SHS Class of 2012 sets scholarship mark
Published 9:56 am Thursday, March 20, 2014
Sequim Gazette staff
It was another banner year for Sequim High School graduates, as local, regional and national sources bestowed on the Class of 2012 more than $3.2 million in scholarships and academic awards, a new school record.
Here are Sequim High’s grad totals, by student name, school they plan to attend, and scholarship donor/amount:
Acosta, Andres: Peninsula College; $750/Tony Juliano Memorial Scholarship
Almaden, Brianna Grace: Whitworth University; $1,000/North Olympic Mustang Club; $22,000/Whitworth University Academic Scholarship; $28,600/Whitworth University Educational Grant
Ballard, Michael Franklin: University of Washington; $4,000/Virginia Nitterhouse Foundation; $1,000/William & Esther Littlejohn Foundation; $800/Clallam County Bar Association; $65,308/UW Husky Promise Scholarship
igipen Institute of Technology; $500/SSD John Wright Memorial; $750/Olympic Driftwood Sculptors; $1,000/Sequim Arts Scholarship; $1,150/WA State Elks Vocational Scholarship; $800/Readers Theatre Plus
Bekkevar, Megan Sarah: Washington State University; $750/Sandra Bailey Memorial Scholarship; $1,000/
Sequim Ladies of Elks; $1,000/Sequim Pioneer Association; $1,000/Sequim Lavender Growers Association; $500/WA Contract Loggers Association; $1,000/NOTAC Harriet Buchmann Memorial Scholarship;$1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge; $1,000/Siebens Family Trust Scholarship
Boots, Byron Donald Randall: University of Montana; $1,000/Bremerton Valley Scottish Rite; $2,000/WA State Elks Most Valuable Student Award; $3,000/Sunland Homeowners Association; $1,000/Dr. Gray C. Whaley Memorial Scholarship; $20,000/UM Davidson Honors Presidential Leadership; $46,000/University of Montana WUE Scholarship
Briones, Demiree Vinchenza: Green Mountain College; $500/SEF 0-43 Basketball Scholarship; $102,000/Green Mountain College Academic Award
Bryant, Blake William: University of Washington; $4,000/Virginia Nitterhouse Foundation; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge; $1,000/Washington Opportunity Scholarship
n Washington University; $500/Ben Merscher Memorial Scholarship; $4,000/Virginia Nitterhouse Foundation; $1,000/Soroptimist International of Sequim; $8,000/Albert Haller Foundation; $49,604/Western Washington University Grant
Calderon, Noe: Olympic College; $500/St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Cameron, Daniel J.: Central Washington University; $500/Barbara Brightman Memorial Scholarship; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge; $750/St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Campbell, Johnathon Norton: North Arizona University; $1,000/Sequim Pioneer Association; $1,500/Rhododendron Grange; $1,000/Olympic Ambulance Scholarship; $1,100/Gardiner Garden Club; $3,000/Jurckovich Foundation
Campbell, Tyler David: Boise State University; $1,000/McComb Gardens Scholarship; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge; $750/Tony Juliano Memorial Scholarship
Carpenter, Brendan Thomas: Central Washington University; $2,500/SSD Jewell & Dean Rowland Memorial; $500/Sequim Education Association; $1,400/St. Joseph’s Catholic Church; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
Carpenter, Patrick Michael: Central Washington University; $2,500/SSD Jewell & Dean Rowland Memorial; $2,500/CWU President’s Tuition Scholarship; $1,000/CWU Merit Housing Award; $1,400/St. Joseph’s Catholic Church; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
Carr, William Franklin: Washington State University; $12,000/WSU Access & Opportunity Award; $8,000/WSU Achievement Award; $1,000/William & Esther Littlejohn Foundation
Catelli, Frank Joseph: United States Air Force Academy; $455,000/USAF Academy
Chan, Katrina: University of Washington; $4,000/Virginia Nitterhouse Foundation; $1,000/Bremerton Valley Scottish Rite; $1,000/Soroptimist International of Sequim; $1,000/Sequim Ladies of Elks; $1,000/Fish – Rosales Scholarship; $500/Helen Haller Elementary PTO Scholarship; $400/Peninsula Tennis Club Scholarship; $59,844/University of Washington Scholarship
Charley, Claude Clayton: Central Washington University; $1,000/William & Esther Littlejohn Foundation; $550/Sequim Senior Activity Center Directors’ Award
