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Senior Scholarship & Charitable campaigns:
"Kicking for a Cure"~ Susan G. Komen Breast cancer Fund & "Move It for MS"

2010 SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP
CLICK ABOVE to download a copy of the 2010 Scholarship Application! ALL APPLICATIONS ARE DUE- APRIL 1, 2010!

If you would like to make a donation, please send checks payable to:
BADGERETTE SCHOLARSHIP TRUST
P.O. Box 210109, Milwaukee, WI 53221

MEET OUR 2009 BADGERETTE SCHOLARSHIP HONOREES:

CONGRATULATIONS to
SAMANTHA MAGYAR
from Oak Creek High School, WI!
Samantha was honored with one of our 2009 Badgerette Senior Scholarship for $1250!
~My first semester at the University of Wisconsin has been great. I have made many good friends and memories here. School is really challenging, and I have had to study more than I ever thought possible. I know that I am getting a great education here and that all the hard work is well worth it. I have joined a dance group on campus here called Optima, and I like it a lot. I'm really glad that I still have the opportunity to dance while in college. I am also a member of the Aspiring Nurses Association here on campus. It is a club for undergrads who are pursuing their nursing degree. I volunteer at an adult day center once a week, and I really enjoy it. I am also a part of the Dance Marathon committee, which is a fundraiser for the American Family Children's Hospital that takes place in February where university students dance for 14 hours straight to raise money for the kids at the hospital. On top of all of this, I work a couple of days a week at Ed's, one of the dining halls on campus. I've definitely been keeping myself busy, but being a member of the pom squad in high school has taught me how to manage my time well. I was able to go to the majority of the games during football season. Being in the student section is such a fun experience. Everytime I went to a game, I was always amazed by how much red is in one place! Overall, I've really been enjoying my time at Madison. Thank you so much for the scholarship because it is allowing me to pursue my dream to become a nurse and make my college experience one I will never forget. :) I will be sure to keep attending all the competitions and Badgerette events that I can because even though I might not be in high school anymore, I will always be a pom girl at heart. Thanks again.
Sincerely, Sam Magyar

CONGRATULATIONS to KRISANNE MADAUS
from West Allis Central High School, WI!
KrisAnne was honored with one of our 2009 Sr Scholarships for $1250!
Finally my first semester at Winona State is over! It’s been hard work but I’ve successfully completed my courses and am currently the director of public relations for the French Club. My major is still Communication Arts and Sciences, but the more I learn about myself, the more I am drawn to languages. I’ve been lucky enough to be the recipient of a Teach Grant to help me with expenses so long as I agree to be a teacher within eight years of my graduation date. It’s scary to think that far in the future! Although the journey may not be clear now, I know the destination and I thank you for helping me to reach it. Winona has been a lot of fun and I’ve learned so much but the distance from home has taught me something more important: family. Next year I will be transferring closer to home. I’m hoping to go to Marquette, but as always I’ll keep you updated! I’ll never forget those who’ve helped me to get to where I am today. Thank you again, Badgerette! Have a good holiday!

Much Love, KrisAnne Madaus

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2009-10 CONTRIBUTORS

• Pat Premetz ~ in honor of Sylvia Lauria
• Marilyn Mrkvicka ~ in honor of Alli Schoen,Badgerette Staff
• Washington Park Pom Squad ~ in honor of Joni Miller
• Leigh Timmasey ~ Badgerette Alumni
• Candace & Daryl Wendlick ~ Badgerettte Supporters
• Mandi Kirby ~ Badgerette Alumni & Judge
• Susan Barsness ~ Premier Poms, IL
• Thomas & Barbara Sager ~ Scholarship Committee
• Thank you to the following 2009 Summer Camp Teams who chose to contribute:

  Esprit Seniors	Muskego HS	Cudahy HS
  Pinckney Varsity	St.Thomas More HS	Brookfield Central HS
  Lakeshore HS	Catholic Memorial Var.	St. Catherine's
  Premier Pom Exp.	Franklin HS	Wauwatosa East HS
  Onalaska HS	Brookfield East HS	St.Joseph HS
  Cambridge Spirit	Kettle Moraine Lutheran	Aurora Christian HS
  Kettle Moraine Var	Kettle Moraine JV	Danz Kraze
  Eau Claire North Var.	Eau Claire North JV	Greendale HS
  Esprit Juniors	Oak Creek HS	THANK YOU!

