The Mensa Education & Research Foundation and Mensa members are proud of their history of providing scholarships to selected essay winners.
This year, more than 19,000 students competed for 190 scholarship awards at the local, regional, national, and international levels with a combined value of more than $150,000. The 92 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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Connecticut and Western Massachusetts Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Danielle Berube, Burlington, CT |
Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Anna Xia, Livingston, NJ Cailin Martin, Newport, RI Dani Forte, Woodbury, CT Feven Seifu, Roslindale, MA Howard Qian, Trumbull, CT Jonathan Gagnon, Cornwall, NY Marisa Morin, Hudson, NH Marvia Pressoir, Elmont, NY Scott Hagan, Sanford, ME Seth Brokalis, Stephentown, NY |
Mid-Hudson Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Teresa Kamen, Lagrangeville, NY |
Peggy Deane Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Joshua M Sanchez, Long Island City, NY |
Rhode Island Mensa Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Nicholas Rutherford, Coventry, RI |
Region 02 |
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Central New Jersey Mensa Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Swara Ramaswamy, Hillsborough, NJ |
Donald Katz-Central New Jersey Mensa Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Elizabeth DeFazio, Bound Brook, NJ |
Helen M Hughes Memorial Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Dorothy Hemauer, Salisbury, MD |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Charanya Uppalapati, Henrico, VA Elizabeth Sauers, Holland, PA Jolene R Lozano, Princeton, NJ Josephine Hunter, Waldorf, MD Lauren Brook Ramey, Suffolk, VA Madeline Carbonell, Damascus, MD Teonna Blake, Hanover, PA |
Region 03 |
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Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Elizabeth Schupbach, East Aurora, NY Giana Loretta, Shinnston, WV Isha Arora, Powell, OH Jeremy Federer, Berea, KY Jillian Ochsendorf, Alliance, OH Judith Clemens-Smucker, Ottawa, OH Kirsten Reid, Bellevue, MI Krishna Patel, Twinsburg, OH Maanasa Mendu, Mason, OH Madalyn Craven, Traverse City, MI Matthew Alexander Artuso, Lansing, Mi Traci Jo Reed, Detroit, MI Trevor Bowers, Bellbrook, OH |
Marion Stewart Scholarship ($500.00) |
Nicholas Williams, Holt, MI |
Northern Michigan Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Daniel Joseph Bielas, Presque Isle, MI |
Western Michigan Mensa Scholarship ($300.00) |
Molly Madigan, Fernville, MI |
Region 04 |
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Chicago Area Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Kaylin Hu, Inverness, IL Rachel Tobias Paul, Wauconda, IL |
John Matthews Scholarship ($500.00) |
Stephanie Bennett, Crawfordsville, IN |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Amanda Cegelske, Stevens Point, WI Cole Dill, Tremont, IL Jacelyn Street, Newton, IL Kayla, New Castle, IN Lulua Rawwas, Iowa City, IA Nicholas Pitlick, Jordan, MN Samantha Wigfall, Naperville, IL |
Minnesota Mensa Scholarship ($500.00) |
Lauren Forbes, Mendota Heights, MN |
Region 05 |
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Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Alexandra Grey Moore, Eden, NC Arwen Otwell, Huntsville, AL Ashley Chafin, Savannah, GA Brandon Grant, Canton, GA Christian J Chekroun Jr, Ladson, SC Eryn Wells, Notasulga, AL Grace Ham, Vestavia Hills, AL Matthew Chavis-Tartaglia, Chattanooga, TN Maxwell Gardner, Weaverville, NC Natalie Slowik, Rockwood, TN Nathan Storch, Moore, SC Samori Cullum, Charlotte, NC |
Jack Haley Memorial Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Rajon Scott, Stockbridge, GA |
Region 06 |
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Debbie Kittenbacher Memorial Scholarship ($3,000.00) |
