Contest Winners
The Elks National Foundation will award a total of $2.44 million to this year’s 500 finalists. Twenty 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 2019 Most Valuable Student scholarship contest, open to any high school senior who is a US Citizen, will kick off September 1, 2018. 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 | Shiv Patel | Lodge #2005, NC | $12,500.00 | 2018 |
| Maitland Thull | Lodge #108, AL | $12,500.00 | 2018 | |
| 2nd Place | Aleah Hahn | Lodge #1315, MI | $10,000.00 | 2018 |
| David Ma | Lodge #530, KY | $10,000.00 | 2018 | |
| 3rd Place | Eric Donohue | Lodge #2533, NY | $7,500.00 | 2018 |
| Elizabeth Gex | Lodge #2628, TX | $7,500.00 | 2018 | |
| 4th Place | Seth Filo | Lodge #2686, AZ | $5,000.00 | 2018 |
| Timothy Ho | Lodge #2492, CA | $5,000.00 | 2018 | |
| Moya Ly | Lodge #5, OH | $5,000.00 | 2018 | |
| Natalie MacEwan | Lodge #2190, CA | $5,000.00 | 2018 | |
| Josephine Nwankwo | Lodge #417, OK | $5,000.00 | 2018 | |
| Mitchell Porter | Lodge #1894, NE | $5,000.00 | 2018 | |
| Bryan Romanow | Lodge #2151, NJ | $5,000.00 | 2018 | |
| Robert Schofner | Lodge #2383, FL | $5,000.00 | 2018 | |
| Brandon Staple | Lodge #1055, CO | $5,000.00 | 2018 | |
| Mercedes Thompson | Lodge #469, MD | $5,000.00 | 2018 | |
| Jessica Xiao | Lodge #1989, OR | $5,000.00 | 2018 | |
| Richard Yang | Lodge #2169, MI | $5,000.00 | 2018 | |
| Pearl Zhang | Lodge #2025, CA | $5,000.00 | 2018 | |
| Jillian Fields | Lodge #273, KY | $2,500.00 | 2018 | |
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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