The Mensa Education & Research Foundation and Mensa members are proud of their history of providing scholarships to selected essay winners.
More than 11,000 students competed for 190 scholarship awards at the local, regional, national, and international levels with a combined value of more than $91,000. The 94 American Mensa Local Groups who participated and completed the scholarship judging have a $300 Karen Cooper or Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship awarded on their behalf to a student with the funding provided by the Mensa Foundation.
Region 01 |
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Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($300.00) |
Annamaria Ceci, Norwalk, CT Annemarie Martella, Warwick, RI Cheng Yin Lu, Parsippany, NJ James Kane, Brookline, MA Laura Smith, Pine Island, NY Parandis Nejati, West Hempstead, NY Phillip Bradshaw, Nashua, NH Quinn Sluzenski, Charlotte, ME Tristan Dixon, Delanson, NY |
Mid-hudson Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Grace Rotar, Chester, NY |
Peggy Deane Scholarship ($500.00) |
Claudine Avalos, Corona, NY |
Rhode Island Mensa Scholarship ($300.00) |
Honor Davis, Rumford, RI |
Region 02 |
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Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($300.00) |
Amber Coleman, Hampton, VA Craig Griffin, York, PA Joshua Toth, Jefferson Twp, PA Katherine Muffett, Washington, DC Lana Sargent, Ashland, VA Maggie Beeler, Philadelphia, PA Rosemary Attor, Elizabeth, NJ Shelley Dowling, New Market, MD |
Helen M Hughes Memorial Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Emily Farr, Berlin, MD |
Maryland Mensa Scholarship ($300.00) |
Monae Wilmore, Gwynn Oak, MD |
Region 03 |
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Allegheny Scholarship ($300.00) |
Courtney Lee, Steubenville, OH |
Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($300.00) |
Alana Zendano, Williamsville, NY Christina Ciccone, Pickerington, OH Corrine Carnohan, Fort Thomas, KY David Austin, Harrodsburg, KY Dominic Zelli, Jeffersonville, IN Hannah Flemming, Carp Lake, MI Heather Tempest, Connellsville, PA Jacob Braslawsce, Copley, OH Kelsey McCracken, Alma, MI Shelby Hayes, Fort Ashby, WV Tiala Warczynski, Auburn, MI |
Monongahela Scholarship ($300.00) |
Christopher Omasits, Pittsburgh, PA |
Northern Michigan Mensa Scholarship ($500.00) |
Erin Guy, Alpena, MI |
Ohio Scholarship ($300.00) |
Anna Nelms, Sewickley, PA |
Western Michigan Mensa Scholarship ($300.00) |
Abigail Hendrix, South Haven, MI Cassidy Huizinga, Wayland, MI James Berry, Saint Joseph, MI Laura Kooistra, Grand Haven, MI Renee Paniccia, Wyoming, MI |
Region 04 |
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Chicago Area Mensa Scholarship ($300.00) |
Macy Wilson, Kerrville, TX Michael Dion, Kankakee, IL |
Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($300.00) |
Aubrey Graham, Fenton, IL Corey Nack, Auburn, IN Grace Burkhart, Greensburg, IN Hannah Thompson, Downers Grove, IL Kylee Fields, Chandlerville, IL Lucas Hansen, Shoreview, MN Nicholas Ott, Brown Deer, WI Nicole Howard, St Louis, MO Siscily Shelby, Danville, IL |
John Matthews Scholarship ($500.00) |
James Hauser, Pine Village, IN |
Minnesota Mensa Scholarship ($500.00) |
Carolyn Jons, Eden Prairie, MN |
Region 05 |
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Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($300.00) |