Bailey Hogan, Garland, TX |
Eastern Oklahoma Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Sherilyn Kendrick, Kansas, OK |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Alice Teper, Katy, TX Angelica Faith Carrillo, Odessa, TX Hailey Hoog, Jenks, OK Jenna Cotton, Round Rock, TX Mark Andrew Moses, Fort Worth, TX Peyton Glenn, Oklahoma City, OK Rachel Penner, Tijeras, NM Victoria Barbero, Dallas, TX |
Marjorie Brown Memorial Scholarship ($3,000.00) |
Azia Tisdale, Desoto, TX |
Tom Jeffrey Memorial Scholarship ($3,000.00) |
Khrystiana Howell, Sachse, TX |
Region 07 |
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Central Iowa Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Celia Mathieu, Urbandale, IA |
Denver Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Oscar Paniagua Morales, Parker, CO |
Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Austin Cook, Walsh, CO Daniel Moe, Sioux Falls, SD Derek Renko, Springfield, MO Gurleen Kaur, Alamosa, CO Joelle A Westcott, Broomfield, CO Julia Carolyn Burrows, Casper, WY Kathleen Maria de los Angeles Dolan, Kansas City, MO Kinor Eliaz, Fort Collins, CO Lane Dittmer, Lacona, IA Lara Quiring, Lincoln, NE Lynn R Martell, Grand Forks, ND |
Nebraska Western Iowa Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Cassie Gaul, Bellevue, NE |
North Dakota Mensa Scholarship ($500.00) |
Alexandra Gleason, Devils Lake, ND |
Region 08 |
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Chod Harris Scholarship ($500.00) |
Meriel Melendrez Mees, Arcata, CA |
Horst Scholarship ($500.00) |
Amber R Richcreek, Bellingham, WA |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Darren McCormick, Portland, OR Eli Kallison, Carmel, CA Elijah Titus, Palmer, AK Emily Kershaw, McCleary, WA Maia Bickert, South Lake Tahoe, CA Paul Gregory Harness, Nampa, ID |
The Diana Maul Scholarship for Oregon Mensa ($600.00) |
Emmalina Motes, Salem, OR |
Region 09 |
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Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Daniel Miller, Costa Mesa, CA Emma Flattery, Pleasant View, UT Hasset Yishak, Goleta, CA Julia Williams, Prescott, AZ Lourdes Castillo Silva, Tuscon, AZ Meredith S. Kazato, San Diego, CA Paris Smith, North Las Vegas, NV Tri Doan, Rancho Cucamonga, CA |
Greater Los Angeles Area Mensa Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Anna Benedict, Rancho Pales Verdes, CA |
Greater Phoenix Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Emmalyn Friese, Phoenix, AZ |
Larry Grannis Memorial Scholarship ($2,000.00) |
Woo Chang Wi, Irvine, CA |
Orange County Mensa Scholarship ($2,000.00) |
Hunter Liu, Eastvale, CA |
San Diego Mensa Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Alfredo Padilla, Spring Valley, CA Diva Zeckua, National City, CA Kacie Traina, La Jolla, CA Trevor Brokowski, San Diego, CA |
The David Felt Scholarship ($1,500.00) |
Nabil Khalil, Los Angeles, CA |
The Richard Lederer Scholarship ($2,000.00) |
Emma Elise Rens, La Mesa, CA |
Tucson Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Jacquelin Castro Gonzalez, Nogales, AZ Savilla Erwin, Tucson, AZ |
Region 10 |
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Joe and Carol Vitale Memorial Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Evan Balikos, Plantation, FL |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($600.00) |
Alexis Robledo, Fort Meyers, FL Arpan Bagui, Tampa, FL Christian Knuth, Sarasota, FL Christina Junga, Orlando, FL Daisy J Hoover, North Miami, FL Hadley Browder, St Johns, FL Justin Wang, Wellington, FL Krishna Patel, Melbourne, FL Sean Skowron, Lake City, FL Stephanie Guevara, Wilton Manors, FL |
North Florida Mensa Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Yasniary Morales, Gainesville, FL |
Tampa Bay Mensa Scholarship ($600.00) |
Jessica Chlo Hubbard, Lutz, FL |