The Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program (LECSP) awards full-tuition scholarships to students from each county in Indiana.
Eligibility:
- Students must be a Greene County residents at the time of application.
- Applicants must be high school seniors graduating by June 30, 2021
- Applicants must have a high school diploma from an Indiana high school accredited by the State Board of Education or by a national or regional accreditation agency that is recognized by the State Board of Education.
- Recipients must pursue undergraduate study in a baccalaureate program on a full-time basis.
- Recipients may attend any accredited public or private four-year college or university in Indiana
Benefits:
- One scholarship will be awarded to Greene County residents
- Pays full tuition and required fees for four years; no re-application process is required
- $900 book stipend each year
- Does not pay room, board, or travel expenses
Timeline:
- Monday, August 10, 2020: Online Application Portal Opens
- Thursday, September 10, 2020: Applications Due by 4pm (No exceptions)
- October 2020: Finalist Interviews (Finalists for the interviews will be notified via phone once evaluations have been completed)
- Scholarship recipient will be notified by Winter Break
Past Greene County Lilly Scholar Winners
1998 — Brad Crites, Eastern Greene
1999 — Clint Kaho, White River Valley and Rachel Steward, White River Valley
2000 — Sarah Flinn, Bloomfield and Rod Walker, Linton
2001 — Morgan May and Drew Landry of Shakamak and Emilee Preble of Linton-Stockton
2002 — Tyler Blakley, Bloomfield, Heather Lee Crowe, Eastern Greene and Nadine Kristin Keitel, White River Valley
2003 — Emily Hayes, Shakamak, Justin King, Eastern Greene and Sarah Church, Linton-Stockton
2004 — Brittany Parkes, Bloomfield, Christina Catt, White River Valley and Tiffany Rae Todd, Linton-Stockton
2005 — Brandt Zimmerly, White River Valley and Bessy Lyons, Eastern Greene
2006 — Chantal Fink, Bloomfield, and Lindsey Sipes, White River Valley
2007 — Laura Beth Correll, Linton-Stockton and Kevin Cross, White River Valley; Matthew J. Wall, who attended White River Valley High, but lived in rural Coal City, received a Lilly Scholarship from the Owen County Foundation
2008 — Andrew Brown, Bloomfield and Carly Johnson, White River Valley
2009 — John Alexander Cochrane, Bloomfield and Micajah Green, Shakamak
2010 — Derek Corn, Bloomfield and Grace Anne Hayes, White River Valley
2011 — Seth Herndon, Linton-Stockton
2012 — Jacie Anderson, Eastern Greene
2013 — Casey Reynolds, Shakamak
2014 — Alex Bartlow, Bloomfield
2015 — Lilly Southern, Eastern Greene
2016 — Emma Brewer, Linton-Stockton
2017 — Abby Denham, White River Valley
2018 — Jordyn Kieft, Eastern Greene
2019 — Evan Cruse, Shakamak
2020 — Carson Brown, Linton-Stockton