High school’s class of 2025 earns more than $1.5 million in scholarships

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Pagosa Springs High School (PSHS) students, staff, family and friends gathered at Golden Peaks Stadium on Saturday, May 31, to celebrate 71 graduating seniors as part of the 115th annual commencement.

The class of 2025 had 11 students earn the distinction of gaining a 4.0 GPA: Rylie Carr, Bethannie Daniels-Wesley, Morgan Galloway, Kylie Ketchum, Abigail Nehring, Olivia Nehring, Alexander Pham, Cameron Reis, Hailey Sams, Ariel Slead and Sophia Sottek.

The class had four students earn the distinction of a 3.9 GPA: Savannah Foster, Tristan Frame, Gemma Slingerland and Honestye Sweet. 

The four graduates who earned the distinction of a 3.8 GPA are Keira Davis, Bella Gutierrez, Lorelei Vining and Trevor Wirth. 

Those designated as being in the National Honors Society with a GPA of 3.4 or higher are Logan Beach, Jesse Beck, Elizabeth Currier, Elisabeth Girardin, Naomi Grimes, Charlie Gutierrez, Isabella Hodges, Olivia Hodges, Gavin Houston, James Jolley, Cadence Kerns, Colton Lewis, Brisa Montes, Payton Smith, Charles Washburn and Seth Zeigler. 

The following is a list of the scholarships awarded to graduates provided by PSHS Counselor Mark Thompson, totaling more than $1.5 million.

Beach: Build Pagosa Career and Technical Education Scholarship, $1,000; Ruby M. Sisson Automotive Scholarship, $2,000.

Beck: Daniels Scholars Scholarship Fund, $80,000; Vic and Ethel Poma Memorial Scholarship, $2,000.

Carr: Trista Naumen Memorial Scholarship by Build Pagosa , $1,000.

Currier: Doane University Women’s Basketball Scholarship, $52,000; Hastings University Women’s Basketball Scholarship, $48,000; Rome City Institute Women’s Basketball Scholarship, $54,800; South Florida Girls Soccer Scholarship, $62,000; University of Arizona Merit Scholarship, $98,000; University of Arkansas Merit Scholarship, $100,000; University of New Mexico Merit Scholarship, $99,200; University of Utah Merit Scholarship, $104,000.

Davis: Colorado Mesa University First Generation Scholarship, $4,000; Colorado Mesa University President’s Scholarship, $20,000; TRIO Scholarship Program, $4,000.

Frame: Build Pagosa Career and Technical Education Scholarship, $1,000; San Juan Rangers Scholarship $500.

Galloway: Adams State University Golf Scholarship, $8,000; Adams State University Music Scholarship, $2,000; Adams State University Porter Scholars in Science and Mathematics Scholarship, $8,000; Adams State University President’s Merit Scholarhsip, $3,000.

Bella Gutierrez: CU Boulder Buff Grant, $10,000; CU Boulder Gold Grant, $9,200; Pagosa Springs Instrumental Music Society Scholarship, $1,000; Pagosa Springs Rotary Club Scholarship, $7,000; Pagosa Springs WHIPS Scholarship, $1,200; TRIO Scholarship Program, $4,000.

Charlie Gutierrez: CU Boulder Buff Grant, $10,000; CU Boulder Gold Grant, $9,200; Pagosa Springs Instrumental Music Society Scholarship, $10,000; TRIO Scholarship Program, $4,000.

Peyton Jackson: Mullins-Nickerson Post 108 American Legion Scholarship, $5,000; Andrea McGinn Memorial Scholarship, $2,000; Build Pagosa Career and Technical Education Scholarship, $1,000; Pagosa Springs Rotary Club Scholarship, $3,000; Veterans for Veterans Benny Lohman Memorial Scholarship, $1,000.

Jolly: Archuleta County Marijuana Offset Impact Fund Grant Award, $1,000; Build Pagosa Career and Technical Education Scholarship, $1,000; County Sheriff’s of Colorado, $500; San Juan Rangers Scholarship, $500; Town of Pagosa Springs Aim Higher Scholarship, $5,000; Uncle Leroy Lucero Memorial Scholarship, $500.

Kerns: Colorado General Assembly Grant, $2,000; CU Boulder Provost/Chancellor Scholarship, $1,000.

Ketchum: Archuleta County Round Robin Master Showman, $500; Archuleta County Marijuana Offset Impact Fund Grant Award, $1,000; Chase Register Memorial Scholarship, $1,000; San Juan Rangers Scholarship, $500.

Lewis: Chase Register Memorial Scholarship, $1,000; Colorado State High School Rodeo Association Scholarship, $1,500; San Juan Rangers Scholarship, $500; Tarleton State University Guaranteed Scholarship Program, $500; Veterans for Veterans Benny Lohman Memorial Scholarship, $1,000.

Olivia Nehring: Austin College Art Scholarship, $16,000; Austin College Grant Award, $500; Austin College Merit Scholarships, $132,000; Chama Peak Land Alliance Conservation Scholarship, $1,000; Curtains Up Pagosa Scholarship, $1,000; Triumph Financial Scholars Program Scholarship, $2,500; Veterans for Veterans Benny Lohman Memorial Scholarship, $1,000.

Abigail Nehring: Western Colorado University Athletic Scholarship, $18,000; Western Colorado University Merit Scholarship, $18,000.

Jayslynn Perea: Cobell Undergraduate Scholarship, $20,000; Jicarilla Apache Nation Award.

Pham: Archuleta County Marijuana Offset Impact Fund Grant Award, $1,000.

Aspen Pitcher: CU Boulder Arts and Humanities Scholarship, $12,000.

Emily Reynolds: Benedictine College Maathai Scholarship, $76,000; Colorado State University Green and Gold Scholarship, $12,000; Louisiana State University Scholars Non-Resident Award, $76,000; Louisiana State University Student Aid Award, $6,200; University of Missouri Non-Resident Academic Enrichment Award, $60,000.

Sams: CU Boulder Outstanding Junior Award, $4,000; CU Boulder President Horace M. Hale Award, $16,000; CU Boulder Regent Award, $1,000; DAR Good Citizen Award; Levy/Shear Family Trust Scholarship, $160,000; Pagosa Springs Rotary Club Scholarship, $10,000.

Hannah Schultz: Chama Peak Land Alliance Conservation Scholarship, $500; Whit Newton Good Citizen Award, $500.

Jesus Serratos: TRIO Scholarship Program, $4,000.

Slead: Fort Lewis College Merit Scholarship, $20,000; Pagosa Springs WHIPS Scholarship, $1,200; Veterans Relief Committee Scholarship, $1,000.

Slingerland: Pagosa Springs Art Council Scholarship, $3,000.

Sottek: Chama Peak Land Alliance Conservation Scholarship, $500; Veterans for Veterans Benny Lohman Memorial Scholarship, $1,000.

Sofia Talamante: Resport Legacy Scholarship, $500; Town of Pagosa Springs Aim Higher Scholarship, $5,000; Trista Naumen Memorial Scholarship by Build Pagosa, $5,000.

Zeigler: Knox College Provost Scholarship, $40,000; Veterans for Veterans Benny Lohman Memorial Scholarship, $1,000.

randi@pagosasun.com