Current Scholars
2022
Front Row:
Carla Felton, Roy and Beulah Kendall Endowed Medallion Scholarship; Biomedical Sciences; Battle Creek, MI
Kira Freng, Harold and Beulah McKee Endowed Medallion Scholarship; Special Education Learning Disabilities & Elementary Education; Grand Rapids, MI
Arise Rock, Gwen Frostic Endowed Medallion Scholarship; Theatre: Acting; Detroit, MI
Danna Guzman-Rodriguez, Gwen Frostic Endowed Medallion Scholarship; Digital Marketing & eCommerce; Peachtree City, GA
Molly Cochran, Presidential Medallion Scholarship; Nursing; Vilseck, Germany
Shelby Vaughn, Merze Tate Endowed Medallion Scholarship; Physician Assistant Preparation; Bay City, MI
Back Row:
Ben Miller, Presidential Medallion Scholarship; Aerospace Engineering; Blissfield, MI
Torrey Cookman, Presidential Medallion Scholarship; Mechanical Engineering; Marquette, MI
McKenzie Covington, Merze Tate Endowed Medallion Scholarship; Global and International Studies; Muskegon, MI
Dominik Tamez, Presidential Medallion Scholarship; Aviation Flight Science; Yakima, WA
Kevin Wright, Presidential Medallion Scholarship; Business Analytics; Beverly Hills, MI
Nadia Famiano, Harold and Beulah McKee Endowed Medallion Scholarship; English: Creative Writing; Portage, MI
Not Pictured:
Nic Buccilli, Presidential Medallion Scholarship; Aerospace Engineering; New Baltimore, MI
2021
Front row:
Nancy Chau, Merze Tate Medallion Scholarship; Biomedical Sciences; Wyoming, MI
Avery Molnar, Emeriti Medallion Scholarship in Honor of James. J. Bosco; Music Education: Instrumental; Zeeland, MI
Jossalyn Rogalski, Presidential Medallion Scholarship; Biology, Dowagiac; MI
Stefan Crisp, John and Ramona Bernhard Medallion Scholarship; Aviation; Thompsonville, IN
Zabi Nafaji, Diether and Carol Haenicke Medallion Scholarship; Political Science; Grand Rapids, MI
Back row:
Angel Cordero, Roy and Beulah Kendall Medallion Scholarship; Undecided;Lexington, KY
Jared Lubieniecki, William Robinson Medallion Scholarship; Mechanical Engineering; Three Rivers, MI
Anthony Smith, Richard and Carolyn Chormann Medallion Scholarship; Business; Lawrence, MI
Jude Mosher, Harold and Beulah McKee Medallion Scholarship; Sports Management; Presque Isle, ME
Nicholas Biel, Roy and Beulah Kendall Medallion Scholarship; Sports Management; Chesterton, IN
Cian Ortega, William Robinson Medallion Scholarship; Engineering; Fennville, MI
Not pictured:
Abigail Adams, Presidential Medallion Scholarship; Anthropology; Livonia, MI
2020
1st (top) row:
Rebecca Fraley, Emeriti Medallion Scholarship, Nursing, Webberville, MI
Megan Baldry, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Business, Middleville, MI
Samuel Longlet, Dr. H. Nicholas Hamner Medallion Scholarship, Political Science, Midland, MI
Olivia Antoniolli, Harold H. Holland Memorial Medallion Scholarship, Music Theatre Performance, Aurora, IL
David Turmo, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Business, Richland, MI
2nd row:
Emmanuel Marfo, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Biomedical Sciences, Kalamazoo, MI
Emma Hampel, Guido and Elizabeth Binda Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Art, Manchester, MI
Jessica Greiser, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Fashion Merchandising and Design, Malvern, PA
Dylan-Matthew Garza, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Aerospace Engineering, Clinton Township, MI
Marysol Millar, Harold and Beulah McKee Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Music Therapy, Kalamazoo, MI
3rd row:
Griffin Fill, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Aviation Flight Science, White Lake, MI
Emily Bosak, Trina W. Pigott Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Nursing and Spanish, Kalamazoo, MI
Maggie Waechter, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Aerospace Engineering, Lewiston, NY
Kayla Byrd, Merze Tate Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Biochemistry, Haslett, MI
Jacob Tebben, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Computer Science, Lake Villa, IL
4th row:
Bryan Hagenbarth, Harold and Beulah McKee Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Business, Portage, MI
Emma Perrin, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Paper Engineering, Howell, MI
Not pictured:
Kiara Durbin, Arthur E. and Martha Hearron Medallion Scholarship, Theatre - Acting, Twinsburg, OH
2019
Emily Kostbade, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Lowell Senior High School, Ada Township, MI
Madeline York, Roy and Buelah Kendall Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Lakeview High School, Battle Creek, I
Ashley Dittmar, Merze Tate Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Birch Run High School, Birch Run, MI
Molly Boyle, Alvin Frays Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Byron Center High School, Byron Center, MI
Katie Garber, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Dearborn High School, Dearborn, MI
