ATLANTA, GEORGIA – July16, 2020– As the largest class ever, 267 top students from across the country have won Stamps Scholarships, joining an accomplished network of highly driven individuals who are committed to leaving an impact on their local and larger communities.
Selected from over 263,000 applications, the 15th class of Stamps Scholars was chosen via rigorous processes by their universities and colleges for their academic excellence, leadership experience, dedication to service, and exceptional character. For these students, the total value of their Stamps Scholarships will be worth up to approximately $44 million, with each attending one of 34 partner universities across the country.
At most partner universities, the Stamps Scholarship covers up to the total estimated cost of attendance for four years of undergraduate study and also includes enrichment funds that Scholars can use for academic and professional development, ranging from study abroad to internships to independent research. In recent years, Stamps Scholars have used their funds to conduct scientific research in Antarctica, volunteer at a girls’ shelter in Peru, study abroad in Jordan, attend a medical Spanish program in Ecuador, and much more. Stamps Scholarships are also awarded to select rising juniors at several colleges and universities, including the US Military Academy, the US Naval Academy, the US Air Force Academy, the University of Chicago, and Dartmouth University.
Perhaps the most special benefit of the Stamps Scholarship is the opportunity for Scholars to network with an international community of peers and alumni – from regional conferences and informal meet-ups hosted by partner schools, to the biennial Stamps Scholars National Convention. In April 2019, almost 700 Stamps Scholars gathered for the fifth Stamps Scholar National Convention at Georgia Tech, where Scholars explored innovative solutions to topics ranging from food insecurity to digital ethics, investigated society’s most pressing issues, and learned from accomplished community leaders. The sixth convention will take place in April, 2021, with Stamps Scholars from many partner schools playing an integral role in its planning and execution.
“Through our partnerships with these great universities and colleges, we are able to support some truly outstanding young people as they pursue their goals. By creating community among them via our conventions and networking, we help them connect with others across the country and around the world with similar goals and aspirations. This year’s group of new students join us at a time when our alumni network has grown stronger and more capable to be leaders in innovation across STEM, humanities, business, and other fields,” said Roe Stamps, founder and chairman of the Stamps Scholars Program.
Continued engagement from the Stamps alumni network beyond graduation offers many benefits to current Scholars, including one-on-one mentorships with alumni who are professionals in the workforce, as well as virtual panels and Q&A sessions regarding graduate programs, career building, and fellowships. In January of 2020, a group of Stamps Scholars from various partner schools across the country enjoyed a behind-the-scenes visit to Washington, D.C., as organized by an alumna currently working at the White House complex.
Stamps Scholars are also among the recipients of prestigious awards including Fulbright, Gates Cambridge, Goldwater, Marshall, Rhodes, Truman, and Schwarzman Scholarships. Stamps alumni work with top companies and organizations such as Google, Goldman Sachs, and NASA and are pursuing graduate degrees at prestigious institutions such as Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, and the University of Cambridge.
About the Stamps Scholars Programs
In 2006, Penny and Roe Stamps created merit scholarship programs for undergraduates at their alma maters – the University of Michigan and Georgia Tech. Penny Stamps passed away in December, 2018, but her legacy continues through the Stamps Scholars community, which has grown into an international network with more than 2,345 Scholars and alumni. Find out more at stampsscholars.org.
