RaeAnn Klimesh, a senior from South Winneshiek High School, has been named the 2016 recipient of the E. Wayne Cooley Scholarship Award. RaeAnn was selected from 97 applicants from high schools across Iowa.
The scholarship, in the name of longtime Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union Executive Secretary E. Wayne Cooley, is worth $15,000 over four years to assist the recipient as she attends the Iowa college or university of her choice. RaeAnn is considering attending Drake, Loras, or Wartburg.
Miss Klimesh was one of six finalists for the award. Other finalists included: Hannah Rhoads, Newton; Gwynne Wright, Pekin; Jennifer Dickes, Cedar Rapids Xavier; Emma Chizek, West Hancock; and Grace Young, Iowa City West. The five runners-up all receive $1,000 scholarships.
You would be hard-pressed to find someone as active as RaeAnn. She ranks first in her class of 57 with a 3.99 GPA. She is active in the American Legion Auxilary and is the accompianist at her church in Calmar. At South Winneshiek, she is involved in student government, choir, drama, band, large group and individual speech. Her Readers Theatre group won the critic’s choice banner at the Iowa High School Speech Association’s All-State Festival two weeks ago. RaeAnn was a three time state qualifier in cross country and was a member of South Winneshiek’s state qualifying 4x800 meter relay teams the last two seasons at the State Track and Field Meet.
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