Megan Broviak, a senior at Noblesville High School, recently won a Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship to any Indiana college.
Megan’s mother, Ann, says she and Megan were thrilled. “Megan won the Lilly Endowment Scholarship through the Central Indiana Community Foundation,” Ann says. “She originally applied to it through her school and was selected as one of the two scholarship nominees from Noblesville. She wrote an essay about how her experiences throughout her cancer treatments inspired her to want to become an oncologist, and how she has used her skills and talents throughout her high school career to give back to her community. After being nominated, there was an interview portion and then she was selected.” Megan is still deciding her future plans. “Megan isn’t set on a college to go to yet,” Ann says. “We are very fortunate to be able to, through the Lilly scholarship, find the university that is the best for her. She cast a very wide net of applications, and now we are working on narrowing down the schools. All of them have different things that she likes.”
Megan enjoys being involved in school activities. “Megan is extremely involved in the band program at Noblesville High School,” Ann says. “She plays French horn in the top concert band as well as in the orchestra. She marched mellophone in the marching band and was section leader, and for her first three years in high school did indoor winter guard. She is the president of the band council, which is a student leadership program, and was one of the students who helped start a branch of the Tri-M Honor Society at NHS. She is an active member of the National Honor Society and loves to volunteer.”
Megan enjoys several additional pursuits. “When she isn’t at school or in activities, Megan is a very creative person,” Ann says. “She loves to play her French horn and will often play songs for fun and stress relief. She also loves to crochet and knit, and will create all kinds of fun projects. She likes to relax and hang out with friends. She also works part time with some of her very close friends, and has a fun time getting to be social while working.”
Megan loves living in Noblesville. “One of the things Megan loves the most about Noblesville is its small-town feel,” Ann says. “It’s a big city, but especially in morale, it doesn’t feel like it. Everyone is very friendly, and whether it’s being able to play in the stands at football games, or being police escorted to state finals for marching band, she says she always feels involved and supported. Megan says one of her fondest memories from the past summer in Noblesville was her section for marching band hanging out downtown as a get-together, and they ended up playing with a local band on the top of the new parking garages. Noblesville is a great city full of big opportunities and amazing people.”
