Eleven Monroe County high school seniors selected as Lilly Scholarship finalists

The Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe Country has announced finalists for the 2017 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship.

Eleven high school seniors were selected from among nearly 100 scholarship applicants, the highest number of applicants ever received in Monroe County.

Monroe County's 2017 Lilly scholarship finalists include: Betsy Beggs, Bloomington High School South; Ellen Bergan, Edgewood High School; Nathan Browning, Lighthouse Christian Academy; John Garrett, Edgewood High School; Hannah Kasak-Gliboff, Bloomington High School South; Ivy Kehoe, Bloomington High School South; Frances Kincaid, Bloomington High School North; Alex Newquist, Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship; Naomi Showalter, Bloomington High School North; Anthony Sparks, Indiana Academy; and Connor Starks, Bloomington High School North.

The 2017 finalists will be honored during the foundation's Annual Report to the Community at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 3 at Ivy Tech Bloomington's Shreve Hall.

"The applications we received this year for the Lilly Scholarship demonstrate that Monroe County has no shortage of exceptionally talented young people. The 11 finalists excel in areas of leadership, academics, extracurricular activities and in service to our community, and we're thrilled to recognize their accomplishments," Community Foundation President and CEO Tina Peterson stated in a news release.

Two of the finalists will be selected to receive a four-year, full-tuition scholarship to an Indiana public or private college of their choosing and a $900 annual stipend for books and other required materials. This announcement will happen in early December.

Since 1998, the Lilly Endowment Scholarship Program has assisted more than 4,000 Indiana high school graduates, including 58 from Monroe County, with more than $300 million in tuition for pursuing baccalaureate degrees at Indiana colleges and universities. For more information on the Lilly Scholarship and the Community Foundation's Annual Report to the Community event, visit CFBMC.org.

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