Each will receive $12,000 for college expenses
By Juliann Morris
March 21, 2023—Sixteen seniors from Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) have been awarded the 2023 Vogt Educational & Leadership Scholarship, which recognizes students for their academic achievements and leadership in and out of the classroom. The students, who will each receive $12,000 toward college expenses, were recognized during a luncheon held Monday at the Olmsted.
“Excellence isn’t a skill – it’s an attitude. And you have all shown by your accomplishments that you have the right attitude to be successful in school and in life,” Superintendent Dr. Marty Pollio said of the recipients. “You are shining examples not only to your fellow students of the benefits of hard work and the opportunities it creates, but to our entire school community and city.”
Watch the ceremony in the video below!
The 2023 Vogt Educational & Leadership Scholarship recipients are:
Sydney Reynolds, Atherton High School
Samuel Hatfield, Ballard High School
Hussein Almosawi, Butler Traditional High School
Rikaiya Long, Central High Magnet Career Academy
Ngoc Ho, Doss High School
Bella Tilford, duPont Manual High School
Abby Pearce, Eastern High School
Lauren Kute, Fairdale High School
Lance Bridge, Fern Creek High School
Mahamud Aden, Iroquois High School
Isabel Hargan, Jeffersontown High School
Phoebe Brown, Louisville Male High School
Junjie Lin, Marion C. Moore High School
Jennifer Ferguson, Pleasure Ridge Park High School
Allison Lasley, Southern High School
Emma Deaton, Waggener High School
MORE ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP
Prior to his death in 1999, Henry V. Heuser Sr. established the endowed scholarship fund at the Community Foundation of Louisville to provide college scholarships annually to remarkable JCPS high school seniors. This special award honors exceptional students throughout Jefferson County who have demonstrated high standards of scholarship, leadership, character, and citizenship. Including this year, more than $2.8 million has been awarded to 341 students.
His son, Henry Heuser Jr., has helped highlight the scholarship program every year since its inception. He said the award recognizes and helps “very bright, well balanced, students who are also leaders and who give unselfishly in community service. These students compete with their mind, body and heart.”
Student winners are selected based on SAT/ACT scores and cumulative GPAs, as well as demonstrated community and campus leadership, participation in extracurricular activities, and recommendations from principals and community leaders.