Fifth Third Bank Announces 2015 Fifth Third Scholarship Recipients

 |  07.08.2015, 15:55  |  88  |  0

Fifth Third Bank today announced winners of the 2015 Fifth Third Scholarship Program. Since 2005, the Fifth Third Foundation has annually awarded one-time $2,500 scholarships to children of Fifth Third employees. It has awarded 200 scholarships since its inception.

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Heidi Jark, vice president & managing director, Foundation Office at Fifth Third Bank (Photo: Business Wire)

Chosen and administered by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, the Fifth Third Scholarship Program recognizes the academic achievements of the following students listed with their employee parent and parent's work location:

Matthew A. Thompson, national merit scholar, son of James Thompson, Cleveland, Ohio

Cole J. Adkins, son of Michelle Adkins, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Noah D. Back, son of Daniel Back, Cincinnati, Ohio

Andrew J. Bingham, son of James Bingham, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Daniel N. Bussard, son of Dan Bussard, Cincinnati, Ohio

Abbey M. Carruthers, daughter of Rodney Carruthers, Wilmington, Ohio

Joshua L. Cassady, son of John Cassady, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Julia C. Castanet, daughter of Jennifer Castanet, Atlanta, Georgia

Lindsey M. Cron, daughter of Martha Cron, Cincinnati, Ohio

Sabrina R. Florey, daughter of Ross Florey, Nashville, Tennessee

Kelly F. Fuller, daughter of David Fuller, Cincinnati, Ohio

Nicholas C. Gibbs, son of David Gibbs, Cincinnati, Ohio

Austin M. Haney, son of Kimberly Haney, Cincinnati, Ohio

Austin M. Keller, son of Mary Keller, Chicago, Illinois

Abigail N. Kiley, daughter of Michael Kiley, Cincinnati, Ohio

Patrick C. Kilgallon, son of James Kilgallon, Chicago, Illinois

Kennedy J. Moore, daughter of Jamey Moore, Evansville, Indiana

Eleanor A. Myer, daughter of Thomas Myer, Cincinnati, Ohio

Ragavi Ramesh, daughter of Ramesh Ramakrishnan, Cincinnati, Ohio

Jack R. Ritter, son of Tom and Molly Ritter, Cincinnati, Ohio

Kevin L. Schiff, son of Howard Schiff, Chicago, Illinois

Koshala Selvakumar, daughter of Jeyaluxmy Selvakumar, Cincinnati, Ohio

Anna V. Villaver, daughter of Evangeline Villaver, Cincinnati, Ohio

Mackenzie H. Ware, daughter of Gregory Ware, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Noah E. Worobetz, son of Dan Worobetz, Cincinnati, Ohio

Fifth Third Bancorp Vice Chairman & CEO Kevin T. Kabat said, "I extend my sincere congratulations to these students and their parents. Our scholarship program enables the Bank to support the higher education of these deserving students and to give back to their parents, who are valued members of our employee family."

"Education is a primary focus area of the Fifth Third Foundation and the Bank's scholarship program has enabled us to contribute more than $450,000 to students and their families since the program's inception," said Heidi Jark, vice president and managing director of the Fifth Third Foundation. "I wish this latest class of scholars the best of luck and continued success as they begin college."

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) is an independent not-for-profit organization. The National Merit Scholarship Program was designed to identify and honor exceptionally able high school students, and to provide a system of services for corporations, foundations and other organizations that wish to sponsor college undergraduate scholarships to students who interest them. All aspects of the selection of winners and the administration of their awards are handled by the NMSC.

The Foundation Office at Fifth Third Bank administers charitable giving for Fifth Third Bancorp. Fifth Third Bank is proud to serve as trustee, co-trustee or agent for over 70 private and corporate foundations. Additionally, the Foundation Office oversees philanthropic giving through the Fifth Third Foundation. The respective Committees review all grant requests for which Fifth Third Bank serves as trustee, co-trustee or agent. Grants for programming in education, the arts, community development, and health and human services are considered, in addition to the specific funding interests originally identified by the individual benefactors.

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