2024 - 2025 Foundation Scholarships

SVC Foundation would like to thank our amazing donor community for providing tremendous scholarship support to SVC students. This year we celebrated our students and donors at the Swinomish Casino and Lodge at the SVC Foundation Annual Scholarship Celebration.

Congratulations to these students and a big thank you to our donors who make these scholarships possible!

2024-2025 Scholarship Recipients

A – J

A.J. Osterman Memorial Scholarship Kelsey Koopmans

Achievement Scholarship Dennis Newman

Alberta Schulz Scholarship Megan Bollinger Ping Jiao
Taylor Ledford
Yolet Ojeda Guerrero Katerin Oliva Garcia Sarah Summers

Alex J. Peterson Memorial Fund Scholarship Edgardo Lopez Mendoza Matthew Ralston

Alice & Harold Kenney Memorial Scholarship Fund Alyssa Bacon Noemi Rodriguez

Alice & Monty Niles Memorial Scholarship Eli Ocampo

Anacortes Public Library Foundation Maritime Scholarship Jessica Boyer Alexander Martinez Peter Whitmore

Anne Richards Scholarship Mitchel Pepper

B. Hamilton McDearmid Scholarship Natalie Bell Jason Grinaker Mitchel Pepper Donaldo Rojas Castellanos Lauren Schmunk

Bangston Memorial Scholarship Ping Jiao Selena Uy

Benjamin M. Root Memorial Scholarship Vietnam Ngo

Betty J. Anderson Memorial Scholarship Erandy Nava

Blosten/Linder First Generation Two Year Scholarship Lirdeya Camacho Fernandez Juliany Firmiano • Cyndy Casillas Sanchez • Alfonso Garcia Hilario Jacquelyn Ortiz

Blosten/Linder First Generation Four Year Scholarship Milo Hotz

BP ScholarshipChristopher Celaya • Jesus Sanchez

Brandon Koetje Scholarship Andrew Gooding

Brian A. Benike Scholarship Diego Carreon

Bruce & Debra Lisser Scholarship Parker Nelson

C. Harry & Anne Williams Scholarship Oleg Otstavnoi Blanca Ruiz Cruz

Carlos Ordóñez Memorial Scholarship Alan Lopez

Carol Huber Award Scholarship Noelle Carty

Cascade Mall Scholarship Vanessa Lopez

Cascade Natural Gas Scholarship Emilse Sanabria Martinez

Champions of Diversity Alessandra Tapia Jada Ann Alcaraz-Carter  Melanie Banda Gomez Kathryn Beyer Hailey Borchgrevink Abrham Corrales  Ayala Kameron Deaton Aseret Lopez Xochiquetzaly Martínez  Elizabeth Merrill Gabrielle Pacquette Annemarie Ramirez Lilianna Rocha Moises Rocha Gonzalez Alexia Sanchez Hilda Silva-Ventura Jazmin Torres Zavala

Charles ‘Chuck’ Carroll Memorial Scholarship Dennis Newman

Cindy King Memorial Scholarship Kathryn Lockwood

Clarence & Eileen Summers Scholarship Mayden Kllogjeri Veronica Repperger Amanda Sandvig

Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association Members Scholarship Suzanne Delarosa Cristal Winfrey

Commander William Overby Scholarship Kyrin Jackson

Dakota Art Store Scholarship Darcy Notar

Dave Quall Champions Scholarship Alessandra Tapia

Dave Mumford Theatre Technician Endowment Christian Ellifritt

Denise Noble & BeverlyErickson Scholarship Nathalia Molano Dietrich Otto

Diane R. Groves Memorial Nursing Scholarship Leu Gifford Sondra Gonzalez Kami Land Amanda Sandvig

Dick Nelson Scholarship Fund Joshua Tipri

Don Finsen Culinary Arts Scholarship Edgardo Lopez Mendoza Matthew Ralston Banden Rivers Victor Silva-Benavides

Don Nulle Accounting Scholarship Erandy Nava

Dr. Ernest Tutt Memorial Scholarship Ashanti Ellyson

Dr. George Hodson Memorial Scholarship Ashanti Ellyson

Dr. Ian Black Scholarship Dylan Brewington

Dr. Maynard & Selma Johnson Medical Fund Aubrey James

Dr. Villa MVHS Mariachi & Ballet Folklórico Scholarship Leslie Escamilla Maritza Sanchez-Sanchez