2020 Stamps Scholars
Barry University
Joyce Azonye
Central High School
Paulina Braxton
William T. McFatter High School
Kelly Derosa
Academy of Our Lady of Mercy
Arianna Fermin
Laurel High School
Rebecca Lampert
Hillel Academy
Dartmouth College
John Cho
Westwood High School
Maria Goldman
Hershey High School
Erika Hernandez
Harlingen High School South
Max Holden
Harrow School
Wylie Kasai
Flintridge Preparatory School
Dominique Mobley
Vandegrift High School
Ian Stiehl
Ingraham High School
Victor Wu
College Preparatory School
Jason Zavras
Dover-Sherborn High School
Brandon Zhou
St. George’s School
College of William & Mary
Justin Berg
Staples High School
Chloe Kinderman
Mountain Brook High School
Skyler Seets
Minnetonka High School
Elizabethtown College
Mackenzie Calloway
North County High School
Lydia Ciafre
Mt Sophia Academy
Hannah Donohue
Music Therapy
Miriam Englehardt Bishop
Shanahan High School
Zoe Enterline
Boyerstown Area High School
Joseph Killpatrick
Severna Park Senior High School
Olivia Kurtz
Twin Valley High School
Charlotte Long
Central York High School
Michelle Meyers
Quakertown Community Senior High School
Mackenzie Pollachek
Aberdeen High School
Georgia Institute of Technology
Nevin Aresh
Chamblee Charter High School
William Arnold
Holy Spirit Preparatory School
Justin Blalock
Hillgrove High School
Robyn Bodimeade-Firth
Shenley Brook End School
Kike Carrasco Perez
TASIS School In Dorado
Brenna Cheney
Chaminade College Preparatory
Arnab Dey Dobyns
Bennett High School
Sonia Doshi
Woodland High School
Nicholas Harris
Fort Mill High School
Porter Hill
Deerfield-Windsor School
Liz Huller
Cherokee High School
Maeve Janecka
Somers High School
Haaris Jilani
Harmony Science Academy Euless
Lindsey Johnson
Lassiter High School
Skylar Kennett
Effingham County High School
Venny Kojouharov
Mansfield High School
Chris Kontomaris
Charter School Of Wilmington
Jasmine Li
Fairview High School
Grace Littler
Ponte Vedra High School
Allison Lloyd
Northside High School
Maanit Madan
Atlanta International School
Lindsey Mains
Wesleyan School
Payton McClarity Jones
Paulding County High School
Evan Montoya
Hillgrove High School
David Munechika
Fairport High School
Bri Noel
Paulding County High School
Adaiba Nwasike
Hillgrove High School
Will Paschal
Morgan County High School
Samina Patel
Coffee High School
Javier Pratdesaba
Everglades High School
Hope Rackers
Northern Guilford High School
Nikhita Ragam
Edward S Marcus High School
Ritvik Ramakrishnan
Memorial High School
Sarah Rutledge
Baylor School
Michelle Seeler
Mountain View High School
Riya Shah
North Oldham High School
Michelle Shen
Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School
Andrew Smith
Hillgrove High School
Jacqui van Zyl
Mcintosh High School
Robert Veres
Providence Day School
Athena Wu
Shrewsbury High School
Louisiana State University
Olivia Baisier
Haynes Academy For Advanced Studies
Mackenzie Splitstone
Breaux Bridge Senior High School
Eryn Kennedy
University Laboratory School
Ben Klein
Saint Paul’s School
Kenedi Lynch
Crosby High School
Aidan McGhee
Benton High School
Ranna Okeil
Baton Rouge Magnet High School
Bridget Seghers
Covington High School
Jon Simak
Richard Montgomery High School
RaLee Wall
Manasquan High School
Dylan Wichman
Billings Central Catholic High School
Mercer University
Franklynne Banks
Westover Comprehensive High School
Ivy Clarke
Communication Arts High School
Aaliyah Deen Sesay
Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology
Yash Jani
Deerfield-Windsor School
Eliza Moore
Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts
Seiler Rivers
Landmark Christian School
Chirayu Salgarkar
Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology
Kendall Webb
Lakeside High School
Oberlin College & Conservatory
Lauren Krainess
Eden Prairie High School
Sonia L’Bahy
