2025 Scholarship Recipients
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Scholarships for Keith County Students
The scholarships listed below are administered by the Keith County Foundation Fund, an affiliate of the Nebraska Community Foundation. We are grateful to the Berryman and Hermance families for investing in the educational opportunities for the youth in Keith County.
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The scholarships are thoughtfully stewarded, and the fund’s annual proceeds are distributed each year with the donor’s intent in mind.
Berryman Scholarship
The Berryman Education Account was bequeathed to KCFF from the estate of Charles Wilton “Bud” Berryman in 2012. It provides scholarships for Keith County residents pursuing post-secondary education. Scholarship funds must be used to pursue a continuing education course, a degree, or a certificate program at a publicly accredited community college or an accredited degree-granting college or university.​
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Applications for the 2026 Berryman Scholarship will be accepted in the spring of 2026.
To be eligible for the scholarship, the student must be a Keith County resident
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pursuing a post-secondary education following a break in education,
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a current college/university student,
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or a traditional student continuing directly from high school to post-secondary education.
* Preference is given to a non-traditional student pursuing a post-secondary education
Selection will be based on a personal statement, leadership, service, academics, education goals, and receipt of an official high school, GED or college academic transcript.
Completed applications and Official Transcripts are required for consideration.
The packet must be received via email or postmarked by June 1, 2026.
Application and other documents can be emailed to info@keithcountyfoundation.org
or mailed to Keith County Foundation Fund, Scholarship Committee, PO Box 104, Ogallala, NE 69153.
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If you have any questions, please email info@keithcountyfoundation.org.
The Cliff and Ruth Hermance Scholarship
Cliff and Ruth Hermance and their children are a great example of active hope and the family's belief that an investment in knowledge pays the greatest dividends in a community’s future.
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The Hermance Scholarship, initially funded in October 2002 with a gift from the Hermance children, is awarded annually to an Ogallala High School student. Preference is given to a student pursuing a teaching career or related education field.
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Applications are distributed through Ogallala High School.
Past Scholarship Recipients
Cliff and Ruth Hermance Scholarship
2024: Grace Knoke
2023: Caleb Most
2022: Daniel Dickinson
2021: Justin Christensen
2020: Cora Lowery
2019: Abbie Crandall
2018: Abigail Tschetter
Berryman Scholarship
2024: Ashley Beamon, Amanda Hoffmann, Ariana Mungia,
Eideann Tuttle, Cissy Zeigler
​2023: Sierra Knaub, Cassidy Coggins, Garrett Harms
2022: Samantha Byrd, Rachel Orth, Maggie O'Neil, Alexandra Coffman, Jennifer Coggins, Jennifer Fosbinder, Lauren Franklin, Jennifer Kugler
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Berryman Scholarship
2021: Hannah Carlson, Adriana Dieter
2020: Samantha Byrd, Debra Cleveland, Dominic Mayer
2019: Elizabeth Meyer, Ashley Beamon,
2018: Mara Peters