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Events | Recognitions

Senior Recognition Ceremony

2025 Ceremony: Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at 7 PM

Honoring Our Students and Teachers

The Central High School Foundation is proud to sponsor this annual event, in which current Central High seniors are recognized for the scholarships and awards they have received.

Annually since 1999, the CHS Foundation has honored a Student of the Year and a Teacher of the Year.

Student(s) of the Year:
The DeEmmett Bradshaw Zerbe, CHS 1943, and Mason Speltz Zerbe, CHS 1948, Central High School Student of the Year Scholarships are named after two brothers who were model students who embodied what it means to be an Eagle at Central High School. Two $2,500 scholarships will be awarded to one Central High School senior male student and one Central High School senior female student who plan to attend a college, university, or trade school and who have spent the past four years demonstrating the same academic, leadership, community and school spirit that Mason and DeEmmett represented during their time at Central.

Teacher of the Year:
Will receive a $1,000 to use on tuition, professional development, or other related classroom activity.

The Foundation Board of Director’s begin review of all nominations shortly after the submission deadline, carefully considering each nominee according to the award criteria. Nominees are notified by the Central High School Foundation in April and are invited to the Senior Recognition Ceremony in May. The scholarship recipients are announced at the Senior Recognition Ceremony, which will be held on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at 7 PM. The ceremony is open to the public and held at the Central High School Auditorium.

Thank You for your interest. Applications have closed for 2025.

Past Winners

Year

Student(s) of the Year

Teacher of the Year

2025

Evalina Sain, Hugh Lowe-Weyand

Paul Nielson

2024

Amy Fischer, Charlie Yale

Jordan Boyer

2023

Rayya Haider, Joshua King

Martha Omar

2022

Emilio Parra-Garcia, Livia Ziskey

Casey Bigsby Denton

2021

Mackenzie Coughlin, Mac DePriest

Sara Cowan

2020

Carly Flynn, Grant Goding

Joseph Mickeliunas

2019

Lauren Tse, Cormac O'Brien

Tracy Rumbaugh

2018

Alec Rome

Diane Allen

2017

Miles Kay

Rod Mullen

2016

Ana Pineda-Gutierrez

Marcy Mahoney

2015

Katy Stuckey

LTC Michael Melvin

2014

Maureen Bigsby

Jean Whitten

2013

Maya Gogoi

Jane Colling

2012

Bridget Claborn

Brent Larson

2011

Isaac Thomas

Jennifer Stastny

2010

Theresa Lomneth

Pete Wilger

2009

Michael Walsh

Gregory Sand

2008

Philip Lomneth

Matthew Hamill

2007

Matthew Cronin

Rita Ryan

2006

Daniel Susman

Matthew Deabler

2005

Hannah Wunsch

Scott Wilson

2004

Philip Witchger

Harry Gaylor

2003

Alex Jochim

Alice Bunz

2002

Hallie Wunsch

Victoria Deniston-Reed

2001

Noah Priluck

Carol Hipp

2000

Andrew Ludwig

Victoria Wiles

1999

David Rennard

Lyn Bouma

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