Berrettoni Scholarship - Award Recipients

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The Berrettoni Scholarship was established in 2019 and the Woodland Rotary Endowment made the first award in the 2020-21 school year. Subsequent awards were delayed due to the COVID pandemic. In 2024-25 the Woodland Rotary Endowment resumed making awards with consideration of awarding more than one winner each year. 

Recipients of the Berrettoni Scholarship:

2026

 Don Huff presented Eli Rogelstad and Lily Mae Collinsworth as the winners of the George Berrettoni Scholarship for 2026, and gave each a check for $2,500 as their award. Both Eli and Lily expressed their thanks to the Club and explained how the funds will help each of them with expenses as both plan to attend Woodland Community College in the fall. Lily has a 3.8 cumulative GPA with an appreciation for mathematics.This has led her to discover accounting as her 'true calling'. Lily has spent the past year and a half working part time at the Woodland Public Library, performed community service with the GATE Art program, and has served as a member of the WHS Teen Advisory Board. Eli has a 3.85 cumulative GPA, and has spent 12 years in the Boy Scouts, achieving Eagle Scout status. He is also active in a variety of sports including baseball, water polo, basketball and cross country. Eli is seeking an EMT certificate and an AA degree in construction management before moving to a four year college or university. 

2025

 Don Huff introduced and presented Brodie Weichel with a check for $2,500 as one of two winners of the 2025 George Berrettoni Scholarship at the Club's July 8th meeting. Brodie is a 2025 graduate of Woodland High School with a 3.36 GPA, and is a local Boy Scout who has recently applied for his Eagle Scout status. Brodie will be attending California State University San Marcos in the Fall. He has an interest in political science and may apply to law school later. 

Noah Cox and his fiance Marissa Anderson joined us on August 19, 2025. Noah is the second of two recipients of the 2025 George Berrettoni Memorial Scholarship, receiving $2500 from the Woodland Rotary Endowment. Noah graduated from Esparto High School in 2024 with a GPA of 4.25, ranking him first in a class of 62 students. Noah was active in the local Boy Scouts as a member of Troop 464, and later became an Eagle Scout. Noah currently attends Santa Clara University, just as George Berrettoni did. 

2021

 Ethan Horowitz, an Eagle Scout himself from Troup 464, graduated from the Da Vinci Charter Academy with a 3.5 cumulative GPA. Ethan plans to attend Colorado State University in the fall where he will seek a degree in mechanical engineering. Ethan was on hand at the Club's July 20th meeting to receive the award from President-elect Shawn Seyk. This was the first award Berrettoni Memorial Scholarship.