Warsaw Community Schools

Warsaw, IN – Two of our Warsaw Community High School students received full-ride four-year scholarships from the Kosciusko County Community Foundation on Monday, Dec. 15, at WCHS.

The 2026 Lilly Endowment Community Scholars are Titiksha Gorhe and Ian Parrott. They were surprised with the award in the middle of the school day. The Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship provides full tuition, fees, and an allocation for books and equipment for four years of full-time undergraduate study at any eligible Indiana public or private nonprofit college or university.

Titiksha will graduate in 2026 with academic honors. She intends to major in neuroscience and hopes to become a neurosurgeon one day.

Titiksha said, “I’m really happy, and I’m really glad that I have that financial burden lifted off of my parents … I do hope to go to med school, which I know is also super expensive, so having my undergrad paid for is amazing.”

Ian Parrott will graduate in 2026 with academic and technical honors. He intends to major in electrical engineering and, while he has not settled on where he wants to work or precisely what he wants to do, once he is settled in a job would like to mentor young people “because there are so many times in [his] life where mentorship has helped [him].”

His father, Ross Parrott, said on behalf of the family, “We’re ecstatic. It’s a huge relief. He can go to school without worrying about the financial burden of going and getting his 

The Kosciusko County selection process for the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship begins as Community Foundation scholarship reviewers evaluate each application without access to the students’ names or other identifying information. Qualifying criteria include academic excellence, community service, extracurricular involvement, work experience, references and essay responses.

Congratulations to Ian and Titiksha, we are so proud!

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