WAYNESBORO – The Waynesboro Hospital Auxiliary has awarded five Health Career Scholarships to high school seniors from Waynesboro Area Senior High School and Greencastle-Antrim High School and one Pearle E. Warren Nursing Scholarship to an employee at WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital.
The students were selected on the basis of their educational intent, scholastic achievement, general character, service activities and need for financial assistance.
The Health Career scholarships will be split between the fall and spring semesters of the freshman year of the students. The auxiliary has awarded $350,450 to 215 graduating seniors from Waynesboro Area and Greencastle-Antrim school districts since 1973.
The Pearle E. Warren Nursing Scholarship, through The Warren Trust Fund, is made possible through a bequest of Pearle E. Warren, a nursing assistant and home healthcare-aide who had a love of nursing, to assist Waynesboro Hospital employees in their second year or beyond of an accredited nursing program. The Warren Trust Fund has awarded a total of $50,000 to 22 hospital employees since 2003.
Health Career Scholarship recipients include:
Laney R. Sandridge (G-AHS), daughter of Scotty Sandridge and the late Wendy Sandridge, who will attend Penn State Mont Alto in the nursing program. She will receive a $10,000 scholarship.
Gabrielle E. Martin (G-AHS), daughter of Adrian and Deanna Martin, will attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania in the speech pathology program. She will receive a $7,000 scholarship.
Morgan M. Rennekamp (G-AHS), daughter of Donovan and Stephanie Hoover, will attend Duquesne University in the nurse anesthetist program. She will receive a $5,000 scholarship.
Shaina E. Overcash (G-AHS), daughter of Brian Overcash and the late Julie Overcash, will attend Slippery Rock University in the physician assistant program. She will receive a $5,000 scholarship.
Alexis R. Streightiff (G-AHS), daughter of Charles Streightiff and Sherri Smuda, will attend Shippensburg University in the social work program. She will receive a $3,000 scholarship.
Elivia M. Kipe, a critical care technician at WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital, is the recipient of the $5,000 Pearle E. Warren Nursing Scholarship. She attends Wilson College in the registered nursing program and will graduate in December 2025.
The auxiliary did not have any applicants for the Laboratory Memorial Scholarship, given in memory of employees Mindy S. Wagaman and Marsha Smith at WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital. The scholarship is for students enrolled in a program leading to certification as a phlebotomist, medical laboratory technician or medical technologist. A total of $10,500 has been awarded to nine applicants since 2010.
Members of the scholarship committee are Jill Kessler, Sherry Newcomer, Alice Noll and Ruth Strausbaugh.
Applications for 2026 scholarships will be available in high school guidance offices and the hospital’s volunteer office, and on school websites in January.
