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Daviess & Knox County Community Foundations Announce 2025 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program Recipients

By John Szink Dec 19, 2024 | 6:50 PM

The Daviess and Knox County Community Foundations have announced the recipients of the 2025 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarships for their respective counties.

In Daviess County, it’s Brynna Knepp of Barr Reeve High School.

In Knox County, it’s Savannah Staggs who attends South Knox High School.

Each Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship provides for full tuition, required fees, and a special allocation of up to $900 per year for required books and required equipment for four years.

The scholarship is for full-time undergraduate students leading to a baccalaureate degree at any eligible Indiana public or private nonprofit college or university.

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