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Two South Putnam grads earn 2024-25 Schroer Scholarships
A pair of South Putnam High School graduates have earned 2024-25 Timothy E. Schroer Memorial Scholarships.
Ethan Harcourt, a 2023 South Putnam graduate, and Craig Robinson, a 2021 SPHS alum, will receive $2,500 each from the Schroer Memorial Scholarship.
This coming school year, Harcourt will be a sophomore at Wabash College, while Robinson is a senior at Indiana State University.
Harcourt is the son of Christopher and Rashell Harcourt of Fillmore. During his high school years, he participated in varsity football, wrestling, baseball, golf and National Honor Society at South Putnam. He was named football, wrestling and baseball captain, All-Conference, All-County, All-Wabash Valley Team, All-State and was a 12-season athletic recipient and named the 2023 Senior Athlete of the Year.
In addition to his strong athletic career, Harcourt was a 10-year Putnam County 4-H member, showing beef, swine, sheep and goats. He was the 2023 Putnam County Supreme Showmanship winner.
At Wabash College, Harcourt will be a sophomore this fall, majoring in economics and continuing his second season of football for the Little Giants.
“I’m truly honored to be chosen for the Timothy E. Schroer Memorial Scholarship. Receiving this award for Tim’s alma mater (Wabash College) is an honor, and I value the traditions and learnings Wabash has to offer in my educational journey,” Harcourt said.
The son of Cory and Dara Robinson of Greencastle, Robinson participated in Future Farmers of America as its reporter at South Putnam and was active in the Drama Club led by Jennifer Perrin. He also enjoyed eight years in the youth theatrical program “Shakespeare’d” at the Putnam County Playhouse from grades 5-12.
At ISU, he is majoring in English education and minoring in theater acting. He has been active in the ISU Theater Department. He has acted in William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” had a lead role as Jan in “Small Mouth Sounds” by Bess Wohl, and was in four other productions. He received the ISU Theater Department Undergraduate Performance Award in spring 2022 and was selected to perform “Small Mouth Sounds” in Budapest his junior year.
“I am incredibly grateful to the selection board for choosing me as a recipient of this scholarship,” Robinson said. “Mr. Schroer exuded every attribute imaginable when it comes to being a great educator. I hope to uphold the standard he set forth in my career as an English teacher. It is because of the amazing teachers I had at South Putnam that I have chosen to pursue a career in the field.
“I would like to thank Ms. Jennifer Perrin, Mrs. Natalie Hodge, Mrs. Amanda Line and Mr. Brian Gardner for showing me what it means to be an outstanding professional in education. They inspire me every day, and I hope to be as impactful to my students as they were to me during my time at South Putnam. I would also like to thank my family for the constant support, and to my parents and siblings for believing in me from day one,” Robinson added.
The Timothy E. Schroer Memorial Scholarship was established in 2023 in honor of the late Tim Schroer, who taught 25 of 36 years at South Putnam High School. The $5,000 scholarship will be given annually to assist South Putnam graduates with college tuition, room and board and books.
Schroer, who died from pancreatic cancer Oct. 20, 2022, taught Latin and English.
“Teaching and reaching the young people was who Tim was. And for that reason, continuing to help South Putnam students reach their academic goals through a scholarship makes perfect sense,” Schroer’s wife Becky said.
Schroer would be proud to help South Putnam students to financially be able to go to college and achieve their dreams, she added.
Schroer, who graduated from Wabash College, also depended on financial assistance and work-study in order to reach his dream of teaching Latin and English.