Forty-three Lincoln seniors walked across the LHS football field for the last time as students as they participated in the 2025 graduation ceremony on Friday evening, May 9.
Speakers for the evening included Valedictorian Thomas Rose and Salutatorian Adisyn Pennell.
Several graduating students received scholarships to help them continue their education.
Elizabeth Botteron received an Academic Achievement Award, $3,000; Benton County Elks Scholarship, $1,000; Vivan C. Harms Bowles Scholarship, $500.
Haley Brennan received an A+ Scholarship, up to $17,000; Whiteman Spirit Alliance, $1,000.
Kaitlynn Brown received a Presidential Scholarship, $15,000; Stephens Scholarship, $6,580; Honors Scholarship, $1,000.
Matthew Cook received an A+ Scholarship, up to $17,000; Warsaw Leathernecks Scholarship, $2,500; Kaysinger Bluff Pioneer Heritage Scholarship, $250; Leona S. Larson Scholarship, $500; Lincoln Chamber Scholarship, $500.
Noah Eckhoff received an A+ Scholarship, up to $17,000; MFA Scholarship, $2,500; Central Missouri Electric Cooperative, $500; NHS Scholarship, $200.
Camden Everhart received an A+ Scholarship, up to $17,000; Leona S. Larson Scholarship, $500.
Danika Gillespie received an A+ Scholarship, up to $17,000; CMU Trustee’s Scholarship, $12,000; CMU Softball Scholarship, $4,000.
Lyssa Gottschalk received the Sonic Group Continuing Education Scholarship, $500.
Myles Harms received an A+ Scholarship, up to $17,000; Eken Scholarship, $2,000; WARM House Scholarship, $1,000; Main Street Mutual Scholarship, $1,000; Brightflight, $3,000; Miner Residence Hall Scholarship, $3,000; Groundbreaker Scholarship, $8,000; Cornerstone Peers Scholarship, $2,250; Central Missouri Electric Cooperative Scholarship, $500.
Makenzie Ingram received an A+ Scholarship, up to $17,000.
Amy Jones received the Edward J. and Norene Sartin Kullman Scholarship SFCC, $792.
Audrey Keuper received an A+ Scholarship, up to $17,000; MFA Scholarship, $2,500; Benton County Elks Scholarship, $1,000; Darren Eckhoff, Class of 1990 & Estes Scholarship, $500; Leona S. Larson Scholarship, $500.
Rebekah Kincaid received an A+ Scholarship, up to $17,000.
Vanessa Lopez received an A+ Scholarship, up to $17,000.
Blake Lyon received an A+ Scholarship, up to $17,000.
Alyssa Mellen received an A+ Scholarship, up to $17,000 and a Red and Black Scholarship, $2,500.
Braylin Paxton received an A+ Scholarship, up to $17,000; Main Street Mutual Scholarship, $1,500; Warsaw Leathernecks Scholarship, $1,000; SFCC Bank Scholarship, $800; Vivian C. Harms Bowles Scholarship, $500.
Adisyn Pennell received an A+ Scholarship, up to $17,000; SFCC Music Scholarship, $800; District Board of Trustees, $2,000.
Charlize Roberts received an A+ Scholarship, up to $17,000.
Thomas Rose received an A+ Scholarship, up to $17,000; SFCC Music Scholarship, $2,400; Erin Helland Performing Arts Scholarship, $1,000.
Kaylee Simons received the Northwest Missouri State University Scholarship, $1,500.
Sydney Spry received an A+ Scholarship, up to $17,000; Mizzou Provost Award, $1,000; Vivian C. Harms Bowles Scholarship, $500.
Lance Stevenson received an A+ Scholarship, up to $17,000; Leona S. Larson Scholarship, $500.
Emanuel Torres received an A+ Scholarship, up to $17,000.
Chase Young received an A+ Scholarship, up to $17,000; MFA Scholarship, $2,500; Lincoln Hunting and Fishing, $1,000; SFCC Band Scholarship, $1,000; Benton County Community Foundation, $750; Glenn Coffey Memorial Scholarship, $650; BDL Scholarship, $600; Vivian C. Harms Bowles Scholarship, $500; Benton County Health Department, $500.
George Washington Carver Awards were presented to the top 10% of the class: Noah Eckhoff, Adisyn Pennell and Thomas Rose.
