Rising Sun Regional Foundation Awards $52,000 in Scholarships

Students from eight local high schools received scholarships.

(Rising Sun, Ind.) - The Rising Sun Regional Foundation is pleased to announce the award of $52,000 in scholarships to graduating seniors who reside in Ohio and Ripley counties and the cities of Aurora and Batesville, the Foundation’s Southeastern Indiana grant-making region.

Recipients of the 2025 Rising Sun Regional Foundation Scholarships are as follows:

Batesville High School - Lucy Abplnalp, Alex Baumer, Kaylynn Bedel, John Dirkhising, Ayden Eckstein, Sophia Gesell, Gwyneth Haakinson, Cade Kaiser, Alyson Peters, Kailey Schaeffer, Carson Schneider, Carlee Steinkamp, Georgia Voegele, Keegan Walke, Wyatt Weiler

East Central High School - A.J. Beard, Adrienne Mitchell, Maddie Plogsted

Jac-Cen-Del High School - Kelsey Borgman, McKenna Davis, Delaney Hughes, Hailey Kunz

Milan High School - Audrianne Blomer, Kendall Budd, Stacy Davidson, Lucas Drew, Anna Herzog, Markiesha Lillard, Kaylee Peterson, Kalli Smith, Kaleb Wilburn

Oldenburg Academy - Zachary Hoff, Christian Mack, Annabelle Nunlist

Rising Sun High School - Josie Brawner, Colton Brooks, Kennedy Carrigan, Natalie Fisk, Makenzie Harlow, Hillary Lambert, Kassidy Lewis, Tamryn Miller

South Dearborn High School - Libby Bimrose, Sophie Ferguson, Lakota Vincent

South Ripley High School - Anna Block, Alexa Franklin, Jackson McAdams, Leah Shepard, Trenton Smith, Macy Stone, Kaitlyn Tingle, Angela Tunny, Blaine Ward 

All graduating seniors who reside in Ohio and Ripley counties and the cities of Aurora and Batesville who maintained a six-semester grade point average of 2.75 or higher and plan to attend a post-secondary educational institution were eligible to apply for these scholarship awards. Awardees of these scholarships were drawn at random from the pool of eligible applicants that were submitted to the Rising Sun Regional Foundation along with official transcripts.

The Rising Sun Regional Foundation is funded by the Rising Star Casino Resort, owned by Full House Resorts, Inc., which makes monthly contributions to the Foundation based on a percentage of its Adjusted Gross Revenue.