Mensa Foundation Scholarship winners

The Mensa Education & Research Foundation and Mensa members are proud of their history of providing scholarships to selected essay winners.


Use the selection boxes to view winners by year and category:


2017 Scholarship 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.

Foundation Trustees’ Scholarship ($500.00)
Region 04 Larry Kresse, Martinsville, IN
 
 
Fruecht-McGrew Scholarship ($1,000.00)
Region 05 Antehya Murray, RTP, NC
 
 
Galiley Scholarship ($500.00)
Region 02 Brittany Wylie, North Wales , PA
 
 
Grosswirth-Salny Scholarship ($500.00)
Region 01 Meghann Maguire, North Kingstown, RI
 
Region 02 Taylor Foreman, Chesapeake, VA
 
Region 03 Rachael Stohlin, Howell, MI
 
Region 04 Megan Beach, Palatine, IL
 
Region 05 Thomas Colburn, Oak Ridge, TN
 
Region 06 Catherine Cardenas, Boerne, TX
 
Region 07 Christa Manning, Papillion, NE
 
Region 08 Alexandra Villagran, Shoreline, WA
 
Region 09 Lindsay Royer, West Jordan, UT
 
Region 10 Jillian Polk, Srasota, FL
 
 
Kuhnel Scholarship ($500.00)
Region Delicia Reed, Oklahoma City, OK
Marian Smallin, Panama City, FL
 
Region 01 Michael London, Bronx, NY
 
Region 02 Hayat Adawi, Midlothian, VA
 
Region 03 Jennifer Kuszniaj, Lackawanna, NY
 
Region 04 Weronika Myslak, Chicago , IL
 
Region 05 Candice Blacknall, Atlanta, GA
 
Region 07 Hunter Stone, Woodland Park, CO
 
Region 08 La Reva Myles, Cloverdale, CA
 
Region 09 Karen Cline, Kaysville, UT
 
 
McGrew-Fruecht Scholarship ($1,000.00)
Region 05 Laura Jenkins, Columbia, SC
 
 
The Charlotte Duggar Memorial Nursing Scholarship ($500.00)
Region 05 Diana Cueli, Raeford, NC