Comcast Names 91 Leaders And Achievers Scholarship Recipients In Washington State

The Comcast Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives, today announced the 91 recipients in Washington State of its annual Leaders and Achievers^® Scholarship Program in 2011.

“Comcast is proud of its Leaders & Achievers scholarship recipients.  They represent some of the best and brightest high school seniors who also demonstrate civic involvement in the communities we serve across the country,” said Charisse Lillie, Vice President, Community Investment of Comcast Corporation and Executive President of the Comcast Foundation. “We are thrilled to support their educational efforts with these scholarships.”

“These young people have worked incredibly hard to build remarkable track records of leadership and commitment to help their communities. We’re proud to honor their effort by helping to fulfill their dreams of education,” said Len Rozek, Senior Vice President of Comcast’s Washington market.

The Comcast Leaders and Achievers^® Scholarship Program provides one-time $1000 scholarships to students who strive to achieve their potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their communities, who are involved in their schools, and who serve as models for their fellow students.  The philosophy behind the program is to give young people every opportunity to be prepared for the future, to engage youth in their communities, and to demonstrate the importance of civic involvement, and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.

Since the program’s inception there have been over 15,000 scholarship winners totaling more than $15.4 million.

Many of the students live in one community and attend high school in another. Here we share them by city of their person residence:

 Allyn

Sabrina R. Schultz, Klahowya Secondary School

Arlington

Benjamin Joseph Mow, Granite Falls High School

Auburn

Jennifer R. Davis, Auburn Senior High School

Nghia H. Le, Auburn Mountainview High School

Bellevue

Jaemin Han, Bellevue High School

Benjamin D. Rosellini, Issaquah High School

Cody M. Stebbins, Sammamish High School

Francis T. Tran, Newport High School 

Bellingham

MacKenzie R. Erickson, Meridian High School

Sarah  N. Dillard, Sehome High School

Noelle A. Kogan, Squalicum High School 

Chehalis

Ashley L. Nozsar, W.F.West High School

Colbert

Alexa M. Kerr, Mt. Spokane High School 

Des Moines

Krishna M. Rizal, Global Connections High School at Tyee Educational Complex

Edmonds

Jenny   J. Lee, Edmonds-Woodway High School

Hannah Merisko, Kamiak High School

Enumclaw

Sarah A.M. Thomas, Enumclaw High School 

Everett

Betzabeth Giuliana Gamero, Lynnwood High School

Vivien Lewis-McKenney, Everett High School

Minh Phuc H. Nguyen, Mariner High School

Vietkhanh T. Vu, Cascade High School 

Federal Way

Justin J. Dean, Todd Beamer High School

Albert Kim, Decatur High School

Sheila O. Ojeaburu,Thomas Jefferson High School

Ferndale

Steven D. Rauch, Ferndale High School

Freeland

Chantal D. White, South Whidbey High

Graham

Stephanie A. Jenkins-Napoli, Graham-Kapowsin High School

Grayland

Dana M. Erickson, Ocosta Junior-Senior High

Greenbank

David J. Lile, Coupeville High School

Issaquah

Paige A. Nulliner, Skyline High School

Kent

Travis Q. Tran, Kent-Meridian Senior High School

Kirkland

Destry G. Seiler, Juanita High School

Lacey

Nesley D. Bravo, Timberline High School

Lake Stevens

Juliana S. Borges, Lake Stevens High School

Lakewood

James   S. Mamerto, Clover Park High School

Colette K. Moss, Lakes High School

Marysville

Ternessa T. Cao. Lakewood High School

Mercer Island

Renee  L. Chiang, Mercer Island High School

Montesano

Courtney J. Rice, Montesano Junior-Senior High

Mount Vernon

Thomas D. Breckenridge, Mount Vernon High School

Mountlake Terrace

Jessica Kabriel Lim, Mountlake Terrace High School

Mukilteo

Hunter H. Coulombe, Sno-Isle Tech Skills Center

Oak Harbor

McKenzie McCormack, Oak Harbor High School

Olympia

Kathryn E. Culhane, Olympia High School

Nikhil C. Das, North Thurston High School

Alanna R. Matteson, Avanti High School

Brianne N. Wright, Capital High School

Poulsbo

Christopher D, Campbell, Olympic High School

Puyallup

Rachel M. Knight, Fife High School

Billiemarie L. Klein, Emerald Ridge High School

Redmond

Victor Hsiao, Interlake High School

Renton

Mishaal Aleem, Oliver M. Hazen High School

Ashley N. Brennan, Liberty High School

Mackenzie L. Findlay, Bellevue Christian High School

Anna T. Le, Charles A. Lindbergh High School

Christina Marie Polich, Seattle Christian Schools

Taylor Shimizu, Kentridge Senior High School

Ruston

Alexander N. Erickson, Wilson High School

Sammamish

Tian L. Kisch, Redmond High School

Stephanie Anne Matusiefsky, Eastside Catholic High

SeaTac

Brenda Karina  Arellano, Odyssey the Essential High School

Seattle

Hanna T. Abaata, Ingraham High School

Selamawit Ainalem, Cleveland High School

Linda T. Ba, Health Sciences and Human Services High School

Tricia T. Bui, Renton High School

Mallory E. Cummins, Ballard High School

Louisa Celine Dunwiddie, Garfield High School

Kaitlyn F. French, Nathan Hale High School

Peter J. Haskins, Bishop Blanchet High School

Primer  G. Juan, Technology, Engineering, and Communication High School

Francesca T. Liburdy, Holy Names Academy 

Sedro Wolley

Jennifer G. Burke, Sedro-Woolley High

Shoreline

Mackenzie L. Bang, Shorewood High School

Angie Bonato, Shorecrest High School

Snohomish

Brady A. Coad, Snohomish High School

Zachary P. Waller, Monroe High School 

Spanaway

Christian M. Booth, Bethel High School

Spokane

Carina F. Mauro, Governor John R. Rogers High School

Anthony Z. McCain, North Central High School

Thor Roald Tangvald, Joel E. Ferris High School

Spokane Valley

Savannah R. Glamp, Central Valley High School 

Steilacoom

William M. Bruno, Steilacoom High School

Sultan

Fabiola Arroyo, Sultan High School

Tacoma

Michael X. Andersen, Lincoln High School

Terez F. Hubble-Brownfield, Washington High School

Tina Y. Moore, Henry Foss High School

Dalina M. Phung, Franklin Pierce High School

Thomas J. Whitham, Bellarmine Preparatory

University Place

Samantha X. Lethbridge, Curtis Senior High School

Sarah Jane Matthews, Life Christian Academy

Vaughn

HongYu Ma, Peninsula High School

About The Comcast Foundation

The Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in June 1999 to provide charitable support to qualified non-profit organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their communities.  The Foundation’s focus areas are volunteerism, literacy, and youth leadership development.  Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated more than $64 million to organizations in the communities nationwide that Comcast serves. More information about the Foundation and its programs is available at www.comcast.com/inthecommunity.

About Comcast in Washington

Comcast has about 3,200 employees in Washington state, including 1,000 local customer service representatives in three call centers, who serve more than 1.1 million customers in Washington. For more information about Comcast in Washington state, see http://www.comcastinwashingtonstate.com