The Herbert and Antoinette Schlater Scholarship Fund was established by Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Schlater with the Community Foundation of Shelby County in 1998. As the founder of both companies, Herb Schlater’s intent for the scholarship was to benefit the employee families of both Area Energy Electric and Sidney Electric.
The scholarship currently awards, each spring, a $2,500 scholarship to an employee’s child of each firm. Applications are available after January 1 of each year through the Community Foundation of Shelby County’s website at www.commfoun.com
| 2013 | Andrea Thobe | Wheeling Jesuit University | |
| 2012 | Olivia King | Bowling Green State University | |
| 2012 | John Schemmel | Bowling Green State University | |
| 2011 | Jessica Thobe | Ohio Northern Univerity | (daughter of Dean Thobe) |
| 2010 | Tyson Bender | The Ohio State University | (son of Gerald Bender) |
| 2010 | Molly Graver | Otterbein University | |
| 2009 | Heidi Taviano | Bowling Green State University | (daughter of Jeff Taviano) |
| 2009 | Kurt Graver | University of Toledo | |
| 2008 | Lisa Moore | The Franciscan University of Steubenville | (daughter of Edward Moore) |
| 2008 | Anna Marie Ellett | Rhodes State Collge | |
| 2007 | Cory Steinke | University of Northwestern Ohio | (son of John Steinke) |
| 2007 | Kylee Ransbottom | The Ohio State University | |
| 2006 | Jeffrey Norton | The Ohio State University | (son of Jeff Norton) |
| 2005 | Scott Broerman | Ohio Northern University | (son of Robert Broerman) |
| 2005 | Colby Ransbottom | Ohio Dominican University | |
| 2004 | Steven Paul | The University of Toledo | (son of Samuel Paul) |
| 2004 | Colby Ransbottom | Ohio Dominican University | |
| 2003 | Carmen Russell | The Ohio State University | (daughter of David Russell) |
| 2003 | Avery Scott | Wright State University | |
| 2002 | Jessica Bell | University of Findlay | |
| 2002 | Avery Scott | Wright State University | |
| 2001 | Chad Broerman | Bowling Green State University | (son of Robert Broerman) |
| 2001 | Brad Graver | University of Toledo | |
| 2000 | Hollie Broerman | Wright State University | (daughter of Robert Broerman) |
| 2000 | Brad Graver | University of Toledo | |
| 1999 | Sara B. Keiser | University of Dayton | |
| 1999 | Matthew Graver | Lexington Community College |
