Andrea De Freitas Doral Academy Charter High School Yuttichai Sommala Rio Rancho High School, Esmeralda Abreu Jerez Saint Vincent Ferrer High School Rhianna Smith Coral Reef Senior High School Searita Chen Sycamore High School Karla Tirado San Diego Mesa College Sherece Turner Community College of Baltimore County Evamaria Tanori Contreras University High School Swetha Ananth John S Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School Francisco Eujenin Campos Madison Area Technical College Joshua Park Iolani School, Callia Thornton Coeur dAlene Senior High School, Deborah Adeboye Nicholas Senn High School Nahed Elberry Hayfield Secondary School Joyce Lin Francis Lewis High School Students must be current high school seniors residing in the United States. Abdullah Ali Valley Stream South High School Victory Ibeh Pace High School Jewel Cox Saint Marys Academy Victoria Perez Giannone Bunker Hill Community College Monzerrat Canela Skyline High School A list of the semifinalists can be found below, Cooke College Scholars are selected based on exceptional academic ability and achievement, financial need, persistence, and leadership. Daniel Novoa East Los Angeles College Grace Humble Georgetown Junior-Senior High School Gabrielle Rodgers Valencia College Katy Shin Golden Valley High School Cooke College Scholarship semifinalists were chosen from a pool of over 5,300 applicants. Thyra Cobbs Los Medanos College Kaden Oquel-White Jesuit High School Manraj Gill Rajinder Singh College of San Mateo The Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship seeks to increase the number of community college students completing their education at top four-year institutions. The Foundation has also provided $115 million in grants to organizations that serve such students. Gerardo Bravo IDEA College Preparatory McAllen Precious Taiwo City Colleges of Chicago: Harry S. Truman College Huan Phan City Colleges of Chicago: Wilbur Wright College Camron Stewart Nova High School Blanca Gonzalez Contra Costa College Lyric Larson Caldwell Early College High School Sean Galloway Community College of Philadelphia Esperanza Herrera-Moore South Albany High School Gavin Scott Checotah High School, Rena Howard South Albany High School Jorge Tadeo Cantu Yes Prep North Central Simeon Klepac Home School Clearinghouse (Internal) Norma Mejia Yes Preparatory Public Schools: East End Through this award, the Foundation supports exceptionally talented community college students seeking to complete their bachelors degrees. Kristine Hernandez Veterans Memorial High School Jayant Namdhari Plano East Senior High School Jade Thomas Park Tudor School, Hananeel Morinville Shawnee Mission North High School Mia Schaubhut Lutcher High School, Erika Abumere New Town High School Anisha Tasfia Los Angeles Valley College Susie Cray Linn-Benton Community College Fiorella Castillo Saavedra Bergen County Technical High School Deidre Mitchell Grand Rapids Community College Josephine Elumeze City University of New York: LaGuardia Community College Oscar Serra School for Advanced Studies North Since 2000, the Foundation has awarded over $222 million in scholarships to over 2,800 students from 8th grade through graduate school, along with comprehensiveeducational advising and other support services. Askar Bashirov MiraCosta College Ferdinando Castro Gonzalez Dallas College Richland Campus Norzin Lhadon Holy Names High School Renee King City Colleges of Chicago: Harry S. Truman College Victoria Ogunnowo Prince Georges Community College, Arianny Jorge Bunker Hill Community College Tu Kha Bui Berkeley City College Grace Mulumba Lupandu Nibert Dallas College Richland Campus Ethan Nava Maldonado Westside High School Anita Zahiri Benjamin Franklin High School, Rebekah Alemayehu John F. Kennedy High School Aaraa Brown Prince Georges Community College Bereket Birbo White Station High School Dani Mejia Aguilar John F Kennedy High School John Venegas Juarez YES Preparatory Schools: Southeast A list of this years Cooke Transfer Scholar Semifinalists, their community colleges, and their state of residence is below. Samiha Syed College of DuPage Emma Lazo Freedom High School Enrique Baranda Mount San Jacinto College Xavier Dong Mount San Antonio College, Gabby Coltrane College of Southern Maryland Junior Philogene Montgomery College Ilona Demura-Gregory Walters State Community College, Kaothar Olateju Dallas College Brookhaven Campus Natalie Torres Weeki Wachee High School Lily Pham Evans High School Katie Garcia Kings Ridge Christian School Dania Taki San Diego Miramar College Christopher Liddell Chaffey College Fatima Jalloh Paxon School for Advanced Studies Through this award, the Foundation supports exceptionally talented community college students seeking to complete their bachelors degrees. Anita