The Mensa Education & Research Foundation and Mensa members are proud of their history of providing scholarships to selected essay winners.
This year, more than 10,000 students competed for 188 scholarship awards at the local, regional, national, and international levels with a combined value of more than $140,000. The 89 American Mensa Local Groups who participated and completed the scholarship judging have a $600 Karen Cooper or Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship awarded on their behalf to a student with the funding provided by the Mensa Foundation.
Region 01 |
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Connecticut and Western Massachusetts Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Elyece Patterson, Hartford, CT |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Brian Balthazar, West Orange, NJ Cynthia Luo, Cos Cob, CT Fatema Kamal, Yorktown Heights, NY Jacob Zweifler, West Hartford, CT Jason Dos Santos, Stormville, NY John Toftegaard, Scotia, NY Nathan Zhao, Wayland, MA Samuel Wohlever, Barrington, RI Sharlene DeMeule, Laconia, NH Susan LaVerdiere, Newcastle, ME |
Maine Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Olivia Robidoux, Ellsworth, ME |
Mid-Hudson Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Amanda Bittles, New Windsor, NY |
Peggy Deane Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Karl Green, New York, NY |
Rhode Island Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Haily Pennington, West Kingston, RI |
Region 02 |
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Carol Gomez Scholarship ($500.00) |
Kalee Francis, Cape May, NJ |
Central New Jersey Mensa Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Sarah Carlson, Kendall Park, NJ |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Anoop Bhat, North Wales, PA Hiba Abousleiman, Basking Ridge, NJ Joseph Price, Chesapeake, VA Lydia Remington, Washington, DC Noor Rafiq, Midlothian, VA Olivia Scott, Orbisonia, PA |
Region 03 |
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Allegheny Scholarship ($300.00) |
Chloe Molish, New Cumberland, WV |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Cameron Martella, Gaylord, MI Christi Zimmerman, Georgetown, KY Danielle Ullman, West Chester, OH Elizabeth Traxler, Avon, OH Emma Swiger, Fairmont, WV Grace Stalions, South Lyon, MI Julie Mulholland, Spencerville, OH Megan Hazlett, West Middlesex, PA Savannah Childress, Columbus, OH Taylor Baer, Austintown, OH Taylor McClure, East Aurora, NY |
Monongahela Scholarship ($300.00) |
Alyson Caito, Pittsburgh, PA |
Northern Michigan Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Daniel Bielas, Presque Isle, MI |
Ohio Scholarship ($300.00) |
Sara Palmer, Wheeling, WV |
Region 04 |
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Chicago Area Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Bekka Goldstein, Hawthorn Woods, IL Kendall Chesley, Des Plaines, IL |
John Matthews Scholarship ($500.00) |
Brooklyn Burbrink, Columbus, IN |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Clinton Oberlee, Marshall, IL Devin Porter, Madison, WI Elena Morales-Grahl, Evanston, IL Emily Parker, Iowa City, IA Florentina Odoi, Normal, IL Lily Erickson, Carmel, IN Sarah West, Bloomington, MN Tessa Wild, Saint Louis, MO |
Minnesota Mensa Scholarship ($500.00) |
Jaclyn Stiller, Rochester, MN |
Region 05 |
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Jack Haley Memorial Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Jeremy Shain, Carrollton, GA |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Cameron Yancy, Suwanee, GA Chris Coker, Mobile, AL Emma Rhodes, Thomson, GA Jacob Harrison, Winston Salem, NC Justin Sech, Ashevill,e NC Kaessey Thompson, Fleetwood, NC Kayla Hutcherson, Summerville, GA Laila Aleem, Charleston, SC Matthew Nelson, Montgomery, AL Miranda Chapman, Taylors, SC Natalie Fields, Huntsville, AL Nichole McNeill, Sylacauga, AL |
