NRCSA honors excellence in its member schools annually through a scholarship program designed to help deserving students attend college and pursue careers in public education. The scholarship program began in 1990 and continues to this day. There are two different awards given, the NRCSA Scholarships and the Gary Fisher Fine Arts Scholarships. The NRCSA scholarships are endowed through the Lincoln Community Foundation through a gift made by the family of Sheila Dickenson Dinsmore Graf. The Gary Fisher Fine Arts Scholarship is funded through donations from NRCSA members, business affiliates, and a portion of the proceeds from the annual NRCSA golf tournament. Currently NRCSA gives $16,000.00 dollars in scholarships to students from its member schools, and has given over $100,000 dollars in scholarships over the life of the program. Recipients of the NRCSA Scholarships are:.
Past Scholarship Winners
Past NRCSA Scholarship Winners
2023-24
NRCSA Scholarships
Gracie Ackles, Gracie - St. Paul Public Schools $2,000.00
Destiny Bartels - Amherst Public Schools $2,000.00
Sydney Bartels - Silver Lake Public Schools $2,000.00
Taylor Beierman - Boone Central Public Schools $2,000.00
Allie Boehr - Heartland Community Schools $2,000.00
Taylor Braun - Harvard Public Schools $2,000.00
Grace Dean - Bridgeport Public Schools $2,000.00
Abigail Diaz-Parra - McCook Public Schools $2,000.00
Keyera Eisenhauer - Elgin Public Schools $2,000.00
Brookelyn Fox - Ord Public Schools $2,000.00
Ansley Harvey - Aurora Public Schools, $2,000.00
Heidi Hollmann - erdigre Public Schools $2,000.00
Jeremiah Ingison - Maywood Public Schools $2,000.00
Delaney Johnson - Laurel-Concord Coleridge Public Schs $2,000.00
Halie Racicky - Ansley Public Schools $2,000.00
Selah Richter-Martinez - Perkins County Schools $2,000.00
Lauren Schoonveld - Mullen Public Schools $2,000.00
Harrison Sjuts - Doniphan-Trumbull Public Schools $2,000.00
McKenzie Smith - Tri County Public Schools $2,000.00
Abigail Thiele - West Holt Public Schools $2,000.00
Gary Fisher Fine Arts Scholarships
Justin Guenther - Randolph Public Schools $2,000.00
Maria Moseman - Riverside Public Schools $2,000.00
2022-23
NRCSA Scholarships
Breanna Borchers - Battle Creek Public Schools $2,000.00
All ie Cosgrove - Rock County Public Schools $2,000.00
Elijah Delhay - Freeman Public Schools $2,000.00
Lillian Dose - Hampton Public Schools $2,000.00
Sophia Dvorak - Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools $2,000.00
McKenzie Greenland - Ravenna Public Schools $2,000.00
Addyson Hanson - Malcolm Public Schools $2,000.00
Zachary Hirschman - St. Paul Public Schools $2,000.00
Madalyn Johansen - Cross County Community Schools - $2,000.00
Grace Johnson - Bancroft-Rosalie Community Schools $ 2,000.00
Lexi Knopik - Fullerton Public Schools $2,000.00
Landri Loos - Loup City Public Schools $2,000.00
Caleb Most - Ogallala Public Schools $2,000.00
Kolton Neujahr - Osceola Public Schools $2,000.00
Makenna Pierce - Ainsworth Public Schools $2,000.00
Allison Richardson - Thayer Central Community Schools $2,000.00
Alina Sankey - Hayes Center Public Schools $2,000.00
Marcus Utecht - Blue Hill Community Schools $2,000.00
Jackson Wemhoff - Elgin Public Schools $2,000.00
Haven Zimmerman - Conestoga Public Schools $2,000.00
Gary Fisher Fine Arts Scholarships
Linden Biskup - Alma Public Schools $ 2,000.00
Libbi Hood - Adams Central Public Schools $2,000.00
2021-22
NRCSA Scholarships
Zakia Dawe - Burwell Public Schools $2,000.00
Brynn Holtmeier - Meridian Public Schools $2,000.00
Katie Hrnchir - Hitchcock County Schools $2,000.00
