Congratulations 2019 President’s Scholars
You and your peers were selected from over 500 highly qualified applicants. We commend you for your scholarship, leadership, and school and community service, and look forward to the many contributions you will make to the PLU community.
As a PLU President’s Scholar, you will receive a $26,000 scholarship per year.*
*Please note that any Presidential Scholarship replaces the lower PLU academic scholarship you may have already been awarded.
You also have the opportunity to visit the PLU campus February 22 & 23 to interview for the $31,000 per year Harstad Founder’s Scholarships and the full tuition Regents’ Scholarships. Friday night includes a reception to celebrate your accomplishments, opportunities to meet our academic deans and other campus representatives, and an option to stay overnight on campus with a current student. Interviews for the Harstad Founder’s and Regents’ Scholarships take place on Saturday. Click here to see the current schedule for the weekend.
Below the following list of this year’s President’s Scholars, you’ll find links to programs in which scholars participate, as well as further resources.
We look forward to seeing you at the Presidential Scholarships Weekend.
| Scholar | High School | Hometown | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vartan Abramyan | Steilacoom High School | Tacoma | WA |
| Nabil Adem | Cesar Chavez High School | Laveen | AZ |
| Kamryn Adkins | Willapa Valley High School | Menlo | WA |
| Reine Albite | Pope John Paul II High School | Shelton | WA |
| Stephanie Aparicio Zambrano | Federal Way High School | Federal Way | WA |
| Naomi Atnafu | Valley High School | Las Vegas | NV |
| Hannah Baer | Canyon High School | New Braunfels | TX |
| Sophie Barkhurst | Puyallup High School | Puyallup | WA |
| Dylan Barnett | Graham Kapowsin High School | Puyallup | WA |
| Megan Barnhouse | Eastwood High School | El Paso | TX |
| Aliyah Baruso | Decatur High School | Federal Way | WA |
| Athena Bauer | Home School | University Place | WA |
| Sophia Behrens | Poudre High School | Wellington | CO |
| Chloe Benson | Clackamas High School | Happy Valley | OR |
| Zach Bethel | Riverside Christian School | Yakima | WA |
| Eden Beyene | Federal Way High School | Federal Way | WA |
| Lacey Bigelow | Westview High School | San Diego | CA |
| Raegan Bowyer | Twin Falls High School | Twin Falls | ID |
| Luke Britsch | Air Academy High School | Colorado Springs | CO |
| Julia Brown | Riverdale High School | Portland | OR |
| Olivia Brownfield | Yelm High School | Yelm | WA |
| Haley Buckbee | Soldotna High School | Soldotna | AK |
| Emily Bundy | Sequim High School | Port Angeles | WA |
| Mary Campbell | Saint Joseph High School | Paauilo | HI |
| Grace Carson | Bainbridge High School | Bainbridge Is | WA |
| Hannah Castrogiovanni | Sammamish High School | Bellevue | WA |
| Capri Cavalli | Santa Barbara High School | Carpinteria | CA |
| Rebecca Cavanaugh | Phillip & Sala Burton Academic High School | San Francisco | CA |
| Shaylin Cesar | Juneau-Douglas High School | Juneau | AK |
| Cece Chan | Nathan Hale High School | Seattle | WA |
| Nathan Claxton | Hillsboro High School | Hillsboro | OR |
| Rano Cohen | Thomas A Edison High School | Alexandria | VA |
| Cailey Collado | Ocean View High School | Huntington Beach | CA |
| Emma DeFrang | Lake Stevens High School | Lake Stevens | WA |
| Logan Denen | Renaissance High School | Boise | ID |
| Emma Dicken | Liberty High School | Hillsboro | OR |
| Shayla Dollemore | Robert A Long High School | Longview | WA |
| Michelle Evans | West Anchorage High School | Anchorage | AK |
| Larson Fairbairn | Ferndale High School | Ferndale | WA |
| Patti Fong | Phillip & Sala Burton Academic High School | San Francisco | CA |
| Logan Fraser | Federal Way High School | Federal Way | WA |
| Austin Freeman | Tahoma High School | Maple Valley | WA |
| Justin Freeman | Tahoma High School | Maple Valley | WA |
| Aaron Garrison | Bellarmine Preparatory School | Tacoma | WA |
| Ashley Gore | Orting High School | Federal Way | WA |
| Tom Gorman | Homer High School | Homer | AK |
| Charlotte Hanson | Kingston High School | Kingston | WA |
| Hannah Harvey | Thunder Mountain High School | Juneau | AK |
| Casandra Hebert | South Kitsap High School | Port Orchard | WA |
| Sophie Heinz | Tahoma High School | Renton | WA |
| Nathan Herde | Washington High School | Tacoma | WA |
| Alyssa Hershey | Edmonds-Woodway High School | Edmonds | WA |
