association Ann Griffel Scholarship – $2k; Gwendolyn & Lucian Hinecker Scholarship – $4k; Jerry Johnson Memorial Scholarship – $850; Bobcat Ready
Phoebe Hermanson: Nick Norris Scholarship – $2k; Silver Cord; Seal of Biliteracy; MVP Medallion; IA Governor’s Scholar Award; Bobcat Ready; Ronald Reagan Presidential Coin
Jeremiah Hernandez: Seal of Biliteracy; MVP Medallion
Marco Herrera: UNI.T.E.D Award – $2k; UNI Panther Success Award – $1,250; RACOM – $1k; C.E. Berg Scholarship – $500; Phyllis Perry Hulton Scholarship – $1,100; Forest & Martha Halverson Scholarship – $4k; Gwendolyn & Lucian Hinecker Scholarship – $4k; Bobcat Ready
Veronica Herrera: Science Bound STEM Scholarship – $40k; Tuesday Musical Club Scholarship – $500; Harvard Summer Academy Scholarship – $100; Marshalltown Morning Optimist Club Scholarship – $500; TRIO Talent Search Program Scholarship – $1k; Women’s Cross County SCC Scholarship – $10k; MCC Summer School Scholarship – $300; Nick Norris Junior Rotarian Scholarship – $2k; Marshalltown Education Partnership Scholarship – $3,118; All-State Music Scholarship; Bobcat Ready; Silver Cord; Seal of Biliteracy
Sydney Hotchkiss: Iowa Scholars Award – $1k; Foster O. Blake Memorial Scholarship – $1,700; Bobcat Ready; Seal of Biliteracy
Claire Hughes: Simpson College Presidential Scholarship – $32k; Simpson College Edge Grant – $1k; Bobcat Ready; Red Cord (Life Serve Donor of Distinction)
Taylor Jones: UNI Panther Impact Award – $3k; Linda Bloom Scholarship – $1k; Live to Succeed Scholarship – $500; PEO Chapter BB Scholarship – $1k; Bobcat Ready; Silver Cord
Emma Kuhlers: Vera and George Crowther Memorial Scholarship – $1k; Phyllis Perry Hulton Scholarship – $1,100; Bobcat Ready
Sitlali Lara Perez: Science Bound Scholarship – $40k; MVP Medallion; Seal of Biliteracy; Bobcat Ready
Lizbeth Monge: MVP Medallion; Seal of Biliteracy
Andrea Montes: MVP Medallion; Seal of Biliteracy; Bobcat Ready
Oscar Morales: Seal of Biliteracy
Hayden Oetker: Jessie Bayne Elfers Scholarship – $3k; Nutrien-Ag Scholarship – $2k; Marshalltown Evening Lions – $750; Phyllis Perry Hulton Scholarship – $1,100; Bobcat Ready
Jadyn Palmer: ASU’s New American University Provost’s Award – $12k; Phyllis Perry Hulton Scholarship – $1,100; Bobcat Ready, Red Cord (Life Serve Donor of Distinction)
Eden Par: Roskopf-Williams Scholarship – $1k; Silver Cord; Bobcat Ready
Xander Pickett: Upper Iowa University Presidential Scholarship – $17k; Youth Bowling Programs Smart Scholarship – $1,200; Bobcat Ready
Mia Rasmusson: Coe College Institution Grant – $39,200: Iowa Tuition Grant – $6,800
Bianca J. Rodriguez: Seal of Biliteracy
Alejandra Saldana: Bobcat Ready; Red Cord (Life Serve Donor of Distinction); Silver Cord; MVP Medallion
Jolcey Santana: DAME Family Foundation Scholarship – $2,500; Marshalltown Education Association Scholarship – $500; Harlietta Helland Scholarship – $500; Phyllis Perry Hulton Scholarship – $1,100; PEO Chapter LT Scholarship – $500; Gwendolyn & Lucian Hinecker Scholarship – $4k; Marshalltown Rotary Foundation – $1k; PEO Chapter BB Scholarship – $1k; MVP Medallion; Seal of Biliteracy; Bobcat Ready
Aaron Seberger: South Dakota State University Vocal Scholarship – $700; Phyllis Perry Hulton Scholarship – $1,100; Bernie Saggau Award; Bobcat Ready
Kendall See: Lonnie Hogeland Jr. Scholarship – $250; Lyle Hogeland Scholarship – $250; Bobcat Ready
Luis Servin: Science Bound Scholarship – $40k; MVP Medallion; Seal of Biliteracy; Bobcat Ready; Red Cord (Life Serve Donor of Distinction)
Kaylin Smith: Roskopf-Williams Scholarship – $1k; Kevin L. Hunt Memorial Scholarship – $1,500; Silver Cord; Bobcat Ready
Rachel Smith: Kenneth and Sherry Folks Scholarship – $1k; Dean and Cindy Fogarty Scholarship – $1,250; Silver Cord, Bobcat Ready, Avon Burt Scholarship
Rebekah Stone: Flora Davis Forman Scholarship – $1k; Marshalltown Evening Lions – $750; Phyllis Perry Hulton Scholarship – $1,100; Gwendolyn & Lucian Hinecker Scholarship – $4k; Silver Cord, Bobcat Ready, Seal of Biliteracy
Kevin Strand: Iowa Central Tennis Scholarship – $3k; Iowa Central Academic Scholarship – $1k; Bobcat Ready, Seal of Biliteracy
Siang Tial: Roskopf-Williams Scholarship – $1k; Marshalltown Rotary Foundation – $1k; Bobcat Ready, Seal of Biliteracy, MVP Medallion
Paulina Torres: Roskopf-Williams Scholarship – $1k; Bobcat Ready
Callie Tuttle: Iowa Scholars Award – $1k; Foster O. Blake Memorial Scholarship – $1,700; Gwendolyn & Lucian Hinecker Scholarship – $4k; PEO Chapter BB Scholarship – $1k; Bobcat Ready
Brynn Van Buren: Iowa Scholars Award – $1k; Bobcat Ready, Red Cord (Life Serve Donor of Distinction)
Jose Vergara: ISU Fred Schleiter Scholarship – $1,250; ISU Johnson-Engel Endowment in Engineering – $2k; ISU Design Future Leaders Award $2,500; ISU Engineering LEAD Scholarship – $1k; Grace Church (Timothy Initiative Scholarship) – $1,500; Americorps Scholarship – $1,342; Masonry Institute of Iowa Foundation Scholarship – $500; Phyllis Perry Hulton Scholarship – $1,100; Gwendolyn & Lucian Hinecker Scholarship – $4k; Marshalltown Rotary Foundation Scholarship – $1k; Bobcat Ready, Seal of Biliteracy
Cassidy Wedemeyer: Jesse Bayne Elfers Scholarship – $3k; Gwendolyn & Lucian Hinecker Scholarship – $4k: Bobcat Ready, Silver Cord
Paige Wertzberger: Clarke University Women’s Basketball Scholarship – $22k; Bobcat Ready
Gannon Williams: Members 1st Community Credit Union – $1k; Nick Norris Scholarship – $1k; Bobcat Ready, Silver Cord