Dream Weaver Scholarship Abby Sorenson

Esther Woodford Taylor Scholarship Anthony Hernandez-Gomez Connor Hutchings Esmeralda Merino Ramirez Jamilette Sanchez Emma Tinjum

Everett & Elmyra Dalton Scholarship Kierra Fisher Antonio Ignacio-de Dios Kelly Lynch Ring

F.W. Buhrman Scholarship Connor Cox

Ferguson Foundation Scholarship Ismael Arreola Quezada Justin Brown Delaney Cosgrove Eduardo Estevez • Katherine Hayes Aiden Johnson • Courtney Karels Emily Kerr •
Vietnam Ngo Anthony Olander Dior Ramos

First Generation Scholarship Alfredo Camacho Melissa Lynch Taylor Marquardt Dana Obey Irma Palacio

First Responder Scholarship Cameron Petersen Hunter Vezzetti

Gary Knutzen Memorial Scholarship Lilia Davilaortiz Eduardo Estevez Alexia Saldivar

Gene Haas Scholarship Edwin Gless Shannon Hodgin Brice Mangwa Micah May Colvin Swanberg Elias Sweeney

General Scholarship Fund Brogan Masonholder Harveen Kaur

George & Grace Wallace Scholarship Fund Danielle Lull Liliana Moran

George W. Wallace Accounting Scholarship Monica Mares

Guru Nanak Scholarship Harveen Kaur

Guy Anderson & Deryl Walls Art Scholarship Natalie Bell

Harold & Annabelle Kloke Scholarship Lilia Davilaortiz Alexia Saldivar Brooke Tyler Herica Vasquez

Harold & Nelle Creel Scholarship Adam Hansman

Harry & Myra Roller Memorial Nursing Scholarship Kjrstie Baumgardner

Hayes Family Scholarship Banden Rivers

Helen C. Platt Scholarship Madisyn Butenschoen Jaden Lumpkin Gavin Poortinga Anthony Rodriguez

Helen Larm Agriculture Scholarship Noble Seymour

Hilliard Family Scholarship Yanny Alarcon Ramirez Lizbeth Gonzalez • Alma Hernandez Medina Odalis Medrano De Paz Edith Peregrina Liliana Ramirez Velasco

Human Services Scholarship Katey Crockett

Irene Schumaker Scholarships Montserrat Andrade Hope Geil Kenneth Warren

Jack & Micki Deierlein Scholarship Annebell Fitzgerald Celeste Gallamore

James P. & Mabel Bishop Scholarship Erandy Nava

Jerry and Kathy Clark Memorial Scholarship Aaron Haug

Jerry Husted Nordic Tug Memorial Scholarship Tyler Harris

Jim & Fran Ford Scholarship Morgan Jenkins Reyna Lopez Juston Smith

Jim Sr. & Glenda Hobbs Endowment Kjrstie Baumgardner

Joan Nourse Martin Early Childhood Scholarship Elizabeth Wright

Joe Reeves Memorial Scholarship April Benavides

John & Susan Meyer Legal Scholarship Jennyfer Lopez

John D. Carroll Technician of Tomorrow Scholarship Christopher Lawrence

John Hollenbeck Memorial Scholarship Eli Ocampo 

John Terrey Scholarship Lauren Rodriguez

John Underwood Workforce Scholarship Justin Bauer Whitney Contreras Aaron Dean Spencer Dilulo Nicholas Erland Luz Garcia Acxel Gonzalez-Lara Devin Hibma William Hoelzle Riley Lumpkin Eli Ocampo Mitchell Osborn Joy South Stephen Sullivan Adam White

Jordan Menlewal Shelley Memorial Scholarship Diego Carreon

Joseph & Anneliese Zauchner Scholarship Deborah Griep • Mercia Jamieson Keith Pineda

Joseph T. Zygmanski Scholarship Ashanti Ellyson

K – Z

Katherine V. Cowles Nursing Scholarship Alexandra Franco April Benavides Brenda Martinez Brooklyn Hill Bryce Batten
Catalina Rodriguez
Dashia Smith Desirae Holdt Grace Cole Kelly Campbell Madison Murray Maekaila Divinagracia Mercy Juma Michael Freeman Patrick Campbell Ronell Tritten Roylita Miranda-Tarrillo Salomon Mbouombouo Sarah Rodriguez Shalom Eis

