Thanks to the private-public community partnership that funds the Community College Access Program (CCAP), 484 students are attending Virginia Western Community College tuition-free this fall.
Since 2008, public localities and private donors have united in support of CCAP, which is the largest “free college” program at a Virginia community college. CCAP provides up to two years of tuition for recent high school graduates who meet program requirements, as funding allows. More than 4,800 Roanoke Valley students have participated in the program as of fall 2025.
“We are so grateful to all of the CCAP donors — municipal, corporate and private — for helping thousands of students further their education at Virginia Western over the past 17 years,” said Russell Ellett, Chair of the Virginia Western Community College Educational Foundation, a nonprofit affiliated with Virginia Western Community College that administers the program.
Roanoke region high school seniors may apply for the fall 2026 CCAP scholarship now through Feb. 1, 2026, at virginiawestern.edu/ccap. Applicants must also apply to Virginia Western and submit the Free Application for Student Financial Aid (FAFSA) by the same date.
Students who are ineligible to complete the FAFSA can complete the Virginia Alternative State Aid (VASA) application as an alternative, also by the Feb. 1 deadline. The VASA provides state aid only and is for Virginians who have certain nonimmigrant visas, are undocumented, have Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status or are otherwise ineligible to file a FAFSA.
Those interested in learning more about CCAP are invited to attend a Zoom information session on Jan. 15, 2026, from noon to 1 p.m. To register, visit virginiawestern.edu/CCAP.
To stay up-to-date on important CCAP application deadlines, financial aid workshops and more, sign up for text alerts by texting “2026 ccap” to 877-235-2279. (Reply STOP to cancel, HELP for help; message and data rates apply.)
Recipients of the CCAP scholarship for 2025-26 are:
BOTETOURT COUNTY
First-year students:
Natalie Alban, Abigail Bjorklund, James Bowling, Ethan Bryant, Trevor Clarke, Abigail Clyde, Joshua Crigger, Corey Curran, Joshua Dickerson, Kaleb Fisher, Seth Fitzwater, Emily Gomez Castaneda, Hilary Gutierrez-Cortez, Kaylee Hale, Madeline Harless, Koleman Harvey, Shea Hubbard, Noah Longley, Caden Marshall, Aidan Mitchell, Jared Monaghan, Jocelyn Osborne, Madison Painter, Jillian Rose Prado, Miguel Ramirez-Bautista, Oscar Ramos Cedillo, Merridith Schmeidler, Madison Snare, Rut Solito, Kailey Teaford, Christopher Vasquez Perez, Alazae Willey, Avery Williams and Brennan Wright
Second-year students:
Luke Bocock, Sarah Crain, William Dulaney, Madison Guy, Nicholas Hall, Christopher Martin, Elle Norris, Amber Puckett, Samantha Shields and Kaylee West
Third-year students:
Kerrianne Desai, Shanandoah Forson, Ethan Frank and Hailey Reeves
CRAIG COUNTY
First-year students:
Justin Boitnotte, Hayden Bradley, Emma Cole, Maggie Mays, Jamie Ratliff, Talon Ritter and Erin Snider
Second-year students:
Matthew Lucas, Seth Parsons and Hayden Reynolds
Third-year students:
Ashton Early
FRANKLIN COUNTY
First-year students:
