The Mensa Education & Research Foundation and Mensa members are proud of their history of providing scholarships to selected essay winners.
More than 10,000 students competed for 195 scholarship awards at the local, regional, national, and international levels with a combined value of more than $135,000. The 95 American Mensa Local Groups who participated and completed the scholarship judging have a $600 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 ($600.00) |
Douglas Raigosa, Westport, CT George Bancroft, North Dartmouth, MA Grace Rotar, Chester, NY Logan Wilder, Belmont, NH Madelyn Adams, Falmouth, ME Marc Levine, Lynbrook, NY Marissa Horton, Saranac, NY Mary Castillo, Parsippany, NJ Melody Wu, Allston, MA |
Maine Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Samantha Schildroth, Hollis, ME |
Mid-Hudson Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Simone Evans, Wurtsboro, NY |
Rhode Island Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Katia Pride, Westerly, RI |
Region 02 |
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Carol Gomez Scholarship ($500.00) |
Madison Dokos, Doylestown, PA |
Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Anne Head, Chesterfield, VA Colleen Brace, Nicholson, PA Hannah Clipp, Bel Air, MD Kelsey Garcia, Brentwood, MD Lynnette Henshaw, Hammonton, NJ Maria Provini, Bedminster, NJ Noah Schmitt, York, PA Sarah Friedman, Norfolk, VA |
Helen M Hughes Memorial Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Benjamin Reister, Timonium, MD |
Maryland Mensa Scholarship ($300.00) |
Preeya Subedi, Ellicott City, MD |
Region 03 |
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Allegheny Scholarship ($300.00) |
Kendra McAlear, Sarver, PA |
Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Ashley Hardee, Lexington, KY Brock Dolly, Moorefield, WV Helen Gibson, Clarence, NY Joshua Bowman, McMurray, PA Joshua Bush, Lansing, MI Kaylee Montney, Kingsley, MI Luke Ciccone, Pickerington, OH Mason Adolfs, Lake Orion, MI Maxwell McLain, Centerville, OH Sarah Yonker, West Olive, MI Taylor Pearl, Solon, OH Tyler Morr, West Salem, OH Vincent Feldman, Cincinnati, OH |
Marion Stewart Scholarship ($600.00) |
Allison Gyurich, DeWitt, MI |
Monongahela Scholarship ($300.00) |
Natalie Cummings, Canonsburg, PA |
Northern Michigan Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Clay Winowiecki, Kinglsey, MI |
Ohio Scholarship ($300.00) |
Keefer Gregoire, Butler, PA |
Western Michigan Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Alysa Kasen, Byron Center, MI Lindsey Delton, Kalamazoo, MI Michael Bursch, Caledonia, MI |
Region 04 |
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Chicago Area Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Choumika Simonis, St Albans, NY Jacqueline Glattard, Wilmette, IL |
Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Corey Nack, Auburn, IN Jenna McMains, Owatonna, MN Joshua Sharp, Weldon Spring, MO Kaisa Crawford-Taylor, Wisconsin Rapids, WI Kelly Flynn, Monrovia, IN Marshall Moyer, Burlington, IA Monica McCarthy, Chicago , IL Nyla Maere, Bloomington, IL Rebekah Baughman, Latham, IL |
John Matthews Scholarship ($500.00) |
Sydney Castellanos, Bargersville, IN |
Minnesota Mensa Scholarship ($500.00) |
Samuel Taylor, Woodbury, MN |
Region 05 |
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Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Abbie Broughton, Kernersville, NC Anastassia Stoenelova, Norcross , GA Anna Johnson, Cary, NC Callie Clark, Hayden, AL Cierra Widener, Delano, TN Clara Bono, Clover , SC Georgia Haggard, Trinity, AL Kylie McQueen, Smyrna, TN Latisha Fann, Coden, AL Logan Strock, Marbury, AL Rachel Whitmire, Pendleton, SC Rebekah Parris, Simpsonville, SC Sarah Frye, Asheville, NC |
