Scholarship winners named
The Laguna Beach Scholarship Foundation awarded $279,000 to 118 graduating seniors at the annual Honors Convocation, held June 11 in the Artist’s Theatre on the high school campus.
Another $100,000 is available through scholarship programs that offer renewable awards for three additional years.
Foundation President Marsha Aronoff said the scholarships are possible because of the generosity of the community, which recognizes the potential of the recipients and offers them the opportunities they might not have otherwise had.
“This can only happen when great kids are connected to caring people,” LBHS Principal Don Austin said.
Scholarships
“Ace Award” Accepting the Challenge of Excellence: $500
Zachary Riegler
AAUW, Laguna Beach Branch scholarship: $2,000
Maria Goncharova, Alexandra Knill, Jessica Tan
AFS Scholarship: $1,000
Alexis Huntley, Charles Jackson
Allen Bell Memorial Scholarship Fund: $1,000
Rouzbeh Kazemian, Sean Pigden
American Legion Post 222 Citizenship Award: $800
Nicholas Brown, Victoria Ellis, Austin Giangeruso, Hannah Glass
Anna Mary Beck Business Administration Scholarship: $5,000
Eden Radovich
April Crevier and Daphne Crevier Memorial Scholarship: $2,000
Trevor Bass, Zachary Riegler
Arthur B. Harward Memorial Scholarship: $6,900
Aleph Cervo, Alexander Young
Assistance League of Laguna Beach Scholarship: $8,000
Alison Bloom, Aleph Cervo, Chelsea Donenfeld, Alexandra Knill
AYSO, region 86, Laguna Beach Scholarship: $2,250
Matthew Anderson, Jennifer Coury, Charles Jackson
Barbara Diamond Excellence in Journalism Award: $350
Maria Goncharova
Barbara Laird ROP Memorial Scholarship: $500
Natasha Weir
Bill O’Brien, Class of ‘57, Memorial Scholarship: $500
Robert Chew
Bonnie S. Lang Memorial Scholarship: $800
Christina Crowley, Hannah Deline
Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach Scholarship, Main Branch: $500
Tessy Dominguez
Brandon Balsiger-Post Memorial Scholarship: $2,600
Ladan Davia, Jessica Good Man
Camron Blackburn Memorial Scholarship: $4,000
Alexandra Rieckhoff
Charlotte W. Munro Scholarship: $250
Sean Pigden
Christian Abel Memorial Scholarship: $500
Lasslie Martinez
Christian ELM Awards: $500
Ian Krohnfeldt, Kelsey Peterson, Katherine Winn
Citizens Business Bank Scholarship: $1,000
Anna Stewart Bussey
CLARK Family Scholarship: $500
Chloe Cunningham
Community Learning Center Scholarship: $1,000
Alexsandra Degarmo, Alexander Gromet
Courtney Kelley Cohen Memorial Scholarship: $1,500
Natalie Martin
Crimson Law Group Scholarship: $1,000
Austin Giangeruso
California School Employees Assn., Laguna Beach Chapter: $1,000
Drew Gerhold, Zachary Riegler
Dallas and Les Billinger Memorial Scholarship: $500
Victoria Ellis
Daughters of the American Revolution Award(s): $400
Hannah Glass
David and Betsy Paul Memorial Acting Scholarship: $500
Sarah Davis
Diane Alpert “I Love Laguna” Scholarship: $250
Natalie Martin
Dick Metz Surf Foundation Scholarship: $1,000
Gerry Artman
Don Kucera Memorial Scholarship: $500
Nicholas Brown
Don Nicols Scholarship(s): $14,400
Morea Arthur, Gerry Artman, Christina Crowley, Nicolai Doreng-Stearns, Sean Pigden, Natasha Rodstein, Kativa Strickland
Dr. Steven and Mrs. Lor Speech Community College Scholarship: $7,000
Jennifer Coury, Tessy Dominguez, Nia Evans, Chelsea Garmshausen, Charles Hyland, Arron McCrory, Ana Medina, Alexandra Navas, Natasha Rodstein, Peter Salomon, Jazmin Sanchez, Sabina Seyster, Elizabeth Shabazian, McKenzie Wensman
Dr. William White Memorial Scholarship: $1,000
Clara Plomgren
Driven to the Max Award: $1,500
Kelsey Peterson
