San Juan Island Community Foundation awards scholarships to 38 island students

Thanks to the sustained generosity of island donors, the San Juan Island Community Foundation has awarded 38 students more than $169,000 in scholarships for the 2022-2023 school year. The recipients include 15 graduating high school seniors – 11 from Friday Harbor High School and four from Spring Street International School – along with 23 students already working toward an undergraduate or graduate degree.

Established through a gift from the estate of Jerry Inskeep, the Inskeep Legacy Scholarship provides need-based funding for graduating high school seniors attending four-year colleges and universities full time. Scholarships can be renewed for each year of a student’s undergraduate study. This year’s 12 new recipients are:

• Gavia Boyden – Macalester College
• Jazmyn Capron-Graves – Pacific University
• Brenna Crouse-Smith – University of Washington
• Luke Fincher – Western Washington University
• Olivia Germain – University of Colorado Boulder
• Isabel Graham – Arizona State University
• Hannah Greene – Western Washington University
• Lucy Martin – University of Puget Sound
• Aiyana O’Prussack – Bryn Mawr
• Catherine Pignatiello – Ithaca College
• Ava Smith – Arizona State University
• Robin Taylor – University of Washington

The 16 students receiving renewable awards this year include:

• Ty Anderson – Gonzaga University
• Ela Angevine – Anglo-American University
• Emily Atwell – Portland State University
• Julian Brown – Santa Clara University
• Olivia Brown – Savannah College of Art & Design
• Trinity Cullen – University of Arizona
• Marieke Danniau – Columbus College of Art & Design
• Evan Foley – University of Washington
• Raylee Miniken – Western Washington University
• Aida Must – Washington State University
• Stella Parsons – The Master’s University
• Ayla Ridwan – Stanford University
• Thea Seitz – Karolinska Institute
• Georgia Smith – Pacific Lutheran University
• Rachel Starr – University of Montana
• Fallon Taylor – Villanova University

The San Juan Island Community Foundation Scholarship Fund provides awards for San Juan Island residents furthering their education at a community college, two-year college, four-year college or university, graduate school program, or career training program. This year’s recipients include six students who will be university seniors or graduate students in the fall:

• Lydia Downs-Williams – University of Montana
• Isabel Gabriel – Pacific Lutheran University
• Megan Haagensen – Western Washington University
• Brooke Radcliffe – Antioch University New England
• Madeline Schroeder – University of Washington
• Kiana Woods – University of Utah

The San Juan Pilots Association created the John Volk Memorial Scholarship to provide funding for students pursuing a career in an aviation-related field. It seeks to encourage and reward the sort of friendship, leadership, and service that typified John Volk’s presence in our community. This year’s four recipients are:

• Julian Brown – Santa Clara University
• Levi Demaris – Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Siri Dow – University of Washington
• Aaron Kahekili Vliet – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The scholarship established in memory of Dr. Marcia L. Zakarison, MD, offers a one-time scholarship for graduating high school seniors pursuing a career in human medicine and the healing arts, either at technical or trade schools, or two- or four-year colleges or universities. This year’s awards go to:

• Amelia Eltinge – Washington State University
• Isabel Graham – Arizona State University

2022 marks the Community Foundation’s 15th consecutive year providing scholarships to island students. In the past 15 years SJICF has awarded $2.15 million in scholarships to 175 recipients.

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