SFCC Career and Technology Center presented certificates of Achievement to the following LHS seniors: Blake Lyon, Automotive; Rebekah Denny, Lucas Wolf, Building Trades; Haley Brennan, Camden Everhart, Criminal Justice; Taylor Davis, Emma Filatov, Amber Jones, Alyssa Mellen, Early Childhood; Natalie Bond, Kaitlynn Brown, Graphic Design; Mariska DeFoor, Sydney Spry, Daniel Vasyltyun, Chase Young, Health Occupations; Danika Gillespie, Emanuel Torres, Welding.
A+ Scholarship Program was issued by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to students who have the following: 2.5 GPA or higher, overall attendance of 95%, 60 hours of unpaid tutoring, good citizenship, and a qualifying math score for a state paid financial incentive to attend any public two-year college or technical school in Missouri.
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Fifty Cole Camp students graduated from CCHS on Friday, May 9 in the CCHS gym. Many of the class received scholarships and awards to continue their education.
Colby Benn, Summa Cum Laude graduate, received the Citizens Farmers Bank Scholarship.
Kolby Bohon received an A+ Scholarship, SFCC Missouri Boys State Scholarship, American Legion Abraham Lincoln Post #305 Scholarship, Cole Camp Educational Foundation Scholarship and Pettis County Farm Bureau Scholarship.
Blake Borgman received a Missouri Welding Institute Scholarship.
Lillian Brown, Summa Cum Laude graduate, received a Cole Camp R-1 Honors Diploma, George Washington Carver Award, A+ Scholarship, Central Methodist University President’s Scholarship, Central Methodist University Cheerleading Scholarship, Central Methodist University Civic Engagement Scholarship, Central Methodist University Eagle Select Scholarship, Citizens Farmers Bank Scholarship, Cole Camp Educational Foundation Scholarship, Cole Camp R-1 Student Council Scholarship, Benton County Extension Council Scholarship, Bright Flight Scholarship.
Nathanial Brown received an A+ Scholarship.
Hannah Cardwell received a Northwest Missouri State University Scholar Scholarship, Northwest Missouri State University NPG-Fischer Scholarship.
Alexis Casdorph, Summa Cum Laude graduate, received a Cole Camp R-1 Honors Diploma, George Washington Carver Award, Cole Camp CRA Scholarship, Central Methodist University President’s Scholarship, Central Methodist University Choir Scholarship.
Alex Chavez received an A+ Scholarship.
Madison Cooper, Summa Cum Laude graduate, received a Cole Camp R-1 Honors Diploma, George Washington Carver Award, Citizens Farmers Bank Scholarship, Gesund 21 Health Occupations Scholarship, American Legion Auxiliary Unit #305 Scholarship, Julianna Anderson Nursing Scholarship, Countryside Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary Scholarship, Cole Camp Educational Foundation Scholarship, Benton County Health Department Scholarship, SFCC 40&8 Voiture 333 Nursing Scholarship.
Jentzen Crider received an A+ Scholarship, CTC Certificate of Achievement Criminal Justice, CTC Criminal Justice Academic Award, CTC Criminal Justice Physical Fitness Award, CTC Criminal Justice Leadership Award, CTC Criminal Justice Stackable Credentials Certificate, CTC CareerSafe Certificate, National Career Readiness Certificate Bronze.
Jason Dieckman received an A+ Scholarship, CTC Certificate of Completion Precision Machining, CTC Precision Machining Academic Award, CTC NIMS Certification, Missouri State SkillsUSA GOLD, National Career Readiness Certificate-Silver.
Dalila Fanin, Summa Cum Laude graduate, received an A+ Scholarship.
Spencer Godwin received an A+ Scholarship, and State Fair Community College Golf Scholarship.
Summer Hagen, Summa Cum Laude graduate, received Cole Camp R-1 Honors Diploma and Citizens Farmers Bank Scholarship.
Leigha Harrison received CTC Certificate of Completion-Graphic Design, CTC Graphic Design Academics Award, CTC CareerSafe Certificate, PrintED/SkillsUSA Graphic Communications Proficiency Certificate, National Career Readiness Certificate-Silver, Warsaw Leathernecks Scholarship, Robert Marshall Stratton-Vira Rule Stratton Scholarship, and Dueber Scholarship.
Carson Hoke received an A+ Scholarship, CTC Certificate of Achievement-Precision Machining, CTC Precision Machining Academic Award, CTC NIMS Certifications, National Career Readiness Certificate-Gold, Cole Camp Educational Foundation Scholarship, CTC Career Passport.
Adam Kammeyer received an A+ Scholarship.
