For the Tomahawk Leader
TOMAHAWK – The Tomahawk High School Class of 2021 received their diplomas, as well as Senior Awards and scholarships, as their senior year came to close.
The graduation ceremony held on Friday, May 28 featured an introduction by Class President Allison Schmidt and Principal Ryan Huseby, speeches from Valedictorian Trey Baalke and Salutatorian Tiana Gerstenberger, numerous musical performances, the presentation of the Class of 2021 by District Administrator Terry Reynolds, and the presentation of diplomas by Tomahawk School Board President Kay Kissinger Wolf.
Below are recipients of Senior Awards and scholarships.
Senior Awards: Fine Arts
Forensics: Outstanding Senior Award, Allison Schmidt; GM Sheldon Award for Excellence, Mary Voelker, Allison Schmidt.
Drama: Outstanding Seniors, Dellana Graeber, Aurora Peetz.
Choir: Allison Schmidt.
United States Marine Corps: Semper Fidelis Award for Musical Excellence, Seth Ploeckelman.
Scholastic Excellence Award: Trey Baalke.
Senior Awards: Athletics
United States Marine Corps Awards: Distinguished Athlete Award, Noah Buckwalter, Addison Bartz.
Great Northern Conference Scholar Athlete Award (GPA > 3.5 and has earned at least three varsity letters, one of which must have been this year): Trey Baalke, Addison Bartz, Tyler Beck, Drew Bolder, Noah Buckwalter, Tiana Gerstenberger, Alyssa Klopatek, Molly Mott, Alex Norman, Hunter VanRyen, Karlie Woodall.
Coaches Awards: Gary Kuntz – Outstanding Male Athlete, Drew Bolder; Bill Fischer – Outstanding Female Athlete, Tiana Gerstenberger; Don Dorski – Male Scholar Athlete, Trey Baalke; Don Dorski – Female Scholar Athlete, Tiana Gerstenberger; Bill Stiff – Sportsmanship Award, Noah Buckwalter; Jim Taylor – Scholar Athlete (sophomore only), Zach Hanse.
WIAA Scholar Athlete Award: Drew Bolder, Tiana Gerstenberger.
Scholarship recipients
Trey Baalke: $500 Packaging Corporation of America; $2,000 Lincoln County Sports Club; $2,250 Academic Excellence – WI Higher Educational Aids Board; $3,000 Terry Ni Engineering – Engineers Foundation of WI.
Aurora Barthels: $500 Northwoods Community Realty.
Addison Bartz: $2,250 Technical Excellence – WI Higher Educational Aids Board; $500 Lawrence & Eleanor Hoyt – NTC Foundation; $500 The Ties That Bind Us; $500 Hatchet Booster Club; $2,000 John Dotter Memorial Trust; $500 Jerry Scherer Memorial – Somo Fish & Game Club; $500 Einar H. Ingman Jr. Medal of Honor Recipient Memorial; $100 THS Class of 1987; $500 Sr. Mary Alice Fehringer – St. Mary’s Home & School Association; $300 Edgewater Country Club.
Tyler Beck: $500 Sara & Robert Beatty; $500 Reilly Family Dental Student Athlete; $500 Jerry Scherer Memorial – Somo Fish & Game Club; $500 Packaging Corporation of America; $500 Knight Owls Snowmobile Club; $665 United Steelworkers Union Local #460; $250 Outstanding Senior Boy – American Legion; $500 The Ties That Bind Us; $1,000 Jesse Cottrell Nicklaus; $2,000 John Dotter Memorial Trust; $2,000 Tomahawk Lions Club.
Drew Bolder: $1,000 Don Lintereur Memorial; $1,000 Hatchet Booster Club; $500 Reilly Family Dental Student Athlete; $500 THS Varsity Club; $300 Volunteers of Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital; $500 Lincoln County Medical; $500 Good Christian – St. Mary’s Home & School Association; $1,000 THS Cross Country; $21,000 Presidential – St. Norbert College; $750 Music – St. Norbert College; $6,000 DeWane Berne Abbey Award.
Hunter Borchardt: $500 Tomahawk Masonic Lodge #243; $300 Edgewater Country Club. Rya Brown: $1,000 United Steelworkers Union Local #2–248.
Noah Buckwalter: $2,000 Jim Sandus Memorial; $500 Hatchet Booster Club; $2,000 Tomahawk Lions Club.
Payton Bunce: $600 Part–Time Student – Nicolet College Foundation.
Erik Decker: $1,000 Promising Student – UW Stout.
Mya Dhaseleer: $250 The Non–Commissioned Officer Club; $500 Sara & Robert Beatty; $1,000 Robert & Ginger Jach–Richards; $1,538 Marjorie Kiewit Endowed – UW Green Bay.