Bassey Paulding County High School Brandon Mejia Science Park High School Mariana Gracia Leon Lone Star College System Aya Hamza Coral Gables Senior High School Jack Kent Cooke (October 25, 1912 - April 6, 1997) was a Canadian-American businessman in broadcasting and professional sports. Ikram Isa College of DuPage "In 2021, out of over 16,500 applications, 6,312 students were selected as National College Match Finalists. Adelyn Pettie Rainier Beach High School, Biak Tha Hlawn Ronald Wilson Reagan College Preparatory High School www.jkcf.org, Media Contact: Julia Nelson, 571-799-8067, media@jkcf.org. Annie Huynh Lone Star College System Finalists exhibit outstanding academic achievement . Mohamed Elhassan Hammond High School Mohammad Muntakim Cass Technical High School Eunice Chon Howard High School Elise Chouinard Lone Star College System Olivia Ye David Douglas High School, Cydney Brown Abington Friends School Kelly Bonilla Guzman Hayfield Secondary School This years semifinalists should be particularly proud of their success in the face of a challenging year, said Executive Director Seppy Basili. Jan 5 There's still time to submit your application for the Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship! Sharon Miranda Gateway High School Crystal Yoo Bergen Community College Jorge Pereira Martinez Early College Academy At Southridge An additional 6 Cooke College Scholar Semifinalists did not opt into publicity. Gabrielle McClanahan Palomar College Nicole Giraldo-Meneses Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush High School Makeda Retta Northern Virginia Community College Melissa Rodriguez Garcia Essex County College Karley Yung Washtenaw International High School, Edward Adams Blake School Northrup Campus Jason Chen Kingston High School Mercy Okougbodu West Mesquite High School Carlin Taylor Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Fardouza Farah Owatonna High School Jillian Robinson Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Dear NCC current students and recent graduates,The Jack Kent Cooke Foundations Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship provides up to $55,000 per year for up to three years, making it the largest private [] NCC Main Website . Jonathan Rebollar Jack E Singley Academy Vina Tran Lawndale High School Cody Chou Early College Academy At Southridge Kathryn Price Lone Star College System Natalie Yang Newark Charter School, Temitayo Adeola Eastern Senior High School Geraldine Cabrera Bronx High School of Law and Community Service Jishnu Basu Plano Senior High School Fernando Rodriguez Leal NYC iSchool Rommel Caballero-Juarez Klein Oak High School Rosie Bui Ball High School Aashvi Patel Melbourne High School Sara Farheen Harrisburg High School Julie Trinh Clear Horizons Early College High School Nina Velasco Etowah High School Alexander Nguyen Springbrook High School Monica Lopez Everett Alvarez High School Zuri Logan Klein Cain High School Mara Bravo-Santos El Cerrito High School Erick Ramirez Woodrow Wilson High School Blaine Jones Tahlequah High School The research is clear: our community colleges are full of talented students with a diversity of experiences that contribute to their educational journey. Kaitlin Wachter Frederick Community College Nicky Goh Bloomington High School South Chalina Morgan-Lopez Sanderson High School LANSDOWNE, Va., Feb. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced the selection of 411 high school seniors as semifinalists for the prestigious Cooke . Georgina Younes Brockton High School Alexsovan Hory Lamar Consolidated High School Star Trivette Mount Airy High School Rebecca Shaw Mount Saint Mary Academy Miguel Graupera Coral Reef Senior High School Perimeter students represent all but one of the semifinalists from Georgia for the national scholarship. Jayda Harris Baltimore City College Jhovani Gallardo Moreno Arvin High School Latest: Lambert awarded prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship Virginia Hunt Hume-Fogg Academic High School Christian Pierre Trenton Central High School Morgan Maier Turtle Lake High School Sonia Molinero Martinez Hartnell College Semifinalist applications will be reviewed again to choose approximately 60 finalists to receive the scholarship. Ayo Ogunsanya McDonough High School Tammy Le Wilson Central High School Amber Chipman Seminole State College of Florida Alexis Faucette Bowie High School In addition to financial support, selected Cooke Transfer Scholars will receive comprehensive educational advising from the Foundation to guide them through the process of transitioning to a four-year school and preparing for their careers. Kieu Dao Cape Coral High School Lucas Bautista Arvin High School Rosy Rodriguez Lake Nona High School Nick Vela Taravella J P High School