Top Ten Scholarship Winners 1999-2008
In a national competition, open to the best students journalism schools have to offer, ten of the brightest and best are chosen as recipients of the Foundation's Top Ten Scholarship award of $10,000 each. The competition is open to full-time students entering their junior or senior year who are nominated by their schools, demonstrate an interest in a career in journalism as well as high academic achievement, have strong recommendations, and submit a personal essay. They are destined to parlay their scholarships into careers that make a permanent impression on journalism and democracy.
2008
Amy Brittain, Louisiana State University
Deanna Dent, Arizona State University
Amanda Dolasinski, The Ohio State University
Tom Giratikanon, Northwestern University
Baxter Holmes, University of Oklahoma
Vadim Lavrusik, University of Minnesota
Elaine McMillion, West Virginia University
Mathew Mendez, University of Sourthern California
Samuel Rubenfeld, Hofstra University
Jazmine Ulloa, University of Texas-Austin
2007
Kirsten Brownrigg, Ohio University
John Cox, University of Florida-Gainesville
Rebecca Fishow, Syracuse University
Audrie Garrison, Indiana University
Liala Helal, University of Minnesota
Katie Hoffmann, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Ryan Kost, Arizona State University
Elida Perez, University of Texas-El Paso
Garesia La'Shay Randle, Louisiana State University
Kelly Stinson, Western Kentucky University
2006
Melissa Domsic, Michigan State University
Alysha Hernandez, Texas State University-San Marcos
Teddy Kider, Northwestern University
David McRaney, The University of Southern Mississippi
Leah D. Nelson, University of Illinois
Matthew Sokoloff, University of Missouri
Mary Specht, American University
Zachary Warmbrodt, University of Texas-Austin
Chris Welch, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Sharon Marie Yep, California State University-Chico
2005
Lauren Anne Belles, Indiana University
Shaylyn Cochran, Ohio University
Brittany-Blair Dedrick, The University of Memphis
Kathryn Hilbert, Kent State University
Parker Howell, University of Oregon
Jeanine Poggi, Hofstra University
Robert Samuels, Northwestern University
Diego Sorbara, University of Missouri-Columbia
Josh Swartzlander, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Megan Williams, The University of Tennessee
2004
Mark A. Bruce, Ohio University
Talia Nichelle Buford, Hampton University
Emily Hagedorn, University of Kentucky
Patrice R. Holderbach, Kansas State University
Jesse Abrams Morley, Northwestern University
Elizabeth Owens, Drake University
Kyle Palmer, University of Missouri-Columbia
Lauren J. Smiley, University of Iowa
Ivy Meagan Smith, West Virginia University
Shauna Stephenson, Iowa State University
2003
Kimberly Monet Adams, University of Missouri-Columbia
Jamie Gumbrecht, Michigan State University
Melody Gutierrez, California State University
Deborah Hirsch, Northwestern University
Arash Markazi, University of Southern California
Andra Parrish, University of Florida
Alaina Potrikus, Syracuse University
Eric P. Schmidt, University of Colorado, Boulder
Grant Schulte, University of Iowa
Natalie Storey, University of Montana
2002
Nora Fatima Achrati, University of Maryland
Patricia A. Brandl, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Janelle Cogan, University of Missouri-Columbia
Eric Dean Duffee, Drake University
James Robert Giza, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Kevin J. Graham, University of South Florida
Tracy Kershaw, University of Kentucky
Lynn Bich-Thuy Nguyen, University of Oklahoma
Chaundra Perkins, Florida A&M University
Wailin Wong, Northwestern University
2001
Ryan Clark, Western Kentucky University
Melissa M. Harris, Northwestern University
Nicole Collins I’Anson, Florida A&M University
Colleen Jenkins, University of North Carolina
Nicholas Kowalczyk, Ohio University
Jodie Lau, Arizona State University
Andrew Noyes, American University
Mike Osegueda, San Jose State University
Mary Schultes, University of Kansas
Matthew Sheehan, University of Maryland, College Park
2000
Jason Begay, University of Montana
Shashank Bengali, University of Southern California
Chris Frates, University of Maryland
Justin Juozapavicius, Oklahoma State University
Daniel P. Keegan, Northeastern University
Iliana Rene Limon, University of New Mexico
DeMarco DeJuan Morgan, Jackson State University
Lacy J. Papai, Ohio University
Stacey Pamela Patton, New York University
Alissa R. Swango, University of Iowa
1999
Scott Aldis-Wilson, Kansas State University
Ryan T. Alessi, Ohio University
John R. Ingold, University of Colorado
Dory R. Knight, Florida A&M University
Rachel Elizabeth LaCour, University of Missouri-Columbia
Katherine Tang Newberger, Northwestern University
Jennifer Seelhorst, Northeastern University
Leif B. Strickland, University of Southern California
Nahal Halley Toosi, University of North Carolina
Nellann Young, The University of Tennessee