Salina Post
A recipient of the 2025-2026 Cash Hollistah Scholarship has been announced.
Lydia Gerry of Salina, is the recipient of the 2025-2026 Cash Hollistah Scholarship.
Gerry, a senior at Salina South High School, has a 4.0 GPA, and has been involved with Theatre Salina and Center of the Theatre Arts. Gerry, a member of Salina South’s New Dawn Singers, is also a guitar teacher at Joyful Noise Studios.
For the past two years, Gerry has been selected to participate in the Kansas Music Educators Association (KMEA) All-State Choir.
Gerry will attend Wichita State University in the fall, pursuing a degree in Music Education.
The cash hollistah. scholarship, presented by Ad Astra Books & Coffee House, is awarded to a graduating senior in central Kansas who shows merit in the field of community enrichment through poetry, music, art or design.
The Cash Hollistah Scholarship became available back on February 2026.
Each year, the scholarship is available to high school seniors who shows merit in the field of community enrichment, as well as poetry, music, or visual art.
The scholarship is available to high school seniors in the following counties: Saline, McPherson, Ottawa, Ellsworth, Dickinson, Lincoln, Mitchell, Geary, Morris, Cloud, Clay, Marion, Rice, & Reno.
For more information, go to thecashscholarship.org.