Youth
Home
Current Projects
Youth
Member Info
Important Links
The Whitewater Rotary Club annually provides Rotary scholarships to graduating seniors.  Below is a partial list of the scholarship winners since 2004.

2004:  Andy Hummil, Stacie Slocum, Whitney Sweet
2005:  Heqing Zhu, Sam Penwell, Danielle Waldhart
2006:  Kassy Sweet, Blake Bukowski, William Endres
2007:  Kevin Denzin, Mattieu Talpe, Nick Miller-Stratton
2008:  Megan Tommet, Nicole Tautges
2009:  Ian Anderson, Michaela Romani, Menuka Samaranayake

 

In addition, the Whitewater Rotary Club recognizes outstanding high school students during the spring season of the school year as Rotary Students of the Month.  The students are nominated and chosen by the WHS Principal and his staff.  Qualifications for this honor include an excellent academic record, extracurricular involvement and participation in community service.

The honorees this past spring of 2009, pictured with their parents, WHS Principal Dr. Vance Dalzin and Whitewater Rotary Past President Aurelio Callope were Meredith Walsh, Timothy Keil, and Nathan Callope.

Meredith Walsh is attending UW-Madison and is contemplating a major in veterinary medicine.  She is the daughter of Roxanne Walsh and has three siblings.  Meredith was on the WHS varsity tennis team and was a conference medalist in her junior and senior years.  She also volunteered her time and talents with the boy's tennis team.  Music was another interest in her life through active participation in various band ensembles.  She also served as a band officer for two years and was a regular participant in the State Solo/Ensemble Competition playing her clarinet.  Meredith also enjoyed being a member of the WHS Spanish Club.

 

Timothy Keil is at UW-Platteville studying agricultural education.  He is the son of Steve and Erna Keil.  Tim was a member of WHS National Honor Society and was active in sports, FFA and 4H.  He was on the tennis team and played football.  Since 3rd grade, he was an active participant with the LaGrange 4H and served as Past President.  Tim has also served as President and Reporter for the FFA.  He also serves his church through participation in many of its activities.

 

Nathan Callope is attending UW-Stevens Point to double major in Spanish and French.  He is the son of Aurelio and Diana Callope.  Along with involvement in many music ensembles and soccer at WHS, Nathan was one of the Valedictorians for the 2009 WHS senior class.  He played soccer for over 11 years at the high school and club level and served as Captain for six of those years.  In addition, Nathan earned All-Conference Awards including All-Conference Soccer Player of the Year in his senior year and team MVP.  He also enjoyed playing his tenor sax as a member of the WHS Jazz band.

 

Whitewater Rotary Club  ∙  info@WhitewaterRotary.org