“Honoring Marines By Educating Their Children”

The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation’s Day Scholars Program was created to provide financial and mentoring assistance to outstanding college seniors who are children of Marines – particularly those who are considering military service or whose parents were wounded or killed in combat.

Congratulations to the following recipients of the Day Scholars Program!

2024 - 2025 Academic Year

  • Savannah Anderson; Auburn University
  • Dianna Arbelaez; East Carolina University
  • Raymond Clayton; Miami University - Oxford
  • Bridget Collins; College of William & Mary
  • Alden Forkin; Wake Forest University
  • Angelina Henry; University of Maryland Eastern Shore
  • Cheyenne Holdren; Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania
  • Kyara Huichapa; University of Texas at Austin
  • Gregory Joe; Bushnell University
  • Austin Kunkel; North Carolina State University
  • Quianna Oliver; University of North Carolina – Wilmington
  • Alexa Ornelas; University of Texas at Austin
  • Alice Pandaleon; University of Virginia
  • Joshua Park; The University of Texas at San Antonio
  • Donovan Watkins; California State University – San Marcos

2023 - 2024 Academic Year

  • Victor Ariton; University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
  • William “Ashton” Blackwell; James Madison University
  • Elisha Cloy; Fort Valley State University
  • Caleb Cordsen; University of Colorado Boulder
  • Mekaylah Esguerra; New York University
  • Brianna Flanagan; University of South Carolina - Columbia
  • Isaac Haynes; Auburn University
  • Aedan Klaverkamp; Virginia Tech
  • Nyah Mallack; University of California - Davis
  • Jentri Rayburn; Oklahoma State University
  • Noah Risser; University of California - Irvine
  • Aden Sanders; Citadel Military College of South Carolina
  • Justino “Caleo” Vasquez; Capella University
  • Isabelle Warrington; University of Texas at Austin
  • Lauren Wilkerson; Vanderbilt University

2022 - 2023 Academic Year

  • Nina Chambliss; Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Yuri Eilmes; University of Texas at Austin
  • Julianna Fiduccia; Texas A&M University - College Station
  • Kaitlyn Flint; University of Florida
  • Kaylah Glaspie; Texas State University
  • Matthew Howard; North Carolina University at Raleigh
  • Antonio Jensen; Western Carolina University
  • Haley Jordan; Georgia State University
  • Kelsi Landel; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Margaret Stephenson; University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
  • Audrey Taylor; University of California - Santa Barbara
  • Breanna Taylor; Angelo State University
  • Trystan Wallace; Brevard College
  • Monika Watts; California State University - Chico
  • Becca Yates; Alma College

2021 - 2022 Academic Year

  • Christopher Cooney; University of North Carolina Wilmington
  • Perri Jenkins; Texas Tech University
  • Zachary Luyo; Christopher Newport University
  • Zachary McDaniel; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Aidan Morson; San Francisco State University
  • Tanner Rodgers; Brigham Young University-Provo
  • Dylan Rodriguez; Texas A&M University-College Station
  • Collette Smith; Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
  • Ethan Springer; California Baptist University
  • Amanda Swankoski; Rowan University

2020 - 2021 Academic Year

  • Christopher Bonilla; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Thomas Cluen; North Carolina State University - Raleigh
  • Drake Foreman; Johns Hopkins University
  • Briana Gibler; Michigan State University
  • Gavin Jokerst; Vanguard University of Southern California
  • Joe Jurik; Rowan University
  • Florence Lechette; University of North Carolina - Wilmington
  • Emma Miller; Mercer University
  • Kendra Moody; Jacksonville University
  • Makala Takes; University of North Carolina - Wilmington

