2017 Scholarship Winners

Announcing the winners of the 2017 Community Foundation Scholarships

The scholarships awarded to students this year total $152,750. We are proud to work with and support these outstanding young people.

Countywide

California Retired Teachers’ Association Division 55 Bessie Scott Scholarship

  • Jordan Berg, Ukiah High School

California Retired Teachers’ Association Division 55 Hilmer Finne Music Scholarship

  • Kyra Harr, Mendocino High School

Community Foundation of Mendocino County Scholarship Fund

  • Donna Baez Majia, Fort Bragg High School
  • Arelene Nunez, Fort Bragg High School
  • Esmerelda Placencia, Fort Bragg High School
  • Max Whaley, Fort Bragg High School
  • Belen Aban, Fort Bragg High School
  • Zenas McKean-Chappell, Mendocino High School
  • Danlei Shen, Ukiah High School
  • Nina Scott, Ukiah High School
  • Madison Hensley, Ukiah High School
  • Leila Achtoun, Ukiah High School
  • Shayleena Britton, Round Valley High School
  • Tony Pardini, Anderson Valley High School
  • Isaac Sanchez, Anderson Valley High School

Continuing Community Foundation of Mendocino County Scholarship Fund Recipients

  • Kiera Poehlmann, Fort Lewis College
  • Savion Cook, UC Santa Cruz

Mendocino Agricultural Families’ Scholarship

  •     Brian Hernandez, Anderson Valley High School

Continuing Mendocino Agricultural Families’ Scholarship Recipients

  • Emmanuel Gonzalez, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
  • Selena Anguiano, University of California Davis
  • Yadira Chavez, University of California Los Angeles
  • Jose Gallegos Ruiz, Ukiah High School
  • Abraham Sanchez, Anderson Valley High School

Jesse Pittman Memorial Scholarship

  • Tony Pardini, Anderson Valley High School
  • Isaac Sanchez, Anderson Valley High School

Continuing Jesse Pittman Memorial Scholarship Recipient

  • Anna Wiese, University of California Los Angeles
  • Cole Jessup, University of California Irvine

Skye Scholarship

  • Dayanna Cervantes, Fort Bragg High School
  • Yahaira Uluac, Fort Bragg High School
  • Zenas McKean-Chappell, Mendocino High School
  • Colten Horger, Willits High School
  • Julia Johnstone, Willits High School
  • Madison Hensley, Ukiah High School
  • Morgan Edwards, Ukiah High School

Coast

Alma & August Mendosa Scholarship

  • Carmen Searles, Mendocino High School
  • Sophie Swan-Edlund, Mendocino High School

Continuing Alma & August Mendosa Scholarship Recipients

  • Julia Moore, California State University: Long Beach
  • Reed Carter, California State University: Chico
  • Xiao Jin Jackson, Mendocino High School
  • Kaiyana Aldrich-Walters, Mendocino High School

Fionna and Richard Perkins Scholarship Fund

  • Christine Wallace, Mendocino College
  • Christina Delgado, Mendocino College

Jerry Juhl Fund for the Arts

  • Molly Mielke, Three Rivers Charter
  • Theo Burgess, Mendocino Community High School

Continuing Jerry Juhl Fund for the Arts Recipients

  • Tiarra Rogers, Vassar College

Todd Hudson Memorial Basketball Scholarship

  • Daniel Cook, Fort Bragg High School

Laytonville

Ain't Noth'n Ever Been Got That Ain't Been Went Out After/Terwilliger Trust Scholarship Fund

  • Manish Khatri, Laytonville High School
  • Kiley Carter, Laytonville High School

Jonathan Family Scholarship

  • Oscar Guillen, Laytonville High School

Ukiah Area

Ryan & Collin Petitte Memorial Scholarship

  • Jordan Berg, Ukiah High School

Continuing Ryan & Collin Petitte Memorial Scholarship Recipients

  • Derian Palmerin, Ohio Wesleyan University
  • Mariah Larwood, Boston College
  • Charles Lucchesi, UC Davis

David Joseph Talamo Memorial Athletic Scholarship

  • Brett Hofstetter, Ukiah High School

Hammond Trust Emergency Services Scholarship Fund

  • Chase Dunken

Warren "Ed" Brown Scholarship

  • Cooper Clark, Ukiah High School

Continuing Warren "Ed" Brown Scholarship Recipients

  • Jeffrey Chen, Stanford University
  • Reed Scriven, University of California Santa Cruz
  • Lucas Robinson, Johns Hopkins University

Ukiah High School Class of 1960 Scholarship

  • Jennifer Lemus , Ukiah High School

Viola L. and Oscar A. Allen Scholarship

  • Francesca Lazaro, Ukiah High School
  • Jennifer Lemus, Ukiah High School
  • Madeleine Parducci, Ukiah High School
  • Maria Yepez, Ukiah High School
  • Karen Delgado, Sonoma State University
  • McKenzie Schutz, Eastern Washington University
  • Kenzi Wattenburger, University of Missouri

Continuing Viola L. and Oscar A. Allen Scholarship Recipients

  • Elizabeth Graham-Williams, UC Davis
  • Madison Klee, Sonoma State University

Willits

Randy Clark Memorial Vocational Scholarship

  • Tatyana Vivica Guevara, Willits High School

Dr. Charles O. and Harriett C. Smith Memorial Scholar Athlete Award Scholarship

  • Colten Horger, Willits High School

Penserra Founder’s Scholarship

  • Maria Sanchez, Willits High School
  • Alexia Duran, Willits High School