FW Parker Charter Essential School
Owen Potter
Stuyvesant High School
Felix Weber
Alto International School
The Ohio State University
Angelina Atieh
duPont Manual Magnet
Alex Grosman
Mayfield High School
Jessica Mitsch
Mount Notre Dame
Maria Sanchez Boedo
Franklin High School
Jaideep Seth
Hoover High School
Purdue University
Spencer Burkhalter
John Hersey High School
Maggie Corns
Bishop Chatard High School
Paige Fulkerson
Carmel High School
Annie Gowan
Franklin Central High School
Kait Greer
Perry Meridian High School
Abby Haluska
Hobart High School
Zach Ismaio
University Laboratory School
Nicole Kreimer
Noblesville High School
Mihir Laud
South Brunswick High School
Megan Morley
North High School
Christin Preuss
Trinity School At Greenlawn
Kabir Sheth
Signature School
Stephanie Sotelo
Concord High School
Tulane University
William Bai Archbishop
Mitty High School
Catherine Hu White
Station High School
Jasmine Kiley
Penfield High School
Raleigh Kreis
Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart
University of Arizona
Chloe Burkholder
Empire High School
Daijon Christie
Dobson High School
Pri Karlapudi
Paradise Valley High School
Ary Nath
University High School
Sarah Stamer
Coconino High School
University of Chicago
Allen Abbott
The Quarry Lane School
Nicole Arellano
Staples High School
Nick Corso
Fayetteville-Manlius High School
Chase Leito
Marcos de Niza High School
Ben Miller
Montgomery Blair High School
Dessa O’Neal
Ooltewah High School
Christina Pirrotta
Bishop O’Dowd High School
Diego Quesada
Ronald Reagan High School
Giacomo Ramos
Colegio Evangelico Alberto Torres
An Trinh
Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific (UWC Pearson)
University of Connecticut
Liv Crawford
Ledyard High School
Jasmine Johnson
Hamden Hall Country Day School
Quinn McAndrew
Newtown High School
Peter Spinelli
Saint Joseph High School
University of Florida
Sihini Atalugama
Land O’ Lakes High School
Kylie Fernandez
Pembroke Pines Charter School
Matt Plaza
Palm Harbor University High School
Kumail Zaidi
Oak Hall School
University of Georgia
Audrey Conner
Tift County High School
Emilio Ferrara
Lovett School
Matthew Li
Adlai E Stevenson High School
Khushi Mehta
North Gwinnett High School
Charlotte Williams
Isidore Newman School
University of Illinois
Max Ando
Urbana High School
Vasu Chalasani
Illinois Math and Science Academy
Aneesa Goyal
Lake Park West High School
Nina Mitchell
Dekalb High School
Leela Ruffin T
inley Park High School
Matt Splitstone
York Community High School
University of Miami, Frost School of Music
Xinrae Cardozo
Hebron High School
Antony Hook
Lochaber High School
Terri Rauschenbach
Coppell High School
Ethan Revere
Asheville High School
Ian Wolff Douglas
Anderson High School
University of Michigan
Omar Ahmed
Cass Technical HS
Alyssa Anderson
Winston Churchill HS
Ruby Cothran
East Lansing HS
Maria Fields
University Liggett School
Aarushi Ganguly
Greenhills School
Abby Hess
Front Range CC Larimer Campus
Stacey Hirsch
Bloomfield Hills HS
Nathaniel Hodgson
University Liggett School
Roni Kane
Bloomfield Hills HS
Victoria Kovac
Fraser HS
David Mutone
University Detroit Jesuit HS
Claire Niedermaier
Regina HS
Sophia Ramirez
Benjamin Franklin HS
Andrew Spiteri
Grosse Pointe North HS
Aryanna Thompson
Lapeer East HS
Selma Zuhric
Sterling Heights HS
University of Mississippi
Fernando Arellano
Gautier High School
Bryce Barrett
Franklin Road Academy
Olivia Castilla
Edmond North High School
Joseph Crum
Madison-Ridgeland Academy
Ronnie Cunitz
Hawaii Technology Academy
Azurrea Curry
West Harrison High School
Tatiana Davis
Brandon High School
Binta Fadiga
Mississippi School Math & Sci
Isabella Furr
Ocean Springs High School
Aaliyah Gates
Bruce High School
Madelyn Jarjoura
Germantown High School (Non-Regionally Accredited)
Violet Jira
Mississippi School Math & Sci
Jaylin Jones
