2023 Winners – $5,000 each
From left to right, Erica Burson, Optimist Scholarship Committee Chair; Michael Newman of Washington-Liberty High School who will be attending Virginia Tech), Warnakulasuriya Lowe of Yorktown High School (who will be attending Fordham University) and Mary Anay Gonzalez of Wakefield High School who will be attending Virginia Tech this fall). Not included in this photo are: Lina Aniss of Washington-Liberty High School who will be attending the University of Virginia this fall and Sora Spencer of Wakefield High School who will be attending Marymount University this fall. (Their photos are not available).
2022 Winners – $5,000 each
From left to right: Mark Whitenton, Scholarship Committee Chair; Mark McNulty (from Wakefield going to Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute); Mekyah Dunbar (from Wakefield –a winner last year — attending Old Dominion University); Laila El Machtani Idrissi (from Wakefield going to Virginia Tech); and Rick Escudero (from Yorktown going to UVA).
Not included in the photo are: Thomas Ackelson from Washington-Liberty High School going to the University of Virginia, and Mary Ann Montgomery from Bishop O’Connell High School going to Oberlin College. Their photos are below:
