WADA is proud to announce the award of six, $500 scholarships to graduating high school seniors who plan to continue their education at the post-secondary level. This special scholarship is awarded to children of current WADA members who are presently serving as an athletic administrator in Wisconsin high schools or middle schools. The WADA scholarships will be awarded to the honorees after successful completion of their first semester in college.

To apply for a 2023 WADA Scholarship, please click here: WADA Scholarship Application

Congratulations to the 2022 WADA Scholarship Recipients
Cooper Diedrich - Athens High School
Elizabeth Rosen - Clear Lake High School
Bryce Gruen - Royall High School
Brody Kluge - Lake Geneva Badger High School
Anne Gallagher - Two Rivers High School
Jackson Holzheimer - Sheboygan Area Lutheran High School

Congratulations to the 2022 NIAAA Scholarship Nominees
McKenzie Plitzuweit - Burlington High School
Jesse Larson - Northwestern High School


Previous WADA Scholarship Recipients
2021
Ella Plueger  – Tomah 
Tiana Gertsenberger – Tomahawk 
Max Vander Werff – Central Wisconsin Christian 
Serena Schalk – Lomira 
Casey Christiansen – Wilmot Union
Emma Gruen – Royall 

2020
Graham Langkamp - Baraboo
Kortnie Volk - Three Lakes
Kiera Holzemer - Cuba City
Maggie Rosen - Clear Lake
Monte Diestler -  Neilsville
Michael Schweisthal - Arcadia

2019
Samantha Christiansen – Wilmot Union
Shae Holzheimer – Sheboygan Lutheran
Elle Lieder – Oshkosh North 
Callie Bever – New Lisbon 
Mikayla Zonnefeld – Central Wisconsin Christian
Kenadi Diedrich – Athens 

2018
Calvin Rosen - Clear Lake
Karlie Volk - Three Lakes
Grace Hammer - Pardeeville
Lindsey Bahr - Onalaska
Tyler Dow - Stoughton
Josi Pongratz - Mondovi

2017
Madeline LeBouton - Horicon
Taylor Briehl - River Valley
Marion McClowry - Neenah
Allison Siegert - Potosi
Taylor Brayton - Prentice
Allison Parsons - Grafton

2016
Samual Schweisthal - Arcadia
Kellen Kravik - Bangor
Bree Porter - Janesville Parker
Andrea Terpstra - Pepin
Evan De Broux - Random Lake
Jack Yaeger - Reedsburg

2015
Jenna Droesller - Benton
Cody Zonnefeld - Central Wisconsin Christian
Danielle Vance - Clinton
Chloe Pustina - Cuba City
Kari Mattmiller - Winter
Madison Blair - Waterford


Previous NIAAA Scholarship Nominees
2022
Jesse Larson - Northwestern
McKenzie Plitzuweit - Burlington

2021
Jerica Mueller - Marshfield
Trent Orlowski - Northwestern

2020
Jadin O'Brien - Divine Savior Holy Angels
Brett Farmer - Antigo

2019
Cecelia Zielke - Kohler
Nathaniel Ohman - Northwestern

2018
Meghan Scott - Divine Savior Holy Angels
Sean Farrell - Kohler

2017
Seth Hause - Stanley-Boyd
Brooke Wellhausen - Big Foot

2016
Elizabeth Schauer - Divine Savior Holy Angels
Nicholas Vande Hey - Kohler

2015
Sarah Pesch - J.I. Case
Mason Reinhardt - Merrill

The annual deadline for the WADA scholarship is April 1. For more information on the WADA and NIAAA scholarship process, please view the WADA Scholarship and NIAAA Scholarship information found under the Resources tool bar.