WHEELING – The Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley is pleased to announce more than 125 area students will be attending colleges and universities across the country with support from the foundation’s scholarship funds.

CFOV administers over 70 scholarship funds, each with a competitive application process, that are for the benefit of students throughout and beyond the foundation’s eight-county service area. These opportunities are made possible by donors who have established funds to demonstrate a commitment to higher education.

Scholarship funds often represent memorials for loved ones, an affinity for a field of study, school/university, intended career path, financial need and even being a first-generation college student.

In addition to having unique criteria, CFOV scholarships can also be crafted to support a student beyond the first year of higher education.

A growing number of opportunities are structured to provide support beyond the first year of college.

While the students receiving awards for the first time or through reapplication are recognized here, there are many others who continue to benefit from multi-year scholarships held by the foundation.

“We are honored to be part of the educational journey of so many area students,” said Susie Nelson, executive director of the Community Foundation. “Donors who choose to establish scholarship funds do so for a multitude of reasons and we are proud to serve as partners in philanthropy. Scholarships support access to post-secondary education that ultimately contributes to achievement of meaningful goals.”

A list of awardees from Eastern Ohio is included here, and the complete list can be found by visiting www.cfov.org/scholarship-recipients. The next foundation scholarship cycle will open in January. For more information about scholarship opportunities, call 304-242-3144 or email jess@cfov.org.

Eastern Ohio recipients:

Calista Crick, Barnesville High School, Barnesville High School Class Of 1979 Scholarship For Academic Excellence

Ethan Leach, Barnesville High School ,Barnesville High School Class Of 1979 Scholarship For Academic Excellence

Terrence Sacco, St. Clairsville High School, Deever Family Scholarship

Amelia Woollard, St. Clairsville High School, Deever Family Scholarship

Ryan Zumpano, Shadyside High School, Jerome B. Schmitt Scholarship

Helen Koucoumaris, Ohio University, John & Norma Miller-Daffin Educators’ Scholarship

Shayla Schuster, Ohio University, John & Norma Miller-Daffin Educators’ Scholarship

Brenna Planey, St. Clairsville High School, Joseph P. Mull & Virginia P. Mull Scholarship

Kaelyn Brokaw, Belmont Career Center, Joseph P. Mull & Virginia P. Mull Scholarship

Brenna Planey, St. Clairsville High School, Kenneth R. Dennis Scholarship

Chloe Meeker, Martins Ferry High School, Kenneth R. Dennis Scholarship

Emily Binger, St. Clairsville High School, Kenneth R. Dennis Scholarship

Ethan Leach, Barnesville High School, Kenneth R. Dennis Scholarship

John Koyder, Union Local High School, Kenneth R. Dennis Scholarship

Kayla Nowakowski, Bridgeport High School, Kenneth R. Dennis Scholarship

Trent Lewis, Martins Ferry High School, Kenneth R. Dennis Scholarship

Chloe Meeker, Martins Ferry High School, May Green Scholarship

Ryan Jeffries, St. Clairsville High School, Polish American Patriot Club Scholarship

Brenna Planey, St. Clairsville High School, Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Foundation Scholarship

Cora Metz, St. John Central Academy, Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Foundation Scholarship

Brenna Planey, St. Clairsville High School, W. Thornley Hunt Memorial Scholarship

Terrence Sacco, St. Clairsville High School, W. Thornley Hunt Memorial Scholarship

Ethan Leach, Barnesville High School, Warren, Mary & Debbie Bennett Scholarship

Ryan Zumpano, Shadyside High School, Warren, Mary & Debbie Bennett Scholarship

Laruen Garan, Marietta College, Aauw Beulah Boyd Scholarship

Macy Malin, Walsh University, Aauw Beulah Boyd Scholarship

Vincent Patrone, Kent State University, Aauw Beulah Boyd Scholarship

Heather Mehlman, West Liberty University, Aauw Beulah Boyd Scholarship

Maria Vincenzo, Ohio University Eastern, Aauw Beulah Boyd Scholarship