Scholarship Opportunities 2025-2026

*All scholarships are listed by deadline date and will be continually added as they are received*

*Updated list as of 11/25/25

Scholarship Links	Due Date	Details
Hagan Scholarship	December 1st, 2025	GPA of 3.5 or higher Must enroll in 4 year college in Fall 2026 Must work 240 hrs from January 1st-September 1st, 2026 Parents 2024 adjusted gross income must not have exceeded $100,000.
Charles L. Warren Memorial Heritage Scholarship	January 9th, 2025	$1,500 scholarship 3.0 GPA Minimum Planning to attend an Ohio college/university Demonstrate and show a continued commitment to cultural and intellectual diversity.
Fidelity Scholars Program	January 1, 2026	Have 2.5-3.59 GPA Be pell-eligible and/or demonstrate financial need Enroll as an incoming freshman in 2026-2027 at a 4-year accredited college or university
Horatio Alger Scholarship	February 15th, 2026	High school senior, US Citizen 2.0 GPA or higher Financial Need ($100,000 household income or lower) See more in scholarship listing
Metzger Family Scholarship	March 1st, 2026	To qualify, you must sell a minimum of 3 raffle tickets (more encouraged!),and work 1 girls or boys basketball game. Any senior who qualifies above will get a split portion of the earnings regardless of going to college or not. The more tickets you all sell, the more scholarship money you will earn as a whole grade!
Putnam County Retired Teachers	March 1st, 2026	MUST be pursuing a degree in EDUCATION Open to any Putnam County senior who has been accepted by an accredited university Complete and send all necessary paperwork BY MARCH 1st, including a student application form, brief essay, and two recommendations from persons not related. Completed forms to be mailed in a 9” x 12” envelope.
Hermiller Lytle LOAN (This is NOT a scholarship–you MUST pay back)	May 1st, 2026	This is a LOAN available to OG Students to help finance their education. It MUST be repaid back and candidates can borrow up to $1,900.00 toward their college expenses.
Scholarships360 $10,000 No Essay Scholarship	June 30th, 2026	Open to all students who want some extra help paying for their education.

Local College Scholarships

Bluffton University

Bowling Green State Univ.

Ohio State Univ. - Lima

Ohio State Univ. - Columbus

Owens Community College

Rhodes State College

Rhodes State CCP Scholarship

University of Findlay

Univ. of Northwest Ohio

University of Toledo

Wright State Univ.

National Scholarship Websites:

*National scholarship websites are similar to playing the lottery, your chances of winning are very small, but not impossible. Your time is BEST spent on scholarships that can be found directly on your college’s website as well as those that are listed above that are local to our area/Ohio or even OG specific. However, if you have the time and want to search for additional scholarships, you can search any of the sites below.

https://studentscholarships.org/newsletters (You can sign up for a newsletter weekly)

Careeronestop.org/scholarshipsearch

Coca-colascholarsfoundation.org

Fastweb.com

Free-4u.com

Salliemae.com/college-planning

https://www.salliemae.com/scholarships/search/

Scholarshipamerica.org

Scholarships.com

Studentaid.gov

Unigo.com/scholarship

Ohiolegion.com

https://highered.ohio.gov/students/pay-for-college

jobseeker.ohiomeansjobs.monster.com/fundit/scholarship.aspx

Collegescholarships.com

https://www.raise.me/

https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/pay-for-college/scholarship-search

Art Scholarships: https://www.artandwriting.org/scholarships/

Deadline has passed for this year:

$1,000 Open Doors Scholarship

August 31st, 2025

Open to high school juniors and seniors planning to attend college.

Voice of Democracy

Oct. 31st, 2025

Website with the application can be found here.
Application information available here.
Completed submissions should be received by October 31st turned into 212 W. 2nd Street, Ottawa Ohio 45875.