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"Thank you so much for awarding me the Elks Legacy Award. It's greatly appreciated and will be a huge help to me next year at Canisius College. Thank you again."

Jordan Thomson,

Sponsored by Lodge 1478

The Elks National Foundation is proud to present its 2008 class of Most Valuable Student Scholarship Recipients.

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, fourth-place finishers 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 2009 Most Valuable Student scholarship contest, open to any high school senior who is a US Citizen, will kick off September 1, 2008. Applications are judged on scholarship, leadership and financial need. Applications will be available, after September 1, online at www.elks.org, at local Elks Lodges, or by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the Elks National Foundation, 2750 N. Lakeview Ave., Chicago, IL 60614. The contest deadline will be January 9, 2009.

Four-Year Scholarship Winners
	Scholarship Winner	Lodge Sponsor	Annual Award	Award Year
1st Place	Donovan Barfield	Lodge #311, TX	$15,000.00	2008
	Megan Spencer	Lodge #1900, CA	$15,000.00	2008
2nd Place	Samuel Hord	Lodge #2656, AZ	$10,000.00	2008
	Isabelle Wijangco	Lodge #2729, AZ	$10,000.00	2008
3rd Place	Jared Bruton	Lodge #2375, UT	$5,000.00	2008
	Victoria Chen	Lodge #849, UT	$5,000.00	2008
4th Place	Robert Barthelmes	Lodge #2092, MD	$4,000.00	2008
	Nicole Hui	Lodge #2121, CA	$4,000.00	2008
5th Place	Danielle Japhet	Lodge #307, MD	$3,000.00	2008
	John Mallett	Lodge #2042, NC	$3,000.00	2008
6th Place	Rachna Goswami	Lodge #1315, MI	$2,500.00	2008
	Benjamin Hinton	Lodge #292, WI	$2,500.00	2008
	Lee Nguyen	Lodge #218, CA	$2,500.00	2008
	Pablo Salcedo	Lodge #1422, NJ	$2,500.00	2008
7th Place	Marie Holtzmann	Lodge #994, SD	$2,000.00	2008
	Amber Lowey	Lodge #944, OR	$2,000.00	2008
	Andrew Rohland	Lodge #2092, MD	$2,000.00	2008
	Bjorn Wastvedt	Lodge #69, PA	$2,000.00	2008

In addition, 482 students received four-year, $4,000 scholarships. Select from the drop-down menu below to view the winners from your state.

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More information about the Most Valuable Student contest? Click here.