Contest Winners
The Elks National Foundation will award a total of $2.296 million to this year’s 500 finalists. Top awards range from $60,000 to $8,000 over four years. Four hundred and eighty-two runners up receive $4,000 scholarships.
The top winners are listed in the table below. Use the drop-down menus to view all of this year’s recipients.
The 2012 Most Valuable Student scholarship contest, open to any high school senior who is a US Citizen, will kick off September 1, 2011. Applications are judged on scholarship, leadership and financial need. Applications will be available, after September 1, 2011, online at www.elks.org or at local Elks Lodges. Click here for details and deadlines.
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| Place | Scholarship Winner | Lodge Sponsor | Annual Award | Award Year |
| 1st Place | Christina Lulich | Lodge #1925, TN | $15,000.00 | 2011 |
| Chyi-Dean Shu | Lodge #794, CA | $15,000.00 | 2011 | |
| 2nd Place | Melinda Becker | Lodge #1995, KS | $10,000.00 | 2011 |
| Won Lee | Lodge #2234, NJ | $10,000.00 | 2011 | |
| 3rd Place | Louis Petro | Lodge #2582, FL | $5,000.00 | 2011 |
| Ashley Tartell | Lodge #1938, OH | $5,000.00 | 2011 | |
| 4th Place | Alexa Bakker | Lodge #1315, MI | $4,000.00 | 2011 |
| Derek Stuchlik | Lodge #502, KS | $4,000.00 | 2011 | |
| 5th Place | Esther Lim | Lodge #1289, CA | $3,000.00 | 2011 |
| Keon Pearson | Lodge #53, OH | $3,000.00 | 2011 | |
| 6th Place | Blake Delaplane | Lodge #2103, CA | $2,500.00 | 2011 |
| Jaliah Gilcrease | Lodge #655, AL | $2,500.00 | 2011 | |
| Samuel Kim | Lodge #1289, CA | $2,500.00 | 2011 | |
| Heather Knippel | Lodge #206, KY | $2,500.00 | 2011 | |
| 7th Place | Emelyn Erickson | Lodge #1811, CA | $2,000.00 | 2011 |
| Samuel Hofacker | Lodge #470, MD | $2,000.00 | 2011 | |
| Michael Sha | Lodge #2514, NJ | $2,000.00 | 2011 | |
| Lena Yu | Lodge #2120, IN | $2,000.00 | 2011 | |
In addition, 482 students received four-year, $4,000 scholarships. Select from the drop-down menu below to view the winners from your state.
More information about the Most Valuable Student contest? Click here.
Generous donors can name the scholarship of a runner up winner and correspond with him or her over the next four years! See a list of Named Scholarships and learn more about the MVS Named Scholarship program here.
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