2018 Scholarship Awards
AHS Students Awarded $118,275 in Scholarships!
The Foundation hosted a reception on April 30, 2018 to honor 114 members of the AHS class of 2018 who are receiving $118,275 in scholarships. The Foundation awarded $99,775 with an additional $18,500 awarded by groups from the Allen community. The reception brought scholarship donors together with the students who are benefitting from their generosity. View our 2018 Scholarship Reception Program to read details about the types of scholarships that were awarded.
Special thanks to SFCC, Inc., Hill Dental Studio, El Dorado Motors, American National Bank, Linebarger Attorneys at Law, Market Street, and Chick-fil-A for sponsoring the reception.
Photos of the scholarship donors and recipients are shown below:
Memorial Scholarships
Angela Marie Guest Memorial Scholarship – $1,000 each
Luke Ford and Tiffany Ekanayake with donor Susan Guest
Anthony & Eric Vita Memorial Scholarship – $2,000
Samantha Cheng with Paige Perry, Foundation Board member
Caroline Clemens Roberts Memorial Scholarship – $1,500 each
Erin White and Emily Baker
Caroline Clemens Roberts Memorial Scholarship – $1,500 each
Erin White and Emily Baker
Emily Stambaugh Memorial Scholarship – $500
Kylie West with Coach Brent Mitchell and Sarah Mitchell, representing the AHS Swim and Dive Team Booster Club
Erin Valenta Memorial Scholarship given by Allen Band Booster Association – $500 each
Ryan King, Thomas Miller, Aashay Patel, Emily Erwin, and Sarah Abiog with Meredith Valenta
Fulk Family Scholarships – $1,000 each
Charles Olson and Savannah Whitecotton with Susan and Ken Fulk
Gayle Boon Memorial Scholarship – $2,500
Sabrine Oujout with mother Khadija Oujout and with Kimbra Boon Crawford and Dr. E.T. Boon
Kathy Daley Memorial Scholarship – $500
Caitlin Tolley with Nolan Daley
Kyle Murray Memorial Scholarship – $525
Caitlin Nichols with Lindsay Whittemore from the Ruth Cheatham Foundation, Campbell Murray, and John George
Nancy Ann Lakvold Memorial Scholarship – $1,000
Meghana Nadella with Mary Frashier and Kim Lane
Rodenbaugh Family Scholarship – $1,000 each
Jade Ware and Emma Morell with Teresa, Connie, and Ronald Rodenbaugh
Roger & Ella Jo Adams Scholarship to Texas A&M – $1,000
Ashley Molina with donor Ella Jo Adams
Scott Limpert Memorial Scholarship – $500 each
Emily Walsh and Sarah Tavana with Lisa and Nicole Limpert
Family and Individual Sponsored Scholarships
Dr. Jenny Preston Future Teacher Scholarship – $1,000
Halle Herring with Justin and Jon Mark Preston
Fund 6203 Scholarship – $500
Clark Merrick with Michael Wilson
Marion Elementary Bratton Family Scholarship – $1,500 each
Augustine Nguyen and Jacqueline Ladesma with Tim and Paige Bratton
McKee Family Scholarship – $5,500
Mark Kelley with Patti McKee
School Organization Sponsored Scholarships
AHS Cheer Booster Club Scholarship – $500 each
McKenna Davis, Talia Dean, Halle Herring, Hailee Lawson, Morgan Scott, and Sarah Tavana
Allen ISD Council of PTAs Scholarship – $1,000 each
Mathew Chairuangdej, Caitlin Tolley, Madision Plummer, Melanie Meek, Helen Goenawan, Alyssa Brown, Abbigal Maeng, and Faith Fortney with Allen ISD Council of PTAs representatives Clelon Houpt, Latricia Smith, Nina Felt, and Joy Forester (not pictured - Jonathan Giudice and Parker Schubert)
Boyd Elementary Scholarship – $750
Jaydee Wagner with Nancy Jung, Boyd Elementary Dean of Students
Ford Middle School Scholarship – $500
Savannah Eren with Ford Middle School NJHS officers Karter Stanton and Grace Record and Ford Middle School representative Donna Laster
Mary Evans Elementary School PTA Scholarship – $500 each
Lucia Nguyen and Christian Hinton with Pam Hale, Evans Elementary principal and Evans Elementary PTA president Michel Ann Coleman
Olson Elementary School Academic Award Scholarship – $1,000 each