Scholarships are awarded without respect to religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, geographic region, race or ethnicity. Joe Loy Francis Scott Key High School Cesar De Oleo High School of Computers and Technology funding. Tracy Das Waltham Senior High School Mahia Rahman Washington-Liberty High School Jayden Huynh-Vuong Glen Allen High School Angela Chow Sacramento City College Savanah Shulkin Hudson Valley Community College Diana Zamarripa The Energy Institute High School, Sophie Christensen Orem High School Cindy Li Glenda Dawson High School Michaell Santos Paulino Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice Ashanti Matthews Thornton Township High School Amira Cooper Howard Community College Med Coulibaly Manhattan Hunter College High School of Science James Tang Centennial High School Eric Zhong Cypress Bay High School, George Adae-Mensah Archer High School Coby Garcia Roncalli High School Diana Gonzalez Miami Dade College Danie Hernandez Maywood Center for Enriched Studies Taniya Singleton Walter Payton College Preparatory High School Hannah Gartrell Eaton High School Students must be current high school seniors residing in the United States. Patricia Hernandez-Beltran College of the Desert Camille Bove South Lakes High School Wisdom High School The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation provides financial support of up to $55,000 per year to currently enrolled community college students who have excelled academically and who demonstrate financial need to earn their bachelor's degree at select four-year colleges and universities. Krisna Panchal PreEngineering Academies At Englewood Donna Nestor St. Petersburg College Hang Xu Foothill College Zoe Castle Johnson Central High School Suleidy De La Cruz City University of New York: Bronx Community College Natalia Masnica Lincoln Park High School Isaidy Medina All City Leadership Secondary School Orlagh Bewley Long Beach City College Jasmine Mace MAST at FIU Biscayne Bay Campus Nick Tracy Montgomery College Andres Rincon Coral Reef Senior High School Shayla Dodge Lake-Sumter State College Lina Shammas Valhalla High School Alisson Moreno Rivas Manual Arts Senior High School Research. Dezirae Rodriguez Tarrant County College Venezia Garza Orange County High School of the Arts Andrea Velazquez South Broward High School Allison Martinez Martinez Miami Dade College Javi Rodriguez Carnegie Vanguard High School Sulaiman Oyekunle Meade Senior High School Semester of Excellence for 2021 Dean's List Students. Geneva Tackie Northern Virginia Community College Yonas Mekonnen Bunker Hill Community College Natalia Bautista George Westinghouse High School Cristine Chen L & N STEM Academy Jashhvanth Tamilselvan Kunthavai North Royalton High School Makayla Suina Bernalillo High School, Roselyn Azcue Urban Assembly Charter High School For Computer Science Cynthia Castellano Miami Dade College Julia Kienzler Lincoln Land Community College Luz Cusi Ttito Bergen Community College Tarrah Brewsaugh Howard Community College Ola Mohamed Northern Virginia Community College Migchalee Gonzalez Tarrant County College Layan Sammor Montgomery College Mishel Almaleh South Broward High School Rose Dania Jean Miami Jackson Senior High School Alex Hughes Utica Academy for International Studies Michael Lopes Nassau Community College Yara Abazah Bergen Community College Sofia Pazmino Hudson County Community College Pema Tamang City University of New York: LaGuardia Community College The five are among 406 national semifinalists for the highly competitive awards who Rufino Perea Los Angeles City College Nancy Zoria Jericho Senior High School, Jaylen Adams Olympic High School Gaochia Lee Montgomery County Early College Maria Dawes Mesa Community College Sammy Trefry Santa Rosa Junior College Mya Johnson University School of Milwaukee Conrad Ontimara Slidell High School Mia Johnson Irvin High School April Guo-Yue Starkville High School Naomy Guerrero Flores Sampson Early College High School Jonathan Torres-Tomas North Henderson High School Deborah Bong Cedar Ridge High School Andrik Garcia Roma High School Ashley Vazquez Romo Basic High School, Amelia Becerra Long Branch High School Kris Wilson Reidsville High School Asher Montgomery Hillsborough High School competitive Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship, receiving the $120,000 community college award in 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2020. Dylan Hammonds Purnell Swett High School Coby Yang Ocoee High School Melangelo Pride Upperman High School Paula Escobar Evergreen Valley High School Charly Gutierrez Jimenez Santa Fe College Paula Sefia Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child Davidson High School Riley Cleveland Pearl River Community College Merlin