Recipients of the Knights of Columbus Scholarship are (left to right) Cara Gauss, Laila Muller, Steven Romero, Hayden Watkins, Olivia Shipman and Adalyn Trujillo. Courtesy/LAPS

Lance Metcalf (left) received the Rotary Great Expectation Award for Solid B Students. He was also the recipient of the Paul Harris Fellow Award. Courtesy/LAPS

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Sixty Los Alamos High School seniors were presented with local awards and scholarships during the Senior Scholarship Ceremony held during senior week at the high school. 

Through the generosity and support of numerous community groups and organizations, 136 scholarships were presented, totaling over $200,000. This year, there were seven new scholarships.

In addition, Rotary president Greg Viola presented the Paul Harris Fellow Award of $1,000 from Rotary International to Lance Metcalf for “his many years of service to the Los Alamos Rotary Club since a young age that continues to this day.”

This year’s scholarship recipients are:

• Explorer Post 20 Scholarship: Jason Kimball and Ian Sandborgh 
• Eastern Star Scholarship: Tevita Funaki and Adalyn Trujillo
• Aspen Elementary School PTO Scholarship: Laila Muller, Spencer Urbatsch and Kailey Thwaits
• Barranca Mesa Elementary School PTO Scholarship: Marisela Salazar and Maribel Ramos-Chacon
• Chamisa Elementary School PTO Scholarship: Sara Khan
• Mountain Elementary School PTA Scholarship: Dayja Fellers and Phoebe Reid
• Piñon Elementary School PTO Scholarship: Allyson Harbert and Zachary Sestric
• Aaron S. Goldman Memorial Scholarship: Cara Gauss, August Ovaska and Maya Snowden
• Wally Walters Scholarship: Cara Gauss and Samuel Prada
• Coca-Cola Scholarship: Liliana Griego, Inez Christensen and Maribel Ramos-Chacon
• Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee Scholarships
  • The J. Robert Oppenheimer Scholarship in memory of Satch Cowan: Madalyn Baily
  • The J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Scholarship: Helena Welch
  • Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Scholarship in Memory of Nancy Laubach Freed and J. Arthur Freed: Irina Maiorov
  • The J. Robert Oppenheimer Scholarship in Memory of Nicholas C. Metropolis: Alyssa Sun and John Kang
  • The J. Robert Oppenheimer Scholarship in memory of Leon and Rosalie Heller: Matthea Fung
  • The J. Robert Oppenheimer Scholarship: Calvin Marksteiner
  • The J. Robert Oppenheimer Scholarship for outstanding achievement: August Ovaska, Penelope Barry-Hoffman and Cara Gauss
  • The J. Robert Oppenheimer Scholarship in memory of Richard C. Swenson: James Ito Mikey Aslam Memorial Scholarship: Dayja Fellers, Madalyn Baily and August Ovaska
• Los Alamos Light Opera Scot Johnson Memorial Scholarship: Ariela Rittner, Zachary Sestric and Anya Seet
• Los Alamos Little Theatre Scholarship in memory of Warren Houghteling: Zachary Sestric
• Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra Scholarship: Noelle Judd, Penelope Barry-Hoffman, Angel Meng and Carlos Martinez
• Music-Filled Life Scholarship: Jamie Grow, Sara Khan and Irina Maiorov
• Los Alamos Golf Association Scholarship: Maribel Ramos Chacon and Sophia Saunders
• Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos Scholarship: Gyasi Atta-Fynn, Emily Xu, Alyssa Sun, Angel Meng, Michael Witkowski, Anabel Irving and Jillian Lewis
• Los Alamos Garden Club Scholarship: Sara Khan
• Pat Edmonds and Sue Graves Memorial Scholarship: Sara Khan