We invite you to participate in our "MOVE IT for MS" 2010 School Spirit Week! We ask you to reach out to your schools & communities to raise awareness for this great cause! You could win $300 worht of FREE POMS for your team. We hope to will join us in MARCH 2010...

CONGRATULATIONS to our $300 POM Gift Cert. Winners:
GERMANTOWN RECREATION POWER POMS
These girls raised a total of $528 for the cause. They got their community involved and spread the word!
The Wauwatosa Esprit Seniors brought in the 2nd place totalwith$260 for M.S.! Great job ladies, we appreciate the great effort!

2009 TEAMS that JOINED THE CAUSE:~ Germantown Powers, Pixies & Dust~ Greendale HS~ Oak Creek All Stars~ UG Shooting Stars~ Washington Park HS~ Wauwatosa Esprit Juniors~ Wauwatosa Esprit Seniors~ Mukwonago infinity~ Pius XI JV~ First Immanuel Lutheran~ St.Catherine's HS ~ St.Thomas More HS ~ West Allis Central HS ~ Nathan Hale HS

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KICKING FOR A CURE 2009
Thank you to the wonderful teams, coaches, parents and alumni (293 in total) who came out to join us for the 11th annual KICKING FOR A CURE campaign. We raised at total of $10,665.72! We had a fantastic turn out on Sunday, September 27th for the Susan G. Komen~Race for the Cure in Milwaukee, WI. Your efforts cheering on the runners and lining the streets was even featured on the morning ABC news! We are so very proud of you all! Great job to the Germantown Power Poms and Washington Park HS who raised the most donations and won a $500 summer camp scholarship. We hope you join us in 2010! ~ Anne Caskey & Holly Keskey
2009 PARTICIPATING TEAMS:
* Cudahy HS
* Greendale HS
* Germantown Power Poms
* Wauwatosa Esprit SRS
* Catholic Memorial HS
* Nathan Hale HS
* Pius XI HS
* Washington Park HS
* B'Dazzle Dance Team
* Brookfield East HS
* West Allis Central HS
* Wauwatosa East HS
* Germantown Pixie Poms
* Germantown Pixie Dust
* Germantown HS
* Brookfield Central HS
Here is our "Kicking for a Cure" Top Five: 1-Germantown Power Poms $3107.65, 2- Washington Park HS $1895, 3- Catholic Memorial Varsity $720.30, 4- Wauwatosa Esprit Seniors $632.05, 5- Brookfield East HS $617.52 ... thank you to ALL our dancers for their generous efforts!

Thank you to Germantown HS, Power Poms, Pixie Poms and Pixie Dust who got together to hold a "KICKATHON" for the cause on September 20th.

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BADGERETTE SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP
2008-09 CONTRIBUTORS

• In Memory of Joan Hird ~ Allison Hird-Hanson
• Michelle Miklesh ~ Badgerette Alumni
• Jennifer Hartzell-Hansen ~ Badgerette Alumni
• Jennifer Drana & the Cudahy Recreation Poms
• Christopher Caskey ~ Scholarship Committee
• Nancy & Cindy Hart in honor of the retirement of Mareta Prill
• Washington Park Poms & coach, Marilyn Mrkvicka in
  honor of Badgerette, Alli Schoen
• Candace Wendlick ~ Badgerette Supporter
• Leigh Timassey ~ Badgerette Alumni
• In Memory of Amy Lisicki ~ Bob and Mareta Prill & Germantown Power Pom Recreation Programs
• In Memory of Sylvia Lauria - Pat Premetz
• In Memory of Jenny (Heidel) Semmann ~ Badgerette
• Liz (Merrit) & Mike Bergan ~ Badgerette Alumni (& past scholarship recipient

A scholarship in the name of Jennifer HeidelSemmann was awarded in spring 2008 to Sarah Tjader.
   Jenny passed away suddenly on January 20th, 2008 and is survived by her husband Mark and daughters, Elizabeth and Christina.
Jenny will be remembered as an avid advocate for the youth of the Germantown and Cedarburgcommunities and supporter of all school activities. For the past seven years she served as principal at MacArthur School in Germantown.
    In Germantown you could see her watching the recreation department pom classes and rooting on all of her students on the performing teams.
    We will always remember her smile and energy asone of the first Miss Badgerette Open winners. She held that title in 1981 and was also second runner up overall in the Miss Badgerette Contest. Her team, the Germantown Warchix, earned the title of Grand Champions that year.
Our condolences to her family and friends. She will be missed.