Danielle Janssen - Sterling Public Schools $2,000.00
Sadie Jarecke - West Holt Public Schools, $2,000.00
Carly Jensen - Gothenburg Public Schools $2,000.00
Katilynn Kaup - Stuart Public Schools $2,000.00
Elizabeth Krance - Central City Public Schools $2,000.00
Marianna McDowell - Lexington Public Schools $2,000.00
Elijah Noel - Shickley Public Schools $2,000.00
Jocelyn O’Grady - Falls Public Schools $2,000.00
Emily Rutt - Franklin Public Schools $2,000.00
Emily Samuelson Palmer Public Schools $2,000.00
Emily Schaad, Lakeview Community Schools $2,000.00
Addison Schneider - Humphrey Public Schools $2,000.00
Travis Schoch - Lakeview Community Schools $2,000.00
Lily Teeple - Banner County Schools $2,000.00
Kate Vaughn - Hershey Public Schools $2,000.00
Mikayla Walker - Laurel Concord Coleridge Public Schs $2,000.00
Elizabeth Wilkins - Ainsworth Community Schools $2,000.00
Gary Fisher Fine Arts Scholarships
Pressler Bruxellas - Falls City Public Schools $2,000.00
Miriam Ganoung - Sandhills Public Schools $2,000.00
2020-21
NRCSA Scholarships
Breanna Brennfoerder - South Central Unified System 5 $2,000.00
Lexie Brester - Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools $2,000.00
Alexis Cherry - Twin River Public Schools $2,000.00
Karri Christensen - Alma Public Schools $2,000.00
Shelby Hein - David City Public Schools $2,000.00
Joseph Lamb - Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer $2,000.00
Emily Loseke - Leigh Community Schools $2,000.00
Kaci Mashino - Boyd County Schools $2,000.00
Graci McGinnis - Central City Public Schools $2,000.00
Anthony Morrill - Creighton Community Schools $2,000.00
Alayna Piening - Milford Public Schools $2,000.00
Jacob Tomcak - Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools $2,000.00
Matthew Weismann - Gibbon Public Schools $2,000.00
Jaycee Widener - Maywood Public Schools $2,000.00
Gary Fisher Fine Arts Scholarships
Gwen Leuschen - Palmyra District OR 1 $2,000.00
Isaac Voboril - Milford Public Schools $2,000.00
2019-20
NRCSA Scholarships
Timberly Carr - Heartland Community Schools $1,000.00
Makenzie Clouse - Elwood Public Schools $1,000.00
Hallie Epley - South Central Unified System 5 $1,000.00
Garrett Erickson - Seward Public Schools $1,000.00
Macy Gebhardt - Seward Public Schools $1,000.00
Madison Jones - Mullen Public Schools $1,000.00
Frances Klausen - Wayne Community Schools $1,000.00
Jaycee Lapp - Hayes Center Public Schools $1,000.00
Calyn Mowinkel - Milford Public Schools $1,000.00
Elizabeth Polk - Logan View Public Schools $1,000.00
Daylan Russell - Alma Public Schools $1,000.00
Allie Schneider - Humphrey Public Schools $1,000.00
Nadia VanSlyke - Loup City Public Schools $1,000.00
Madeline York - Creighton Community Schools $1,000.00
Gary Fisher Fine Arts Scholarships
Lauren Collins - Chadron Public Schools $1,000.00
Dillion Muirhead - Valentine Community Schools $1,000.00
2018-19
NRCSA Scholarships
Sebastian Boelhower - Adams Central Public Schools $1,000.00
Danie Brandl - Humphrey Public Schools $1,000.00
Heidi Cooper - Northwest Public Schools $1,000.00
Shelby Decker - Southern School Dist 1 $1,000.00
Brandy Freidrichsen - Centura Public Schools $1,000.00
Camille Frey - Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer $1,000.00
Jayson Klaumann - Fairbury Public Schools $1,000.00
Alvin Miller - Valentine Community Schools $1,000.00
Erin Prusa - Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools $1,000.00
Sydney Siebert - McCool Junction Public Schools $1,000.00
Josie Stewart - Hemingford Public Schools $1,000.00
Noah Thede - St. Paul Public Schools $1,000.00
