By FIRST SGT. CHAD D. HILL
Public Information Officer

The Kosciusko County Community Foundation recently awarded three local students with the Phillip Hochstetler Memorial Scholarship.

Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department Det./Sgt. Phil Hochstetler was shot and killed in the line of duty on June 29, 1994, while investigating a theft. 

Det./Sgt. Hochstetler was pursuing a degree in criminal justice at the time of his death. Sheriff Aaron Rovenstine began the scholarship program for local area students who were also pursuing a career in the criminal justice field. 

This year’s recipients were Anthony Boyer, Gary Spratt and Austin Whitaker, all students at Warsaw Community High School.