{"id":17682,"date":"2025-11-20T09:28:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T14:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/?p=17682"},"modified":"2025-11-20T09:28:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T14:28:39","slug":"virginia-western-educational-foundation-announces-2025-26-scholarship-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/20\/virginia-western-educational-foundation-announces-2025-26-scholarship-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Western Educational Foundation announces 2025-26 scholarship recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/11\/IMG_3190-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"The 2025-26 Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship cohort pose for a photo at their August 21, 2025 welcome dinner.\" class=\"wp-image-17681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/11\/IMG_3190-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/11\/IMG_3190-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/11\/IMG_3190-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/11\/IMG_3190.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The 2025-26 Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship cohort pose for a photo at their August 21, 2025, welcome dinner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/foundation\">Virginia Western Community College Educational Foundation<\/a> announces that it awarded $198,111 in general scholarships to 121 students attending Virginia Western Community College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024-25, the Educational Foundation also established these new general scholarships:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Blue Ridge Wildflower Society Scholarship in Honor of Rich Crites<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lottie G. &amp; Roy E. 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View it at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/foundation\/\">virginiawestern.edu\/foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For information on donating to or establishing a scholarship at Virginia Western, contact Philanthropy Director Amanda Mansfield at (540) 857-6962 or <a href=\"mailto:amansfield@virginiawestern.edu\">amansfield@virginiawestern.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>2025-26 Recipient<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Scholarship Award(s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ashton Abajace<\/td><td>Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Zakaria Al &#8211; Bahlani<\/td><td>David L. Nickerson Honorary Endowed Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alexandra Algeier<\/td><td>Beverly &amp; Leon Harris Occupational\/Technical Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Melissa Andersen<\/td><td>J. David and Mary Ann Wine Endowed Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Joan Anthony<\/td><td>Brown &amp; Sons Farm Annual Scholarship and Continental Societies Endowed Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Maureen Arthur<\/td><td>Glenna H. Hall Memorial Endowed Scholarship for Women in Business, established by Edwin C. Hall and Virginia Western to Virginia Tech Start Up Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Teresa Baker<\/td><td>Fred Whitaker Company Annual Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bryan Barger<\/td><td>Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Elise Barnes<\/td><td>Fred Whitaker Company Annual Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Adam Beecher<\/td><td>Garnett E. &amp; Patsy T. Smith Endowed Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mikayla Belanger<\/td><td>Petroleum Marketers, Inc. Endowed Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Emmaline Bell<\/td><td>Gordon C. and Jean Willis Memorial Endowed Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dylan Bender<\/td><td>J.K. and Donna Speas Annual Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brahim Benhammou<\/td><td>Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tigist Sophia Blaszak<\/td><td>Bridging the Gap Endowed Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Emma Bowman<\/td><td>Beverly Day Williamson, Jr. Endowed Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Savannah Brewbaker<\/td><td>Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cole Brunelli<\/td><td>The Neall Family Charitable Foundation Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ashlyn Burke<\/td><td>Beverly &amp; Leon Harris Teaching and Nursing Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Naclaya Burnett<\/td><td>Dr. Donna Harpold Memorial Annual Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Emma Caldwell<\/td><td>Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Julianna Carpenter<\/td><td>Judy Hackworth Memorial Annual Scholarship and William and Yolanda Salyers, Sr. Memorial Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Merissa Casey<\/td><td>James Mark Mitchell Memorial Art Endowed Scholarship and Virginia Western BIPOC Annual Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brittany Cole<\/td><td>Al Pollard Memorial Endowed Scholarship for the Culinary Arts<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Zachary Conklin<\/td><td>American Sign Language Endowed Scholarship and The Neall Family Charitable Foundation Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cassandra Counts<\/td><td>Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hollie Craig<\/td><td>Katherine Futrell Memorial Endowed Scholarship and The Charlotte Woolwine Scholarship Fund for Sole Caregivers of Minor Dependents<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Josephine Crowder<\/td><td>Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Olivia Davidson<\/td><td>Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sarah Davies<\/td><td>Gertrude Light Hubbard Endowed Scholarship and Mike Bassett Memorial Endowed Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Zavier Isaac DiStefano<\/td><td>Beverly Day Williamson, Jr. Endowed Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Davis Dixon<\/td><td>Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sheridan Dooley<\/td><td>Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mayson Duncan<\/td><td>John Morris Roslyn Educational Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nataizsha Earnest<\/td><td>Lorraine Pleasants Memorial Annual Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Caelyn England<\/td><td>Trees Virginia Annual Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jennifer Espino<\/td><td>Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Milla Farrington<\/td><td>Dennis R. 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Lester Foundation Annual Scholarship at Virginia Western<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Aidan Hardy<\/td><td>Fralin &amp; Waldron, Inc. Endowed Scholarship in Memory of Craig E. Via<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Keegan Harnish<\/td><td>Brooke Ferguson Memorial Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Anatacia Harris<\/td><td>Lewis-Gale Medical Center Endowed Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Savannah Hart<\/td><td>Sallie &amp; Elsie Williamson Endowed Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tabitha Hartman<\/td><td>The Neall Family Charitable Foundation Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kathryn Hayes<\/td><td>John Mathis, MD &amp; Krista Crawford-Mathis Endowed Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gissell Hernandez-Zuniga<\/td><td>Delta Dental of Virginia Foundation Endowed Scholarship and Orrin Clifton Annual Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shannon Hoey<\/td><td>Dr. Elizabeth W. Payne Endowed Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Regina Huff<\/td><td>Michael E. Warner Memorial Annual Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gabriel Ingraham<\/td><td>Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Caedyn Irvin<\/td><td>Roanoke Valley Academy of Medicine Alliance Foundation Endowed Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Katherine Jones<\/td><td>Fred Whitaker Company Annual Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>David Kasperski<\/td><td>Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship and John Morris Roslyn Educational Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lauren Kelley<\/td><td>Lucian Y. &amp; June B. Grove Honorary Endowed Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Haley Killian<\/td><td>Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Judith King<\/td><td>Connie Stephens May Scholarship and Walter Darnall Vinyard Endowed Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Siobhan King<\/td><td>Down Syndrome Association of Roanoke Annual Scholarship and Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Payne Endowed Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rosie Klakamp<\/td><td>Lewis-Gale Medical Center Endowed Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ayden Knowles<\/td><td>Kiwanis Club of Botetourt County Endowed Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lily Kroese<\/td><td>Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Makalyn Lam<\/td><td>Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Griffin Land<\/td><td>Dolores Martin Skelly Endowed Scholarship and The Flippin Family Endowed Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Talicee Landes<\/td><td>The Louise R. Lester Foundation Annual Scholarship at Virginia Western<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Caitlin Laughlin<\/td><td>Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Juan Leon<\/td><td>Educational Foundation Textbook Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rachel Little<\/td><td>Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cecilia Maiolo<\/td><td>Elisabeth &#8220;Liz&#8221; Reed Carter Educational Annual Scholarship and Employee Family Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alexis McGuire<\/td><td>Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Steven Mckee<\/td><td>Roanoke Electric Steel Corp. 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