Ken Thiessen | Shirley Hansen Scholarship Awards 
– Thank You For Your Service Diarri Rogers James No Kimora Lynch
– The Cardinal Brendan Perry
– The Skagit Edward Longhurst Dakota Ramirez Ella Simpson

Kevin Collins Memorial Scholarship Noah Hernandez

Kia of Everett Scholarship Heidi Anderson Timothy Burger

Leah G. Hawkinson Nursing Scholarship Brenda Martinez

Leo Guggemos Scholarship Rebecca Castaneda

Lina A. Jacobson Ryan Nursing Endowment Haelyi Hughes Julie Smith Makayla Sybrandt

Mac & Linda MacGregor Scholarship Jennyfer Lopez

Maestros Para el Pueblo Scholarship Brianna Fonseca Monica Garcia-Calderon Selena Gonzalez

Marine Technology Scholarship Beth Carpenter 

Mark Arno Casey Memorial Scholarship Christopher Bennett

Martin Brown Biology Scholarship Anika Mapa 

Matthew Charles Stevens Memorial Scholarship Adam White

Max & Pauline Dale Scholarship Matthew Ralston 

Melvin & Oscar Peterson/Henry Tenneson Memorial Endowment Alexia Saldivar Andrew Gooding Dylan Brewington Madisyn Butenschoen Brendan Doumit Julie Feetham Leira Freeburg-Perez Kanjiro Fujita Megan Hurley Emma Johnson Camryn Kerr Jaden Lumpkin Kimora Lynch
Kieran Markusen Lauren Marrs Jennifer Masellas Gavin Poortinga Hannah Rustad Sylas Williams Kiyu Yatsuda

Memorial Scholarship Valerie Benitez

Miriam, Muriel & Lloyd Ivey Scholarship Doug Phillips

Mollie McBey, Elsie Duncan & Donald J. McBey Scholarship Andrew Gibson Maria Aguilar Diaz Mackenzie Myers Martin Robles Molina

Nagatani Family Scholarship Maria Nela Duarte 

Nanell Scholarship Drew Lisherness Alyx Waite 

Nick & Treva Carter Memorial Scholarship Jason Grinaker

Nurses for Nurses: A Community Scholarship Selena Uy

NW Mopars Unlimited Scholarship Heidi Anderson

Osborne Scholarship Award for Excellence Guadalupe Sanchez Rebollar Itzel Estrada

P.E.O. Chapter GB Scholarship Deborah Griep Reyma Muego Ayane Sakon

P.E.O. Chapter HP Scholarship Selena Gonzalez

Peg Moy & Sheila Moy Saul Early Childhood Education Scholarship Araceli Fabian Torres Leira Freeburg-Perez

Percy & Gladys Burns Scholarships Jacyn Honor Mia Barajas

Polly Harpole Guild Scholarships
Charlotte Dowler Memorial Jennifer Green
– Wilma Patrick Memorial Marriah Pugh

Puget Sound Refinery Fallen Workers Memorial Endowment Daniel Polter

Ralph R. Crum Memorial Scholarship Trevor Howard Audrey Ottow 

Richard & Jean Nowadnick Life Science Scholarship Aubrey James 

Robert & Ann Dursch Sciences Scholarship Diego Carreon Jacob Partridge

Robert E. Fitzgerald Memorial Nursing Scholarship Brittany DeHaan Krista Peterson

Rucilla’s Scholarship Noemi Rodriguez

Ruth & Wallace Crawford Memorial Scholarship Alyx Waite

Ruth Elfstrom Riggles Scholarship Katey Crockett

Salal Chapter of Washington Native Plant Society Scholarship Madalyn Thornton

Sara Kaplan Environmental Conservation Scholarship Dennis Newman Madelyn Reiss Alex Wheeler Lawless

Second Chance Scholarships
– Second Chance
Noelle Carty Aaron Haug 
– Garth H. Arneson Memorial Doug Phillips Valerie Wilbur
– Julie Zorn Memorial Luz Garcia Anthony Rodriguez 

Settlemyer Family Scholarship Emilio Zavala 

Sharon Cole/Leo Waldschmidt Scholarship Meghan Jobin Rebecca Castaneda Veronica Salazar

Shayla K. Martin Memorial Scholarship Alexandra Franco Neila Kinere 

Sidney & Fosma Rood Scholarship Angus Nelson 

Sidney H. Clarke Memorial Scholarship Ashanti Ellyson

Sidney S. McIntyre, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Miguel Santiago-Feliciano Estanis Zavala Montalvo

