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 2023 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 | Agam Igwe | Lodge #469, MD | $12,500.00 | 2023 |
| Diya Jha | Lodge #684, MD | $12,500.00 | 2023 | |
| 2nd Place | William Jones | Lodge #683, TX | $10,000.00 | 2023 |
| Becca Mizrachy | Lodge #2166, FL | $10,000.00 | 2023 | |
| 3rd Place | Sophie Kloppenburg | Lodge #277, IN | $7,500.00 | 2023 |
| Aaron Tran | Lodge #1436, CA | $7,500.00 | 2023 | |
| 4th Place | Ashley Adams | Lodge #2707, KY | $5,000.00 | 2023 |
| Rashmi Admala | Lodge #2406, VA | $5,000.00 | 2023 | |
| Joseph Balto | Lodge #1564, MD | $5,000.00 | 2023 | |
| Karen Dorantes | Lodge #614, CA | $5,000.00 | 2023 | |
| Daniel Hadi | Lodge #1862, OR | $5,000.00 | 2023 | |
| Drew Hilton | Lodge #1229, TX | $5,000.00 | 2023 | |
| Nicholas Knezic | Lodge #248, WI | $5,000.00 | 2023 | |
| Abigail Lee | Lodge #2790, CA | $5,000.00 | 2023 | |
| Lauren Lusk | Lodge #1206, SC | $5,000.00 | 2023 | |
| Marissa Schirmer | Lodge #635, IN | $5,000.00 | 2023 | |
| Andrew Shelton | Lodge #2800, MO | $5,000.00 | 2023 | |
| Nathan Snizik | Lodge #422, OH | $5,000.00 | 2023 | |
| Jason Starr | Lodge #1486, NY | $5,000.00 | 2023 | |
| Alisa Zhou | Lodge #1108, CA | $5,000.00 | 2023 | |
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.