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One Application
applies you to ALL OTCF
Scholarships that you qualify for based on your: high school, college, field of study & more
Scholarship Deadline April 1st
Oregon Trail Community Foundation Scholarships
The application deadline for all scholarships is April 1st
All scholarships require a minimum 20 ACT score
One Application applies you to ALL OTCF Scholarships* that you qualify for based on your: high school, college you plan to attend, field of study & more
For Nebraska Panhandle and Eastern Wyoming Students
Agri-Business Scholarship
Clara E. Muehlberger Scholarships
Don & Dian Roth Scholarship
Dorothy Bronson Memorial Scholarship
Fliesbach McCallister Scholarship
Sharon M. Hoffman Music Educators Scholarship
A Hand Up Scholarship
Exclusive to Nebraska Panhandle Students
Panhandle Drug-Free Scholarship
Hispanic Advisory Scholarship
Exclusive to Scottsbluff High School Students:
Lawrence and Pauline Lemons Scholarship
Lawrence Lemons Scholarship
The M Joan Cromer Memorial Scholarship
Class of ’66 Memorial Scholarship
CSI Scholarships
CSI “A” – 4-year college
CSI “B” – 4-year college
CSI “C” – 2-year college or tech school
Jane and Chet Fliesbach Scholarship
Exclusive to Gering High School Students
-CSPM Scholarships
CSPM “A” – 4-year college
CSPM “B” – 4-year college
CSPM “C” – 2-year college or tech school
Margaret V. Lovercheck Scholarship
Autumn Elsen Memorial Scholarship
Exclusive to WNCC Students
Pre-Engineering Scholarship
Juanita M. Gibbs Memorial Scholarship
Exclusive to communities that have a Floyd's Truck Center
Floyd’s Truck Center, Inc. - Brian H. Greif Memorial Scholarship
$123,000 in Scholarships Awarded to 42 Students in 2026
A Hand Up Scholarship:
Makayla Enrique, $6,000
Tyra Hernandez, $6,000
Galylea Velazquez, $6,000
Agribusiness Scholarship:
Jake Meyer of Mitchell, $2,000
Lauren Doll of Gering, $2,000
Autumn H. Elsen Memorial Scholarship:
Regan Doll of Gering, $4,000
Hayden Schmer of Scottsbluff, $4,000
Dorothy Bronson Scholarship:
Ella Bosche of Gering: $1300
Callie Martin of Torrington, $1,000
Joan Cromer Memorial Scholarship:
Jacelyn Prouty of Minatare, $4,000
Class of ’66 Scholarship:
Leia Bennett of Scottsbluff, $1,000
CSI Scholarship (Scottsbluff High School Scholarship):
CSI-A: Addison Peck, $6,000
CSI-B: Ava Kildow, $6,000
Adan Marquez, $2,000
CSPM Scholarship (Gering High School Scholarship):
CSPM-A: Eireson Kurth, $6,000;
CSI-B: Jayden Hakert, $6,000
Clara E. Muehlberger Scholarship:
Dakota Horstman of Hemingford, $4000
Ellison Paetow of Mitchell, $4,000
Keira Sarchet of Scottsbluff, $4,000
Carlie Margheim of Scottsbluff, $4,000
Taylor Bright of Bridgeport, $4,000
Kailar Hawley of Gering, $4,000
Rece Knight of Gering, $2,000;
Addisyn Kersenbrock of Scottsbluff, $2,000
Jane & Chet Fliesbach Scholarship: ($1,000 Scottsbluff
High School Scholarship):
Adan Marquez, Jaime Ortiz Rios, and Jace Allen
Fliesbach McAllister Scholarship: Lauryn Tenney of Cheyenne, WY, $1,000
Sharon Hoffman Music Educator’s Scholarship: Brooke Margheim of Scottsbluff, $1,000
Floyd’s Truck Center/ Brian Greif Scholarship:
Stetson Schroder of North Platte, $5,000
Felipe Molina of Lexington, $2500
Hispanic Advisory Scholarship: ($1,000 scholarship):
Jaime Ortiz Rios of Scottsbluff
Lawrence Lemons Scholarship: (Scottsbluff High School Scholarship): Keon Delgado, $500
Lawrence and Pauline Lemons Scholarship:
RuthElisabeth Wisner, Evangelical Christian School, $4,000 Ashwin Pittman, Morrill/WNCC $4,000
Enoch Knoester, Canyon Country, CA, $4,000
Mitchell Community Scholarship:
Kate Pieper, $1,000
Panhandle Drug-Free Scholarship: ($500 Scholarship): Anna Meier of Gering
Pre-Engineering Scholarship:
Jacob Bryner of Hemingford, $2,000
Don and Dian Roth Scholarship:
Regan Doll of Gering, $1,000
Shane Siegfried Memorial Scholarship: (Bayard High School Scholarship): Lexi Nesbitt, $1,000
Juanita M. Gibbs Memorial Scholarship:
Saidey Garza of Minatare, $1,000
2026/2027 Scholarship Winners
