2018 Scholarship Recipients

Announcing the winners of the 2018 Community Foundation Scholarships

The scholarships awarded to students this year total more than $138,000. We are proud to work with and support these outstanding young people.

Countywide

California Retired Teachers’ Association Division 55 Bessie Scott Scholarship

  • Cozette Ellis, Anderson Valley High School

California Retired Teachers’ Association Division 55 Hilmer Finne Music Scholarship

  • Tallulah Fattorusso, Mendocino High School

Community Foundation of Mendocino County Scholarship Fund

  • Daisy Maravilla, Fort Bragg High School
  • Ricardo Josue Manzano, Fort Bragg High School
  • Andrea Gaona, Fort Bragg High School
  • Keyla Venegas, Fort Bragg High School
  • Abigail Martinez Cervera, Fort Bragg High School
  • Celeste Munoz, Fort Bragg High School
  • Isabella Soboleski, Mendocino High School
  • Rosa Delgado, Ukiah High School
  • Karamia Putnam, Ukiah High School

Continuing Community Foundation of Mendocino County Scholarship Fund Recipients

  • Kiera Poehlmann, Fort Lewis College
  • Savion Cook, UC Santa Cruz
  • Esmerelda Placencia, Sacramento State University
  • Belen Aban, Sacramento State University
  • Max Whaley, Tufts University

Hammond Trust Emergency Services Scholarship Fund

  • Morgan Kobler, Anderson Valley High School
  • Justin Jepson, Laytonville High School
  • Ashtyn Howe, Ukiah High School
  • Clayton Ronk, Ukiah High School
  • Ben Branscomb, Willits High School

Mendocino Agricultural Families’ Scholarship

  • Daniel Ceja Gonzales, Ukiah High School

Continuing Mendocino Agricultural Families’ Scholarship Recipients

  • Emmanuel Gonzalez, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
  • Selena Anguiano, University of California Davis
  • Jose Gallegos Ruiz, Mendocino College
  • Brian Hernandez, Sacramento City College

Jesse Pittman Memorial Scholarship

  • Morgan Kobler, Anderson Valley High School
  • James Carlin – honorable mention, Anderson Valley High School
  • Gracie Silva – honorable mention, Laytonville High School

Continuing Jesse Pittman Memorial Scholarship Recipient

  • Anna Wiese, University of California Los Angeles
  • Tony Pardini Jr., UC Davis

MCHC Health Centers Linnea Hunter Scholarship

  • Conner Kennedy, Mendocino College
  • Carter Kennedy, Mendocino College
  • Anthony Ebert, San Francisco State University
  • Sabrina Garcia, Willits High School

Skye Scholarship

  • Abigail Calderon, Fort Bragg High School
  • Anne Kalantarian, Mendocino High School
  • Gracianne Kirsch, Ukiah High School
  • Nicholas Hebel, Willits High School

Westman Vocational Scholarship

  • Michaela Ruth Marsh, Lake View Academy
  • Janaye Caldwell, Sanhedrin High School

Coast

Alma & August Mendosa Scholarship

  • Aimee Gordon, Mendocino High School
  • Hannah Moore, Mendocino High School
  • Jazmin Atherton-Walsh, Mendocino High School
  • Olivia Grinberg-Philips, Mendocino High School

Continuing Alma & August Mendosa Scholarship Recipients

  • Carmen Searles, School of Art Institute Chicago
  • Sophie Swan-Edlund, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
  • Julia Moore, California State University: Long Beach
  • Xiao Jin Jackson, UC Berkeley
  • Kaiyana Aldrich-Walters, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Fionna and Richard Perkins Scholarship Fund

  • Katherine Layton, Mendocino College
  • Christina Delgado, Mendocino College

Jerry Juhl Fund for the Arts

  • Tallulah Fattorusso, Mendocino Community High School

Continuing Jerry Juhl Fund for the Arts Recipients

  • Tiarra Rogers, Vassar College
  • Molly Mielke, NYU

Todd Hudson Memorial Basketball Scholarship

  • Clay Pyorre, Fort Bragg High Schoo

Laytonville

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

  • Kassandra Bassler, Laytonville High School

Jonathan Family Scholarship

  • Charles Dilks, Laytonville High School

Ukiah Area

Ryan & Collin Petitte Memorial Scholarship

  • Ruby Telfer, Ukiah High School
  • Andrew Quail – honorable mention, Accelerated Achievement Academy

Continuing Ryan & Collin Petitte Memorial Scholarship Recipients

  • Jordan Berg, CSU Monterey Bay
  • Derian Palmerin, Ohio Wesleyan University
  • Charles Lucchesi, UC Davis

Jean Cannon Memorial Scholarship

  • Cheyenne Meier-Rubio, Ukiah High School

David Joseph Talamo Memorial Athletic Scholarship

  • Megan Dolan, Ukiah High School

McCarthy & Whitcomb Inland Performing Arts Scholarship

  • Colten Woelbing, Ukiah Independent Study

Warren "Ed" Brown Scholarship

  • Rosa Delgado, Ukiah High School

Continuing Warren "Ed" Brown Scholarship Recipients

  • Cooper Clark, UC Berkeley
  • Jeffrey Chen, Stanford University
  • Lucas Robinson, Johns Hopkins University

Woman’s Opportunity Scholarship

  • Xochitl Gutierrez, Ukiah High School
  • Tabitha Miles, Ukiah High School

Ukiah High School Class of 1960 Scholarship

  • Carlos Melchor, Ukiah High School

Viola L. and Oscar A. Allen Scholarship

  • Ashtyn Howe, Ukiah High School
  • Cheyenne Meier-Rubio, Ukiah High School
  • Megan Dolan, Ukiah High School
  • Susanna Correa Avila Robb, Ukiah High School
  • Madeleine Parducci, California State University Chico
  • Karen Delgado, Sonoma State University
  • Kayla Holland, Simpson University

Continuing Viola L. and Oscar A. Allen Scholarship Recipients

  • McKenzie Schutz, Eastern Washington University
  • Kenzi Wattenburger, University of Missouri

Willits

Randy Clark Memorial Vocational Scholarship

  • Ben Branscomb, Willits High School
  • Ryan LaCount, Willits High School
  • Morgan Riley, Willits High School

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

  • Mitchell Hollingsworth, Willits High School

Penserra Founder’s Scholarship

  • Fatima Perez, Willits High School
  • Nicole Karkar, Willits High School

Continuing Penserra Founder’s Scholarship Recipients

  • Alexia Duran, Mendocino College
  • Maria Sanchez, CSU Sacramento

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