Jack Haley Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Tyler Pharris, Newnan, GA |
Region 06 |
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Debbie Kittenbacher Memorial Scholarship ($2,500.00) |
Christopher Johnson, Dallas, TX |
Eastern Oklahoma Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Jaime Carini, Catoosa, OK |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Allison Thompson, Perkins, OK Anna Carter, Beaumont, TX Anna Maxfield, Coppell, TX Briana Orwix, Albuquerque, NM Bryan Weissinger, Goodwell, OK Jennifer Heidema, Abilene, TX Jennine Krueger, Pflugerville, TX Sage Barraza, Yeso, NM |
Tom Jeffrey Memorial Scholarship ($2,500.00) |
Myeshia Jackson, Dallas, TX |
Region 07 |
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Central Iowa Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Holly Reyner, Independence , IA |
Denver Mensa Scholarship ($500.00) |
Kelly Wiszynski, Fort Collins, CO |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Bo Lauckner, Leeds, ND Chandler Kendall, Marshalltown, IA Claire Lavender, Omaha, NE Daniel Klahn, Palmer Lake, CO Danielle McAvoy, Louisville, CO Elizabeth Neal, Eagle, CO Hailey Mazurkiewicz, Evanston, WY John Presley, Springfield, MO Jorge Banuelos, Wichita, KS Marena Draskovich, Kansas City, MO Nicole Steiner, Parker, CO |
North Dakota Mensa Scholarship ($500.00) |
Alexandra Heisler, Cando, ND |
Region 08 |
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Chod Harris Scholarship ($500.00) |
Alison Wilde, Santa Rosa, CA |
Horst Scholarship ($500.00) |
Mackenzi Chapman, Marysville, WA |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Ann Estrada, Santa Rosa, CA Ashlei Gomez, Eagle, ID Caylin Gans, Salem, OR David Eichert, Trulock, CA Gabrielle Villagran, Shoreline, WA Jordin Simons, Seaside, CA Lyndsey Mixson, Anchorage, AK |
The Diana Maul Scholarship for Oregon Mensa ($600.00) |
Jennifer Jung, Eugene, OR |
Region 09 |
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Greater Los Angeles Area Mensa Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Alexandra Lituchy, Encino, CA |
Greater Phoenix Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Savanna Palafox, Buckeye, AZ |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Aneirin Pendragon, Las Vegas, NV Chase Kessler, Kailua, HI Ellen Renskoff, Pasadena, CA Jacqueline Briseno, Phoenix, AZ Juliana Martinez, Oro Valley, AZ Kelli Jackson, Ramona, CA Tiffany Hamilton, Huntington Beach, CA |
Mensa Hawaii Scholarship ($600.00) |
Jacob Steiner, Kailua, HI |
Orange County Mensa Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Lindsey Taylor, Brea , CA |
San Diego Mensa Scholarship ($700.00) |
Emily Pearson, Las Vegas, NV Shalynn Arrington, San Dieo, CA Sydney Masser, Lakeside, CA |
The David Felt Scholarship ($1,500.00) |
Anna Benedict, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA |
Tucson Mensa Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Javier Jeffery, Tucson, AZ Meena Venkataramanan, Tucson, AZ Victoria Carotenuto, Tucson, AZ |
Region 10 |
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Dave Hunt Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Brenda Garcia, Palmetto, FL |
Joe and Carol Vitale Memorial Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
David Gelikman, Weston, FL |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Angel Godwin, North Port, FL Carlos Herrera, Doral, FL Daniel Clein, Wellington, FL David Burrell, Gainesville, FL David Mahan, Fort Myers, FL Jacobia Johnson, Jacksonville, FL James Williams, Pensacola, FL Joseph Burns, Miami, FL Leonardo Robledo, Gulfport, FL Zachariah Chou, Pembroke Pines, FL |
North Florida Mensa Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Alexis Clay, Tallahassee, FL |
Northwest Florida Mensa Local Group Scholarship ($300.00) |
Katelyn Burdett, Niceville, FL |