Jalen Pearson, Dwight B. Waldo Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Cass Technical High School, Detroit, MI
Sophia Louden, Professor Emily P. and Richard A. Hoffman Endowed Medallion Scholarship, East Lansing High School, East Lansing, MI
Callie Pilkington, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Gross Ile High School, Grosse Ile Township, MI
Chase Rosengarten, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Novi High School, Novi, MI
Rowan Edmonds, Paper Technology Foundation Medallion Scholarship, Oxford High School, Oxford, MI
Madison Jonkman, Alvin Frays Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Plainwell High School, Plainwell MI
Noura Warsi, Merze Tate Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Portage Central High School, Portage, MI
Joe Zynda, Emeriti Medallion Scholarship, De La Salle Collegiate High School, Shelby Township, MI
Adam Steiner, M. Jamie Jeremy Medallion Scholarship, Athens High School, Troy, MI
Madeline Kastel, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Oswego East High School, Aurora, IL
Ian Cummisford, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Grayslake Central High School, Grayslake, IL
Jake Fanizza, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Warren Township High School, Lake Villa, IL
Emma Belew, Harold and Beulah McKee Medallion Scholarship, Lake Zurich Senior High School, Lake Zurich, IL
Stephan Jansen, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Naperville North High School, Naperville, IL
Jordan Walker, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Community West High School, Normal, IL
Orion Rahjes, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Waukee Community High School, Clive, IA
Grace Rasche, Merze Tate Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Maplewood Richmond Heights High School, Saint Louis, MO
2018
Allison Anker, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Lake Orion High School, Lake Orion, MI
Laurel Blakie, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Lowell Senior High School, Rockford, MI
Elizabeth Carpentier, Harold & Grace Upjohn Foundation Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Gurnee, IL
Joshua Davis, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Lincoln-Way Central High School, New Lenox, IL
Mackenzie Farmwald, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Portage Northern High School, Portage, MI
Serena Karlov, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Naperville Central High School, Naperville, IL
Hunter King, Roy & Beulah Kendall Medallion Endowed Scholarship, Harper Creek High School, Battle Creek, MI
Lauren Kowal, Gwen Frostic Medallion Scholarship, Bishop Foley Catholic High School, Troy, MI
Ryan Kruegel, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Plainfield East High School, Plainfield, IL
Preston McKale, Harold & Beulah McKee Endowed Medallion Scholarship, International Academy, Harrison, MI
Leo Phillips, Burdick-Thorne Medallion Scholarship, Grandville High School, Grandville, MI
Marley Reilly, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Beecher High School, Beecher, IL
Brooke Semler, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Richmond-Burton Community High School, Spring Grove, IL
Tyler Skibicki, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Lake Orion High School, Lake Orion, MI
Jackson Stewart, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Rochester High School, Rochester Hills, MI
Destiny Washington, Gwen Frostic Medallion Scholarship, L'Anse Creuse Pankow Vocational-Technical High School, Harrison, MI
Sabrina Welch, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Schoolcraft High School, Schoolcraft, MI
Hope Welter, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Grand Blanc Community School, Grand Blanc, MI
Tess Whitehurst, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Anthony Wayne High School, Whitehouse, OH
2017
Hiba Ahmad, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Dayton Regional STEM School graduate, Dayton, OH
Joseph Backe, Richard F. and Carolyn A. Curtis Chormann Medallion Scholarship, Neuqua Valley High School graduate, Naperville, IL
Jesús Barajas, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Brother Rice High School graduate, Evergreen Park, IL
Eboni Brown, Emeriti Medallion Scholarship, Novi High School graduate, Novi, MI
Veronica Buss, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Portage Central High School graduate, Portage, MI
Pierce Cahill, WMU Foundation Medallion Scholarship, Westview High School graduate, San Diego, CA
Tashifa Fayyaz, Merze Tate Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Portage Northern High School graduate, Portage, MI
Eadoin Grim, Diether H. and Carol A. Haenicke Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Milford High School graduate, Milford, MI
Joseph Heacox, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Southgate Anderson High School graduate, Southgate, MI
