Award for Academic Excellence
Award for Academic Excellence – Spring 2023 Graduates
Yakima Federal has established this award for the purpose of recognizing high academic achievers graduating from high school and a resident in Benton, Franklin, Kittitas or Yakima County. It is for those graduates who are accepted by and enrolled in an accredited college, university, community college, or technical school during this year’s fall semester.
In 2023, Yakima Federal Savings and Loan will award up to $217,500 in academic assistance to area students and schools. In addition to $2,500 to each student, seven local colleges and universities will each receive $2,500. Since the program inception in 1974, Yakima Federal Savings and Loan has given more than $2,700,000 to local students and institutions to help pay for secondary education.
Applicants must reside in Yakima, Kittitas, Benton or Franklin counties, graduate in the top 10% of their class and have demonstrated high moral character, industriousness, and ambition during their high school career. Also required with the application is a one page letter of motivation outlining future plans, school and life experiences, including any challenges faced and overcome, and the impact of receiving an award. Students can review requirements and apply online now at YakimaFed.com/scholarship.
Awards are limited to two applicants from each area school. Home schooled students are also eligible. Awards are funded upon student enrollment for the fall semester following graduation. Award checks are issued payable to the school in which the student is enrolled.
Please join us in congratulating the 2023 award recipients.
| Alexa Guzman | A.C. Davis HS |
| Isabelle Ehlis | A.C. Davis HS |
| Hailee Mendez | Chiawana HS |
| Courtney Burke | Chiawana HS |
| Kathryn Crowder | Chiawana HS |
| Joel Kelly | Cle-Elum Roslyn HS |
| Jessica Copp | Cle-Elum Roslyn HS |
| Morgan Jenks | Connell HS |
| Spencer Harris | Connell HS |
| Juliana Poracayo-Jaimes | Delta HS |
| Katelyn Albertin | Delta HS |
| Tinley Taylor | East Valley HS |
| Brady Locke | East Valley HS |
| Mark Stephens | Eisenhower HS |
| Joshua Jaiyeola | Eisenhower HS |
| David Aguilar | Eisenhower HS |
| Reyna Flores | Eisenhower HS |
| Abby Paige Harrell | Ellensburg HS |
| Alexandra Rose Gamache | Ellensburg HS |
| Lilly Rose Kassinger | Grandview HS |
| Damaris Martinez | Grandview HS |
| Eliana Rios-Rodriguez | Granger HS |
| Marian C Alaniz | Granger HS |
| Kennard Hou | Hanford HS |
| Rachel Lauren Tucker | Hanford HS |
| Maria Ellen Jacobson | Highland HS |
| Carol Elena Govea | Highland HS |
| Claire Jeanette Emmans | Home School |
| Ansel Hilding McCord | Home School |
| Ailish Grace Carey | Home School |
| Alexis Destefano | Kamiakin HS |
| Jonah Austin Gebers | Kennewick HS |
| Emma Racquel Rodriguez | Kennewick HS |
| Emily Mae Williams | Kingspoint Christian HS |
| Serenity-Fey Carey | Kiona Benton HS |
| Jedediah Norman | Kiona Benton HS |
| Brandon Trudell | Kittitas HS |
| Jack Matthew Pietrusiewicz | La Salle HS |
| Devin Michael Seaman | La Salle HS |
| Andrew Garrett Smith | Liberty Christian HS |
| Lauren Ann Reed | Liberty Christian HS |
| Keanna Haberkorn | Mid Columba Partnership |
| Abigail Longbottom | Naches HS |
| Cambria Wright | Naches HS |
| Michael Axel Lopez | Pasco HS |
| Anna Cathrine Pattee | Pasco HS |
| Auslyn M Schab | Prosser HS |
| Julianna Clare Phillips | Prosser HS |
| Madelyn Kay | Richland HS |
| Madeline Nemeth | Richland HS |
| Jordan Perkins | Richland HS |
| Jaime Armenta-Gaytan | River View HS |
| Pedro Morales | River View HS |
| Querina Gabriella Hickenbottom | Riverside Christian HS |
| Simon James Myers | Riverside Christian HS |
| Allison Moultray | Selah HS |
| Natalie Nicole Keller | Selah HS |
| Kaylee Loftus | Southridge HS |
| Levi Lamprey | Southridge HS |
| Noah W Cussins | Sunnyside Christian HS |
| Violet Skye Bosma | Sunnyside Christian HS |
| Emma L Heeringa | Sunnyside HS |
| Jared A Sheehan | Sunnyside HS |
| Melina Rivera Garcia | Sunnyside HS |
| Olivia Joalie Dobson | Three Rivers HS |
| Judith Robledo | Toppenish HS |
| Natalia M Sanchez | Toppenish HS |
| Mercedes Madalyn De Smet | Tri-Cities Prep |
| Victoria Rose Muzatko | Tri-Cities Prep |
| Valeria Marquez | Wapato HS |
| Ella Kathryn Ferguson | West Valley HS |
| Haley Lynne Betterton | West Valley HS |
| Eric Castro | West Valley HS |
| Brooke L-A Heilman | Zillah HS |
| Lily F Simmons | Zillah HS |