George County High School
Abigail Moeller
Excelsior Classical
Evan Morrisey
Murrah High School
Desiree Roby
Home School
Hattie Sergent
Hurricane High School
Nya Thompson
Ridgeland High School
Genevieve Wilson
Mountain Brook High School
University of Missouri
Bryson Ferguson
Independence High School
Sara George
Fairview High School
Gabriela Kauffman
Cole R-1 Russellville High School
Maddie Reiser
Pleasant Plains High School
Caroline Topham
Kentucky Country Day School
University of Notre Dame
Luke Braby
Saint Louis Priory School
Catharina Brunner Lopez
American Intl Sch Johannesburg
Alex Burt
BASIS Scottsdale
Meng Chen Nanjing
Foreign Language School
Michael Chou
Trinity High School
Mary Massman
St. Teresa’s Academy
Cecilia O’Brien
Ursuline Academy
Julia Ruelle
Minnetonka High School
Ally Splitstone
York Community High School
University of Oregon
Nayantara Arora
Saint Marys Academy
Jane Brinkley
South Eugene High School
Reilly Gault
Thurston Senior High School
Ruby Gibson
Scappoose High School
Camila Hess-Neustadt
Basis Flagstaff
Charlotte Kamman
Terra Linda High School
Eliana Kertzner
Cleveland High School
Zach Pennel
Triangle Lake High School
Aarushi Phalke
Catlin Gabel School
Kyle Trefny Ruth
Asawa School Of The Arts
Hadley Weyerich
Kirkwood High School
Jacqueline Zhang
Sunset High School
University of Pittsburgh
Jay Haertter
Penn Manor High School
Gloria Kehinde
Exeter Township High School
Nate Keller
Wilson High School
Madelynn Lederer
Garnet Valley High School
Caleb Nesbit
Barack Obama Academy
Sophia Shapiro
Barrack Hebrew Academy
University of South Carolina
Sierra Batson
Home school
Blair Elliott
The Walker School
Rachael Erickson
Columbia-Rock Bridge Senior High School
Allyson Halbach
Concord High School
Henry Hein
Carolina Forest High School
Liza Hopper
Midlothian High School
Taylor Marshall
Home School
Kavya Patchipulusu
Mauldin High School
Lydia Pless
Academic Magnet High School
James Relish
Louisville Collegiate School
University of Texas, Austin
Jackson Bellard
Galena High School
Will Florer
Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas
Nikhil Guddati
Flower Mound High School
Anushka Gupta
Centennial High School
Amanda Mackenzie
Trinity Valley School
Lana Mohamed
Claudia Taylor Johnson
Devan Patel
St. Mark’s School of Texas
Walter Stark
Plano Senior High School
University of Virginia, Darden School of Business
Jake Berlin
Brigham Young University
Amanda Hedgecock
Duke University
Heather Hoffman
Duke University
Steven Kirsch
College of William and Mary
Blaine Loos
Franklin County High School
Virginia Tech
Zac Abdo
Potomac Falls High School
Garrett Asper
Boiling Springs High School
Mia Hagood
Stone Bridge High School
Cameron Hogge
Midlothain High School
Olivia Kastor
South Iredell High School
Trevor Niles
North Stafford High School
Teresa Thomas
Clarksburg High School
Waverly VanGundy
Ocean Lakes High School
Rachael Wennermark
Broad Run High School
Wake Forest University
Leanna Bernish
West Forsyth High School
Jae Canetti
Thomas Jefferson High School of Science & Technology
Micaela Ciambrone
Kings Park High School
Ritt Culbreth
Harrisonburg High School
Abbi Fister
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Emily Foley
Providence Academy
Ani Garcia-Velez
Carrollton Sacred Heart School
Tahjanee Givens
Fuquay-Varina Senior High School
Mackenzie Jackson
Cox Mill High School
Aditya Jamwal
Athens Drive Magnet High School
Cate Pitterle
Cary Academy
Sofia Ramirez Pedroza
Ponte Vedra High School
Rucker Robinson
North Gwinnett High School
Caroline Searcy
Fike High School
Sid Subramanian
Forsyth Country Day School
Nia Thompson
Boston Latin Academy
John Hewlett
West New Hanover High School
Nick Zuga
McDonogh School
For more information, contact
Connelly Crowe
Director of Communications and Scholar Experience
Stamps Scholars Programs
connelly@stampsscholars.org