The Mensa Education & Research Foundation and Mensa members are proud of their history of providing scholarships to selected essay winners.
This year, more than 10,000 students competed for 178 scholarship awards at the local, regional, national, and international levels with a combined value of more than $130,000. The 89 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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Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Albert Appouh, Maplewood, NJ Drew Gillen, Smithfield, RI Gregory Hagley, Hanover, NH Kaila Skeet Browning, South Royalton, VT Kaitlin Evans, New York, NY Katherine Pecora, North Reading, MA Leah Lansdowne, New Haven, CT Rachael Sahlin, Newtown, CT Sarah Meyer-Waldo, West Bath, ME Skylar Eagle, Colonie, NY Truth Muller, Rock Hill, NY |
Mid-Hudson Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Andrella Collins, Cornwall on Hudson, NY |
Peggy Deane Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Jacob Kayler, Mahopac, NY |
Rhode Island Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Gabrielle Johnson, Johnston, RI |
Region 02 |
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Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Adam Wolnikowski, Wrightsville , PA Caitlin Taylor, Basking Ridge, NJ Mackenzie Cyr, Blairstown, NJ Madeline Puppos, Ranson, WV Matthew Catanoso, Seaville, NJ Sravya Uppalapati, Richmond, VA Taylor Foreman, Chesapeake, VA |
Region 03 |
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Allegheny Scholarship ($300.00) |
Arina Prakapenka, Pittsburgh, PA |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Cheyenne Campbell, Mendon, MI Halle Austin, Lancaster, KY Jacob Stanifer, Johnstown, OH Kayla Young, Charleston, WV Maria Zou, Hudson, OH Mariah Jordan, Shaker Heights, OH Mason Adolfs, Lake Orion, MI Megan Hazlett, West Middlesex, PA Molly Hartig, Cincinnati, OH Natalie Smith, Youngstown, NY Rebecca Price, Shepherdsville, KY |
Monongahela Scholarship ($300.00) |
Keanna Cash, Pittsburgh, PA |
Ohio Scholarship ($300.00) |
Ethan Schumann, Pittsburgh, PA |
Region 04 |
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Chicago Area Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Benjamin Brantley, Bolingbrook, IL Celia Byrne, Glen Ellyn , IL |
John Matthews Scholarship ($500.00) |
Mackenzie Castellanos, Bargersville, IN |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Alicia Bostwick, Zionsville, IN Grace Skelton, Middletown, IL Greta Fischer, Duluth, MN Katie McGill, Tremont, IL MaryJane Been, Saint Louis, MO Maxwell Ylitalo, Madison, WI Noelle Butski, McHenry, IL |
Minnesota Mensa Scholarship ($500.00) |
Cassidy Bins, Victoria , MN |
Region 05 |
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Jack Haley Memorial Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Hillel Eichenbrenner, Canton, GA |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Alexandra O'Neal, Somerville, AL Andrea Reed, Montgomery, AL Courtney Spake, Chattanooga, TN Delaney Walden, Goose Creek, SC Donovan Cleckley, Clanton, AL Hayden Stokley, Laurel, MS Jack Farley, Lexington, SC John Goodie, Zebulon, NC Jonathan Palmer, Waxhaw, NC Mackenzie Smoak, Kernersville, NC Parker Solesbee, West Union, SC Quinton Dukes-Johnson, Hampton, GA Sean Porach, Asheville, NC Wilson Bullington, Fairhope, AL |
Region 06 |
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Debbie Kittenbacher Memorial Scholarship ($3,000.00) |
Charles Ringman, Dallas, TX |
Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Arielle Smith, Denton, TX Brock Bennett, Flower Mound, TX Chantel Rueger, Alva, OK Christina Padilla, Las Vegas, NM Claudine Kadmon, Houston, TX Jenna Ward, Trabuco Canyon, CA Maren Smith, Midland, TX Micaiah Smith, Tulsa, OK |
Eastern Oklahoma Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Lydia Hall , Tulsa, OK |
Tom Jeffrey Memorial Scholarship ($3,000.00) |
Michael Giordano, Tyler, TX |
Region 07 |
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Central Iowa Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Karter Krueger, Denver, IA |
Denver Mensa Scholarship ($500.00) |
Jenna Gorham, Windsor, CO |
Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Abigail Martin, Dupree, SD Brett Stiles, Cosby, MO Calla Sullivan, Lincoln, NE Corrie Carnahan, Clever, MO Daniel Slaughter, Waukee, IA Erika Frisbie, Hutchinson, KS Hailey Mazurkiewicz, Evanston, WY Kaylin Williams, Carbondale, CO Kim McDevitt, Lafayette, CO Lauren Ostlie, Fargo, ND Megan Barney, Colorado Springs, CO Robert Swift, Larkspur, CO |
North Dakota Mensa Scholarship ($500.00) |
Monica Zent, Dickinson, ND |
Region 08 |
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Chod Harris Scholarship ($500.00) |
Sonia Findling, Sebastopol, CA |
Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Autumn Iverson, Santa Rosa, CA Eliza Oldham, Eagle River, AK Judith Windleharth, Seattle, WA Kathryn West, Idaho Falls, ID Sarah Fahr, Pullman, WA |
Horst Scholarship ($500.00) |
Gavin Cochran, Seattle, WA |
Region 09 |
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Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Kimberly Uthoff, Las Vegas, NV Molly Pavey, Mesa, AZ Naesha Arroyo, San Diego, CA Sara Kay, Honolulu, Hi Serena Zadoorian, Sunland, CA Tiffany Hamilton, Huntington Beach, CA |
Greater Los Angeles Area Mensa Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Ruth Karpinski, Upland, CA |
Greater Phoenix Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Evan Pittman, Phoenix, AZ |
Larry Grannis Memorial Scholarship ($2,000.00) |
Rebecca Culbertson, Irvine, CA |
Mensa Hawaii Scholarship ($300.00) |
Julianne Ballon, Hagatna, GU |
Orange County Mensa Scholarship ($2,000.00) |
Matthew Tang, Irvine, CA |
San Diego Mensa Scholarship ($2,000.00) |
Jacqueline Penn, Carlsbad, CA Marcos Mendoza, San Diego, CA Savannah Jessup, Rancho Mirage, CA Shamis Mohamed, Chula Vista, CA Shreya Padmanabhan, San Diego, CA |
The David Felt Scholarship ($1,500.00) |
Natalie Hampton, Sherman Oaks, CA |
Region 10 |
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Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Carmella Backis, Sarasota, FL Ethan Hymes, Valrico, FL Grace Anderson, Fort Myers, FL |
Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Heidi Chesney, Dunnellon, FL Hope Hanson, Apoka, FL Lauren Eckert, Fleming Island, FL Ollicia Clark, Plantation, FL Sophia Elliott, Miami Beach, FL |
Joe and Carol Vitale Memorial Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
David Gelikman, Weston, FL |
North Florida Mensa Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
George Gonzalez, Alachua, FL |
Tampa Bay Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Noelle Vermost, Safety Harbor, FL |