Contest Winners
The Elks National Foundation will award a total of $2.44 million to this year’s 500 finalists. Top awards range from $20,000 to $50,000 over four years. Four hundred and eighty 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 2020 Most Valuable Student scholarship contest, open to any high school senior who is a US Citizen, will kick off in August 2019. Applications are judged on scholarship, leadership and financial need. Applications will be available online at www.elks.org. Click here for details and deadlines.
To search a database of all past ENF Scholarship recipients, Click here.
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| Place | Scholarship Winner | Lodge Sponsor | Annual Award | Award Year |
| 1st Place | Tabitha Escalante | Lodge #1850, OH | $12,500.00 | 2019 |
| Victor Ramirez | Lodge #1676, FL | $12,500.00 | 2019 | |
| 2nd Place | Rio Bonham | Lodge #1963, OK | $10,000.00 | 2019 |
| Emily Sanchez | Lodge #1055, CO | $10,000.00 | 2019 | |
| 3rd Place | Seamus Hoolahan | Lodge #239, MT | $7,500.00 | 2019 |
| Ann Raymer | Lodge #1765, MO | $7,500.00 | 2019 | |
| 4th Place | Anthony Bui | Lodge #1952, CA | $5,000.00 | 2019 |
| Brock Elbert | Lodge #2814, IA | $5,000.00 | 2019 | |
| Funda Eskalen | Lodge #2731, FL | $5,000.00 | 2019 | |
| Michael Fairbanks | Lodge #2656, AZ | $5,000.00 | 2019 | |
| Camryn Franke | Lodge #44, MN | $5,000.00 | 2019 | |
| Matthew Humphreys | Lodge #466, OH | $5,000.00 | 2019 | |
| Sophie Liu | Lodge #915, MA | $5,000.00 | 2019 | |
| Jake Mann | Lodge #1288, FL | $5,000.00 | 2019 | |
| Sarah Shirley | Lodge #1004, AR | $5,000.00 | 2019 | |
| Regina Sung | Lodge #187, NM | $5,000.00 | 2019 | |
| Minh Phuc Tran | Lodge #8, KY | $5,000.00 | 2019 | |
| Michael Tran | Lodge #311, TX | $5,000.00 | 2019 | |
| Aneekah Uddin | Lodge #2237, NJ | $5,000.00 | 2019 | |
In addition, 480 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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