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. These top awards will be announced at the end of April. Four hundred and eighty-three runners-up receive $4,000 scholarships.
To search a database of all past ENF Scholarship recipients, click here.
The 2020 Top 20 are posted in the table below. Use the drop-down menus to view all list of recipients by year and state. Check out the slides and video above to learn more about them!
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Place | Scholarship Winner | Lodge Sponsor | Annual Award | Award Year |
1st Place | Santiago Alvillar | Lodge #2051, CA | $12,500.00 | 2020 |
Sarah Harper | Lodge #1927, TN | $12,500.00 | 2020 | |
2nd Place | Daniel Ardity | Lodge #1898, FL | $10,000.00 | 2020 |
Irissa Machetta | Lodge #2322, TX | $10,000.00 | 2020 | |
3rd Place | Tanner Christensen | Lodge #849, UT | $7,500.00 | 2020 |
Madison Johnson | Lodge #2173, DE | $7,500.00 | 2020 | |
4th Place | Leah Aaronson | Lodge #944, OR | $5,000.00 | 2020 |
Satya Brandon | Lodge #878, NY | $5,000.00 | 2020 | |
Jeremiah Curran | Lodge #73, MA | $5,000.00 | 2020 | |
Kaitlin Gartrell | Lodge #2210, OR | $5,000.00 | 2020 | |
Flopateer Habib | Lodge #80, NE | $5,000.00 | 2020 | |
Emerson Harman | Lodge #1460, WI | $5,000.00 | 2020 | |
Neer Jain | Lodge #2628, TX | $5,000.00 | 2020 | |
Thomas James | Lodge #599, MS | $5,000.00 | 2020 | |
Caleb Martonfi | Lodge #2517, MO | $5,000.00 | 2020 | |
Annabelle Noyes | Lodge #400, WI | $5,000.00 | 2020 | |
Nicholas Sayegh | Lodge #417, OK | $5,000.00 | 2020 | |
Luciana Soria-Robles | Lodge #2790, CA | $5,000.00 | 2020 | |
Makenna Turner | Lodge #566, CO | $5,000.00 | 2020 | |
Victor Ye | Lodge #1258, CA | $5,000.00 | 2020 |
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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