Spokane scholar awards moving forward
Two dozen seniors from area high schools will be named Spokane Scholars by the Spokane Scholars Foundation on April 30. They are competing among 156 students who were nominated by their schools for the annual academic scholarships.
Four students in each of the six academic subject categories will receive awards ranging from $1,000 to $4,000. The subjects are English, fine arts, mathematics, science, social studies and world languages.
The students are judged by a panel of three that considers grade-point average and course study, national aptitude and achievement test scores, original research or related activities, and letters of recommendation.
For complete results, visit spokanescholars.org or its Facebook page.
All 156 honorees will receive the Medal of Academic Achievement:
English
Grant Branstetter, Northwest Christian; Chelsea Bressler, West Valley; Isabelle Busch, University; Mary Chaffee , Lakeside; Jeremiah Chaloupka, Newport; Aashika Dahal, East Valley; Dawson Gilbert, Mt. Spokane; Hannah Hanson, On-Track; Hunter Heselwood, Valley Christian; Alexandria Horton, Gonzaga Prep; Charlie Johnson, Liberty; Adam Lindauer, The Oaks; Tatiana Martin, Deer Park; Blake Maxwell, North Central; Jared McDougall, Shadle Park; Jasmyn Persicke, Central Valley; Alivia Plenty, Rogers; Andrew Rindge, Lewis and Clark; Marshall Roll, St. George’s; Megan Rubright, Freeman; Evette Salazar, Cheney; Elizabeth Shaw, Riverside; David Sposito, Joel E. Ferris; Rebekah Straka, Medical Lake; Keegan Tran, Mead; Gabrielle Trent, The Community; and Julia Welch, Upper Columbia.
Fine arts
Grace Agnor, Lakeside; Molly Ahola, Upper Columbia; Bradford Bawden, North Central; Estelle Carlson, Freeman; Trevin Cassels, Deer Park; Megan Crossley, Rogers; Taylia Culver, Newport; Kimball Demars, Central Valley; Ariana Ferch, The Oaks; Madison Fischer, University; Rongyi Caroline He , St. George’s; Emma Hendricks, Lewis and Clark; Jacob Keyes, Gonzaga Prep; Christina Kieu, Shadle Park; Vera Korchemnaya, East Valley; Cole McDonald, Riverside; Bella Memeo, Mead; Fiona Murphy, On-Track; Thomas Netzel, St. Michael’s; Brooklyn Parkey, West Valley; Dylan Pearson, Joel E. Ferris; Sydney Pedersen, Mt. Spokane; Marissa Powers, Liberty; Grace Remendowski, Medical Lake; Hunter Smith, Cheney; Rowan Weaver, The Community; and Zachary Zwanzig, Northwest Christian.
Math
Christopher Barron, Freeman; Mandy Bennett, Deer Park; William Bork, Mt. Spokane; Carolyn Bozin, Gonzaga Prep; Melanie Brigham, Lewis and Clark; Roka Brovick, Spokane Valley Tech; Abby Burton, Rogers; Darius Carozzo, Northwest Christian; Ryson Cebriak, West Valley; Phillip Croft, Valley Christian; Abigail Dallabetta, Lakeside; Benjamin Fetters, East Valley; Helen Gao, Joel E. Ferris; Ariel Hall, Shadle Park; Brennan Hart, Medical Lake; Nicole Livingston, Central Valley; Peter Mitchell, North Central; Augustus Newman, Newport; Nicolas Preisig, Cheney; Kaitlyn Ruiz, The Community; Sarah Schnell, The Oaks; Gabriella Srikureja, Upper Columbia; Cole Stewart, University; Elliot Williams, Mead; Sarah Wu, St. George’s; and Roxey Zion, Riverside.
Science
Isabelle Anselmo, Spokane Valley Tech; Maisi Armstrong, Newport; Joseph Broadhurst, Shadle Park; Owen Bryant, Freeman; Jacob Carr, Mt. Spokane; Ellie Cook, The Oaks; Shayla Donaldson, Deer Park; Nicole Ehr, Medical Lake; Rachel Ellingwood, West Valley; Kendyl Fletcher, Liberty; Tracy Ha, Rogers; Shailin Haffner, Northwest Christian; Jacob Hallesy, Lewis and Clark; Jessica Ho, East Valley; Tyler Hunter, Central Valley; Ethan Jaeger, Riverside; Eric Liu, Mead; Ethan Mankins, University; Corbin Meyring, Lakeside; Ava Munizza, The Community; Lucy Nester, Gonzaga Prep; Samuel Reese, Valley Christian; Allen Stafford, Upper Columbia; Alyssa Toney, North Central; Elliot Wald, Joel E. Ferris; Seth Wilcox, Cheney; and Xiaoyu Kevin Zhong, St. George’s.
Social studies
Angelica Alexeyenko, Valley Christian; Jacob Atkins, Northwest Christian; Joshua Baerman, Lakeside; Thomas Baldwin, Riverside; Matthew Bilbruck, Deer Park; Alexander Carlson, East Valley; Ellie Dickinson, University; Dylan Doney, Cheney; Caitlyn Fite, On-Track; Lane Goodwin, West Valley; Kaila Heaton, St. Michael’s; Joshua Hechtman, Lewis and Clark; Emily Heskett, Central Valley; Ryan Hicks, Freeman; Michael Keller, Rogers; Anna Kolarsky, The Oaks; Avery Loucks, Joel E. Ferris; Teann Manser, North Central; Phoebe Milatz, Mead; Kathryn Moon, St. George’s; Samuel Nelson, Liberty; Lucas Nichols, Newport; Edward Patterson, Gonzaga Prep; Jeremy Tait, The Community; Cameron Tucker, Shadle Park; Amy Van Arsdell, Upper Columbia; Abigail Wilkes, Mt. Spokane; and Jeremiah Windle, Medical Lake.
World languages
Vanessa Bambe, Upper Columbia; Leslie Campos, Mt. Spokane; Catherine Close, The Oaks; Jacob Collinsworth, East Valley; Yutong Dai, Gonzaga Prep; Christopher Davis, Shadle Park; Callie Gee, St. George’s; Andee Lane, Lakeside; Connor McCabe, West Valley; Nisa Meshal, Central Valley; Hope Muriungi, Lewis and Clark; Riley Potter, Cheney; Hana Reinhardt, University; Sara Scollard, Rogers; Elizabeth Seefeldt, Joel E. Ferris; Amanda Sims, Medical Lake; Ayden Walden, Newport; Maxine White, Riverside; Thomas Willard, Freeman; Dawon Yu, Northwest Christian; and Trevor Zalud, Mead.
This version has been corrected to show that the 24 monetary award recipients will be announced on April 30.