Congratulations 2017 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 merit scholarship per year.*
*Please note that any Presidential Scholarship replaces the lower PLU academic merit scholarship you may have already been awarded.
You also have the opportunity to visit the PLU campus February 24 & 25 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.
An important note about your RSVP: If you are planning on attending both Friday’s and Saturday’s events, you must register separately for each day.
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.
| Name | High School | Hometown | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Appleby-Hall | Kentridge High School | Renton | WA |
| Justus Arthur | Saint Louis School | Kailua | HI |
| Benaiah Axlund | Bellingham High School | Bellingham | WA |
| Rachel Barth | Fairfield High School | Hamilton | OH |
| Calysta Julianne Bauer | Home School | University Place | WA |
| Rachel Berg | Bellevue Christian School | Bellevue | WA |
| Anthony Beyer | Blanchet High School | Mount Angel | OR |
| Grace Blair | Bellarmine Preparatory School | Olympia | WA |
| Peter Bomann | Highline CHOICE Academy | Des Moines | WA |
| Zoe Brill | Silverado High School | Las Vegas | NV |
| Mason Brown | Woodburn Arts & Communications Academy | Woodburn | OR |
| Rachel Brown | Newbury Park High School | Newbury Park | CA |
| Valerie Rose Bumanglag | Waipahu High School | Waipahu | HI |
| Layne Burdette | Wayzata High School | Minneapolis | MN |
| Scarlet Byron | Interlake High School | Bellevue | WA |
| Diana Carney | Clover Park High School | Lakewood | WA |
| Christiaan Chandler | Green Valley High School | Henderson | NV |
| Rose Click | Los Alamos High School | Los Alamos | NM |
| Claire Colombini | Bellarmine Preparatory School | Tacoma | WA |
| Kaitlyn Condon | Eastlake High School | Redmond | WA |
| Zack Conner | Chaparral High School | Franktown | CO |
| August Corppetts | Gonzaga Preparatory School | Spokane | WA |
| Morgan Craig | Billings West High School | Billings | MT |
| Allison Curtis | Glacier Peak High School | Snohomish | WA |
| Mia Cywinski | Westside Christian High School | Lake Oswego | OR |
| Abigail Dominguiano | Central Kitsap High School | Bremerton | WA |
| Cloe Easter | Lakes High School | Lakewood | WA |
| Kyle Fager | Lewis & Clark High School | Spokane | WA |
| Declan Foster | Alamogordo High School | Alamogordo | NM |
| Michaela Frohnen | Saint Wendelin High School | Fostoria | OH |
| Bennett Frohock | Stillwater High School | Stillwater | OK |
| Talia Gaulke | White River High School | Buckley | WA |
| Mikayla Gingrey-Osborne | Curtis High School | University Place | WA |
| Bayley Gochanour | South Whidbey High School | Clinton | WA |
| Kameron Goetz | Almira-Coulee-Hartline High School | Coulee City | WA |
| Jenna Gordon | Gig Harbor High School | Fox Island | WA |
| Lauren Graf | Villanova Preparatory School | Carpinteria | CA |
| Claire Green | Camas High School | Camas | WA |
| Kira Hamilton | Robert Service High School | Anchorage | AK |
| Marie Hashitani | Valley High School | Las Vegas | NV |
| Heather Haugen | Bonney Lake High School | Bonney Lake | WA |
| Hannah Hawthorne | Century High School | Beaverton | OR |
| Madison Hayes | Clover Park High School | McChord AFB | WA |
| Taylor Heidema | Canby High School | Canby | OR |
| Alex Heldrich | Orting High School | Orting | WA |
| Nayeli Hernandez | Foss High School | Tacoma | WA |
| Mackenzie Herring | Chaska High School | Chaska | MN |
| Dana Hiett | Sweet Home High School | Sweet Home | OR |
| Claire Hillier | Newport High School | Bellevue | WA |
| Kyle Hippe | Palmer Ridge High School | Monument | CO |
| Kara Hokenstad | Emerald Ridge High School | Puyallup | WA |
| Greyson Hoye | Liberty University Online Academy | University Place | WA |
| Jo Sean Ignaco | Puyallup High School | Puyallup | WA |
| Brandon Ishise | Decatur High School | Federal Way | WA |
| Hannah Jeffries | Centralia High School | Chehalis | WA |
| Sophia Jenkinson | Olympia High School | Tumwater | WA |
| Alexander Johnson | Capital High School | Olympia | WA |
| Alexander Johnson | Central Kitsap High School | Silverdale | WA |
| Grayson Jones | Cascade Christian School | Graham | WA |
