On Saturday, March 16, the WEOKIE Foundation will award 25 graduating high school seniors a combined $50,000 in college scholarships. Each of the 25 recipients will receive a $2,000 scholarship for their continued college education. The winners were selected from more than 550 applications received.
Luke Schwartz - Bishop McGuinness
Brandon Trachtenberg - Casady
Alyx Parrott - Cashion
Ashtyn Ball - Choctaw
Dylan Russell - Deer Creek
Jacqueline Hui - Deer Creek
Madison Lupu - Deer Creek
Paige Ifland - Deer Creek
Aubyn Hatchett - Dibble
Grace Fox - Edmond Memorial
Anne Entz - Edmond Memorial
Arden Hearne - Edmond Santa Fe
Akash Guruswamy - Edmond Santa Fe
Rose Nguyen - Western Heights
Emilia Kelly - Edmond Santa Fe
Aakansha Dalal - Edmond Santa Fe
Jordyn McDonald - Jones
Chloe Morrison - Moore
Joel Adkins - Norman North
Ashlyn Walck - Norman North
Howard Zhong - Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics
Kevin Wiafe - Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics
Yadin Joseph - Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics
Ashlyn Varghese - Putnam City North
Jantzen Griswold - Southwest Covenant
The scholarship winners were selected through an essay writing contest. Each student had to submit an essay answering the following: Identify an opportunity to improve things in your community and describe solutions that you believe will address the problem. What specific changes would you make and what do you believe the impact will be? Please explain. Applications were open to all graduating seniors in Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Oklahoma, and Pottawatomie counties.