Cibene, Parker: United States Army; $72,000/U.S. Army College Tuition Scholarship
Clement, Chelsie Linnea: Peninsula College; $500/VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post 4760; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
Cooper, Jacob Andrew: Colorado Mountain College; $500/Olympic Peninsula Footprinters Association; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge; $1,000/CCFD #3 Volunteers Dale Kruse Memorial
Creasey, Loretta Pauline: Austin College; $4,000/Virginia Nitterhouse Foundation; $1,500/Agnew Helpful Neighbors Club; $1,500/Sunrise Rotary Club; $700/Queen of Angels; $1,000/Soroptimist International of Sequim; $72,000/Austin College Dean’s Scholarship
DeFilippo, Jessica Antoinette: Central Washington University; $250/Millie Cugini Italian Lodge Scholarship; $1,400/St. Joseph’s Catholic Church; $3,000/Sunland Homeowners Association; $1,000/Sons of Italy Grand Lodge of the Northwest; $400/Ben and Myrtle Walkling Memorial; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
Dewey, Nathaniel Tyler: Peninsula College; $1,000/Sequim Schools Alumni Association; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
Dokken, Jaiden Marie: Occidental College; $2,500/Sequim Elks Most Valuable Student Award; $2,500/Charlotte Kirby Memorial Scholarship; $2,250/Sequim PEO Chapters EP, HM & FY; $250/SHS National Honor Society Scholarship; $1,000/AAUW Clallam Branch; $1,000/Soroptimist International of Sequim; $500/SEF Film Festival; $500/
Sequim Education Association; $161,688/Occidental College Scholarship
Doty, Sarah Halyna: University of Washington; $6,000/UW University Scholarship; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge; $1,000/Richard Meyers Spirit of the Band Scholarship; $1,000/Washington Opportunity Scholarship; $1,000/First Presbyterian Church of Port Angeles
Edwards, Bailey Marie: Le Cordon Bleu; $1,000/
Sequim Masonic Lodge
Estes, Hailey Nicole: Wake Forest University; $4,000/Virginia Nitterhouse Foundation; $4,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge; $1,500/
Sequim Pioneer Dance Arts
Evridge, Meredith Janel: Washington State University; $1,500/Agnew Helpful Neighbors Club
Feten, Kelsey Mariah: Western Washington University; $4,000/Agnew Helpful Neighbors Club; $700/Clallam County Bar Association; $300/Betty Heilman Memorial Scholarship; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
Forshaw, Tyler Daniel: MidAmerica Nazarene University; $900/Dungeness Greenskeepers Association; $48,000/MidAmerica Nazarene University Football Scholarship
Gaumond, Tyler: Not reported; $500/Primo Construction
Gehring, Brandon: United States Marine Corps; $106,000/U.S. Marine Corps Award
Gonzalez, Lorenzo Luis: Stanford University; $4,000/Virginia Nitterhouse Foundation; $500/Olympic Medical Center; $203,156/Stanford University Academic Scholarship
Grice, Katheryn Anne: Whitworth University; $500/Wave Broadband Scholarship; $1,000/Soroptimist International of Sequim; $22,000/Whitworth College Scholarship; $4,000/Whitworth UG Diversity Scholarship; $28,034/Whitworth Educational Grants
Grinnell, Mackenzie Frederick: Global College; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge; $500/Priscilla Brekka Native American Scholarship
Gunstone, Andrew David: Pacific Lutheran University; $300/Peninsula Tennis Club Scholarship; $700/Clallam County Bar Association; $76,000/PLU President’s Scholarship; $4,000/ PLU Alumni Scholarship
Gyori, Aloma Green: NW Christian University; $6,000/NW Christian University Academic Merit; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
Hagstrom, Mackenzie Elaine: Dominican University; $1,000/SSD Lorraine McDonald Memorial; $2,500/Charlotte Kirby Memorial Scholarship; $500/Womanfest Clara Carlson Scholarship; $1,500/Sunrise Rotary Club; $1,000/Port Angeles Eagles Auxiliary; $8,000/Albert Haller Foundation; $137,600/Dominican University of California
Haner, Marissa Blair: Peninsula College; $1,000/
Sequim Masonic Lodge; $1,625/Nurse-to-Nurse Scholarship; $750/Sequim Irrigation Royalty
Hanson, Stacy Leigh: University of Washington; $1,000/Bremerton Valley Scottish Rite; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge; $1,000/Washington State Opportunity Scholarship; $750/VFW Post 4760; $400/Peninsula Tennis Club Scholarship; $300/PEO Chapter JC; $1,000/Soroptimist International of Sequim
