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WHEELING -- Top scholars in Ohio County Schools are receiving top dollar for their efforts over the past school year courtesy of a noted Wheeling philanthropist.
The Stifel Awards - named for noted Wheeling businessman and philanthropist George E. Stifel - are given for academic achievement in the classroom and on standardized achievement tests. To be eligible, a student must have a grade-point average of 3.5 or better, be a resident of Ohio County and a citizen of the United States.
In 1926, Stifel created an endowment dedicated to forever funding the children of his city. He hoped the students would believe that a good education was "well worth the ambition, patient work and sacrifice which it may require."
The students do not receive scholarships, but cash awards they can spend however they wish.
Born in Wheeling in 1849, Stifel was the owner and operator of the Stifel Department Store in downtown Wheeling. He was inducted into the Wheeling Hall of Fame in 1979.
Recipients this year are as follows:
Bethlehem Elementary
Grade 5
1) Westyn DiBartolomeo
2) Kate Cronin
3) Sophia Trabert
4) Lincoln Roberts
5) Lillian Filby
6) Baileigh Anderson
7) Macie Lewis
Elm Grove Elementary
Grade 5
1) Paige Geisel
2) Malia Greene
3) Colton Scarnecchia
4) Lily Caprita
5) Harper Howard
6) Lukas Schoenfeld
7) Waylon Riggle
Madison Elementary
Grade 5
1) Omari Carroll
2) Charlie Getter
3) Na'Ziya McGhee
4) Lydia Crosswhite
5) Naviah Dean
6) Ashton Wright
7) Jayliah Anderson
Middle Creek
Elementary School
Grade 5
1) Logan Stewart
2) Kaiden Hoffmaster
3) Cole Pierce
4) Madison McCutcheon
5) Jonah Anderson
6) Devyn Kandis
7) Roman McCave
Ritchie Elementary
Grade 5
1) Snow Randolph-Nelson
2) Jack Young
3) Haniya Aftab
4) Tomas Durham
5) Tyree Lekanudos
6) Lillie Regan
7) Daisy Wright
Steenrod Elementary
Grade 5
1) Eleni Karnoupakis
2) Aiden Brown
3) Willa Collins
4) Garrett Lowther
5) Jace Wilson
6) Angel Love
7) Grayson Ciszewski
Warwood Elementary
Grade 5
1) Eli Hughes
2) Jaiden Rodgers
3) James Campbell
4) Jayce Brown
5) Briella Crockard
6) Miniyah Gaither
7) Lyam Rouse
West Liberty
Elementary
Grade 5
1) Amelia Morris
2) Joseph Williams
3) Evelynn Ennis
4) Sidney George
5) Derick Delcid-Lewton
6) Oliver Dann
7) Cash Dearing
Woodsdale Elementary
Grade 5
1) Theresa McGowan
2) Nico Muscar
3) Hayden Chacon
4) Jacoby Doyle
5) Levinia Dunkin
6) Madelyn Garrison
7) Elijah Wagner
Bridge Street Middle School
Grade 6
1) Fiona Donaghy
2) Spencer Benedict
3) Cael Skrzypek
4) Lily Stauver
5) Molly Nguyen
6) Ellie Beck
7) Rebecca Spielvogel
Grade 7
1) Abigail Lewis
2) Kloe Nguyen
3) Piper O'Connell
4) Isaac Bentz
5) Castiel Young
6) Ezra Terrett
7) Kathryn Lewis
Grade 8
1) Ava Maclay
2) Liam Donaghy
3) Klara Straight
4) Kaleb Pell
5) Levi Lawrence
6) Jacob Straub
7) Layla Beck
Triadelphia Middle School
Grade 6
1) Violet Kettler
2) Kamron Pettit
3) Julia Zuk
4) John Green
5) Jayden Johnson
6) Evelyn Walters
7) Avery Bommer
8) Hailey Chambers
Grade 7
1) Qingyuan Liu
2) Landon Kelly
3) Jay Crutchfield
4) Hudson Bradshaw
5) Ethan Marsh
6) Austin Robinson
7) Lucy Murfin
Grade 8
1) Peilin Yu
2) Caroline Wack
3) Thomas Dunkin
4) Ludovica Santini
5) Lacey Pauley
6) Zachary Larance
7) Rosalie Dobson
Warwood Middle School
Grade 6
1) Sophia White
2) Elijah Mehl
3) Ellie Breitinger
4) Arthur Evans Jr.