| Jordan Juran | Chatfield Senior High School | Littleton | CO |
| Duncan Kass | Cleveland High School | Portland | OR |
| Caleb Kierum | Emerald Ridge High School | Puyallup | WA |
| Morgan Kinailuk | Kettle Falls High School | Kettle Falls | WA |
| Claudia Krumpach | Curtis High School | University Place | WA |
| Rayna LaFave-Clark | Cascade High School | Everett | WA |
| Madelyn Landerfelt | Douglas High School | Minden | NV |
| Soo Yong Lee | Rogers High School | Puyallup | WA |
| Brandon Lehto | Ridgefield High School | Ridgefield | WA |
| Grace Lin-Cereghino | Saint Mary's High School | Stockton | CA |
| Ruby Lindgren | The Met Sacramento High School | Sacramento | CA |
| Raven Lirio | Olympia High School | Olympia | WA |
| Autumn Little | Castle Rock High School | Castle Rock | WA |
| Jolie Lowe | Hillsboro High School | Hillsboro | OR |
| Carli Lugo | Del Norte High School | San Diego | CA |
| Avery Madril | Pendleton High School | Pendleton | OR |
| Jack Mahr | Chanhassen High School | Chanhassen | MN |
| Morgan Mankin | West Linn High School | West Linn | OR |
| Haley Marco | Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Charter High School | Sacramento | CA |
| Hailey Marsh | Curtis High School | University Place | WA |
| Gabrielle Maxwell | Xavier College Preparatory School | Phoenix | AZ |
| Ian McKinley | Graham Kapowsin High School | Graham | WA |
| Haley Michaels | Folsom High School | Folsom | CA |
| Alyssa Miller | Valley Catholic High School | Portland | OR |
| Anna Moritz | Saint Charles High School | Saint Charles | IL |
| Keiley Munsterman | West Valley High School | Yakima | WA |
| Amanda Nee | Kentridge High School | Renton | WA |
| Jonah Nelson | Washington High School | Sioux Falls | SD |
| Kyrie Newby | Centaurus High School | Lafayette | CO |
| Anna Norman-Wikner | City High School | Iowa City | IA |
| Liam O'Kane | St. Augustine Academy | Ventura | CA |
| David Paine | South High School | Torrance | CA |
| Jessica Par | Global Connections High School | Kent | WA |
| Jeran Paris | Curtis High School | University Place | WA |
| Grayson Peet | Port Angeles High School | Port Angeles | WA |
| Sarah Pemberton | Cascade Christian School | Puyallup | WA |
| Lydia Peplinski | Oak Harbor High School | Oak Harbor | WA |
| Alberto Quiroz-Guzman | Federal Way High School | Federal Way | WA |
| Nora Riches | Wilson High School | Tacoma | WA |
| Marie Rodrigues | Graham Kapowsin High School | Graham | WA |
| Alexis Savary | Life Christian Academy | Tacoma | WA |
| Cherish Scheidhauer | McKinney High School | McKinney | TX |
| Katy Schermerhorn | Lewis & Clark High School | Spokane | WA |
| Eleanor Schnorr | Forest Grove High School | Forest Grove | OR |
| Rebecca Schulz | Summit High School | Bend | OR |
| Serena Sheehan | Rogers High School | Puyallup | WA |
| Nick Sherwin | Gig Harbor High School | Gig Harbor | WA |
| Tatum Shore | Oaks Christian High School | Newbury Park | CA |
| Natalie Simek | Henry M Jackson High School | Everett | WA |
| Kara Skokan | Jesuit High School | Portland | OR |
| Brianna Smith | Inglemoor High School | Brier | WA |
| Kyra Soares | Notre Dame High School | San Jose | CA |
| Brady Stinson | Vashon Island High School | Vashon | WA |
| Katherine Sweborg | Bethel High School | Spanaway | WA |
| Kenisha Tabb | Bethel High School | Spanaway | WA |
| Frances Nicole Tabios | Sacred Hearts Academy | Aiea | HI |
| Molly Taylor | Mountlake Terrace High School | Edmonds | WA |
| Adam Teske | Palmer Ridge High School | Monument | CO |
| Abigail Tetzlaff | Henry Sibley High School | Sain Paul | MN |
| Nicole Tetzlaff | Henry Sibley High School | Saint Paul | MN |
| Lea Tonnerre | Sentinel High School | Missoula | MT |
| Ammara Touch | Kentridge High School | Kent | WA |
| Ileana Valdez | School for the Talented and Gifted | Red Oak | TX |
| Kelly Wichmann | Manhattan High School | Manhattan | KS |
| Andrew Wiebers | Shadle Park High School | Spokane | WA |
| Alex Williams | Peninsula High School | Gig Harbor | WA |
| Daria Wonderlick | Valley Catholic High School | Portland | OR |
| Marlee Young | Kings High School | Woodway | WA |
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