Scholarship recipients from as far south as Anna, up to Hoffman Estates, and communities in-between gathered in Springfield for the first Baptist Foundation of Illinois Scholarship Dinner. BFI awarded a record $101,750 to 49 college and seminary scholarships for the 2022-23 academic year.
Reagan Webb, a member of Logan Street Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon, who plans to major in pre-med at Liberty University and become a neonatologist, was one of the recipients.
She made the decision to go into medicine while her mother was in treatment for breast cancer in 2017. “She’d tell me; ‘You would make a great doctor,’” Webb said.
Scholarship amounts awarded per degree per semester were Associates $1,000, Bachelors $2,000, and Seminary $2,625. The gifts broke a record of $75,000 set last year. These annual gifts come from endowed funds to further Christian higher education in Illinois Baptist life.
Webb expressed her appreciation for the scholarship. She said it “helps our finances because we’re still paying a lot of medical bills. It’s cool that it’s from a Baptist organization. That makes it special.”
Her father, Chris, said Reagan graduated as co-valedictorian of her class. He shared his thankfulness for the scholarship and the ways “God has provided financially to move her along the path he has for her.”
The dinner held May 20 was attended by 24 scholarship recipients and their families along with 11 of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees.
The next BFI Scholarship application period will be January 1-31, 2023. For more information about the scholarship program, visit baptistfoundationil.org.
Seminary
Kyle Bailey | Ashburn BC, Orland Park
Wanda Barbour | Meadowridge BC, Zion
Josiah Blan | Families of Faith, Channahon
Leandro Gomez Der Kevorkian | Armitage, Chicago
Clayce Fletcher | Immanuel BC, Benton
Greg Gomez | Bethel, Troy
Kwangsop Andrew Kim | Korean BC of Schaumburg
Austin Lee | FBC O’Fallon
Jack Lucas | Western Oaks BC, Springfield
Josh Ratliff | Westview BC, Swansea
Matthew Scheibel | Mosaic, Highland
David Siere | FBC Brookport
Logan Staley | Heartland BC, Alton
Cooper Thompson | FBC Harrisburg
Bachelors
Morgan Ahle | FBC Carlyle
Macy Alexander | Tabernacle BC, Decatur
Ryan Boulds | McKinley Avenue BC, Harrisburg
Chase Boushard | FBC Maryville
Cameryn Brown | Dow Southern BC
Cassidy Buescher | New Hope BC, Effingham
Rachelle Cox | Joppa MBC
Rhett Ellis | Logan Street BC, Mt Vernon
Arielle Fisher | Eastview BC, Springfield
Tyler Gallion | FBC Petersburg
Breeyn Garrett | FBC Waterloo
Jaylyn Geist | Redeemer, Waterloo
Haleigh Harpole | Logan Street BC, Mt Vernon
Katie Heath | Faith BC, Carrollton
William Jones | Western Oaks BC, Springfield
Kiersten Kennedy | Pleasant Hill BC, Mt Vernon
Kayla Lockhart | FBC Coal City
Sean Londrigan| FBC Petersburg
Wade Luce | Delta, Springfield
Ella Mendenhall | Smith Grove BC, Greenville
Elizabeth Pennington | Chicagoland Community
Avery Seidel | Northside MBC, Grayville
Alivia Taylor | Net Community Church, Staunton
Sara Timm | Pleasant Grove MBC, Iuka
Reagan Webb | Logan Street BC, Mt Vernon
Owen Westbrooks | FBC Metropolis
Kimberly Williams | Anna Heights BC, Anna
Isaac Winkleman | FBC Harrisburg
Samuel Winkleman | FBC Harrisburg
Sophia Winkleman | FBC Harrisburg
Abigail Yi | Elmwood Park Community
Associates
Chandler Braddock | W. 22nd BC, Granite City
Irina Yeakley | Harristown BC