Putt, son of Michael and Donna Putt from Francesville, will graduate from WCHS in June. He has been very involved in school activities such as Fellowship of Christian Athletes, FFA, Student Council, Business Professionals of America, band, and drama. He has enjoyed working as a farmhand assistant and volunteering at church, park clean-ups, landscaping projects, food pantries, and singing at the local nursing home.

Putt has received several honors and awards including the George Eastman Young Leaders award, the Mathematics Outstanding Achievement for Excellence award, and three Highest Class GPA awards.

His immediate educational plans are to study in the field of medicine. Putt will attend Purdue University to pursue a degree in pre-medicine. His dream is to be an emergency room physician at a hospital in one of Indiana’s metropolitan areas.

The Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship is open to all Pulaski County high school seniors who will graduate with a diploma from an accredited Indiana high school and who have been accepted to pursue a full-time baccalaureate course of study at an Indiana school.

Several scholarship applications from Pulaski County students were received and considered by the PCCF Scholarship Selection Committee. Recipients are nominated following an online application and an oral interview/presentation process. Nominees are submitted to Independent Colleges of Indiana, Inc. (ICI) for selection in accordance with the criteria and procedures consistent with applicable law and the overall goals of the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship program.

ICI is a nonprofit corporation that represents 31 regionally accredited degree granting, nonprofit, private colleges and universities in the state.

The scholarships are the result of a statewide Lilly Endowment initiative to help Hoosier students reach higher levels of education. Indiana ranks among the lowest states in the percentage of residents over the age of 25 with a bachelor’s degree. 142 scholarships were awarded statewide this year.