Earl Family Leadership Award: $1,000
Maria Goncharova
Ebell Club Scholarship(s): $4,000
Camille Borges, Nicholas Brown, Christina Crowley, Sophia Patrico
El Morro Red Ribbon Week Scholarship: $250
Logan Schoembs
Eric Abernathy Memorial Scholarship: $500
Wyatt Ininns
Eric Hulst Memorial Scholarship: $1,000
Richard Mattingley
Exchange Club Youth of the Year Award: $1,000
Sarah Davis, Michael Hay
Festival of Arts Scholarship-Performing Arts: $12,800
Morea Arthur, Casey Chen, Nia Evans, Austin Giangeruso, Hannah Glass, Rachel Macdonald, Andrew Shapero, Sophia Tupy, Juliet Ulibarri
Festival of Arts Scholarship-Visual Arts: $5,400
Hannah Deline, Elle Hartley, Hana Link, Alexandra Rieckhoff
Festival of Arts Scholarship-Writing: $4,400
Chelsea Donenfeld, Maria Goncharova, Sean Pigden
First Team Estates Scholarship: $800
Kellie Benson, Rouzbeh Kazemian
Foreign Language Achievement Award: $1,200
Alison Azera, Robert Chew, Maria Goncharova, Kendall Kleinberg, Brynmarie Maison, Alexandra Williamson
Foundation Scholarship: $1,000
Maria Mercedes Amezcua
Fred Prately Memorial Scholarship: $500
Nicolai Doreng-Stearns
Friends of Laguna Library Scholarship: $1,000
McKenna Nokes
Gerald A. Neumann Memorial Scholarship: $450
Nicholas Brown
Grapes for Grads Scholarship: $4,000
Camille Borges, Sophia Patrico
Heather Brobeck Memorial Scholarship: $1,000
Morea Arthur
Helen F. and Alan E. Adams Memorial Scholarship: $13,500
Trevor Bass, Alison Bloom, Victoria Ellis, Lasslie Martinez, Samantha Piszkiewicz, Zachary Riegler, McKenzie Wensman
James Patrick Vincent and Marian Pickens Fagan Scholarship Fund: $9,600
Hana Link, Beau Martinez
Jennifer Lynn Bammer Memorial Scholarship: $500
Nia Evans
Jerome Karp Scholarship: $500
McKenzie Wensman
Jessica Wagner Memorial Scholarship: $2,500
Camille Borges
Joe Thurston Scholarship Fund: $16,450
Alicia Amador, Nathan Bader, Katharine Brown, Zachary Cooper, Sarah Davis, Brent Donenfeld, Taylor Dorse, Zoe Germano, Michael Hay, Charles Hewlett, Hannah Hobson, Noah Hoffman, Blake Hofmeister, Samantha Kafer, Lena Kardos, Sara Kazemian, Andrew Levin, Brett Linkletter, Brynmarie Maison, Nicolas Martinez, Madalyn Metz, Joseph Pezzuolo, Jaramie Robinson, Logan Schoembs, Sebastian Schott, Katherine Winn, Parker Yamasaki, Alexander Young
Joey Masella Scholarship: $1,000
Victoria Ellis, McKenzie Wensman
Juan Castano Memorial Scholarship: $950
Camille Borges, Beau Martinez
Kea Simon Medical Scholarship: $4,000
Camille Borges, Alexandra Ross
Keith Childres Memorial Scholarship: $1,200
Michael Rubel
Kenneth G. Beyer Memorial Scholarship: $1,000
Nicholas Brown
Kiwanis: H. Lee Burton Memorial Scholarship: $2,000
Robert Chew, Samantha Piszkiewicz
Laguna Beach Business Club Entrepreneurial Scholarship: $1,950
Alexander Gromet, Hannah Nixon, Dillon Ronson
Laguna Beach Garden Club Scholarship: $3,000
Alexsandra Degarmo
Laguna Beach Live! Scholarship: $500
Aleph Cervo
Laguna Beach Unified Faculty Assn. Scholarship: $1,000
Tommy Newton-Neal
Laguna Board of Realtors and Affiliates: $1,500
Alison Azera, Makaila Palmer
Laguna Greenbelt Inc. Scholarship: $2,000
Charles Jackson, Alexandra Williamson
LBHS Alumni Scholarship: $2,000
Morgan Crowl, Elle Hartley, Amahlia McManus, Zachary Riegler
LBHS Athletic Boosters Scholarship Award: $4,000
Robert Chew, Madeline Jaeger, McKenna Nokes, Ryan Raffo
LBHS Class of 1998 Scholarship: $500
Jazmin Sanchez
LBHS Class of 2007 Scholarship: $9,500
Nia Evans, Helen Kramer, Sabina Seyster, Natasha Weir, McKenzie Wensman
LBHS Faculty La Vern Dugger Memorial Scholarship: $800
Casey Miller