Grace Koenke, Summa Cum Laude graduate, received an A+ Scholarship, Lincoln Hunting Club Scholarship, Benton County 4-H and FFA Fair Royalty Scholarship.
Alan McCullough received the Benton County Community Foundation Scholarship.
Mackenzie Moellman, a Summa Cum Laude graduate, received an A+ Scholarship, SFCC Board of Trustees Scholarship, Leona Schenewark Larson and Pauline Schenewark Wheeler Scholarship.
Liliya Nine received the SFCC Robert and Mark Mason Endowed Scholarship.
Conner Petersen received an A+ Scholarship, Bright Flight Scholarship, Missouri University of Science and Technology Groundbreaker Scholarship and Missouri University of S&T Karl F. Hasselmann Scholarship.
Braden Poe, Magna Cum Laude graduate, received CTC Certificate of Achievement Precision Machining, CTC Precision Machining Academic Award, CTC NIMS Certifications, Missouri State Skills USA GOLD, CTC National Technical Honor Society Certificate, National Career Readiness Certificate – Silver, CTC Career Passport, Hunefelt Scholarship.
Anastasia Procoplsen, Magna Cum Laude graduate, received CTC Certificate of Achievement-Graphic Design, CTC Graphic Design Academic Award, CTC CareerSafe Certificate, CTC National Technical Honor Society Certificate, PrintEDSkills Graphic Communications Proficiency Certificate, National Career Readiness Certificate Bronze, CTC Career Passport.
Emelia Root received an A+ Scholarship.
Ashlyn Russell, a Summa Cum Laude graduate, received a Cole Camp R-1 Honors Diploma, George Washington Carver Award, A+ Scholarship, Cole Camp CTA Scholarship, Kaysinger Bluff Pioneer Heritage Association Scholarship, Missouri Association of School Administrators Scholarship, Citizens Farmers Bank Scholarship, Cole Camp R-1 Alumni Association Scholarship, Cole Camp Educational Foundation Scholarship, Northwest Missouri State University Academic Excellence Scholarship, Northwest Missouri State University A+ Recognition Scholarship, Northwest Missouri State University Music Scholarship, Main Street Mutual Scholarship, Josephine and Edgar Gerken Memorial Scholarship.
Bentley Sears received a Missouri Wielding Institute Scholarship.
Bailey Stoppel, Summa Cum Laude graduate, received Cole Camp R-1 Honors Diploma, George Washington Carver award, A+ Scholarship, Truman State University Bulldog Legacy Scholarship, Truman State University President John R. Kirk Scholarship, Citizens Farmers Bank Scholarship, Cole Camp Educational Foundation Scholarship, Leona Schenewark Larson and Pauline Schenewark Wheeler Scholarship, and a Bright Flight Scholarship.
Emma Thayer, Summa Cum Laude graduate, received a Cole Camp R-1 Honors Diploma, A+ Scholarship, Leona Schenewark Larson and Pauline Schenewark Wheeler Scholarship, Walsworth Consummate Professional Scholarship, Citizens Farmers Bank Scholarship, Main Street Mutual Scholarship, SFCC 40&S Voiture 333 Nursing Scholarship, Mary Lay Scholarship, and BDL Scholarship.
Kyle Thomas, Summa Cum Laude graduate, received an A+ Scholarship, Central Christian College of the Bible SEAL Scholarship, Benton County WARM House Scholarship, Cole Camp R-1 Alumni Association Scholarship, Cole Camp, R-1 Student Council Scholarship, Hunefelt Scholarship, and Dueber Scholarship.
Colton Thompson received an A+ Scholarship, MFA Oil Company’s C. F. Robertson Scholarship, Cole Camp R-1 FFA Scholarship, Cole Camp Educational Foundation Scholarship, Josephine and Edgar Gerken Memorial Scholarship.
Shane Wallace received an A+ Scholarship.
Amber Zimmerman received CTC Certificate of Completion-Health Occupations, National Career Readiness Certificate-Gold, Westminister College Dean’s Scholarship, Westminister FAFSA Priority Scholarship, Westminister Visit Scholarship.
A+ Scholarship Program was issued by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to students who have the following: 2.5 GPA or higher, overall attendance of 95%, 60 hours of unpaid tutoring, good citizenship, and a qualifying math score for a state paid financial incentive to attend any public two-year college or technical school in Missouri.
Cole Camp R-1 Honors Diploma is issued by the Board of Education to those who have completed a college preparatory curriculum and a final GPA of 3.0 or higher.
George Washington Carver Award is issued by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to the top 10% of the class.