Dsouza Casa Grande Union High School Cindy Ren Hillsborough High School Aug 2020 - Present2 years 8 months. Gianni Tipan Mater Lakes Academy High School Cecilia Bachmann Pasadena City College Kevin Liu Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, Julia Fleischman Park Hill Senior High School Fardowsa Hassan Georgia Perimeter College Jayda Smith Ruskin High School, Aliza Davis Reno High School Angelica Ihim Hazelwood Central Senior High School Jaspreet Kandola Hannibal High School Keanna Goddard Dominican Academy Auria Lee South Eugene High School This scholarship provides selected students with up to $40,000 a year to complete their bachelor's degrees. Oumou Traore City University of New York: Hostos Community College Veshal Konnar Northeast High School, Sonora Halili Thomas Jefferson School Kaili Huang Pine View School Ashis Dhakal East High School, Olvin Abrego Ayala Herndon High School ACora Hickson Charter School of Wilmington, Momona Hadish District of Columbia International School Bruna Gobeti Community College of Denver Michelle Li CAM Academy Sulay Restrepo Maroulis City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College Sandoval will learn if she wins the scholarship in April. Michael Golphin Community College of Philadelphia Jenny Tran Colonial High School Ethan Garcia Santa Teresa High School Daysi Duarte Benito Lone Star College System Sofia Barnett Centennial High School Juan Guerrero City Colleges of Chicago: Harold Washington College Grace Pena Walter Payton College Preparatory High School Yumna Ahmed Mater Lakes Academy High School Hannah Kim Summit Public School K2 Transfer scholars are selected on a range of factors including exceptional academic Maritza Quinones Northeast Texas Community College Cindy Liu Fiorello H Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts Carolina Alcocer-Salas Northeast Texas Community College Jaden Stewart North Hollywood High School Kyle Simpson Pearl River Community College www.jkcf.org, Media Contact: Julia Florence, 571-799-8067, media@jkcf.org. . Paul Calvo Fresno City College Sukya Williams Medgar Evers College Preparatory High School Jada Hunter-Hays Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Math and Science in Kentucky Valia Oliva Saddleback College Dalton Locklear Saint Pauls High School Justin Dominic Loyola High School Learn more about the College Scholarship Programhereandsign up to be notifiedwhen next years application opens. Juan Briseno Saddleback High School Jose Gonzalez Dover High School Preston Hong Saddleback College Nora Menon Allen D. Nease High School Isa Alvarado Coral Reef Senior High School Faeven Mussie Chabot College Eric Bebenov Bolingbrook High School Margaret Schwartz Holyoke Community College Min Liu Pasadena City College Stephany Pineda Cardoso City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College Saddat Nazir McNair Academic High School Chela Cunningham Severn School Julia Comino Comino Sacred Heart High School The 2021 Cooke College Scholarship recipients will be announced in April. 5 SDCCD students selected as semifinalists for prestigious scholarships. Mariah Goodman Paint Branch High School Eliana Gomez Romero Kipp Austin Brave High School Wisdom High School Sharon Florez Coral Gables Senior High School Amna Khamosh Thornton High School Abby Macenat J. M. Wright Technical School Harshal Bharatia Plano Senior High School Belinda Kumi Blessed Trinity Catholic High School Tracy Zhang Central High School, Michael Ochoa Bishop Hendricken High School, Shon Green Scotts Branch High School Amina Cedeno Quince Orchard High School Liv DeNicholas Portland Community College Visit here to view the national announcement for the 2021 Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. Bridget Egan Clear Creek High School Joy Han Northshore High School Mariana Valencia Advantages Online Private School Ian Song Cleveland High School Alina Dau Alfred M Barbe High School Bianca Braun Westchester Community College 44 states and the District of Columbia, according to the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Claire Haslett Mission College Preparatory Catholic High School Audrey Ralphs Renaissance High School, Marbella Aguilar Mansueto High School Amir Noormohammad City Colleges of Chicago: Wilbur Wright College Reyna McCrea Brown School Emily Chmiel Charter School of Wilmington Josue Ramirez Advanced Technologies Academy Alayna Ziglin Basis Ahwatukee, Jesus Ballesteros Rogers New Technology High School Kashish Bastola Heritage High School Jia Lin Conestoga High School Dianna Garzon City Colleges of Chicago: Wilbur Wright College Nicquel Holmes City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College Rayquan Blake Miami Dade College Ezinne Mba Nevada High School Kennedy Anderson Loomis Chaffee School