Harker, Matthew Scott: Washington State University; $4,000/Virginia Nitterhouse Foundation; $1,000/Bremerton Valley Scottish Rite; $16,000/WSU Regents Scholars Award; $20,000/WSU Access & Opportunity Award
Helm IV, Frank Henry: Brigham Young University — Idaho; $4,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
Henry, Reid Stuart: Western Washington University; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
Hill, Evan Jack: Washington State University; $4,000/Virginia Nitterhouse Foundation; $1,000/William & Esther Littlejohn Foundation; $500/SSD Rick Kaps Memorial Scholarship; $500/SEF 0-43 Basketball Scholarship; $500/SHS National Honor Society Scholarship; $16,000/WSU Silver Regents Scholars Award; $20,000/WSU Access & Opportunity Award; $14,156/WSU Institutional Grant
Hovis, Zachery Daniel: Evergreen State College; $4,000/Virginia Nitterhouse Foundation; $500/Helen Haller Elementary PTO Scholarship; $500/SEF Woodrow Ward Scholarship; $500/Sequim Choir Boosters; $2,500/Sunrise Rotary Club; $1,000/Sequim Prairie Garden Club; $1,100/Gardiner Garden Club; $2,500/Sequim Elks Most Valuable Student Award; $8,000/Albert Haller Foundation; $1,000/Sequim Ladies of Elks; $2,500/Ewing Kelly Scholarship; $1,000/Washington Opportunity Scholarship; $900/Evergreen Scholastic Achievement Award; $7,812/Evergreen State College Foundation Scholarship
Hudson, Jacob James: Boise State University; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge; $1,000/Dungeness Greenskeepers Association; $600/Marching Band Scholarship; $32,000/Boise State WUE Scholarship
Huls, Jeremy William: Washington State University; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
Huisman, Zack: United States Marine Corps; $106,000/U.S. Marine Corps Award
Iliff, Ayla L.: Cornish College of the Arts; $500/SSD Rick Kaps Memorial Scholarship; $500/Grand Olympics Chorus; $500/Dewey Ehling Vocal Music Scholarship; $500/Denise Graham Memorial Scholarship; $1,000/SEF Performing Arts Scholarship; $4,000/Monday Musicale Scholarship; $4,000/Cornish College Vocal Audition Scholarship
Johnson, Chelsea Janae: Colorado Mountain College; $2,500/Colorado Mountain College Freshman Scholarship
Johnson, Paige Elizabeth: Peninsula College; $500/VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post 4760
Kessinger, Autumn Lakota: Palomar College; $1,100/Gardiner Garden Club;
$1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
Lam, Waylon James: University of Washington; $2,000/Elks Albert & Ramona Roush Memorial; $1,000/Washington Opportunity Scholarship; $1,000/Sequim Senior Activity Center; $1,000/Sequim Kiwanis Club; $3,000/Sunland Homeowner’s Association; $2,000/Buick Achievers Scholarship; $47,844/UW Undergrad University Award; $500/Sons of Norway Olympic Lodge #37; $500/SEF Halloran Scholarship; $300/Peninsula Tennis Club Scholarship
Landreth, James W.H.: Vassar College; $500/Trinity United Methodist Scholarship; $231,240/Vassar College Scholarship
Laurie, Stephanie Soriano: Whitworth University; $4,000/Virginia Nitterhouse Foundation; $1,000/Sequim Senior Activity Center; $1,000/William & Esther Littlejohn Foundation; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
Lewis, Theodore Skyler: Northwest Lineman College; $500/SSD Lyons Vocational Scholarship; $1,000/Ryan Jarmuth Memorial Scholarship; $750/SEF Film Festival; $1,000/Sequim Elks Vocational Award; $1,000/Sequim Ladies of Elks Vocational Award; $2,000/WA State Elks Vocational Scholarship; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
Marble, Sarah Louise: Santa Clara University; $4,000/Virginia Nitterhouse Foundation; $1,000/Dungeness Greenskeepers Association; $400/SHS National Honor Society Scholarship; $46,000/Santa Clara University Grant
Martin, Kyla Kay: Peninsula College; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
McColl, Theodore Daniel R.: University of Washington – Bothell; $750/SEF Film Festival; $600/St. Luke’s Episcopal Church; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
McCready, Patrick Michael: Peninsula College; $1,000/Sequim Auto Clinic; $500/St. Joseph’s Catholic Church; $500/Wave Broadband Scholarship; $1,000/Sequim Ladies of Elks Vocational Award; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