2019 - 2020 Academic Year

  • Elizabeth Arencibia; University of Georgia
  • Nicholas Barba; University of California - Los Angeles
  • Emma Ford; Liberty University
  • Elizabeth Guevara; University of Texas - Austin
  • Isabel Matt; University of Florida
  • Charlotte McGehee; University of North Carolina - Asheville
  • Shayla Quackenbush; North Carolina State University
  • London Rivera; East Carolina University
  • Victoria Roesler; North Carolina State University
  • Chyra Savage; North Carolina State University

2018 - 2019 Academic Year

  • Symone Carreno; University of California - San Diego
  • Michael Gonzalez; Northern Arizona University
  • Steven Hunt; Randolph-Macon College
  • Percie Lyons; Radford University
  • Kacey Milligan; Kent State University
  • Bernard Olitoquit; University of California - San Diego
  • Noah Riley; North Carolina State University
  • Aliyah Russell; East Carolina University
  • Hannah Towle; Missouri State University
  • Andrew Zachman; University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

2017 - 2018 Academic Year

  • Allison Bass; Villanova University
  • Rebecca Baugher; John Brown University
  • Cole Biermann; University of Oklahoma
  • Thomas Blackwell; College of William and Mary
  • Illyona Johnstone; University of Virginia
  • Chelsea Mayberry; The University of Texas at Tyler
  • Morgan Mowry; University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Nicholas Smith; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Destiny Stephenson; North Carolina University at Raleigh
  • Mckenna Wade; University of San Diego

2016 - 2017 Academic Year

  • Suzannah Avery; Central Michigan University
  • Erika Booth; University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
  • Edward Cordasco; Chaminade University of Hawaii
  • Kala Early; Liberty University
  • Brenna Gordon; University of North Carolina - Greensboro
  • James Green; George Mason University
  • Stephen Grubbs; College of William and Mary
  • Chelsea King; Wright State University
  • Talia Leonard; Vanderbilt University
  • Garrett Stults; Tennessee Technological University

2015 - 2016 Academic Year

  • Sarah Bigge; University of Nebraska - Lincoln
  • Nathaniel Calle; University of Cinncinati
  • Jasmine Davis; Texas State University - San Marcos
  • Angela Harrid; Arizona State University
  • Haley Heiselt; California Polytech State University - Pomona
  • Gabrielle LaPerriere; University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
  • Kiana Mendoza; Claremont McKenna College
  • Mindy Rodriguez; University of North Carolina - Wilmington
  • Mary Woodson; East Carolina University
  • Doocheol Yang; North Carolina State University

2014 - 2015 Academic Year

  • Matthew Andenoro; University of Phoenix
  • Nathan Anisko; Georgia College and State University
  • Amanda Beckett; City University of New York/Lehman College
  • Taylor Bodine; Ottawa University
  • Meagan Burns; Old Dominion University
  • Ashley DeLeon; Texas Christian University
  • Chelsea Ehret; Missouri University of Science and Tech
  • Kareem El; Howard University
  • Matthew Gonzalez; University of Colorado
  • Allison Solis; University of St. Thomas

2013 - 2014 Academic Year

  • Tara Andre; California Baptist University
  • Jessica Connally; University of Toledo
  • Corporal Jeremy Conrad; Clemson University
  • Christopher Hudson; University of North Carolina - Pembroke
  • Rachel Johnson; Carleton College
  • Katelynn McLain; University of North Carolina - Pembroke
  • Stephanie Mekealian; National University
  • Hannah Olson; Point Loma Nazarene University
  • Ashley Scarfo; Tufts University
  • Adam Wolf; Point Loma Nazarene University

2012 - 2013 Academic Year

  • Cody Austin; Drake University
  • Gilmore Chambers; University of South Carolina
  • Jessica Connally; University of Toledo
  • Corporal Jeremy Conrad; Clemson University
  • Tyler Gallion; Arizona State University
  • Joshua James; Prarie View A&M University
  • Bogdan Niemoczynski; East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
  • Hanna Olson; Point Loma Nazarene University
  • Mitchell Shibley; University of California at Irvine
  • Jezell Torres; North Carolina State University