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 2018 Most Valuable Student scholarship contest, open to any high school senior who is a US Citizen, will kick off September 1, 2017. 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 | Colin Norick | Lodge #725, MT | $12,500.00 | 2017 |
| Zoi Urban | Lodge #1538, CA | $12,500.00 | 2017 | |
| 2nd Place | Jacob Mosley | Lodge #286, FL | $10,000.00 | 2017 |
| Ameena Razzaque | Lodge #216, TX | $10,000.00 | 2017 | |
| 3rd Place | Jacob Fritchie | Lodge #1188, IL | $7,500.00 | 2017 |
| Lucia Zheng | Lodge #1989, OR | $7,500.00 | 2017 | |
| 4th Place | Alenette Ballesteros | Lodge #2616, HI | $5,000.00 | 2017 |
| Leul Dadi | Lodge #71, TX | $5,000.00 | 2017 | |
| Steven Daley | Lodge #2065, AZ | $5,000.00 | 2017 | |
| Alla Issa | Lodge #366, VA | $5,000.00 | 2017 | |
| Samantha Johnson | Lodge #724, IL | $5,000.00 | 2017 | |
| Byungjun Kim | Lodge #859, TX | $5,000.00 | 2017 | |
| Cynthia Lu | Lodge #1996, CA | $5,000.00 | 2017 | |
| Michael Medaugh | Lodge #319, PA | $5,000.00 | 2017 | |
| Jackson Nichols | Lodge #330, AZ | $5,000.00 | 2017 | |
| Tatum Ogata | Lodge #1565, NY | $5,000.00 | 2017 | |
| Branden Pearson | Lodge #2874, FL | $5,000.00 | 2017 | |
| Laura Perrault | Lodge #2226, NH | $5,000.00 | 2017 | |
| Odysseus Pyrinis | Lodge #2477, CA | $5,000.00 | 2017 | |
| Rebecca Reuning | Lodge #948, FL | $5,000.00 | 2017 | |
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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