Medina Hospital Foundation awards $32,000 in scholarships

MEDINA — Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital, the hospital medical staff and the Medina Hospital Foundation named several local students as winners of annual college scholarships, awarded to those who plan to pursue a course of study in the medical field. In all, $32,000 is being awarded. The hospital, the staff and the foundation have collectively given more than $700,000 in scholarships to Medina County students over the more than 75-year history of Medina Hospital. Here are this year's winners and where they will be attending school in the fall: $2,500 Medina Hospital Medical Staff Scholarship • Kiley Ehlers, Medina High School, nursing at Ohio University. • Abigail Ellis, Highland High School, biology at University of Alabama. • Abigail Lindsey, Brunswick High School, speech pathology at Ohio University. • Taylor Miklos, Brunswick High School, biology at Baldwin Wallace University. • Elissa Scheel, Highland, High School, occupational therapy at Gannon University. • Jordyn Thomas, premedicine at Ohio State University. $1,000 Medina Hospital Foundation Community Scholarship • Abby Besida, Buckeye High School, a first-year dental hygiene student at Lakeland Community College. • Alexa DeLuca, Medina High School, a first-year kinesiology student at Miami University. • Abigail Ellis, Highland High School, a first-year biology student at the University of Alabama. • Haley Fink, Brunswick High School, a first-year nursing student at Kent State University. • Alysa Healy, Buckeye High School, a first-year speech pathology student at Bowling Green State University. • Elyse Huzyak, Wadsworth High School, a first-year speech and audiology student at Kent State University. • Mansi Pathak, Medina High School, a first-year nursing student at Kent State University. • Maggie Petersen, Highland High School, a first-year neuroscience student at Miami University. • Elissa Scheel, Highland High School, a first-year occupational therapy student at Gannon University. • Brandon Schramm, Medina High School, a first-year biochemistry student at Ohio State University. • Alex Shepherd, Wadsworth High School, a first-year biology student at the College of Wooster. • Bethany Stefan, homeschooled (lives in Brunswick), a third-year nursing student at the University of Akron. • Paige Stone, Brunswick High School, a first-year nursing student at the University of Mount Union. $1,000 Bill and Ruth Kelly Scholarship • Makayla Grecenuk, Highland High School, a third-year nursing student at Ohio State University. • Emily Scheel, Highland High School, a third-year biology pre-physical therapy student at Walsh University. $1,000 Jean Myers Scholarship • Felicia Pasadyn, Brunswick High School, current student at Harvard University.