Hannah Omamalin and Austin Galletti with Amanda Reyes, Olson Elementary principal; Cyndi Kelly, Olson Elementary PTA president; and school namesakes Lynda and David Olson
Rountree Elementary PTA Scholarship – $1,000 each
Vivienne Williams and Micaela Chaparro with PTA representatives Kelly Pierce and Latricia Smith, and Lara Utecht, Rountree Elementary principal
Foundation For Allen Schools Sponsored Scholarships
Foundation For Allen Schools Scholarship – $500-$2,000 each
Joe Alappat, John Matthew Bandelaria, Anthony Basta, Carl Boutin, Hunter Chemelli, and Paola Desiree Caliguiran with Foundation Board members Martha Bahnman, Latricia Smith, and Neil Riddick
Renee Cole, Dorothy Cobb, Emily George, Miguel Gomez-Garcia, Travis Hoffman, and Helen Goenawan with Foundation Board members Julie Kerr, Sabrina Dorris, Pam Heinrich, and Sarah Mitchell
Vanessa Sun, Julia Zaksek, and Grace Steele with Foundation Board members Karen Simpson, Paige Perry, Susan Olinger, and Dr. Laura Ryan (not pictured - Yici Sun and Jiaxin Zhang)
Community Organization Sponsored Scholarships
Allen Eagle Nation Scholarship – $500-$1,000 each
Faith Fortney, Grant Whistler, Jeffrey Franks, Jessica Van Nimwegan, Harley Hendrick and mother Stacy Jackson, and Mary Kate Mikula with Allen Eagle Nation representatives Brandon Weber, Neil Fonville, Wayne and Joyce Boline, and Angie Ortiz
Allen Eagle Nation Scholarship – $500-$1,000 each
Jessica Ford with Foundation board members Susan Olinger and Julie Kerr (not pictured - Jessica Ford and Matthew Koithan)
Allen Garden Club Helen M. Logan Scholarship – $1,000
Cade Albert with Nancy Huntt and Denise Webre from the Allen Garden Club
Allen Retired Educators Association Scholarship – $1,000 each
Sydney Mendel and Alexa Frederick with AREA members Martha Ferguson, Rhonda Boston, Carole Smithwick, and Sondra Long
Friends of the Allen Public Library Scholarship – $500 each
Rija Abbas and Abbigal Maeng with Susan Jackson, Friends of the Allen Public Library president
Keep Allen Beautiful - Mardy & Lisa Brown Memorial Scholarship – $500
Talia Dean with Keep Allen Beautiful representatives Jeanette Brown, Donna Kliewer, and Elias Shaikh
Kiwanis Club of Allen Scholarship – $500-$1,500 each
Sydney Mendel, Anthony Basta, John Matthew Bandelaria, Sarah Azam, and Rija Abbas with Griff Moore and Donald Ables from Kiwanis Club of Allen
Rotary Club of Allen Scholarships and Dr. Steve Burch Memorial Scholarship – $500 each
Anuj Gupta, Kevin Oswald, Kennedi Anders, Avery Arsenault, Bidisha Chowdhury, Rafaela Dural, and Sarah Abiog with Billy Robinson, Ken Chute, Jonathon Boyd, Randy Sandifer, and Troie Burch
Rev. Kathleen Baskin-Ball Memorial Scholarshp – $1,000
Eduardo Ramos
Sunrise Rotary Club Scholarship – $1,000
Grace Swierenga
John Sprague Memorial Scholarship – $1,000
Audrey Nguyen
Pictured with Sunrise Rotary Club representatives Steve Duncan, Chris Schulmeister, Patrick Garcia, Dan Wichman, and Bruce Heller
Corporate Sponsored Scholarships
CoServ Charitable Foundation Scholarship – $1,000
Rahul Anand with Trisha Sheffield, CoServ Charitable Foundation representative
Dawson Private Wealth Higher Education Scholarship – $1,000 each
Klaire Bentley, Justina Ghali, and Andrew Magee pictured with donors Jalauna and Steven Dawson
Hellas Construction Inc. Scholarship – $1,250 each
Kareena Chawla and Izzah Zaheer with Randy Bullock from Hellas Construction Inc.
Linebarger Law Firm Scholarship – $1,000
Alyssa Brown with Edward Lopez and Mary Sue Daniel
TradeMark Carwash Scholarship – $5,500
Caitlin Sotny with donors Tom and Kim Miller of TradeMark Carwash
Veritex Community Bank Scholarship – $500 each
Joshua Harlan, Chloe Beam, and Haneul Jung with Melanie Goodman and Angela Harper from Veritex Community Bank (not pictured - Greyson Wieder)