• Zia Credit Union Merit Scholarship: Oliver See, Lance Metcalf, and Maribel Ramos-Chacon
• Rotary Great Expectation Award for Solid B Students: Lance Metcalf
• Rotary Service Award: Gyasi Atta-Fynn and Matthea Fung
• Rotary Vocational Award: Justin Crane
• Ruth J. Sherman Memorial Scholarship: Blue Engeman and Ariela Rittner
• Masonic Scholarship: Spencer Urbatsch
• Knights of Columbus Scholarship: Hayden Watkins, Adalyn Trujillo, Olivia Shipman, Steven Romero, Laila Muller and Cara Gauss
• Hospital Auxiliary of LAMC Scholarship: Inez Christensen, Adia Fortin, Emmeline Weaver and Adalyn Trujillo
• Phi Beta Kappa of Los Alamos Scholarship: Matthea Fung, Alyssa Sun and Helena Welch
• Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation and Los Alamos Employees Fund Scholarships
• Silver Scholarship: John Kang
• Bronze Scholarship: Alyssa Sun, Emily Xu, Gyasi Atta-Fynn, Helena Welch, Madalyn Baily and Melanie Weekley
• Rae Lee Siporin Scholarship: Hannah Waldschmidt
• Howard Menlove & Jean Marshall Memorial Scholarship: Celia Pesiri
• Climate Change Leadership Institute Earth & Environmental Science Scholarship: Penelope Barry-Hoffman
• Alan Johnston Memorial Scholarship: Luke Creel
• Senator Pete Domenici Endowed Scholarship: Sara Khan
• Triad Leadership Scholarship: Simran Preet Khalsa
• Veterans Scholarship: Matthew Haight
• National Security Workforce Scholarship: Thomas Quintana
• P.E.O STAR Scholarship: Madalyn Baily
• Los Alamos Schools Foundations Scholarships 
  • Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation Student Board Member Scholarship: Gyasi Atta-Fynn
  • Friends of Los Alamos County Libraries Scholarship: Helena Welch, Ian Sandborgh, Inez Christensen, Elaina Trujillo, Penelope Barry-Hoffman, Rocco Del Mauro and Sara Khan 
  • June Ettinger Memorial Scholarship: Frank Sheppard
  • Irene Boone Memorial Scholarship: Trinity McCloskey and Dayja Fellers
  • Kristin Kosiewicz Memorial Scholarship: Celia Pesiri, Irina Maiorov, Anna Mata, Steven Romero and Kayli Murphy
  • Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation Community Service Scholarships: Celia Pesiri, Zachary Sestric, Tevita Funaki and Emily Xu
  • Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation Vocational/Technical Scholarships: Steven Romero, Kayli Murphy and Justin Crane
  • Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation Future Teacher Scholarship: Matthea Fung and Cara Gauss
• Sophia Feldman Memorial Scholarship: Adia Fortin, Alyssa Sun, Anabel Irving and Noelle Judd
• Loc Truong Award: Emily Xu
• Ross and Lola Ramsey Memorial Scholarship: Anya Seet
• Don Rokop Memorial Golf Scholarship: Malin Eidenbenz and Sophia Saunders 
• Los Alamos High School Class of 1970: Kayli Murphy
• Philip Walter Pellette Scholarship: Dayja Fellers
• Rawan Alsaraj Scholarship: Jillian Lewis
• Rojas Family Scholarship: August Ovaska
• Be There for Los Alamos, The JoAnn Johnson Community Involvement Memorial Scholarship: Tevita Funaki
• Brian Easton Memorial Scholarship: Cecilia Pratt

Malin Eidenbenz and Sophia Saunders were recipients of the Don Rokop Memorial Golf Scholarship, one of seven new scholarships offered this year. Courtesy/LAPS

The Sophia Feldman Memorial Scholarship was presented to (left to right) Anabel Irving, Alyssa Sun, Adia Fortin and Noelle Judd. Courtesy/LAPS

The Kristin Koziewicz Memorial Scholarship was awarded to (left to right) Steven Romero, Kayli Murphy, Irina Maiorov, Anna Mata and Celia Pesiri. Courtesy/LAPS