Effingham KC Council Announces 21-22 Scholarship Recipients

Effingham Knights of Columbus Council 665 has announced the 2021-2022 scholarship and Christian Athlete Award winners.

Each year the Council awards up to eight $500 scholarships to deserving graduating senior students. The requirements for eligibility are: either the applicant or their father needed to be a member in good standing in Council 665, the student needed to show excellence in academics and extracurricular activities, the student needed to lack any infractions in conduct and they needed to submit a 400-500 word essay on this year’s topic. The topic for this year’s essay was “The Responsibility of a Catholic in Today’s Society”.

There were eight scholarship recipients this year from three high schools. There were four winners from Effingham High School, three from St. Anthony High School and one from Teutopolis High School.

The four from Effingham were Jackson Doedtman, son of David and Ann Doedtman; Krista Phillips, daughter of Glen and Jeni Phillips; Chloe Koester, daughter of Greg and Clara Koester; and Gavin Sherrod, son of Sean and Jaimee Sherrod.

The three winners from St. Anthony were Henry Kemme, son of Tony and Valerie Kemme, Maria Poston, daughter of Matt and Ginny Poston and Bridget Sudkamp, daughter of Joe and Karie Sudkamp.

Bob Utz is shown making the presentation to Henry Kemme.

The winner from Teutopolis was Tia Probst, daughter of Keith and Mandy Probst. Phil Koerner is shown making the presentation

Council 665 also awards a Christian Athlete Award to one Effingham High School and one St. Anthony High School senior athlete. The winners present a positive Christian attitude to all coaches and players. This year’s winner from Effingham was Jonathon Perry who is the son of Greg and LeAnn Perry.

This year’s winner from St. Anthony was Grace Karolewicz and she is the daughter of Steve and Lisa Karolewicz. Pictured here are Grace Karolewicz (RIGHT) along  with scholarship recipients Maria Poston, daughter of Matt and Ginny Poston and Bridget Sudkamp, daughter of Joe and Karie Sudkamp. Bob Utz was on hand to make the presentations.

Effingham Knights of Columbus would like to congratulate these winners, as well as all of the area graduating seniors.