Patrick Anderson, Jacob Blankenship, Blaize Brubaker, William Coleman, Evelyn Cortes-Rojas, Nassira Davis, Jianna Daye, Ashlyn Denny, Xadanii Espinosa Garcia, William Gardner, Imanol Gonzalez-Hernandez, Pearl Gordon, Wyatt Grogan, Jalen Hatchett, Brayden Haywood, Anna Hodges, Tristan Hunt, Jacob Hylton, Madison Ingram, Kylie Kincanon, Matthew Lopez, Jacob Mazeika, Abigail Morris, Liberty Mossor, Dylan Mullins, Amelia Phillips, Tyler Reedy, Nathan Richmond, Andrew Rider, Malaina Scott, Maeve Shanahan, Ryan Slough, Chance Smith, Chelsey Vanover, Natalia Velazquez-Ventura, Ashton Weatherford, Emma Wells, Graham Whitaker, Afton White, Emilee Wickline, Hunter Williams, Alexander Wilson, Moriah Woody, Jesse-Sophia Wright and Seth Young
Second-year students:
Alexandra Algeier, Jonathan Castaneda Gonzalez, Jack Dubyk, Brooklynne Ellis, Karinna Gonzalez-Torres, Jadon Greenway, Ethan Hodges, Laci Lawless, Sierra Moore, Hayden Nelson, Benjamin Piotrowski, Elijah Richmond, Taylor Worrell, Madelyn Yopp and Hagar Youssef
Third-year students:
Payton Foley, Skylar Fox and Aundrea Lineberry
ROANOKE CITY
First-year students:
Yehia Abdelkader, Negina Ahmadyar, Aaron Alexander, Deshaiya Anderson, Manuel Andrade, Olivia Arnold, Rhya Bittle, Makenzie Bowes, Jaden Brown, Joseph Burgess, Briana Cabrera Ruiz, Porter Carter, Guadalupe Castro, Lindsay Chavez-Ochoa, Emy Chicas-Nolasco, DaMarius Childress, Dakota Corbitt, Kamya Durham, Heavyn Eanes, Michael Edmonds, Tania Espinosa-Amador, Isai Estrada-Fuentes, Ajayla Ford, Breanna Gaither, Lilian Garcia Espana, Sharalda Garcon, Krishna Gautam, Cristian Gonzalez Perez, Alma Gonzalez-Rosas, Rylee Graham, Kai Hansard, Noah Harris, Johana Hernadez-Portillo, Ryan Hess, Sanae Holloway-Keaton, Mustafa Kamal Hussaini, Robina Ismail, Alexa Jablonski, Sheriff Johnson, Anijah Jones, Di’Nyah Kasey, Carmen Kerr, Maryam Mantigne Kourouma, Quinton Le, Wesley Lee, Alin Magar, Isadora Mangiaratti, Jacqueline Mar-Hernandez, Ashley Martinez-Nolasco, Christian Mayo, Malcolm Mazyck, Megan McCall, Omni McGeorge, Kayleigh McMahan, Elder Menjivar-Madrid, Sebastian Moctezuma-Vazquez, Lado Moja, Cameron Moore, Rex Morgan, William Mowles, Janasia Myers, Karol Naredo-Solabac, Alexander Odenwalt, Marlicia Odenwalt, Ella Paulos, Taylor Phonasa, George Pickering, Dylan Platt, Sasha Quintana, Darwen Ramirez-Alas, Gavin Robinson, Tavarie Robinson, Zuhal Sadat, Alexandria Salvey, Carlie Scaife, Jayden Schultz, Giselle Segura, Coleman Shell, Brianna Shepherd, ZaMondre Spinner, Alisha Tamang, Luyn Tran, Jeremy Urbina, Jocelyn Vasquez, Kennedy Vest, Sophia Williams, Ahnasia Wilson, Artie Woodson and Elias Zimmerman
Second-year students:
Cristofer Azamar-Carlos, Quinlan Beachy, Samuel Christian, Diamond Dance, Skarleth Guerra, Keira Hale, Taniya Johnson, Steven Mckee, Jacob Meza, Starly Moreno, Donovan Moss, Alana Rodriguez-Lewis, Gabrielle Williams and Hunter Witten
Third-year students:
Danielle Brown, Griffin Craig, Laura Dang, Alicia Hubbard, Cecilia Maiolo, Donna Nguyen, Kylee Poff, Hannah Pohlman, Jennifer Rodriguez-Soto, Edwin Sainvil, Jaydon Saunders and Devin Shorter
ROANOKE COUNTY
First-year students:
