Distinguished Young Women OF Indiana At-Large


is part of a national scholarship program that promotes and rewards scholastics, leadership and talent in young women. Earn scholarships for higher education, personally develop through the DYW Life Skills Workshops, and make new friends from around the state.


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Bailee  Spencer
Ben Davis for 2024
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Catherine (Cate) Roeder
Columbus for 2024
Program Information

Class of 2024 Program

Date TBA

Where:
Location TBA

Tickets:
$TBA for Preliminaries on Date and Time TBA
$TBA for Finals on Date and Time TBA

Life-Changing Experience

College scholarships are awarded at the state level and millions in college-granted scholarships are available nationally. The state representative will advance to the national program for the opportunity to compete for cash tuition scholarships. To participate, you must be in your junior of high school. Participants are evaluated in the areas of: scholastics, interview, talent, self-expression, and fitness.


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2024 Distinguished Young Woman of Indiana At-Large

2025 Local Participants


These participants will take part in the up-coming local program.

Participants

2024 Ben Davis

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Bailee  Spencer
From
Indianapolis

University Preference
University of Kentucky

Career Goal
Physical Therapy

Achievements:
National Honors Society Top 100 of my classSenior Homecoming Queen

Activites:
Baking Cheer Exercising

Additional:
Shadow/ volunteered at ATI Physical Therapy Volunteered at my high school’s 2023 graduation

2024 Columbus

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Catherine (Cate) Roeder
From
Columbus

University Preference
Syracuse University

Career Goal
International or Political News Correspondent

Achievements:
LCSC Mental Attitude Award4-Year Honor RollCardinal Award (1st place) for a Feature Story Package from Ball State CCIM+ CompetitionFellowship under PBS NewshourStudent Assembly School Spirit Chair

Activites:
Competitive CheerleadingStudent AssemblyPeer LeaderPBS Newshour FellowNational Honors SocietyC4 Student Ambassador

Additional:
Informational social media campaign for Bartholomew County Democratic WomenVoter registration campaignsRegistering people to voteDriver, door hanger and collector for Community-wide can driveFood pantry

2025 Local Participants

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