Skagit Audubon Society Environmental Conservation Scholarship Maddy Carlson Daniel Polter Anne Wendt

Skagit Community Foundation Scholarship Stephanie Ballesteros Nichole Buchanan Ayanna Dovi-Dotse Juliana Fonseca Carolina Garcia   Hana Kang Suhani Karwal Ember Leese Anika Mapa Jennifer Perezmorales Jorge Pleitez Moises Santiago-Lopez Megan Smith

Skagit Immigrant Rights Council Scholarship Noemi Rodriguez

Solveig Atterberry Memorial Scholarship Emilse Sanabria Martinez

Soroptimist International of Anacortes Scholarships
– Carol Heckler Scholarship
Kelsie Spurgeon
– Doris Tursi Scholarship Amber Rogers 
– General Studies Scholarship Cullen Frates Elisbelda Padilla Kaylee Whittall
– John Tursi Scholarship Patrick Dougherty 
– Marge Thomas Scholarship Camryn Kerr 
– Shirley & Larry Bowlin Scholarship Stephen Sullivan 

Soroptimist International of Burlington Women in Trades Scholarship Emma Johnson 

Susan Scripps Wood & Leighton Wood Scholarship Kathryn Lockwood

SVC Marine Technology Scholarship Christopher Bennett

SVC San Juan Center Scholarship Tanya Shriver

SVC Student Nurse Club: Practicing Heroes Scholarship Keith Pineda Sara Okbazgi

Teri Silva Scholarship Fatima Barrera-Ramirez

Technology Alliance Group for Northwest Washington (TAGNW) Jacob Partridge 

The Andrew J. Friedlander Award for Excellence in the Dramatic Arts Andrew Batz Chayton Engelson Christian Ellifritt Meleny Lamas Jalen Rantschler

The Bojan M. Kuure Nursing Scholarship Kelly Campbell 

The Carter Friends & Family Scholarship Monica Mares 

The Rotary Club of North Whidbey Island Sunrise Scholarships 
– Rotarian Butch & Kathy Laurion Scholarship Michelle Oakey
Rotarian Dan Carter President’s Scholarship Faith Nowicki
– Rotarian Jack Sondericker Scholarship Shellanie Farren
– Rotarian Paul Turvill Scholarship Dior Ramos
– Rotarian Sandra Jeane Crank-Mulkey Scholarship Alexia Sanchez
– Rotarian Sandra Crank-Mulkey Community Service Scholarship Jiselle Felix

The VanderStoep Scholarship Sondra Gonzalez

Theresa Babcock Memorial Scholarship Donaldo Rojas Castellanos

Thomas & Martina Horn Scholarship Emma Tinjum Joshua Meadors 

Vonda Lynne Polinkus Memorial Scholarship Sara Okbazgi

Wade & Fran Schroeder Scholarship Brianna Fonseca Monica Garcia-Calderon Samantha Gutierrez-Rice Silvia Herrera Avila
Kali Ortiz
Alejandro Padilla Kasi Thomas Stephanie Wolf

Wallie & Mary Ann Funk Scholarship Madisyn Butenschoen

Washington Restaurant Association Prostart Scholarship Sara Perry 

WECU Scholarship Fund Eduardo Estevez Crysta Frederick-Asson • Kami Land Kieran Markusen Madelyn Reiss •
Jimena Roquel
Patrick Sokolski Kasi Thomas

Whidbey Island Bank Golf Classic Scholarship Renalyn Berry Noelle Carty Jessica Khalil Kathy Romero Alexia Sanchez

Wilbur Ivey Scholarship Valerie Wilbur  

William & Kathleen Massey Scholarships Lilia Bachman Lisa Bass Jessica Bradford Jemaiahjayne Cano Krista Enneberg
Shellanie Farren
Jasmin Flowers Luz Hancock Sayaka Jones Christine Maifeld Lauren Marrs Jennifer Masellas Joshua Meadors Tiffany Moore Rebecca Pease Melissa Richard
Shayla Rodriguez
Cherri Roediger Rebecca Wilkowski

William D. Werner Memorial Scholarship Whitney Contreras Cullen Frates Alan Lopez Karen Ochoa

William E. Mowrer Scholarship Casey Johnston Latisha Roberts-Paulas

Women’s Study Club San Juan Island Martin Robles Molina

Yoko Hisaki Memorial Scholarship Kiyu Yatsuda

 

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