Kosciusko County Community Foundation announced Jamie Fivecoate, Emily Swartz and Alyssa Taylor as the 2008 recipients of the Ben Bibler Body for LIFE Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Fivecoate is a 2008 home school graduate. She will attend Taylor University to study elementary education.
Swartz is a 2008 graduate of Wawasee High School. She will begin her freshman year at Huntington College in the fall, where she will study exercise science.
Taylor is a 2008 Warsaw Community High School graduate who will study elementary education at Grace College.
Experimental and Applied Sciences Inc., Body for LIFE established this scholarship fund in memory of Ben Bibler, who received the 1999 Grand Champion Award in the Most Inspirational Category after his death.
Bibler was an example of what a person could accomplish when he focused his energy to achieve his goals.
The scholarship endowment is held by the Kosciusko County Community Foundation. Income earned from this endowment provides scholarships to qualified applicants who have overcome obstacles in order to pursue their dreams of education beyond high school.
Applicants may be pursuing a college, university, vocational, technical or trade school education. Applicants for this scholarship must be currently employed, demonstrate strong work ethic and participate in community service.