Dallas Dosch: $500 Sara & Robert Beatty; $500 John Dunn Memorial; $500 Tomahawk Masonic Lodge #243; $500 Park City Credit Union.
Cullen Flynn: $500 NTC Foundation; $665 United Steelworkers Union Local #460; $1,000 Jerry Funk Trust; $500 Jerry Scherer Memorial – Somo Fish & Game Club; $2,000 John Dotter Memorial Trust.
Tiana Gerstenberger: $3,000 Soaring Eagle – UW La Crosse; $500 Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association; $500 Berg Family – Rib Mountain Ski Club; $300 Volunteers of Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital; $500 The Ties That Bind Us; $500 American Legion Auxiliary; $1,000 Hatchet Booster Club; $3,000 Leila Kohl Memorial Trust.
Dellana Graeber: $1,000 David Sergeant Memorial; $500 Tomahawk ACE Hardware.
Jadyn Grice: $500 Shirley Maki Memorial.
Adam Hall: $500 American Legion Auxiliary.
Harmony Houpt: $5,000 Virgil B. Miriam Scholarship – Kinship of Tomahawk; $500 Maki Trucking; $500 Kory Dahlvig Run to Remember – Nicolet College Foundation; $475 Mary Mohr Memorial Endowed – Nicolet College Foundation.
Lily Jahn: $200 Scott Holmes Memorial; $400 THS Spanish Club; $1,000 Robert & Ginger Jach–Richards; $1,000 United Steelworkers Union Local #2–248; $20,000 Leila Kohl Memorial Trust.
Samuel Josephson: $600 A Day for Nicolet – Nicolet College Foundation.
Ethan Liebnitz: $250 Headwaters Builders Association.
Kallie Massa: $500 NTC Foundation; $500 The Ties That Bind Us; $500 Lincoln County Tavern League; $500 Northwoods Community Realty.
Molly Mott: $500 The Ties That Bind Us; $500 Vita & William Smith Memorial; $300 Edgewater Country Club.
Alex Norman: $500 Packaging Corporation of America.
Aurora Peetz: $300 A Day for Nicolet – Nicolet College Foundation.
Autumn Peissig: $500 Packaging Corporation of America; $500 The Ties That Bind Us; $1,000 Tim Herman Memorial; $500 Jerry Scherer Memorial – Somo Fish & Game Club; $3,000 Leila Kohl Memorial Trust; $200 Tomahawk Extended Area Partners In Education.
Mason Phalin: $600 A Day for Nicolet – Nicolet College Foundation; $300 Edgewater Country Club.
Seth Ploeckelman: $500 Jay Leggett Memorial; $2,000 Orlaf F. W. Polege Music; $500 Good Christian – St. Mary’s Home & School Association; $250 Don Lintereur Memorial.
Elijah Scheffler: $500 Draeger–Walsh.
Isaiah Scheffler: $500 Sara & Robert Beatty; $500 Knight Owls Snowmobile Club; $500 Draeger–Walsh; $500 Tomahawk Firefighters; $250 Headwaters Builders Association.
Allison Schmidt: $20,000 Leila Kohl Memorial Trust; $2,000 Tomahawk Lions Club; $500 Northwoods Community Realty; $500 International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers #1713; $500 Lincoln County Tavern League; $1,000 David Sergeant Memorial; $1,000 Alphonse Tudesco Memorial; $250 The Non–Commissioned Officer Club; $500 Jay Leggett Memorial; $500 The Ties That Bind Us; $300 Lillian Brady Memorial – THS FBLA; $500 THS Forensics; $150 Don Lintereur Memorial; $685 Grace Lutheran Endowment; $30,000 Gustavus Merit Aid; $1,000 Gustavus Alumni Referral; $2,000 Gustavus Fine Art; $1,500 Paul Rucker.
Hunter VanRyen: $665 United Steelworkers Union Local #460; $100 THS Class of 1987.
Mary Voelker: $500 Nationwide Insurance Enterprise Foundation – NTC Foundation; $500 Packaging Corporation of America; $2,000 Roxine Polege McQuitty; $500 Northwoods Community Realty; $500 Tomahawk ACE Hardware; $500 Park City Credit Union; $2,000 Tomahawk Lions Club.
Kade Wenninger: $500 Sara & Robert Beatty; $1,000 Mary Kay Timm Nursing; $500 International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers #1713; $2,000 John Dotter Memorial Trust; $250 The Non–Commissioned Officer Club.
Maverick Werner: $500 Wausau Paper Foundation, Inc. – NTC Foundation.
Karlie Woodall: $665 United Steelworkers Union Local #460; $2,000 John Dotter Memorial Trust; $250 The Non–Commissioned Officer Club.