Sydney Tramp - Crofton Public Schools $1,000.00
Abigail Waldo - Alma Public Schools $1,000.00
Gary Fisher Fine Arts Scholarships
Kiernan Baker - Seward Public Schools $1,000.00
Lauren Gasseling - Hemingford Public Schools $1,000.00
2017-18
NRCSA Scholarships
Justin Appleby - O’Neill Public Schools $1,000.00
Katie Bloom - Hampton Public Schools $1,000.00
Connor Blum - Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools $1,000.00
Jordyn Bomar - Falls City Public Schools $1,000.00
,Arleigh Costello - Gothenburg Public Schools $1,000.00
Emma Folkers - Wynot Public Schools $1,000.00
Hannah Higgins - Thedford Public Schools $1,000.00
Jessica Klingelhoefer - Perkins County Schools $1,000.00
Jamie Koenig - Chambers Public Schools $1,000.00
Kyle Ott - Heartland Community Schools $1,000.00
Mariah Petersen - Bancroft-Rosalie Community Schools $1,000.00
Sarah Reish - Bayard Public Schools $1,000.00
Kellie Roth - Milford Public Schools $1,000.00
Gabrielle Scott - O’Neill Public Schools $1,000.00
Gary Fisher Fine Arts Scholarships
Jalea Chandler - Anselmo-Merna Public Schools $1,000.00
Zachary Petry - Falls City Public Schools $1,000.00
2016-17
NRCSA Scholarships
Junior Aguilar - Pierce Public Schools $1,000.00
Madison Beran - Northwest Public Schools $1,000.00
Ross Briggs – Seward Public Schools $1,000.00
Payton Cooley - Arlington Public Schools $1,000.00
Taylor Finke - Battle Creek Public Schools $1,000.00
Gregory Gaston - Wauneta-Palisade Public Schools $1,000.00
Kylie Hascall - David City Public Schools $1,000.00
John Kanel - HTRS High Schools $1,000.00
Morgan Lowery - Bruning-Davenport Unified School System $1,000.00
Samantha Luehr - Wood River Schools $1,000.00
Britley Schlueter - Ainsworth Public Schools $1,000.00
Haylee Sheffield - Exeter-Milligan Public Schools $1,000.00
Lauryn Smith - Aurora Public Schools $1,000.00
Shelby Tourney - Shelton Public Schools $1,000.00
Gary Fisher Fine Arts Scholarships
Colton Allen Eggleston - Broken Bow Public Schools $1,000.00
Karlie Sines - Cambridge Public Schools $1,000.00
2015-16
NRCSA Scholarships
Shania Bozzetto—Hyannis Area Schools $1,000.00
Aly Crow—Chadron Public Schools $1,000.00
Megan Gifford—Banner County Schools $1,000.00
Kordell Hamer—Central City Public Schools $1,000.00
Sylvia Jager—Wayne Community Schools $1,000.00
Dylan Kaup—Neligh-Oakdale Schools $1,000.00
Grant King—Stanton Community Schools $1,000.00
Ellie Lee—Wauneta-Palisade Public Schools $1,000.00
Catherine Mick—Shickley Public Schools $1,000.00
Hailey Paxton—Stuart Public Schools $1,000.00
Morgan Peters—Lakeview Public Schools $1,000.00
Tayma Sebek—Hampton Public Schools $1,000.00
Simon Wiedel—Thayer Central Community Schools $1,000.00
Gary Fisher Fine Arts Scholarships
Lauren Reiman—Adams Central Public Schools $1,000.00
Olivia Wieseler—Wynot Public Schools $1,000.00
2014-15
Jordan Brandt- Exeter-Milligan Public Schools $1000.00
Laethion Brown – Deshler Public Schools $1,000.00
MyKayla Brown – Bayard Public Schools – $1,000.00
Abigail Coday – Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools $1,000.00
Savannah Elliot – Thedford Public Schools $1,000.00
Noah Fisher – Pierce Public Schools $1,000.00
Sarah Genung – Superior Public Schools $1,000.00
Johanna Gilbertson – Amherst Public Schools $1,000.00
Chloe Hartman – Silver Lake Public Schools $1,000.00
Autum Hild – Brady Public Schools $1000.00
Ashley Holcomb – Broken Bow Public Schools $1000.00
Isabel Safarik – Hyannis Area Schools $1000.00
Tristen Sell – Pierce Public Schools $1,000.00
Jake Senff -Shelton Public Schools $1000.00
Paige Spady – Chase County Schools $1,000.00