Jenny as the 1981 Miss Badgerette Open Winner.

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Badgerette Scholarship Recipient Honor Roll

2008 - Colleen Woyach- Cudahy, WI

* Updated 1/15/10) I have just completed my third semester at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. I have enjoyed all three semesters and have worked incredibly hard to remain on the Dean’s List. Recently I have decided to double major. One of my majors is Music Performance. I am still deciding on the other major, but I have narrowed it down to Psychology, Math Education, or Communicative Disorders. On top of studying, I am employed by the School of Music as an instrument repair technician. This past semester I auditioned for the UW Jazz Orchestra and was accepted as the baritone saxophonist. I also play saxophone in Madison’s top Wind Ensemble. In addition to joining the Jazz Orchestra last semester, I joined one of Madison’s dance teams, Premiere Dance. I am very grateful for my experience on this dance team. I cannot imagine my life without dance. It also reminds me of all of the great memories I have with Badgerette! Once again, thank you for granting me your scholarship. Congratulations on your 40th anniversary and I hope to attend some of your events.

2008 - Sarah Tjader- Germantown, WI

2007 - Jessica Kanitz - Greendale, WI

* Updated 1/22/10) I hope you and the Badgerette Staff are doing well and starting 2010 with enthusiasm! Second semester started today and I wlecome it with excitement! Things are going fantastic and I thank you and the scholarship commitee for the generous contribution to my education! I am an RA for the 2nd year in a row and love it. Helping 44 freshman ladies with the highs & lows of college is a passion of mine and has made my experience even more worthwhile. Also, I plan to study abroad in Argentina for the 2010 fall semester - my scholarship will help with that. Thank you so much and take care!

2007 - Kayla Oppermann - Brookfield East, WI

* Updated 1/15/10) I just received the final part of my Badgerette scholarship! I cannot thank you enough for the opportunities I have been given through this wonderful company. I have been so blessed to be connected with Badgerette for seven years and have loved every minute of it, both as a camper and as a Badgie.

I'm currently a junior at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. I am majoring in English with minors in Secondary Education and French. Classes are definitely tough, but I have been on the Dean's List every semester thus far. I was on Luther's dance team my first two years, and I have also had the opportunity to perform in a variety of other dance shows through our theatre/dance program. This fall, I was a part of a Fosse dance piece, celebrating the work of Bob Fosse and his jazz style. It was so much fun! I am also involved in Student Activities Council, the English Honors Society and sing in Collegiate Chorale.

I really cannot believe how fast my college experience has gone by. It has been such an adventure! I have been presented with so many opportunities here at Luther. I studied abroad in France and Italy last January and it was an amazing experience! Next year, I plan on student teaching in the spring and graduating thereafter, in the spring of 2011.

Thank you again for having such a positive influence on my life as well as the lives of countless young women in the Midwest. I am proud to be associated with this organization and grateful to have monetary and emotional support from Badgerette for my education. Hope to see everyone at Spirit or this summer!

2006 - Jenna Franklin - Germantown, WI

2006 - Kristin Radomski - Catholic Memorial, Waukesha, WI

* Updated 1/13/09) Having completed my second semester in the Wisconsin School of Business at UW-Madison, I am enjoying the practicality of my classes and group projects as I pursue majors in Marketing and Entrepreneurship. I am very involved in leadership development on campus as facilitator of the Leadership Communication Seminar and chair of the Student Leadership Program. I also have the opportunity to inspire students to adapt a healthy lifestyle as a group fitness instructor teaching salsa/merengue dance-inspired aerobics called Zumba as well as Cardio classes at the UW Southeast Recreational Facility (SERF). I am grateful to continue my passion for poms, attending Badgerette camp and competitions as a mentor and coach for my Alma mater. Thank you Badgerette for continuing to provide opportunities that encourage dancers to work as a team and to strive towards achieving higher levels of excellence!