| Halle Hetzler | LeJardin Academy | Kailua | HI |
| Mac Hiller | Summit County High School | Dillon | CO |
| Chloe Hodgson | Peak to Peak Charter School | Superior | CO |
| Erin Hudson | Sedro Woolley High School | Mount Vernon | WA |
| Noah Johnson | Central High School | Saint Paul | MN |
| Ruth Johnson | Billings West High School | Billings | MT |
| Ella Johnson | Bozeman High School | Bozeman | MT |
| Tarekegn Kabeto | Tyee High School | Seatac | WA |
| Adeline Kasemeier | Cascade Christian School | Graham | WA |
| Lucas Keller | Deer Park High School | Deer Park | WA |
| Mari Kramer | Roosevelt High School | Seattle | WA |
| Maddie Lamwers | White Bear Lake Area High School | White Bear Lake | MN |
| Katie Langan | Henry D Sheldon High School | Eugene | OR |
| Natalie Ledesma | Saint Agnes Academy | Missouri City | TX |
| Emily Lindros | Westlake High School | Thousand Oaks | CA |
| Rachel Ludlow | Burlington-Edison High School | Burlington | WA |
| Megan Lynn | Puyallup High School | Puyallup | WA |
| Isaac Madsen-Bibeau | Conard High School | West Hartford | CT |
| Callum Marks | Thunder Mountain High School | Douglas | AK |
| Julian Marsh | Tualatin High School | Tualatin | OR |
| Ellie McLoughlin | Westview High School | Portland | OR |
| Cassie McMurtrey | Peninsula High School | Gig Harbor | WA |
| Bella Melton | Capital High School | Helena | MT |
| Sheridan Moore | Home School | Lynnwood | WA |
| Catherine Mosley | Santiago High School | Corona | CA |
| Savannah Myers | Ballard High School | Seattle | WA |
| Ryan Naff | Auburn High School | Auburn | WA |
| Kelsie Neumann | Tacoma Science and Math Institute | Tacoma | WA |
| Brandon Nguyen | Lakes High School | Lakewood | WA |
| Anna Nguyen | Franklin High School | Nashville | TN |
| Matthew Noesen | Olympia High School | Olympia | WA |
| Paige Ohman | South Kitsap High School | Port Orchard | WA |
| Jaeda Oliver | Lakewood High School | Lakewood | CO |
| Sigrun Payne | North Creek High School | Bothell | WA |
| Chris Penner | Capital High School | Olympia | WA |
| Tia Pham | Curtis High School | University Place | WA |
| Rafa Polanco | Bella Vista High School | Fair Oaks | CA |
| Maya Postigo Baer | Paulo Freire | Cochabamba | |
| Alex Reed | Inglemoor High School | Bothell | WA |
| Owen Richey | Sehome High School | Bellingham | WA |
| Bethany Robinson | Boulder Creek High School | Phoenix | AZ |
| Monica Roman Ruiz | Federal Way High School | Federal Way | WA |
| Henry Samuelson | Astoria High School | Astoria | OR |
| Caroline Sanders | Ingraham High School | Seattle | WA |
| Elena Schmidt | Meadowdale High School | Edmonds | WA |
| Ruba Shahbin | Curtis High School | University Place | WA |
| Tara Shelton | Holy Names Academy | Bremerton | WA |
| Olivia Shepard | Steilacoom High School | Dupont | WA |
| Tsering Shola | Camas High School | Camas | WA |
| Rebecca Smith | Dayton High School | Dayton | WA |
| Zach Stancik | Kamiak High School | Mukilteo | WA |
| Emily Struck | Peak to Peak Charter School | Westminster | CO |
| Jenna Stuck | Royal High School | Simi Valley | CA |
| Raina Swanson Edison | Sammamish High School | Bellevue | WA |
| Rosario Tarabi | Kennedy Catholic High School | Covington | WA |
| Luke Tatum | Gig Harbor High School | Gig Harbor | WA |
| Catherine Thompson | Waynesburg Central High School | Waynesburg | PA |
| Pippi Thompson | South High School | Denver | CO |
| Monroe Torkelson | Maine West High School | Des Plaines | IL |
| Caroline Tran | Raisbeck Aviation High School | Burien | WA |
| Jordyn Trent | Lewis & Clark High School | Spokane | WA |
| Haylee Ward | Timberline High School | Olympia | WA |
| Ting Wei | Lincoln High School | Tacoma | WA |
| Kelly Westberg | Poway High School | Poway | CA |
| Lauren Wetzel | Renton High School | Renton | WA |
| Patrick Williams | Tumwater High School | Olympia | WA |
| Jevan Wilskey | Blaine High School | Blaine | WA |
| Alison Witwer | Emerald Ridge High School | Puyallup | WA |
| Jackson Wray | Woodrow Wilson High School | Portland | OR |
| Audrey Wrede | Mountain View High School | Vancouver | WA |
| Drew Wright | Meadowdale High School | Lynnwood | WA |
| Jessie Wright | Faith Lutheran High School | Las Vegas | NV |
| Aina Zabinski | Central Kitsap High School | Bremerton | WA |
| Karen Zamora-Chavez | Federal Way High School | Des Moines | WA |
| LeighAnna Zielske | Central High School | Saint Paul | MN |
| Jonathan Zosel | Tahoma High School | Renton | WA |
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