Bartholow Scholarship Information

 

Annually, Buckeye Lake for Tomorrow awards $1000 scholarships to three lake-area high school graduating seniors in memory of a Buckeye Lake for Tomorrow founder and civic activist Merv Bartholow. Merv worked diligently to improve water quality in the Buckeye Lake watershed and inspired many others to join the cause.

The $1000 Merv Bartholow Memorial Scholarship is available again this year to graduating seniors at each of our local high schools: Lakewood, Sheridan, and Millersport. Students must be accepted at a 4 or 2 year institution of higher education to major in a STEM or agricultural field and must have achieved a minimum of a 3.0 GPA in high school. They must submit the application along with a 500-word essay in response to one of the prompts provided in the application.

Scholarship applications can be downloaded and printed from the following links:

**Lakewood High School Bartholow Scholarship Application**

**Millersport High School Bartholow Scholarship Application**

**Sheridan High School Bartholow Scholarship Application**

2025 Recipients

• Amanda Couch – Sheridan – Criminal Justice/Forensic Science – Bowling Green

• Ellen Bruckelmeyer – Millersport – Meteorology – Ohio University

• Aleigha Miller – Lakewood – Veterinary Science – Ohio State University

2024 Recipients

• Cody Hupp – Sheridan – Civil Engineering – Ohio University

• Brenden Jakeway – Millersport – Accounting – Muskingum University

• Claire Conaway – Lakewood – Environmental Science – University of Cincinnati

2023 Recipients

• Hunter Zizek – Sheridan – Mechanical Engineering – Ohio University

• Alayna Thompson – Millersport – Radiologic Sciences – Ohio State University

• Storm Negele – Lakewood – Biomedical Science – University of Michigan

2022 Recipients

• Blaine Hannan – Sheridan – Environmental Sciences – Muskingum College

• Nathan Turner – Millersport – Biological Sciences – Ohio University

• Emma Graham – Lakewood – Nursing – University of Mt. Union

2021 Recipients:

• Sara Robinette – Sheridan – Wildlife/Fisheries – University of Rio Grande

• Aimee Foltz – Millersport – Mt. Carmel College of Nursing

• Riley Jones – Lakewood – Biology at Miami University

2020 Recipients:

• Katelyn Cranes – Sheridan – Biochemistry – West Virginia University

• Andrew Warner – Millersport – Freshwater/Aquatic Biology at Bowling Green

• Anthony Toskin – Lakewood – Chemical Engineering at Walsh University

2019 Recipients:

• Jayni Lamb – Sheridan – Chemistry – Capital

• Hailey Waibel – Millersport – Animal Science at Ohio State

• Jennifer Spires – Lakewood – Pre-Med at Dennison