McElrath, Joshua James: Central Washington University; $750/VFW Post 4760; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
McHugh, Mitch Nelson: Eastern Washington University; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
McFarland, Emily Michelle: Utah Valley University; $1,100/Gardiner Garden Club; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
McLaughlin, Zachary: Peninsula College; $1,000/SEF Engineering Challenge Scholarship
Nace, Nikki: University of Wyoming; $26,000/Rocky Mountain Scholar Award
Nelson, Alexi: Central Washington University; $1,050/CWU Freshman Scholar Award; $1,000/William & Esther Littlejohn Foundation; $500/Kathleen & Phil Langston Senior Scholarship; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
Norman, Calli Renae: University of Montana; $8,000/Albert Haller Foundation; $1,000/William & Esther Littlejohn Foundation; $16,000/University of Montana Leadership Award
O’Neil, Quinn Marie: University of Hawaii — Manoa; $4,000/Virginia Nitterhouse Foundation; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge; $46,528/University of Hawaii WUE Tuition Scholarship
Pace, Michael Alan: Washington State University; $8,000/WSU Achievement Award; $60,000/AF ROTC; $750/Tony Juliano Memorial Scholarship
Phifer, Kristen Marie: Peninsula College; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
Pinza, Ryan Joseph: Gonzaga University; $20,000/Gonzaga University Academic Scholarship; $3,200/Gonzaga University Grant; $1,000/William & Esther Littlejohn Foundation
Ramirez, Nicholas Glenn: Western Washington University; $500/SSD Jeff Caterina Memorial; $13,000/Sequim Walmart Dependent Scholarship; $1,100 Gardiner Garden Club
Ridgway, Mckenna Danielle: Peninsula College; $500/Olympic Medical Center; $500/SEF Alternative Learning Scholarship; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge; $1,200/Sequim Rhododendron Grange
Rookard, Bailey Marie: Peninsula College; $500/VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post 4760
Sanschagrin, Jacqueline Allen: Peninsula College; $800/Readers Theatre Plus; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
Santjer, Marissa Ruby: Peninsula College; $1,625/Nurse-to-Nurse Scholarship
Seabolt, Nicholas Aaron: Perry Technical Institute; $1,000/Sequim Elks Vocational Award
Shore, Elizabeth Melodie: Central Washington University; $500/Kathleen & Phil Langston Senior Scholarship
Sisneros, Casey: Peninsula College; $250/Sequim Choir Boosters
Spray, Sarah Ann Marie: Peninsula College; $750/SSD Jewel & Dean Rowland Memorial; $500/Wave Broadband Scholarship; $1,000/Sequim Kiwanis Club
Steichen, Lane William: Gonzaga University; $4,000/Virginia Nitterhouse Foundation; $750/St. Joseph’s Catholic Church; $1,000/William & Esther Littlejohn Foundation $52,000/Gonzaga University Regents Scholarship; $23,920/Gonzaga University Educational Grant
Steichen, Lorah Elizabeth: Whitman College; $4,000/Virginia Nitterhouse Foundation; $500/St. Joseph’s Catholic Church; $1,000/William & Esther Littlejohn Foundation $250/SHS National Honor Society Scholarship; $500/Sequim School Board Student Rep. Award; $750/VFW Post 4760; $80,200/Whitman College Scholarship; $28,000/Pearson Achievement Scholarship
Stoffer, Sarah Jean: Hawaii Pacific University; $500/Trinity United Methodist Scholarship; $1,000/Dungeness Greenskeepers Association; $90,000/Post 9/11 GI Bill Dependent Scholarship; $40,000/HPU Yellow Ribbon Scholarship; $1,000/Sequim Choir Boosters
Torres, Casey Michael: Washington State University; $12,000/WSU Access & Opportunity Award; $8,000/WSU Achievement Award; $8,000/WSU College of Engineering Scholarship; $31,332/Cougar Commitment and Institution Grants; $3,000/Sunland Homeowner’s Association; $1,000/Washington State Opportunity Scholarship; $600/SHS National Honor Society Scholarship
Vereide, Brittany: Northwest University; $8,000/NU Gold Academic Scholarship; $5,298/NU Success Scholarship
Wake, Karsten Kendal: Boise State University; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
Willis, Taylor Rose: Brigham Young University; $1,000/Sequim Masonic Lodge
Winfield, Kinzie Michelle: Gene Juarez Academy; $1,000/Soroptimist International of Sequim; $1,000/Imagine America Scholarship; $500/Tony Juliano Memorial Vocational Scholarship
