Dixon High School scholarship winners announced

Scholarships valued $165,400 were distributed in May 3 ceremony

An aerial view of Dixon High School on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 in Dixon.

DIXON – Here are the 2023 Dixon High School scholarship winners, which were presented during an assembly May 3 and included in the board of education meeting notes for May 10.

In total, scholarships valuing $165,400 were awarded.

List is by amount, scholarship and student recipient:

$16,000

DPS Foundation Student of the Year: Leah Kuehl.

$15,000

William H. Jones: Jack Johnson, Kaitlyn Knipple.

$8,000

Sauk Scholars: Abagail Knipple, Harvest Day, Mekhi McGlown, Nour Alsramah, Sara Hintz, Sydney Hargrave

$6,000

DPS Foundation High Honors: Abagail Knipple, Hanna Lengquist, Nour Alsramah, Olivia Gingras.

$4,000

Dahlquist Memorial: Jack Johnson.

$2,500

First National Bank of Amboy: Nour Alsramah.

$2,000

DPS Foundation Honors: Derik Garza, Grant Boss, Harry Doane.

Ed Slain Memorial: Jack Johnson

$1,500

Dixon Police: Jack Dempsey.

Helander-American Values: Veronica Wade

Kiwanis two-year Richard Lovett: Grace DeBord, Veronica Wade

Kiwanis four-year bill Zinnen: Kaitlyn Knipple, Leah Kueh

$1,000

Dixon Evening Lions: Abagail Knipple.

Dixon Lioness: Hanna Lengquist.

Harry A. Ulferts: Jack Dempsey.

Johnson Music: Olivia Gingras.

Joyce McClintock: Addison Morley, Veronica Wade

Kreider Alliance: Elizabeth Childers.

Linda Harvey-Securada Memorial: Hanna Lengquist

Rock River-Engineers: Leah Kuehl

Ryan Apple Memorial: Wyatt Wetzell

$500

Adee: Olivia Gingras.

Booster Club Jon Nagy: Kaitlyn Knipple, Nour Alsramah.

Dixon Athletic Boosters: Derik Garza, Ethan Mick.

Dixon Education Association: Hanna Lengquist, Olivia Gingras.

Dixon Noon Lions: Kaitlyn Knipple, Leah Kuehl, Veronica Wade.

Dolph and Karen Ricks, $500: Hanna Lengquist, Kaitlyn Knipple, Leah Kuehl.

Emma Hubbs Tennis, $500: Leah Kuehl

Lee Center Lodge 146: Derik Garza, Veronica Wade

Lee County Democratic Central Committee: Olivia Gingras

PEO Chapter KM: Veronica Wade.

Reagan Run: Derek Garza, Grant Boss, Kaitlyn Knipple, Leah Kueh, Veronica Wade

Senior Leadership: Sydney Hargrave

WACC Student of the Year Allied Health: Leslie Phillips

WACC Twin Cities Sunrise Rotary: Hanna Lengquist

$300

Lee County Pork Producers: Olivia Gingras.

WACC Student Recognition Scholarship: Emma Jones, Veronica Wade

Undisclosed

Sauk Academy: Bashar Elbzour, Collin Tran-Howland

Sauk Athletics: Abagail Knipple, Ella Govig, Harvest Day, Sydney Hargrave

Troy Taylor

Troy E. Taylor

Was named editor for Saukvalley.com and the Gazette and Telegraph in 2021. An Illinois native, he has been a reporter or editor in daily newspapers since 1989.