Contest Winners
The Elks National Foundation will award a total of $2.44 million to this year’s 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 runners-up receive $4,000 scholarships.
To search a database of all past ENF Scholarship recipients, click here.
The 2022 Top 20 are listed in the table below. Use the drop-down menus to view all list of recipients by year and state.
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| Place | Scholarship Winner | Lodge Sponsor | Annual Award | Award Year |
| 1st Place | Breana Fowler | Lodge #699, NC | $12,500.00 | 2022 |
| Kaden Oquelí-White | Lodge #2321, LA | $12,500.00 | 2022 | |
| 2nd Place | Jang Choe | Lodge #2802, NV | $10,000.00 | 2022 |
| Florence Onyiuke | Lodge #1241, FL | $10,000.00 | 2022 | |
| 3rd Place | Mohamed Ibrahim | Lodge #1143, CO | $7,500.00 | 2022 |
| Anita Zahiri | Lodge #30, LA | $7,500.00 | 2022 | |
| 4th Place | Michelle Chen | Lodge #735, NC | $5,000.00 | 2022 |
| Autumn Fairbanks | Lodge #2656, AZ | $5,000.00 | 2022 | |
| Michael Fuentes | Lodge #1565, NY | $5,000.00 | 2022 | |
| David Han | Lodge #794, CA | $5,000.00 | 2022 | |
| Sydney Loflin | Lodge #699, NC | $5,000.00 | 2022 | |
| Katrina Machetta | Lodge #2322, TX | $5,000.00 | 2022 | |
| Riley Mann | Lodge #1288, FL | $5,000.00 | 2022 | |
| Devan Neil | Lodge #1235, CO | $5,000.00 | 2022 | |
| Anil Patel | Lodge #1926, TX | $5,000.00 | 2022 | |
| Tristen Sexton | Lodge #350, KY | $5,000.00 | 2022 | |
| Katherine Shaw | Lodge #2111, NJ | $5,000.00 | 2022 | |
| Ashley Vazquez Romo | Lodge #2802, NV | $5,000.00 | 2022 | |
| Jake Yackel | Lodge #2413, TX | $5,000.00 | 2022 | |
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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