2013-14
George Blum - $1,000.00
Molly Burbach - $1,000.00
Evan Crawley - $1,000.00
Paige Dexter - $1,000.00
Rachel Dowling - $1,000.00
Emily Folkerts - $1,000.00
Regan Garey - $1,000.00
Chase Grizzle - $1,000.00
Blair Hartman - $1,000.00
Reese Hogue - $1,000.00
Natalie Kent - $1,000.00
Elizabeth Pawley - $1,000.00
Brooke Scheitel - $1,000.00
2012-13
Kilah Deaver - $1,000.00
Caitlin Hinrichs - $1,000.00
Jordyn Hulinsky - $1,000.00
Mitchell Kampschneiter - $1,000.00
Jefferson Keller - $1,000.00
Terran Merriman - Honerkamp - $1,000.00
Kailey Rader - $1,000.00
Hannah Warnock - $750.00
Amber Wright - $750.00
2011-12
Garrett Borcher - $1,000.00
Chelsea Borrenpohl - $1,000.00
Luke Dlouhy - $1,000.00
Melanie Hagge - $1,000.00
Dexter Hanzel - $1,000.00
Isaac Jefferson - $750.00
Trent Mastny - $1,000.00
Brent Maze - $750.00
Amanda Petersen - $1,000.00
Shelby Rowan - $1,000.00
2010-11
Whitney Redler - $550.00
Kayla Rushman - $750.00
Tyler Strobl - $750.00
Nathan Vinton - $650.00
Zachary White - $550.00
Rylee Young - $650.00
2009-10
Megan Eberle - $650.00
Carson Klute - $550.00
Kyle Martin - $650.00
Kevin Palu - $800.00
Brittany Ridder - $550.00
Nancy Seeman - $800.00
2008-09
Landon Bloedon - $250.00
Emily Derks - $800.00
Nicole Tegtmeier - $250.00
Kathy Venteicher - $400.00
Jacob Zlomke - $400.00
2007-08
James Bahensky - $650.00
Katherine Erickson - $400.00
Aaron McCoy - $400.00
Mary Rezac - $550.00
Brittany Sampy - $650.00
Dustin Thornton - $550.00
2006-07
Megan Bollish - $400.00
John Harms - $600.00
Kymbre Lytle - $250.00
Justine McMullin - $600.00
Gregory Schroeder - $400.00
Chance Waggoner - $250.00
2005-06
Patrick Carlin - $500.00
Rose DeGarmo - $700.00
Lyn Ehrke - $500.00
Jerome Florian - $250.00
Janae Harrington - $250.00
James Pohlmann - $700.00
2004-05
Jenna Bierma - $400.00
Timothy Estudillo - $400.00
Matthew James - $600.00
Teresa Kathman - $250.00
Tyler Ritz - $250.00
Amy Waterman - $600.00
2003-04
Christopher Gove - $750.00
Wesley Jensen - $500.00
Spencer Leae - $250.00
Kate McKim - $250.00
Cami Pierson - $500.00
Elissa Smith - $750.00
2002-03
Chantelle Bicket - $250.00
Anthony Hilsinger - $750.00
Kristopher Kaiser - $250.00
Heather Kostal - $500.00
Nikki Minne - $750.00
Nicholas Novak - $500.00
2001-02
Adam Bennett - $250.00
Jessica McKim - $750.00
Casey Nelson - $250.00
Matthew Pernicek - $500.00
Derek Peterson - $750.00
Sarah Placke - $500.00
2000-01
Jessica Andersen - $250.00
Andrew Carlson - $1000.00
Brie Headlee - $500.00
Adam Helgren $500.00
John Knabe - $250.00
Jamie Wiebelhaus - $1000.00
1999-00
Joel Bejot - $1000.00
Tiffani Hamer - $250.00
Andrew Luce - $250.00
Michelle Petersen - $500.00
Chase Sauder - $500.00
Cassie Sinner - $1000.00
1998-99
Heather Brandt - $250.00
Jill Delka - $500.00
Brett Esau - $500.00
Jessica Hill - $1000.00
Nathan Seidel - $250.00
Bradley Wellmann $1000.00
1997-98
John Franzen - $1250.00
Megan Groathouse - $1250.00
Eric Headlee - $500.00
Amy Helzer - $750.00
Jessica Jurzenski - $500.00
Lee Saltzgaber - $750.00
1996-97
Amanda Bundy - $500.00
Eric Hunter - $500.00
Tammi Ohmstede - $750.00
Amy Rademacher - $250.00
Stuart Stubby - $250.00
Robert Wegner - $750.00
1995-96
Robert Adam - $250.00
Jessica Groathouse - $500.00
Camerson Hudson - $500.00
Mary Menke - $750.00
Dana Schmersal - $250.00
Adam Ward - $750.00
1994-95
Jennifer Cooksley - $750.00
Lance Mosier - $750.00
1993-94
Nathan Piper - $750.00
Melissa Rabbass - $750.00
1992-93
Chad Barnhill - $750.00
Amie Wortman - $750.00
1991-92
Eric Field - $750.00
Ruth Hartmann - $750.00
1990-91
Jason Schmaderer - $750.00
Tammy Stout - $750.00