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Mary Beth Hostetler Named LaGrange Lilly Scholarship Winner
By: Mike Stiles - Friday, December 18, 2020

(top picture) Mary Beth Hostetler (bottom picture) Mary Beth Hostetler and LaGrange County Community Foundation Executive Director Octavia Yoder (photos courtesy of LCCF)

(LAGRANGE) – A LaGrange County high school student received some good news on Thursday.

The LaGrange County Community Foundation named Westview High School senior Mary Beth Hostetler as the recipient of the 2021 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship. She will receive a four year, full tuition scholarship to the accredited public or private college or university in Indiana of her choice, along with an annual $900 stipend for books and required equipment.

Hostetler is the daughter of Douglas and Delores Hostetler of Topeka. She will graduate with academic honors and plans to purse a career in the field of animal science at Huntington University. She hopes to work in the field of reproduction and genetics within the livestock industry. Hostetler's biggest dream is to start her own blood line and heard of Hereford cattle.

Hostetler has been very involved in school activities, serving as a student aid and participating in band, choir, soccer, musicals, FFA and National Honor Society. She is also involved in her community through 4-H, Bible Memory Ministries, Emma Church Worship Team, all the while helping on the family farm and working part-time at Yoder's Department Store.

The other finalists were Amelia Johnston of Prairie Heights, along with William Clark, Alexis Miller and Hallie Mast, all of Westview. They will each receive a $1,000 four year renewable scholarship from the Lambright Leadership Scholarship Fund.

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