Blewett Statewide Wrestling Scholarship

$1000 Scholarship to Top Student/Wrestler In All 3 Classes: AA, A & B/C

For the 19th year in a row, Alexander (Zander) Blewett, III, a trial lawyer from Great Falls who practices in the Montana personal injury law firm of Hoyt & Blewett PLLC, will award $1000 Scholarships to the top high school student/wrestler in classes AA, A and B/C.

Zander is a great fan of wrestling. Being a trial lawyer is very similar to wrestling; you prevail by hard work. Zander has spent the majority of his adult life in front of juries handling all types of claims for injured persons in a statewide litigation practice. He and his sons, Anders and Drew, who are also lawyers, are former wrestlers and the sport has served them all very well.

The purpose of the Blewett Wrestling Scholarship is to award $1000 to the wrestler in Class AA, Class A and Class B/C who has displayed the best combined qualities of wrestling and academic achievement. Both boys and girls wrestlers are eligible to apply for the scholarship. The award will go to one senior high school wrestler in each class around Montana who best qualifies. You do not have to win the state championship to qualify for this scholarship; if you do win, you must still exhibit strong academic achievement. The winner of each class must attend a college somewhere in the United States and a check in the amount of $1000 will be sent to the recipient to help defray the cost of tuition.

A copy of the 2025 application is available here

A typed application must be mailed to the address below and received by April 2, 2025. Applications must be fully completed to receive consideration.

Alexander (Zander) Blewett, III 
Hoyt & Blewett PLLC 
P.O. Box 2807 
Great Falls, MT 59403-2807

For more information contact Jeri at Hoyt and Blewett PLLC 
Phone (406) 233-1302 
e-mail: jerij@hoytandblewett.com

Blewett Wrestling Scholarship winners include:

2024 
AA - Anders Thompson, Flathead 
A - Wyatt Elam, Fergus 
B/C - Gretchen Donally, Huntley Project

2023 
AA - Israel Moreno, Missoula Big Sky 
A - Justin Windauer, Columbia Falls 
B/C - Cooper Lane, Huntley Project 

2022 
AA – Drake Rhodes , Billings West 
A – Orion Thieverage, Havre 
B/C – Trae Thilmony, Thompson Falls

2021 
AA – Hunter Meinzen, Missoula Big Sky 
A – Cooper Birdwell, Fergus 
B/C – Krayle Stormer, Circle

2020 
AA – John Mears, Belgrade 
A – Trey Thompson, Libby 
B/C – Thomas “Hank” Dunn, Eureka

2019 
AA – Jace Rhodes, Billings 
A – Shane Gibson, Livingston 
B/C – Michael Weber, Forsyth

2018 
AA – Tucker Nadeau, Flathead 
A – Ben Windauer, Columbia Falls 
B/C – Nathan Weber, Forsyth

2017 
AA – Justin Gibson, Glacier High 
A – Parker Filius, Havre 
B/C – Dawson Peterman, Fairfield

2016 
AA – Caiden Crawford, Helena High 
A – Logan Pleninger, Havre 
B/C – Luke Weber, Forsyth

2015 
AA – Jarren Komac, Great Falls High 
A – Gresh Jones, Sidney 
B/C – Matt Weber, Forsyth

2014 
AA – Mathew Welch, Billings Skyview 
A – Cody Lemons, Frenchtown 
B/C -Jacen Petersen, Mission/Charlo

2013 
AA – Jackson Barber, Glacier 
AA – Kaleb Mitchell, Glacier 
A – Tyler Kinn, Dawson County 
B/C – Erik Kelly, Chester

2012 
AA – Shane St. Onge, Glacier 
A – Eli Hinebauch, Havre 
B/C – Ben Stroh, Chinook

2011 
AA – Holden Gagner, Missoula Hellgate 
A – Connor Malone, Fergus County 
B/C – Cole Rice, Arlee

2010 
AA – Shawn Lau, Flathead 
A – Ryan Martin, Fergus County 
B/C – Robert Stroh, Chinook

2009 
AA – Brice Gretch, Billings Skyview 
A – Kylan Zumpf, Miles City 
B/C – Myles Kittleson, Glasgow

2008 
AA – Jared Rohrback, CMR 
A – Logan Torgison, Polson 
B/C – Ryan Leonard, Simms

2007 
AA – Corey Shilhanek, Billings Senior 
A – Taylor Nagel, Corvalis 
B/C – Colby Johnson, Conrad