For the 2017-2018 academic year, the WSU Alumni Association will be providing scholarships to the highest number of recipients in the history of its administration of the WSU Drive Your Pride License Plate Scholarship and the WSU Legacy Endowed Scholarship.
“Being involved with the scholarships is one of the best parts of working at the association,” says WSUAA President and CEO Courtney M. Marshall. “This year, I’m particularly proud to say that we have the largest group of recipients we’ve ever had – 44 students. There will be $55,500 given to these deserving students.” To date, the Drive Your Pride program alone has raised more than $610,000 for scholarships.
License Plate Scholars are: Umama Ali, biomedical engineering; Samuel Belsan, human resource management, secondary education; Daniel Bohnenkamper, aerospace engineering; Christine Carter, nursing; Brittany Davis, international business, finance; Kaitlyn Dobie, nursing; Derek Drew, computer science; Rachel Fitzjarrald, accounting; Elizabeth Harkman, elementary education; Alexander Miller, biomedical engineering; Lauren Roman, elementary education; and Leslie Strunk, communications.
The 32 recipients of the Legacy Scholarship are: Charles Adams, sport management; Marcus Ballenger, criminal justice; Kayla Barton, nursing; Celia Biel, art; Journey Bodyk, strategic communications; Caroline Buchanan, health professions; Monroe Chrisco, mechanical engineering; Nathaniel DeGraffenreid, sport management; Anne Dowling, biomedical engineering; Brandon Eckerman, biomedical engineering; Hana Forrester, aerospace engineering; Drew Hantla, engineering; Cameron Hoover, aerospace engineering; Caleb Janzen, sport management; Dalton Jasnoski, computer science; Minh-Chau Johnson, biomedical engineering; Taran Langston, criminal justice; Courtney McGaughey, elementary education; Kristi Neas, secondary history education; Kira Pullum, undecided; Carson Quillen, management; Brittan Schmitz, secondary English education; Mattie Schindler, pre-medicine; Natalie Schrandt, political science; Christopher Seirer, computer engineering; Emily Skelton, communication sciences and disorders; Austin Stansbury, forensic science; Mikayla Stoffel, physical therapy; Clara Towey, nursing; Matthew Webb, mechanical engineering; Samuel Wingert, finance; and James Zeorlin, forensic science.
“We are expecting great things from our newest group of scholars,” Marshall says. “Congratulations to each of them!”