Region 06 |
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Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Cameron Kleiman, Austin, TX Colton Martin, Comanche, OK Hannah Fresquez, Las Cruces, NM Kari Lockhart, Dallas, TX Kendall Hughes, Tulsa, OK Maricela Herrera-Morales, Odessa, TX Nicolas Pineda, Spring, TX Paige Tabor, Burleson, TX Sierra Dean, Albuquerque, NM |
Eastern Oklahoma Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Jaime Carini, Catoosa, OK |
The Debbie Kittenbacher Memorial Scholarship ($3,000.00) |
Roshin Lal, Grand Prairie, TX |
The Marjorie Brown Memorial Scholarship ($3,000.00) |
Madeline Milby, Forney, TX |
The Tom Jeffrey Memorial Scholarship ($3,000.00) |
Lucas Gates, Carrollton, TX |
Region 07 |
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Central Iowa Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Lulua Rawwas, Cedar Falls, IA |
Denver Mensa Scholarship ($500.00) |
Connor Bray, Denver, CO |
Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Brian Beem, Falcon, CO Emily Smith, Lakewood, CO Emily Zylstra, Sioux Falls, SD Isabella Barker, Grand Junction, CO Isaiah Germolus, Bismarck, ND Jeba Jesudoss Chelladurai, Ames, IA Joseph Butterfield, Boulder, CO Kade McGinn, Sedwick, KS Lara Quiring, Lincoln, NE Nolan Muscik, Springfield, MO Sara Gammon, Drexel, MO Stephanie Benedict, Cheyenne, WY |
Nebraska Western Iowa Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Kathryn McQueen-Eichmann, Blair, NE |
North Dakota Mensa Scholarship ($500.00) |
Lynn Martell, Grand Forks, ND |
Region 08 |
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Chod Harris Scholarship ($500.00) |
Elizabeth Wetmore, Clearlake, CA |
Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Brielle Ibe, Boise, ID Ellie Mitchell, Anchorage, AK La Reva Myles, Cloverdale, CA Lily Dunlap, Talent, OR Rohan Vaidya, Sammamish, WA Shanelle Briggs, Spokane, WA |
Horst Scholarship ($500.00) |
Nuria Chandra, Olympia, WA |
The Diana Maul Scholarship for Oregon Mensa ($600.00) |
Rachel Wachtendonk, Redmond, OR |
Region 09 |
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Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Angelynn Liu, Las Vegas, NV Sophia Chen, San Diego, CA Soyasha Pandey, Phoenix, AZ Stella Lee, Irvine, CA Tara Checketts, Spanish Fort, UT Vivian Ha, El Monte, CA |
Greater Los Angeles Area Mensa Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Devyani Kohli, Chatsworth, CA |
Greater Phoenix Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Leila Hamilton, Chandler, AZ |
Larry Grannis Memorial Scholarship ($2,000.00) |
Genevieve Akponye, Eastvale, CA |
Orange County Mensa Scholarship ($2,000.00) |
Elizabeth Trinh, Westminster, CA |
San Diego Mensa Scholarship ($2,000.00) |
Aida Razavilar, San Diego, CA Amanda Tanaka, San Diego, CA Gillian Folk, San Diego, CA Judith Mitchell, Winterhaven, CA Natalie Shoanga, Escondido, CA |
The David Felt Scholarship ($1,500.00) |
Kasaan Hammon, Idyllwild, CA |
Region 10 |
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Dave Hunt Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Lukian Bogdanets, North Port, FL |
Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Alissa Vuillier, Heathrow, FL Brandon Nolan, Boca Raton, FL Caitlyn Coleman, Clearwater, FL Daniela Perdomo, Gainesville, FL Emoijah Bridges, Lauderhill, FL Faith Mccook, Miami Gardens, FL Lauren Laughlin, St Johns, FL Nicole Krogman, Venice, FL Yavnielle Murphy, Lehigh Acres, FL |
Joe and Carol Vitale Memorial Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
David Gelikman, Weston, FL |
North Florida Mensa Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Graylin Skates, Weirsdale, FL |
Palm Beach County Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Melissa Faga, Fort Pierce, FL |
Tampa Bay Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Aidan Reilly, Tampa, FL |