5) Jonah Meadows
6) Emily Delvecchio
7) Kendall Stocke
Grade 7
1) Jaycee Campbell
2) Kolton Rogerson
3) Kaileann Swartz
4) Jemma Cipriani
5) Mason Donaldson
6) Jaece Sparks
7) Derek Finley
Grade 8
1) Hayden Gonzalez
2) Della Jarrett
3) Lillian Dudleson
4) Elah-Grace Konkle
5) Zoey Gross
6) Rianna Farrow
7) Emily Riser
Wheeling Middle School
Grade 6
1) Olivia Timberlake
2) Myles Carroll
3) Quinn Regan
4) Chloe McPherson
5) Brynnlee Hunter
6) Abigail Lucas
7) River Cha
Grade 7
1) Ava Dominquez
2) Arden Mowder
3) Tegan Berisford
4) Julia Cronin
5) Brooklyn Quinn
6) Olivia Diehl
7) Brogan Brown
Grade 8
1) Jacoby Bates
2) Zachary Gaylor
3) Ashtin Long
4) Maddyson Kaminski
5) Colin Stubbe
6) Ali Morris
7) Brianna Miller
Wheeling Park High School
Grade 9
1) Samuel Lewis
2) Evalynn Barki
3) Jacob Breitinger
4) Brenna Tipton
5) Finnegan Gilbert
6) Jaxon Updegraff
7) Briele Dobson
8) Brooks Wharry
9) Maria Faulstick
10) Reagan Pockl
11) Molly Bradshaw
12) Flannery Muscar
13) Alexandra Frey
14) London Meadows
14) Zavier Shah
16) Kendel Boyd
Grade 10
1) Alexei Zhao
2) Audrey Kenamond
3) Tristin Gonzalez
4) Rex Montanye
5) Clinton Cox
6) Jules Burke
7) Dominic Brown
8) Asher Chao
9) Owen King
10) Brooke Ozyilmaz-Kallop
11) Alicia Harvath
12) Drew Tarrant
13) Lucrezia Santini
14) Jaxson Anderson
15) Rachel Lewis
16) Morgan Oleksiak
17) Walter Garrison
18) Brooklyn Robbins
Grade 11
1) Christopher Alkhouri
2) Julia Dunaway
3) Nathan Tyska
4) Madeline Bradshaw
5) Brody Davis
6) Cash Givens
7) Lucelus Swartz
8) Daniel Burns
9) Dayton VanFossen
10) Bridget Zoeckler
11) Chloe Brammer
12) Brennan Wack
13) Hallie Lawson
14) Ella Petrucci
15) Mallory Parks
16) Gahmill Byrd
Grade 12
1) Jameson Maynard
2) Kaleb Trimmier
3) Harper Moores
4) Trenton Rosenthal
5) Maxwell Seibert
6) Alexis Bordas
7) Gavin Border
8) Caroline L'Ecuyer
9) Zephyr Du
10) Aylea Ward
11) Mackenzie Kret
12) Isabelle Thomas
13) Reese Moores
14) Isaac Garrison
15) Emma Weekley
16) Gabriella Yoder
CTE Department Scholar
Aiden Stauver
ELA Department Scholar
Kelsey Holeczy
Math Department Scholar
Trenton Rosenthal
Science Department Scholar
Aylea Ward
Social Studies Department Scholar
Lillian Brinker
World Language Department Scholar
Jacob Murphy