Logan Hefferan, Karl and Joyce Sandelin Medallion Scholarship, Dwight D. Eisenhower High School graduate, Shelby Township, MI
Shealyn Lach, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, South Lyon High School graduate, South Lyon, MI
Abbigale Laurentius, Merze Tate Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Ladywood High School graduate, Livonia, MI
Jacob Lutz, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Grand Haven High School graduate, Grand Haven, MI
MacKenzie McClain, John and Ramona Bernhard Medallion Scholarship, Byron Center Senior High School graduate, Grand Rapids, MI
Ethan Reid, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Lakewood High School graduate, Grand Rapids, MI
Nicholas Sienkiewicz, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Romeo High School graduate, Washington, MI
Nirvan Singh, Harold and Beulah McKee Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Portage Northern High School graduate, Portage, MI
Rosemarie Soma, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Traverse City West Senior High School, Traverse City, MI
Ava Strasser, William Robinson Endowment Medallion Scholarship, Lapeer High School graduate, Metamora, MI
Nolan Tews, William Robinson Endowment Medallion Scholarship, Brandon High School graduate, Ortonville, MI
2016
Megan Callaghan, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, East Kentwood High School graduate, Kentwood, MI
Katie DeHaan, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, South Christian High School graduate, Byron Center, MI
Mason Gordon, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Gobles High School graduate, Gobles, MI
Doni Graham, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Bloomfield Hills High School graduate, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Lindsay Gubow, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Walled Lake Western High School graduate, Wixom, MI
Benjamin Hahn, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, West Ottawa High School graduate, West Olive, MI
Alexander Hufford*, Harold and Beulah McKee Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Portage Central High School graduate, Portage, MI
Leyanna Jordan-Brown, Merze Tate Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Mona Shores High School graduate, Norton Shores, MI
Katie Kozlowski, Roy and Beulah Kendall Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Adlai E. Stevenson High School graduate, Sterling Heights, MI
Kenneth Kressin, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Orange County High School of the Arts graduate, Orange, CA
Lauren LaLonde, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Portage Northern High School graduate, Portage, MI
Ryan Leja, Harold and Beulah McKee Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Adlai E. Stevenson High School graduate, Livonia, MI
Catherine Lemus, Merze Tate Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Plainwell High School graduate, Plainwell, MI
Payton May, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Marysville High School graduate, Port Huron, MI
Kathryn Ross, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Ann Arbor Pioneer High School graduate, Ann Arbor, MI
Theodore Wampuszyc, Art and Marti Hearron Medallion Scholarship, Walled Lake Northern High School graduate, White Lake Township, MI
Marisa Weller, Dr. H. Nicholas Hamner Medallion Scholarship, Dakota High School graduate, Macomb, MI
*deferred entry to 2017
2015
Tayla Hall, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Henry Ford Academy graduate, Inkster, MI
Katelyn Mater, Presidential Medallion Scholarship, Penn High School graduate, Granger, IN
Jenna Otten, Alvin Frays Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Schoolcraft High School graduate, Schoolcraft, MI
Aisha Thaj, Emeriti Medallion Scholarship, Portage Northern High School graduate, Portage, MI
Matthew Wrightman, Harold and Beulah McKee Endowed Medallion Scholarship, Fraser High School graduate, Clinton Township, MI
Learn more about those who have already received this prestigious scholarship.
July 17, 2018
"Incoming students win $60,000 Medallion Scholarships"
July 26, 2017
"20 incoming students win $60,000 Medallion Scholarships"
June 2, 2016
"Twenty incoming students win $60,000 Medallion Scholarships"
August 6, 2015
"Twenty-two incoming students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships"
June 24, 2014
"Twenty-four incoming students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships"
June 14, 2013
"Twenty incoming students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships"
August 8, 2012
"Twenty new WMU students win the $50,000 Medallion Scholarships"
July 10, 2011
"Nineteen new students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships"
June 17, 2010
"Twenty new students win $40,000 Medallion Scholarships"
July 21, 2009