ScholarshipOwl Winners and Providers Honored at Award Ceremony

Many ScholarshipOwl winners and providers received a surprise notification in March – that they were going to be honored at ScholarshipOwl’s inaugural Virtual Award Ceremony! During this very special event, honorees were recognized and celebrated for their many achievements. And all students who attended had the opportunity to compete for scholarships in a fun Kahoot Trivia Game! As it turned out, the event generated so much interest that we were over capacity, so we held a second event during which the recording of the ceremony was live-streamed, and attendees were able to play a brand new Kahoot Trivia Game to compete for even more scholarships! 

We are so excited to share the full list of our honorees here, along with the winners of our two Kahoot games. And if you missed the event, you can watch it again here in its entirety:

Provider Recognition

The following scholarship providers were recognized for their on-going and significant financial support of students. They received engraved trophies, as well as special new scholarships created in their honor that will be fully funded by ScholarshipOwl:

Public Service Advocacy Award of Excellence

Law Office of Shane R. Kadlec – Provides $8000 in scholarships annually in support of students pursuing a career in public service and advocacy.

Outreach & Engagement Award of Excellence

OVC Lawyer Marketing – Offers a recurring scholarship program, and helps many of their client law firms do the same, resulting in thousands of dollars in scholarships.

Greatest Impact Award

TuitionFit – Helps ensure students pay a fair price for their education. Has offered two scholarships previously, and is currently offering a $10,000 scholarship.

Recent ScholarshipOwl Winner Recognition

We are often asked if students really do earn scholarships and of course the answer is YES! Students win scholarships all the time in our platform – we announce ScholarshipOwl winners on our website, in our social posts, and in our community on Discord in the #scholarship-congrats channel. But to truly understand just how many students do win scholarships, we wanted to honor some of our recent winners at our award ceremony.

Even though they already received scholarships, we also wanted to recognize them at our event with a little something extra, so they all received a $35 Amazon eGift Card as well as a $25 promo code enabling them to purchase merch in the ScholarshipOwl Store! Without further ado, here are some of our many recent winners:

• $100 Draw Me a Raccoon Scholarship: Erin Dalton, Saloni Rao and Hannah Prunk
• $500 Sidelined Athlete During COVID Scholarship: Kaylie Goad
• $500 Celebrity Scholarship: Aaliyah Cardenas
• $500 Mary Lee Cloud Scholarship II: Amariya D’Nyse Thompson
• $500 FAFSA Kickoff Scholarship: Wendy Chen, Kamya Jones and Camryn Miller

• $500 Happy Dance Scholarship: Jinha Kim, Mataya Oliver and Omalina Wolfe
• $750 Movie Lover’s Scholarship: Abby Johler and Angelina Stevens
• $750 Thanks for Giving Scholarship: Brock Burgan and Kathryn Senter
• $750 Paying4College Quick Tips Scholarship: Katarina Andiel, Madison Bowden and Kirsten Williams
• $1000 The Law Offices of Joseph J. Bogdan, LLC Healthcare Professional Scholarship: Kailyn Hinrichsen and Tom Lin
• $1000 Pandemic Pet Scholarship: Sydni Cravens

• $1000 The Show Must Go On Scholarship: Jasmine Clark
• $1000 ReminderCall.com Physical Therapy Scholarship: Marshall Terry John Burgess, Brianna McCoy Donachy, Mauricio Calvo and Merari Garcia
• $1000 The Law Office of George J. Skuros Justice in Family Law Scholarship: Jessica Terkovich and Allex Kelly
• $1000 Help for Healthcare Students Scholarship: Chelsea Hendricks
• $1000 The Edwards Law Firm Community First Scholarship: Laritza Oregon Salinas
• $1000 Juno’s No Essay Scholarship: Tristin McKanna, Ella Toms, Leah Gann and Lauren Kemp
• $1000 James Kennedy Law One Tough Student Scholarship: Liliana Isabelle Hill and Phillip Olan
• $1000 Holiday Fun Scholarship: Desiree Battista, Mariah Hueneke and Omalina Wolfe

