This year’s Starke County Community Foundation 2018 Lilly Endowment Community Scholar is Knox High School senior Elizabeth McEntee.
McEntee is a varsity softball player and she is also a member of the speech team where she was a state qualifier in discussion. She was a freshman mentor and participates in National Honor Society and Science Club and tutors elementary school students.
The Starke County Community Foundation Scholarship Committee selected Elizabeth, the daughter of Alan and Connie McEntee, for this prestigious distinction from a field of twenty-nine applicants.
During the application process the identities of the applicants are removed. The Scholarship Committee scores applicants on academic performance, volunteer and paid work, school activities and honors as well as essays.
Of the twenty-nine applicants submitted to SCCF, five finalists were selected for final review. The final five had personal interviews with the Scholarship Committee and were asked to write impromptu essays.
The Committee chose one of the nominees as their recommendation and submitted all the finalists’ applications to Independent Colleges of IndianaInc (ICI) for final selection. ICI is a nonprofit corporation that represents thirty regionally accredited degree granting, nonprofit, private colleges and universities in the state.
As the recipient of the 2018 Starke County Community Foundation Lilly Endowment Scholarship, McEntee will receive a four-year, full tuition scholarship to the Indiana college of her choice, as well as a $900 annual stipend for required supplies and books. McEntee plans to pursue a major in Neurobiology at Indiana University in Bloomington.
