Taylor Haugen Scholarship

The six $1,500 scholarships are offered in the memory of Taylor Reid Haugen, Class of 2011. Taylor was a member of the Niceville Eagles Football and Wrestling Teams as well as being an Honor Student at Niceville High School. He was comfortably expressive about his faith in God and showed it through his commitment to volunteer work in his church and community. This scholarship is awarded to area athletes who best demonstrates a similar balance between academics, athleticism, leadership, community service and Christian faith. The Foundation hopes to recognize those well-rounded individuals who demonstrate the perseverance to improve themselves in all aspects of their life while enjoying God’s gifts to the fullest. Every spring, the six Taylor Haugen Scholarships are awarded to one student from Bay County, one student from Walton County, three students from Okaloosa County, with one of those being a Niceville High School student, and one student from Santa Rosa County.

Eligible Applicants

  • must be a senior at a Bay, Walton, Okaloosa, or Santa Rosa County high school
  • must be an athlete who has participated in a high school sport as defined by the FHSAA
  • must have a minimum 3.5 GPA unweighted; 4.0 GPA weighted
  • must be an active participant in community service
  • may not be a family member of a Taylor Haugen Foundation Executive Committee nor any of its scholarship judges
  • must be planning to attend a four-year accredited college

Note: Due to NCAA eligibility requirements, recipients of full college athletic scholarships are not eligible to receive the $1,500 scholarship from the Foundation.

Applications are due by March 15th, 2024

Past Recipients 

2024 Recipients:
Elizabeth Colwell, Evan Wise, Miller Lindsley, Sydney Athearn, Alexia Holland & Colton Farmer

2023 Recipients:
Jolee Sloan, Anna-Katherine Risalvato, Paige Klosterman, Emerson Walters & Jackson Mallick.

2022 Recipients:
Bryanna Bevil, Page Dolloff, Reagan Wells, Ruby Tilghman, Stella Hurley & William Armbruster

2021 Recipients:
Caitlyn Stringfellow, Caroline Seeling, Colby Orcutt, Emma Dawson, Alexia Fisher & Charles Campbell Jr

2020 Recipients:
Brooke O’Keefe, Tori Orcutt, Clara Beth LaFollette, Anna Marks, Clay Lawrence & Kaylan Gunning

2019 Recipients:
Olivia Hurley, Thomas Risalvato, Samantha Accola, Madalyn Kish, Wesley Shackelford & Riley Kirby

2018 Recipients:
Blake Johnson, Elizabeth Johnson, Waylon Steele, Ryan Von Brock & Layton Warren

2017 Recipients:
Austin Garofalo, Diana Lafolette, Maddie Mccurdy, Christopher Roller & Grason Shackeford

2016 Recipients:
Keara Bogart, Tyler Cohen, Sarah Pabst, Elijah Schneidwind & Madison Thompson

2015 Recipients:
Kayla Jackson, Trey LaNasa, Harley Meyer & Andrew Smith

2014 Recipients:
Kerri Andre, Charles Foy, Alayna Nixon

2013 Recipients:
Jason O’Dowd, Christy Allen, Rachel Mosley

2012 Recipients:
Kathryn Stone, Christian Vardaman

2011 Recipients:
Julia Denney, Taylor Nixon

2010 Recipients:
Emily Bennett & Lindsay Foy

2009 Recipients:
Krista Schumacher, Jesse Quick, David Hill