Allison Bohlman, Huntsville, AL Barbara Thomas, Charlotte, NC Carolyn Smith, Bessemer, AL Jaemi Graham, Kennesaw, GA Joshua Riles, Phenix City, AL Katrina Harris, Franklin, NC Lauren Drum, Jamestown, NC Lauren Walters, Lexington, SC Madeline Seale, Bay Minette, AL Paige Williams, Jackson, TN Rachel Whitmire, Pendleton, SC William Pace, Fayetteville, TN |
Jack Haley Memorial Scholarship ($500.00) |
Diana Benton, Avondale Estates, GA |
Region 06 |
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Debbie Kittenbacher Memorial Scholarship ($2,000.00) |
Lisa Evans, Sunnyvale, TX |
Eastern Oklahoma Mensa Scholarship ($500.00) |
Denni Swepston, Tahlequah, OK |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($300.00) |
Alexa Escapita, El Paso, TX Casey Buller, Cleveland, OK Jessica Richardson, Houston, TX Kaylee Long, Odessa, TX Logan Kramer, Austin, TX Sandip Rai, Santa Fe, NM Stephan Mirzakhan, Richardson, TX Veena Muraleetharan, Norman, OK |
Tom Jeffrey Memorial Scholarship ($2,000.00) |
Kathryn Parker, Hallsville, TX |
Region 07 |
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Central Iowa Mensa Scholarship ($500.00) |
Anna Holck, Gilbert, IA |
Denver Mensa Scholarship ($500.00) |
Alicia McNally, Denver, CO |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($300.00) |
Chelsey Olauson, Valley City, ND Cody Jensen, Lansing, KS Colt Allred, Rangely, CO Emma Chafin, Laramie, WY Jacqueline Hollingshead, Ogden, IA Jennifer Mack, Omaha, NE Karen Olson, Longmont, CO Ryan Thomas, Wichita, KS Stephanie Caldwell, Colorado Springs, CO Stephanie Johnson, Belle Fourche, SD Walid Sharif, Denver, CO |
North Dakota Mensa Scholarship ($500.00) |
Addison Magill, Verona, ND |
Region 08 |
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Chod Harris Scholarship ($500.00) |
Katherine Tesch, Cotati, CA |
Horst Scholarship ($500.00) |
Rohan Sehgal, Bellevue, WA |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($300.00) |
Danielle Pedersen, Salinas, CA Diana Schooling, Olympia, WA Erika Bigwood-Keaton, Petaluma, CA Katie Buckner, Bozeman, MT Leah Yael Levy, Oakland, CA Lena Illig, Anchorage, AK Noelle Johansen, Blackfoot, ID Stephanie Newman, Portland, OR |
Oregon Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Lindsay Costello, Portland, OR |
Region 09 |
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George Stelle Scholarship ($500.00) |
Annika Coleman, Sonoita, AZ |
Greater Phoenix Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Adrienne Good Bear, Chandler, AZ |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($300.00) |
Aimee Pak, Honolulu, HI Baotran Tran, Sierra Vista, AZ Bronson Taylor, Las Vegas, NV Helena Silva-Nichols, Phoenix, AZ Ivett Gabriella, Los Angeles, CA Nedda Bozorgmehri, Foothill Ranch, CA |
Mensa Hawaii Scholarship ($300.00) |
Maria Andrea Hyrado, Waipahu, HI |
Mensa Member Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
David Walker, Los Angeles, CA |
Orange County Mensa Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Karen Pham, Orange, CA |
Region 10 |
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Joe And Carol Vitale Memorial Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Rebecca Tutunick, Coral Springs, FL |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($300.00) |
Alyssa Fatic, Bradenton, FL Chloe Davis, Gulf Breeze, FL David Gelikman, Weston, FL Elizabeth Jung, Jupiter, FL Holly Russell, Lake City, FL Jorge Sanchez, Miami Beach, FL Kristie Yang, Saint Johns, FL Olivia Randall-Kosich, Oviedo, FL Samuel Minkowicz, Fort Myers, FL |
North Florida Mensa Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Alexis Johnson, Newberry, FL |
Northwest Florida Mensa Local Group Scholarship ($300.00) |
Katelynn Powers, Milton, FL |