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, 10 high school and 11 college students were granted scholarships totaling $20,000 to pursue their academic careers.

Woodies Supermarket Scholarship Fund was founded in 1978 by Woodie and Devota Schramm. Woodie Schramm was a businessman in Warsaw and Bremen and was the founder of Woodies Supermarkets. His wife, Devota Schramm, was a teacher at Atwood Elementary.

The scholarship fund has contributed approximately $986,500 to 1,554 Warsaw graduates since the fund’s inception in 1978. Sonya Hoskins, Woodie and Devota Schramm’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.

2024 High School Recipients

Madelynn Allebach, Mia Blocher, Raquel Brouwer, Skylar Campbell, Melaina Hawblitzel, Marissa Howett, Molly Kissling, Alyssa Owens, Jaden Owens, Vanellys Vazquez Texidor

2024 College Recipients

Keller Bailey, Zoe Bergan, Rylee Burns, Tessa Graney, Audrey Grimm, Julian Medina, Kiersten Parker, Michael Ray, Ethan Spencer, Jocelyn Whitaker, Mason Whitaker