Club Awards $18,575 to 17 Local Republican High School Scholarship Winners

Republican Women of Prescott (RWOP), Arizona, awarded $18,575 in scholarships to 17 outstanding high school seniors at the Prescott Resort on May 9.

RWOP started the scholarship program in 2015 and has awarded 96 Republican students a total of $124,275. RWOP’s mission statement is to “inform and educate,” therefore these awards lend themselves to accomplishing the organization’s goals.

Funding for the scholarship program comes from the hard work of RWOP’s year-long fundraising efforts, as well as donations from our members. RWOP thanks the Joseph and Peg Rhodes Foundation for their continuous and generous support of the scholarship program.

“Congratulations to the scholarship committee members for a job well done,” RWOP stated in a news release.

Committee members include Chair Barbara Ernst, Linda Nichols, Michelle Dicandia, Sherry Ragsdale, and Michelle Warburton.

Recipients, in alphabetical order, are: Mattea Carman – Prescott High School (PHS), Camerann Carr – PHS, Lindsey Carter – PHS, Jonah Dozier – PHS, Cole Gross - PHS, Cody Hanna – PHS, Logan Hawks – Chino Valley High School (CVHS), Caleb Inman – Trinity, Kayla Luedeman – PHS, Cian McKelvey – PHS, Lorna Pierre – PHS, Anna Olson – CVHS, Aubrie Passmore – CVHS, Kaitlyn Roskopf – CVHS, Natalie Stafford – Trinity, Breckyn Tubbs – PHS, Grace Watson – Tri-City Prep.

Membership of 1,000 strong, RWOP is one of the largest Federated Republican Women’s Organizations in the Nation, founded in 1942.