• $1000 Can’t Stand Essays Scholarship: Ananya Senthilnathan and Riley Huhta

• $1500 Ultimate Weird Scholarship: Summer Waldrep
• $1500 ScholarshipOwl Fan Art Birthday Celebration Scholarship: Camillia Beckett
• $1500 Essentials for Essential Workers Scholarship: Henry Allendorph
• $1500 Make Yourself a Meme Scholarship: Rebekah Law
• $1500 Back to School or Bust Scholarship: Allison Ryan
• $1500 Study Space Scholarship: Maggie Raiff

• $1500 Make a Difference Scholarship: Chloe Middleton
• $2000 Influencers Influence Us Scholarship: Camryn Miller
• $2000 Law Office of Shane R. Kadlec Public Service Scholarship: Brady Cole Miller and Tionna Taite
• $2222 You Deserve It Scholarship: Savannah Brown, Sofia Garcia, Sitera Keat, Yen Lai, Bradlee Phanor, Nadelie Rosen and Raquel Vaughn
• $2500 Burress Injury Law Underdog Scholarship: Cassidy Habel
• $5000 Burress Injury Law Underdog Scholarship: Kelan Lawson
• $7000 Smart Owl No Essay Scholarship: Austin Tarin

Community Member Recognition

The ScholarshipOwl community on Discord launched just one year ago, yet we already have over 8000 members. Our community is a vibrant space where you can chat with students just like you, about all things related to college, financial aid, scholarships, student life, and more!

We value the contributions of all of our community members, but wanted to recognize specific students for going above and beyond in their effort to make our community a vibrant, supportive and helpful space for students.

These students each received a $50 Amazon eGift Card and a $25 promo code enabling them to purchase merch in the ScholarshipOwl Store! Drumroll please…

• Master Greeter Award: Razel Galvin
• Channel Master Award: Brooklyn Parsons
• Community Mentor Award: Xin Yi
• College Planning Award: Rifah Sanjidah
• ScholarshipMania Maniac Award: Jasmine Solis
• Passionate Paragraph Poster Award: Jennifer D.
• ‘Service First’ Award: Michelle Levine
• Most Creative Award: Emanuella Parungao
• Campus Mentor Award: An-Mei Morris
• Discovery Award: Kiamma “Kwit” Whitfield
• The “OG” Award: Dina Bratanovic
• Conversation Champion Award: Jamie Strickland – she won a special $100 Amazon eGift Card in recognition of contributing to over 1000 conversations in our community!

Ambassador Recognition

During the event, we honored all of our ambassadors for everything they do to support students, but we wanted to recognize a few of our ambassadors for specific achievements. These ambassadors each received an engraved trophy as well as a $50 Amazon eGift Card.

• Rising Star Award for Excellence in Essay Help & Support:Lydia Altamiranda
• Rising Star Award for Excellence in Leadership: Tamara Emerson
• Rising Star Award for Excellence in Student Advocacy: Kimberly Ascencio-Cerna

Kahoot! Trivia Game Scholarship Winners

Here are the ScholarshipOwl winners of the trivia game played during the live event on March 25, 2022:

• 1st Place / $1000 Scholarship: Kathy Ding
• 2nd Place / $750 Scholarship: Chloe Spooneybarger
• 3rd Place / $500 Scholarship: Abigail Lockhart-Calpito

And here are the winners of the trivia game played during the livestream on March 31, 2022:

• 1st Place / $1000 Scholarship: Saloni Rao
• 2nd Place / $750 Scholarship: Elionas Puente
• 3rd Place / $500 Scholarship: Kimberly Ascencio-Cerna

Congratulations to all of our honorees – and know that while this was our first award ceremony, it certainly won’t be our last! Looking forward to seeing you at the next one!