News Release

WARSAW — Each year, Warsaw Community High School and college students who graduated from Warsaw Community High School are given the opportunity to apply for the Woodies Supermarket Scholarship Fund.

This year, 16 high school and 14 college students were granted scholarships totaling $26,500 to pursue their academic careers.

Woodies Supermarket Scholarship Fund was founded in 1978 by Woodie and Devota Schramm. Woodie was a businessman in Warsaw and Bremen and was the founder of Woodies Supermarkets. His wife, Devota, was a teacher at Atwood Elementary. Mr. and Mrs. Schramm chose to share the rewards of their hard work and dedication to give young people an opportunity to pursue higher education.

The scholarship fund has contributed approximately $966,500 to 1,544 Warsaw graduates since the fund’s inception in 1978. Sonya Hoskins, Woodie and Devota’s daughter, leads the Woodies Supermarket Educational Scholarship committee.

The fund is locally managed by the Warsaw branch of 1st Source Bank’s Wealth Advisory Services. For additional information, contact Julie Diffendarfer at (574) 268-1229.

2023 High School Recipients

The 2023 high school recipients are: Keller Bailey, Hallie Bledsoe, Thomas Boggs, Parker Bonifield, Aidan Bowell, Rylee Burns, Tessa Graney, Hallie Hertzler, Lillian Kelsey, Avery Landwerlen, Colton Martin, Braden Rios, Michael Shilling, Jocelyn Whitaker, Ian Wihebrink and Nehemiah Wright

2023 College Recipients

The 2023 college recipients are: Madeline Bowell, Audrey Grimm, Miriam Hagg, Tiana Keene, Jacob Kissling, Ava Knight, Nolan Knight, Graham Landwerlen, Julian Medina, Sydney Miller, Sarah Peugh, Michael Ray, Mason Whitaker and Noah Wright