Corin Ackroyd, Salman Ahmad, Sarah Albright, Yara Almajali, Faye Amburgey, Yandier Andujar, Mario Arias, Olivia Arthur, Aaron Avery, Michael Baker, Christiana Ballard, Luke Banks, Layla Bannister, Clayton Barker, Joel Beasley, Logan Beavers, Andrew Becher, Layla Berryman, Carson Bivens, Ella Boone, Rowan Breeding, Yanpablo Cano, John Ferdinand Casil, Erika Coon, Matilyn Cox, Cody Davidson, Nevaeh Davila, Amelia deColigny, Karis DeLong, Salma Diaz, Aubrie Dodson, Jeru Doletin, Estrella Dominguez, Kaitlyn Duncan, Madison Duncan, Ethan Engleman, Savanna Fisher, Olivia Fobare, Lowen Fullen, Janell Garcia, Donaya Goode, Logan Graham, Dakota Gunter, Jolee Hairston, Payton Hall, Charles Hartless, Brookelyn Hartman, Blake Hill, Hannah Holliday, Nicholas Hollifield, Passha Huffman, Rawan Ibrahim, Conner Jones, Lashman Karthik, Jonathan Key, Hannah Kirk, Brandon Koelsch, Noah Largen, Andy Le, Jackson Lewis, Quinn Logan, Makayla Long, Mikah Long, Alan Malaga-Ortiz, Mason Martin, Emanuel Merritt, Lenyn Meza Claros, Hudson Miller, Noah Miller, Janeth Miranda Angeles, Alexander Montgomery, Arkadiy Muller, Selena Newman, Raymond Nguyen, Camila Ortiz, Jackson Padgett, Gabriella Palmer, Bryan Parker, Genevieve Paul, Laine Pennylegion, Ian Phillips, Shaine Picard, Caleb Pickeral, Jacob Polakowski, Michael Price, Pierce Rakes, Haleigh Ratcliffe, Sean Rickman, Cohen Riddle, Gracey Rider, Johnathan Rozenboom, Robert Sankbeil, Laksh Sansoa, Maleigh Schmeling, Christopher Sekinger, Anakin Semones, Dylan Shaver, Parker Shields, Jacob Simmons, Emma Slayton, Olivia Sloan, Jordan Smith, Richard Smith, Aung Soe, Scott Sowder, Evan Spangler, Ethan Spencer, Kevin Stultz, Davin Tate, Lucas Thomas, Alexander Thompson, Elva Vega Diaz, Joseph Vos, Piper Walk, Kenneth Walters, Mason Ward, Alayna Wickham, Sydney Williams, Xavier Williams, Keagan Wilson, Noah Wiseman, Landin Wray, Karter Yopp and Luis Zavala Rodezno
Second-year students:
Dakota Adams, Abdulrahman Alshammari, Jenna Capito, Amayah Clarke, Gabriella Cochran, Margaret Collins, Emily Cook, Kaleigh Copper, Christopher Darnell, Jocelyn Davis, Madelyn Davis, Christian Estrada, Nicolas Franklin, Steven Grubb, Reid Hanson, Matthew Hinchy, Elijah Hutchins, Hope Hutchins, Leighanna Kissner, Cole Kovacevic, Robert LaPrad, Savanna Lee, Aiden Likens, Elia Linkous, Holden Lovern, Sophia Mays, Adam Megdadi, Aiden Moore, Tyler Morrison, Fiona Novick, Grace Painter, Hannah Pennewell, Andrew Quakenbush, Haden Ross, Hunter Ross, Anton Sanders, Milla Schart, Madilynn Seale, Ben Shi-Wang, Isabella Vass, Isabelle Werle, Lukas White, Brenin Witcher and Leslen Wright
Third-year students:
Raelyn Adams, Kylie Altizer, Emily Banks, Tyler Booth, Sebastian Burnette, Jimena Colazo, Kelsey Cone, Rachael Cone, Hannah Johnson, Madison Johnson, Jakob Kroese, Ashley Linsenman, Riley McGraw, Kristen Patrick, Trace Poindexter, Sidney Price, Mark Thomas and Jordyn Tucker
SALEM
First-year students:
William Barnett, Amadi Brahmstadt, Teagan Butt, Kadence Campbell, Ashley Cortez-Guzman, Joseph Cummings, Alyssa Davenport, Alexis Fields, John Griffin, Alexis Hancock, Sebastian Hernandez, Caden Hutton, Jayden Jennings, Ivan Kelderhouse, Emaleigh Lane, Summer Lovecchio, Austin Mattox, Anna Mullins, Shaveon Murdock, Ettyen Noel, Andrea Roblero Perez, Miurel Rugama, Antonio Salinas-Miguel, Leon Scales, Daniel Shelton, Tuyambaze Slydio, Grayson Smith, Ciara Steele, Logan Sword, Elena Terry, Heather Thomas, Ryan Warren and Dylan Weeks
Second-year students:
Tristan Cox, Lily Fielder, Dayanara Garcia, Madeline Graboyes, Claire Higgins, Andrew King, Cole Robarge, Anna Spence, Sarah Tennant, Julian Warme and Daniel Wisdom
Third-year students:
Bari Elmore and Carter Logan
For more information about CCAP, see virginiawestern.edu/ccap or contact Annie Fentress, CCAP Coordinator, at (540) 857-6371 or afentress@virginiawestern.edu