2005 ~ Lindsey Einseidel-White - Brookfield Central, WI

2005 ~ Sarah Konop - Germantown, WI

2004 ~ Jenny Lockwood-Cudahy, WI

2003 ~ Kristy Radspinner-St.Catherine's, Racine, WI

(* Updated 3/24/09) I applied my Badgerette scholarship towards my education at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in Kenosha. In four years, I earned my Bachelor of Arts in English and certification to teach grades 1-8. I graduated in December of 2007 summa cum laude. After graduation, I substitute taught for various school districts in the southeastern Wisconsin area and learned a great deal from those experiences; I feel that they better prepared me for my current position. I am now teaching at 21st Century Preparatory School in Racine, WI. I teach all subjects to one of the two sixth grade classes; our school teaches K4-8. I commute to school everyday from the downtown/east side of Milwaukee where I live in an apartment with a beautiful view of the lake and city. I live right off of Brady St. which has given me great opportunities to enjoy great festivals, unique shopping, and meeting new people. Though my new career has kept me busy, I have found time to take hip-hop classes at Danceworks, a dance studio on Brady St. Also, my mom has returned to coaching at St. Catherine’s High School, where I did poms, and I was able to help out by choreographing their try-out routine and teaching it to them. I recently saw them compete at West Allis High School and was reminded of just how much I miss it! I feel so fortunate to have had Badgerette and the people involved as a part of my life; summer camps, dancing at Florida, and receiving the scholarship truly assisted in making me the person I am today!

2003 ~ Shelby Thomson-Wrightstown, WI

2003 ~ Samantha Stoll-Madison Memorial, WI

A lot has happened to me since the last time I contacted you. I graduated from UW-Madison in May 2007 with a BS degree in Biology. Along with completing all requirements for my degree I also fulfilled all the requirements prescribed by the Medical Scholar Program. I danced all four years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a member of the Dance Elite club and participated in shows both for Dance Elite and for another student dance organization called OPTIMA. Along with my preparations for medical school I was able to take classes in the dance department during my undergraduate years of study. I also worked at the university in a Howard Hughes Medical Institute lab focusing on evolutionary biology and genetics. I am now a member of the 2011 Medical School class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. I have already had an exciting beginning at the medical school and am looking forward to the m any years of intense learning I'll be required to accomplish in order to be an emergency room doctor. Just as I did in high school, I have continued to shadow doctors in Madison emergency rooms and I find this type of medicine to be a good fit for my personality. On September 16th, 2007 I was honored at a ceremony at the university at which I received my first white coat and at which I was officially welcomed into the medical community. I have attached a picture of me in my white coat. I have been enormously grateful for the Badgerette scholarship I received which helped fund my undergraduatedegree and launched me into my current life as a UW-medical student. Once again, thank you for your support. I have fond memories of my days as a pom pon dancer and am grateful the all of the opportunities that the Badgerette organization made available to me.

Samantha Stoll

2002 ~ Meghan Coffey-Catholic Memorial, Waukesha, WI    

Meghan Coffey - Miss Milwaukee 2005-06 , Miss Wisconsin 2006-07

2002 ~ Rachel Gassen-Wauwatosa West, WI

2002 ~ Lisa Shen-Oak Creek, WI

(* Updated 3/18/09) Hello to all my Badgerette friends! It's been much too long since I've seen many of you, but I still frequently find myself fondly reflecting on the wonderful memories associated with Badgerette. It amazes me how much this program has contributed so much to where I am today, not only because of the Badgerette scholarship but much more importantly because of the values and spirit of teamwork instilled in this organization. I am currently a third year medical student in Madison, and I'm happy to report that I am about 15 months away from being an MD. (Incredible how time flies!) I am still very active in the Medical Student Association asone of our class co-presidents. As far as my career goals, I have decided to pursue a residency in dermatology, with the hope of doing a fellowship in pediatric dermatology. It's going to be a very busy year ahead with applications and interviews, but I am verymuch looking forward to it! Hope you are all doing well!

Much love, Lisa Shen

2001 ~ Deanna Koch-Whitnall, Hales Corners, WI

2000 ~ Carolyn Malak-Howell, MI

1999 ~ Megan Melcher-Ashwaubenon, Green Bay, WI

1999 ~ Marsha Pauly, Washington Two Rivers, WI

1998 ~ Lara Jacobson, Washington Park, Racine, WI

1998 ~ Sarah Zalud, Wheaton-Warrenville, IL

1997 ~ Kelli Esenberg Kwiatkowski, Oak Creek, WI

1997 ~ Natalie Klotz, Wrightstown, WI

1996 ~ Michelle Smith, Batavia, IL

1995 ~ Jennifer Tolan, Waterford, WI

1994 ~ Liz Merritt Bergan, Wauwatosa East, WI

1994 ~ Nicole Mueller, West Allis Central, WI

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2007 KICKING FOR A CURE ~ Over 185 pom and dance team members cheered on the participants and walked in support of Breast Cancer research. It was a beautiful day and our teams did us proud.

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