Port Clinton Rotary Club Hosts 80th Annual Honors Banquet at Port Clinton High School

The Port Clinton High School Rotary Honor Banquet was hosted on April 29, 2026 in the Performing Arts Center. The annual event is made possible by the generosity of several Port Clinton community groups, businesses and individuals while showcasing the academic achievements of Port Clinton High School Students. Outstanding students from the Class of 2026 were awarded scholarships. Prior to the award presentations, Port Clinton Rotary Club hosted the 80th annual dinner for all PCHS honor students, the scholarship winners, parents and presenters. Through the generosity of several community groups and established individual scholarships, the community presented PCHS students with the following totaling well over $175,000:

PC Womens Club Scholarship - Emma Knecht, Megan Zgodzinski; PNC Charles and Harriet L. Dewitt Scholarship Fund - Chris Becker; Port Clinton Music Boosters - Jenna Boykin; Elks Leadership & Scholarship Award - Gabrielle Heilmann, Morgan Wiechman; Port Clinton Lions Club Scholarship - Morgan Wiechman; Ann Bolte Achievement Scholarship Fund - Wyatt Brand, Casey Brand; PC Rotary - Gabrielle Heilmann, Caden Hanson, Michaela Stork, Morgan Wiechman; Judge Donald & Faith Wargowsky Rotary Memorial Scholarship - Indyca Bonnell, Marissa Frohne, Taylor Werling; Ottawa County Realtors Charitable Trust Scholarship - Noah Fitt; Robert Rigoni Memorial Scholarship (FOP) -Sophia DiMario; Genoa Bank Scholarship -Casey Brand; Keith Montgomery Music Performance Scholarship - Gabrielle Heilmann; Peggy Bredbeck PCFT Scholarship - Nora Pixler; Mildred C. Roy Scholarship - Jenna Boykin, Rylie Case, Alisha Allen; Leadership of Ottawa County - Nora Pixler; Catawba Island VFD. Ladies Aux. Scholarship - Caden Hanson; PEO Sisterhood Book Scholarship - Marissa Frohne; PEO Trade Scholarship - Whitney Krupp; PC Chamber of Commerce Foundation - Megan Zgodzinski; PC Chamber of Commerce Scholarship - Brody Schierberg; George & Lois Svehla Scholarship - Grace Arnold; Oliver H. Perry Scholarship - Mason Short; Order of the Eastern Star Scholarship - Gabriella Howard; James W. Longe Scholarship - Kai Weit, Morgan Wiechman, Gabrielle Heilmann; Kiwanis Foundation of PC Service Scholarship - Morgan Wiechman, Gabrielle Heilmann, Nora Pixler, Caden Hanson, Wyatt Siefke, Mason Short; Kiwanis Skilled Trades Scholarship - Nathan Wallace; Literary and Social Club Scholarship - Gabrielle Heilmann; Thomas Bodager Memorial Scholarship - Zach Speer; PC Academic Boosters Scholarship - Kai Weit, Wyatt Brand; Julia Quayle Education Scholarship - Jacqueline Libben; Magruder Hospital - Whitney Krupp, Michaela Stork, Morgan Wiechman, Megan Zgodzinski; R.W. Minnick Scholarship Magruder Hospital - Taylor Werling; M. S. Roy Nursing Scholarship - Olivia Althaus; The Port Clinton Community Scholarship - Gabby Howard; Sue Parker Perseverance Scholarship - Taylor Werling, Lily Mincer, Megan Zgodzinski; Lenore Petersen Blackburn Scholarship - Alex Hill, Abigail Johnson, Lincoln Beasley; VFW Post 2480 Aux Scholarship - Oliver Fall, Caden Hanson, Abigail Johnson, Brody Schierberg; Knights of Columbus - Mason Short, Morgan Wiechman, Oliver Fall; Priscilla Rhiel Visual Arts Scholarship - Lily Mincer, Robert Krupp USG Scholarship - Whitney Krupp; Lester J. Klenk Scholarship - Emma Knecht; Jacob Hefflinger Scholarship - Alivia Adorni; Walleye Festival Scholarship - Lee Higgins; Terry Heise Scholarship - Caden Hanson; Joan M. Hudak Teacher Education Scholarship - Jenna Boykin; Peter B. Rutan and Jean C. Rutan Scholarship Fund - Halle Puffenberger, Aiden Laughlin, Oliver Fall, Sophia DiMario, Wyatt Siefke, Grace Arnold, Indyca Bonnell, Nora Pixler, Michaela Stork, Taylor Werling, Landon Biers, Zach Speer, Rylie Case, Lee Higgins, Eva Klimentov, Ethan Mooney, Austin Leis, Brianna Sensmeier, Brennen Mares, Ginger Blackert, Lily Mincer, Olivia Althaus; Jean C. Rutan PCHS Scholarship - Nathan Wallace, Whitney Krupp; Fraternal Order of Eagles #2295 Redskins Bowling Scholarship - Austin Leis, Nathan Wallace, Morgan Lempke; Jessie Schenk Scholarship - Marissa Frohne, Nathan Wallace, Jenna Boykin, Sophia DiMario, Caden Hanson, Gabrielle Heilmann, Emma Knecht, Malakii Pinkelton, Michaela Stork, Nora Pixler, Kai Weit; Mayor John Blatt Scholarship - Lillian Fox; The Earl E. Warnke Scholarship - Halle Puffenberger; The Jonathan T. Pope Memorial Scholarship - Michaela Stork, Malakii Pinkelton, Gabriela Howard, Brody Schierberg; PC Athletic Booster Scholarship - Gabrielle Heilmann, Michaela Stork, Austin Leis, Wyatt Siefke; PC Eagles Women's Auxiliary 2295 Scholarship - Alexis Miller, Noah Fitt, Oliver Fall, Emma Knecht; First National Bank Scholarship - Caden Hanson; Tom Maher Scholarship - Taylor Werling, Sophia DiMario; Angie Wright Memorial Scholarship - Jenna Boykin; Marlene Gulas and Family Scholarship - Jenna Boykin; Fraternal Order of Police of Ottawa County - Gabriella Howard; Steve G. Benko Family Memorial Scholarship - Oliver Fall; Greater PC Area Arts Council Scholarship - Lily Mincer; American Red Cross - Halle Puffenberger; Barbara Drusbacky Scholarship - Lily Mincer; Catawba Island Historical Society - Jenna Boykin; Catawba Island Historical Society William & Darleen Van Der Giessen Scholarship - Caden Hanson; Betsy and John C. Papcun Scholarship - Ethan Mooney; Big Nut Scholarship - Lincoln Beasley; Thomas Brown Scholarship Fund - Makenzie Collins; Charlie Johnson Memorial Scholarship - Ginger Blackert, Taylor Werling, Caden Hanson; Catawba Garden Club - Caden Hanson; Power of Purple Project - Taylor Werling; Harold Brown Aviation - Brody Schierberg; Lochotzki Design Community - Caden Hanson; Dorothy Jean Armbruster Gulau Scholarship - Alexis Miller.