Update June 2015: Click here for an updated version of this post with photos from our reception for the winners and a list of their names.
The Comcast Foundation today announced that 90 high school seniors in Western Washington and Spokane County are among the 2015-16 recipients of its annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program awards.
“Our Leaders and Achievers Scholarship winners exemplify leadership and are committed to academic excellence and community service,” said Charisse R. Lillie, President of the Comcast Foundation and Vice President, Community Investment of Comcast Corporation. “We are honored to recognize their achievements, and excited to support them as they continue their educational journeys.”
The Comcast Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program provides $1,000 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 prepare for the future and to engage them in their communities. The program also demonstrates the importance of civic involvement, and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.
Here are the students, listed by what communities they live in:
Arlington
Darby Throndsen, Lakewood High School
Auburn
Alyssa J. Yun, Thomas Jefferson High School
Madeline Bratsch, Auburn Senior High School
Summer Rae Ramirez Auburn Riverside Senior High School
Bellingham
Mariah Miller, Bellingham High School
Timothy Lann, Squalicum High School
Megan Johnson, Sehome High School
Bonney Lake
Alexander Haynes, Tacoma Baptist
Bothell
Olivia Carter, Henry M. Jackson High School
Claudia Wagener, Bothell High School
Buckley
Rian J. Brooks, White River High School
Burlington
Taya M. Zavala, Burlington-Edison High
Chehalis
Courtney Teshera, W.F.West High School
Clinton
Kyra Reafs, Sno-Isle Skills Tech Center
Covington
Alexandra P Smith, Kentwood Senior High School
Enumclaw
Courtney Kinniburgh, Enumclaw High School
Everett
Audrey Taber, Cascade High School
Timothy Peter Angelos, Mariner High School
Logan Wahl, Everett High School
Everson
Jacob M. Van Berkum, Lynden Christian High School
Federal Way
Victoria H. Andro, Todd Beamer High School
Miriam J. Prieto-Vital, Federal Way High School
Nicolas Alvarez Zavala Jr., Decatur High School
Ferndale
Hannah E. Sulak, Ferndale High School
Gig Harbor
Kaitlin Flanigan, Peninsula High School
Graham
Donald Roscoe Walkinshaw Jr., Graham-Kapowsin High School
Granite Falls
Dansil Green, Granite Falls High School
Emma R Sytsma, Highland Christian School
Kenmore
Rebecca Samuelson, Inglemoor High School
Kent
April Rose Nguyen, Kent-Meridian Senior High School
Simran K Gill, Christian Faith School
Kyla Klasen, Auburn Mountainview High School
Kirkland
Katherine Bechtel, Juanita High School
Lake Stevens
Kaitlyn P. Kurisu, Lake Stevens High School
Lake Tapps
Virginia M. Marquez, Muckleshoot Tribal School
Lakewood
Tylisha R Graham, Clover Park High School
Jenna Y. Kwak, Lakes High School
Lynden
Haley Sandberg, Meridian High School
Lynnwood
Kayla Chipongian, Edmonds-Woodway High School
Gladys Greene, Lynnwood High School
Maciel Mata, Mountlake Terrace High School
Marysville
Christopher W. Eldred, Grace Academy
Milton
Katherine Breland, Fife High School
Monroe
Brianna Celix, Monroe High School
Montesano
Kaitlyn Bradley, Montesano Junior-Senior High
Mount Vernon
Iris Hubbard, Mount Vernon High School
Newcastle
Nicholas Bliesner, Liberty High School
Normandy Park
Parker Bowen, Seattle Christian Schools
Oak Harbor
Amelia Berner, Oak Harbor High School
Olympia
Evan Taylor, Olympia High School
Rebecca Behrens, Northwest Christian High School
Samantha B. Bibeau, Timberline High School
Puyallup
Sydney E. Ganyon, Puyallup High School
Raymond
Genezaret Quintana, Raymond Jr/Sr High School
Renton
Joy L. Phillips, Charles A. Lindbergh High School
Jerome F. Siangco, Eastside Catholic High School
Roy
Ruth M. Smitherman, Bethel High School
Sammamish
Anne Robertson, Issaquah High School
Seabeck
Hannah Welzbacker, Klahowya Secondary School
Seattle
Emily A. Yoshioka, Renton High School
Cecilia Bui, Ingraham High School
Hao Trieu, Health Science and Human Services High School
Lindsay Fasser, Ballard High School
Olivia de Vesci, Garfield High School
Sedro Woolley
Esmeralda Munoz, Sedro-Woolley High
Shoreline
Fethawit Musye, Shorewood High School
Magdalena R. Noriega, Shorecrest High School
Snohomish
Danika Morrison, Glacier Peak High School
Hailey Fagerness, Snohomish High School
Spokane
Jamie Nord, Saint George’s School
Cameron Conner, West Valley High School
Spencer Babineau, Ferris High School
Jordan L. Sonneborn, Gonzaga Preparatory
Mia M. Sanchez, Governor John R. Rogers High School
Spokane Valley
Kelsi Walker, University High School
Kyley R. Jenkin, Central Valley High School
Sultan
Joseph Schmidt, Sultan High School
Sumner
Hailey Windish, Sumner Senior High School
Tacoma
Trenton Gardner, Franklin Pierce High School
Hunter Fruehling-Thomas, Wilson High School
Julia Hallis, Bellarmine Preparatory
Nicholas Freeman, Spanaway Lake High School
Maia Grudzien, Tacoma School District
Christina Lyro, Covenant High School
Ahmed Wafai, Stadium High School
Tenino
Jared L Wachter, Tenino High School
Tukwila
Mamata Tamang, Foster High School
Tumwater
Casey O. Duff, A.G. West Black Hills High School
Madeline A. Seaman, Tumwater High School
University Place
Abby M Hogan, Curtis Senior High School
To date, Comcast has awarded more than $22.8 million to nearly 23,000 Leaders and Achievers Scholarship winners.
Connect with the scholarship winners at www.facebook.com/ComcastLeadersandAchievers. Explore and “like” Comcast in the community at www.facebook.com/WePowerDreams.
About the Comcast Foundation
The Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in June 1999 to provide charitable support to qualified nonprofit organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their communities. The Foundation has three community investment priorities – expanding digital literacy, promoting community service and building tomorrow’s leaders. More information about the Foundation and its programs is available at www.comcast.com/community.
