Group of Seniors posing in front of a building smiling.

Seventeen seniors from Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) have been awarded the 2024 Vogt Educational & Leadership Scholarship, which recognizes students for their academic achievements and leadership in and out of the classroom. The students, who will each receive $12,000 toward college expenses, were recognized during a luncheon held Monday at the Olmsted.

Group of seniors standing in front of a building smiling“These students are examples of everything that is right with JCPS,” said Dr. Marty Pollio, superintendent of JCPS. “Combining their hard work with great teaching and school support has resulted in this deserved, terrific scholarship. It furthers the opportunity for these students to continue making a difference in our community and the world as well as in their own lives.”

Watch the ceremony in the video below!

The 2024 Vogt Educational & Leadership Scholarship recipients are:

  • Austin Ewing, Academy at Shawnee

  • Amelia Connally, Atherton High School

  • Hannah Ciriano, Ballard High School

  • Samuel Yauwanta, J. Graham Brown School

  • Emma Morrison, Butler Traditional High School

  • Kadi’ah Malone, Central High School

  • Shraman Kar, duPont Manual High School

  • Eryn Rataiczak, Eastern High School

  • Caroline Smith, Fairdale High School

  • Kayla Frank, Fern Creek High School

  • Richard Sosa, Iroquois High School

  • Annaleigh Cissell, Jeffersontown High School

  • Dakota Burns, Louisville Male High School

  • Hsa Eh Shee, Marion C. Moore School

  • LaTour White, Pleasure Ridge Park

  • Umar Fayziev, Seneca High School

  • Shayla Sullivan, Southern High School

MORE ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP

Prior to his death in 1999, Henry V. Heuser Sr. established the endowed scholarship fund at the Community Foundation of Louisville to provide college scholarships annually to remarkable JCPS high school seniors. This special award honors exceptional students throughout Jefferson County who have demonstrated high standards of scholarship, leadership, character, and citizenship. Including this year, more than $2.8 million has been awarded to 341 students.

His son, Henry Heuser Jr., has helped highlight the scholarship program every year since its inception. He said the award recognizes and helps “very bright, well balanced, students who are also leaders and who give unselfishly in community service. These students compete with their mind, body and heart.”

Student winners are selected based on SAT/ACT scores and cumulative GPAs, as well as demonstrated community and campus leadership, participation in extracurricular activities, and recommendations from principals and community leaders.

Story by Juliann Morris