Each year the Loveland Stage Company recognizes a graduating high school student with its Creative Arts Scholarship.

2024 Scholarship Winner: Sophia Herbon

Sophia Herbon, a 2024 graduate of Loveland High School, is the Loveland Stage Company Creative Arts Scholarship recipient for 2024.

Sophia is attending Anderson University in Indiana, majoring in Musical Theater and Arts Management.  She hopes to realize her dream job as a performer but also “how to navigate and contribute to the professional world in the arts and strengthen my talents so that I can best be prepared for new opportunities.”

Sophia has been a part of every choir at Loveland High School – vocal ensemble, Resonance A Capella group, the all-female Allure Show Choir, and the award-winning By Request mixed show choir.  She was one of the anchors of the LHS News Network, and a member of National Honor Society.  She has worked as a hostess at Ramsey’s Trailside restaurant for the last 3 years.

On stage, Sophia had a leading role in Loveland Stage Company’s summer production of Groovy! in 2021.  At the high school, Sophia has been a part of all 8 of the drama productions.  She was twice nominated for a Cappie award – in 2024 for female dancer, and in 2023 for supporting actor in a female role in a musical as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz.  In the fall of 2023, she was a featured dancer in the school’s production of Something Rotten! and served as a dance captain and choreographer for the ensemble numbers in the show.

We wish Sophia well in her college experience and hope to see her back in the spotlight at Loveland Stage Company sometime in the future.

Previous Scholarship Winners

• Sophia Herbon (2024)
• Ella Skolnicki (2023)
• Alton French (2022)
• Anna Colletto (2021)
• Jett Stevens (2020)
• Gabe Schmidt, Molly Shilling (2019)
• Delaney Dunster (2018)
• Max Schilling (2017)
• Cassidy Alaina Sanders (2016)
• Abby Smith, Kyle Pessell (2015)
• Jenna Adkins (2014)
• Kayla Cavano, Drew Kovacs (2013)
• James Downing (2012)
• David Rutter, Nathan Robbins (2011)
• Bridget Sova, Gretchen Kessler (2010)
• Krista Adkins (2009)
• Chelsea McCarty (2008)
• Leah Sos (2007)
• Lauren Hicks (2006)
• Kristen Robinson (2005)
• Deborah Ball (2004)
• Cynthia K. Wilmes (2003)
• Lauren Pellechia (2002)
• William Cole, Kevin Reichling (2001)
• Chad Boyd (2000)
• Nicholas Dyson, Cathrine Arnold (1999)
• Betsy Barre (1998)
• Victoria Lorenz, Jonathan Goolsby, Stacey Schaaff (1997)
• Mike Hall, Ashley Palmer (1996)
• Sawna Talley (1995)
• Christin Masters (1994)
• Tammy Sroufe (1993)
• Garland Edwards, Phillip Crawford (1992)