LBHS PTA Academic Boosters Scholarship: $800
Nicholas Brown, Sophia Patrico, Adam Selevan
LBHS PTA Spirit Scholarship: $3,000
Tamara Albers, Alison Azera, Kellie Benson, Christina Crowley, Chloe Cunningham, Hannah Glass
Les Chatham Memorial Award, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 5868: $400
Jennifer Coury, Rouzbeh Kazemian
Lila Zali Memorial Dance Scholarship: $1,000
Austin Giangeruso
Linda and Joseph Leighton Memorial Scholarship: $20,600
Kellie Benson, Tessy Dominguez
Linda Fortune Memorial Scholarship: $250
Alexandra Rieckhoff
MacGillivray/Freeman Film Award(s): $2,000
Morea Arthur, Austin Giangeruso
Margaret Louise Cox Memorial Scholarship: $500
Nicolai Doreng-Stearns
Marge Swanson Mission Hospital Laguna Beach Award: $6,000
Alexandra Ross, Kativa Strickland, Jessica Tan
Mark Tiner Memorial Scholarship: $2,000
Alison Bloom, Sean Pigden
Marshall Klapman Memorial Scholarship: $1,000
Gerry Artman
Masson Foundation Water Polo Scholarship: $10,000
Robert Chew, Alexandra Ross
Matthew Reedy Memorial Scholarship: $1,000
Jake Johnson
Maximum DiMaggio Caputo Memorial Scholarship: $1,500
Morea Arthur, Natalie Martin, Chase St. George
McPhisto Society Award: $100
Hannah Glass
Melvin J. Tonkon, M.D. Medical Scholarship: $2,500
Alexandra Ross
Michele Codini, M.D. Scholarship: $4,000
Camille Borges
Most Distinguished ROP Student of the Year LBUSD: $500
Austin Giangeruso
MUN Rome Friesen Scholarship: $750
Maria Goncharova, Sara Kazemian, Sean Pigden, Ryan Raffo, Dillon Ronson
Myrna Heitel Music Scholarship: $1,200
Aleph Cervo, Hannah Glass, Beau Martinez, Sophia Tupy
National Charity League, Laguna Chapter Scholarship: $1,000
Camille Borges
No Square Scholarship: $1,000
Hannah Glass
Olga Tursini Torriero Linguistics Award: $1,000
Maria Goncharova
Red Guyer Athletic Scholarship: $500
Tommy Newton-Neal
Robert C. and Lillian N. DuSoe Scholarship, Writing: $2,500
Maria Goncharova
Rotary – Academic Excellence and “Service Above Self” Award: $1,000
Andrew Shapero
Rotary – Harry Bithell “Service Above Self” Award: $1,000
Katharine Brown
Rotary – Improved Academic Achievement and “Service Above Self” Award: $1,000
Kativa Strickland
Rotary – Senior Top Scholar(s): $2,250
Morea Arthur, Nicholas Brown, Kirk Castro, Austin Giangeruso, Hannah Glass, Maria Goncharova, Blake Hofmeister, Sophia Patrico, Kelsey Peterson
Sawdust Visual Arts Scholarship(s): $3,000
Chloe Cunningham, Hannah Deline, Natasha Weir
Schools First Federal Credit Union Scholarship: $500
Tierney Doran
Skipper Carrillo Scholarship: $500
Victoria Ellis
Soroptimist International of Laguna Beach – Alberta Patterson Scholarship: $2,000
Tommy Newton-Neal, Sean Pigden
Soroptimist International of Laguna Beach – Special Achievement Award: $5,500
Gerry Artman, Victoria Ellis, Rouzbeh Kazemian, Ian Krohnfeldt, Richard Mattingley, Kativa Strickland
South Laguna Civic Assn. Scholarship: $1,000
Alexsandra Degarmo
The TLC Branch of Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach: $500
Trevor Bass
Tim Kelly Memorial Scholarship: $700
Nia Evans
TOW Red Ribbon Week Scholarship: $450
Richard Mattingley
Village Laguna Annual Scholarship: $1,000
Nia Evans
Walt Lawson Student Service Challenge Scholarship: $550
Jessica Tan
Warren B. Blossom Memorial Golf Scholarship: $1,000
Michael Cannan, Jennifer Coury
Weaver Family Scholarship: $4,000
Sophia Patrico
William R. Stapleton Memorial Scholarship: $2,000
Chelsea Garmshausen, Kendall Kleinberg
Winston and Dorothy Updegraff Memorial Scholarship: $200
Austin Giangeruso
Woman’s Club of Laguna Beach Scholarship: $500
Lasslie Martinez