Seventeen seniors from Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) have been awarded the 2024 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.
“These students are examples of everything that is right with JCPS,” said Dr. Marty Pollio, superintendent of JCPS. “Combining their hard work with great teaching and school support has resulted in this deserved, terrific scholarship. It furthers the opportunity for these students to continue making a difference in our community and the world as well as in their own lives.”
Watch the ceremony in the video below!
The 2024 Vogt Educational & Leadership Scholarship recipients are:
Austin Ewing, Academy at Shawnee
Amelia Connally, Atherton High School
Hannah Ciriano, Ballard High School
Samuel Yauwanta, J. Graham Brown School
Emma Morrison, Butler Traditional High School
Kadi’ah Malone, Central High School
Shraman Kar, duPont Manual High School
Eryn Rataiczak, Eastern High School
Caroline Smith, Fairdale High School
Kayla Frank, Fern Creek High School
Richard Sosa, Iroquois High School
Annaleigh Cissell, Jeffersontown High School
Dakota Burns, Louisville Male High School
Hsa Eh Shee, Marion C. Moore School
LaTour White, Pleasure Ridge Park
Umar Fayziev, Seneca High School
Shayla Sullivan, Southern 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.
Story by Juliann Morris