Contest Winners

DCU Scholarship

DCU recognizes the lifetime value of a college education. The DCU Memorial Scholarship Program was designed to assist outstanding students with the cost of this education. We want to recognize your hard work and promote your goals, too. Beginning in November of 2020, students in their senior year of high school who would be attending a state or nationally accredited college or university in the fall of 2021 were able to apply for the Annual DCU Memorial Scholarship Program.* Scholarships were awarded on academic merit, teachers’ references, an original essay, awards and recognition, and extracurricular and community service activities. An impartial panel of college educators judged the participants’ entries. In 2021, DCU awarded $190,000 in Scholarships and all funds were distributed through the DCU for Kids Foundation.      

2021 $2,500 DCU Scholarship Winners:  

• Alexis Jean Sye   –  Onalaska, WI
• Angelin Mathew  –  Davie, FL
• Atharva Vispute  –  Colorado Springs, CO
• Austin Christopher Pierce  –  Howell, NJ
• Ayushman Choudhury  –  Ellington, CT
• Brock Tweedy  –  Huntertown, IN
• Dana Zhang  –  Furlong, PA
• Gracie Sunde  –  Papillion, NE
• Jessalin Nguyen  –  Houston, TX
• Macey Leonard  –  Ladera Ranch, CA
• Mikella Nguyen  –  Fort Worth, TX
• Natalie Villacres   –  South Richmond Hill, NY
• Reagan Faith Wagner  –  Laguna Niguel, CA
• Riley Ballard  –  Highlands Ranch, CO
• Saketh Mynampati  –  Billerica, MA
• Samantha Green  –  North Bellmore, NY
• Sofia Gaxiola  –  San Diego, CA
• Steve Rosario  –  Andover, MA
• Teryn Mitchell  –  Damascus, MD
• Zachary Hines Miller  –  Ashburn, VA

2021 $2,000 DCU Scholarship Winners:  

• Addison Rene McDonald  –  Lampasas, TX
• Aditya Senthil  –  Concord, NC
• Allyson Wang  –  Glen Allen, VA
• Ankit Boruah  –  Franklin, MA
• Anna Puster  –  Lakeville, OH
• Anthony John DeMarco  –  Kirtland, OH
• Carson Goh  –  Nashua, NH
• Cecilia Knowles  –  Boylston, MA
• EricaRae Nicole Herrick  –  Swanton, OH
• Grace Weaver  –  Palm Harbor, FL
• Jordan Allen  –  Cedar Park, TX
• Madison Spanodemos  –  Malverne, NY
• Meredith Anne McGee  –  Burleson, TX
• Nailah Remyl DuBose  –  Elk Grove, CA
• Olivia Kline  –  Johnston, RI
• Samantha Kopec  –  Clearwater, FL
• Shrivatsa Ravindra Kulkarni  –  Round Rock, TX
• Shriya Bagdi  –  Middletown, DE
• Suhani Patel  –  Peoria, AZ
• Timothy Dorney  –  Norton, MA

2021 $1,500 DCU Scholarship Winners:

• Aaminah Syed  –  Pine Plains, NY
• Abigail Nicole Fulton  – Hanover, IN
• Adhishri Hande  –  Lowell, MA
• Afia Boakye-Yiadom  –  Aurora, CO
• Aisha Samone Carothers  –  Glenwood, IL
• Akash Mahajan  –  San Marcos, CA
• Amrita Thirumalai  –  Westborough, MA
• Anshul P Shirude  –  Burlington,  MA
• Ashley Brown  –  Cheltenham, MD
• Benjamin Kelley  –  Troy, IL
• Blake Edward Brunmeier  –  Boyne Falls, MI
• Colin Michael Roberts  –  Eagan, MN
• David Lee  –  Northborough, MA
• Dhvani P Soni  –   Hanover Park, IL
• Elena Garza  –  San Antonio, TX
• Elizabeth Kathleen Horwitz  – Chagrin Falls, OH
• Ella Grace Lockamy  – Martinez, GA
• Ethan James Schellhorn  –  Sumner, IA
• Eugene Min  –  Belmont, CA
• Faith Michelle Nguyen  –  Purcellville, VA
• Grace Nwankwo  –  Chicago,  IL
• Haotian Yang  –  Dublin, CA
• Huda Siddiqui  –  Addison, IL
• Hudson Boyd  –  Montgomery, TX
• Jabez Abayneh  –  Aurora, CO
• Keegan Gleason  –  Millbury, MA
• Kirby Payton  – Anniston, AL
• Leah Elizabeth LaVerde  –  Kirtland, OH
• Madilyn Grace Riley  –  Richards, TX
• Nathan Ware  –  Mashpee, MA
• Nolan Tiani  –  Hull, MA
• Pape Nourou Diop  –  Suwanee, GA
• Rayna Nemcek  –  Mount Dora, FL
• Roaa Marei  –  River Grove, IL
• Sarah Elizabeth Gatti  –  Bossier City, LA
• Sean McAleer  –  East Windsor, NJ
• Sheena Lai  –  Marietta, GA
• Stephanie Njeri  –  Florissant, MO
• Stokes Lanier Cromer  –  Greenwood, SC
• Ulysses Brenzel  –  Boston, MA

2021 $1,000 DCU Scholarship Winners:

• Aditya Jambhale  –  Dublin, OH
• Blade Thomas Cintron  –  Terre Haute, IN
• Calyce Emil Jones  –  Carson, CA
• Catherine Hunt  –  Monroe, LA
• Dev Chheda  –  Charlotte, NC
• Elizabeth Lancaster  –  Oak Ridge, TN
• Emily Grace Proffitt  –  Little Rock, AR
• Ethan Thomas Harned  –  Louisville, KY
• Fariha Shoily  – Hollis, NY
• Hadley Teut  –  Lincoln, NE
• Henry Trinh  –  East Elmhurst, NY
• Isabella Pawloski  –  Holiday, FL
• Jacob Blizard  –  Mooresville, NC
• Jacqueline Kiszka  –  York, PA
• Jared Kendall Pugh Jr.  –  Bessemer, AL
• Jarrett Mack Pfister  –  Utica, OH
• Jaylen Sydney Lockhart  –  Chicago, IL
• John Edward Meehan  –   Northborough, MA
• Julianne Sunah Oh  –  League City, TX
• Karolina Helena Bodzianowski  –  Highlands Ranch, CO
• Kevin Carpenter  –  Tyngsboro, MA
• Khushi T Patel  –  Wayne, MI
• Madison Loza  –  Brick, NJ
• Mahima Das  –  Lexington, MA
• MaKenzie Jashay Brown  –  Fayetteville, GA
• Margaret Cielesz  –  Rockford, IL
• Mark Patrick Hurst  –  De Pere, WI
• Meghana Karumuri  –  Farmington Hills, MI
• Mia Seergae  –  Fallston, MD
• Miguel Mascarenhas  –  Mechanicsburg, PA
• Mori Ono  –  Ann Arbor, MI
• Nicholas Jon Towle  –  Dunstable, MA
• Olivia C. Morrell  –  Norfolk, NY
• Paula Toritsesan Gbenebitse  –  Roslyn Heights, NY
• Praneet Nadella  –  Nashua, NH
• Sisy Chen  –  Chicago,  IL
• Steven Budnick  –  East Setauket,  NY
• Tyler Crowell  –  La Verne,  CA
• Vachaspathy Sreedhar  –  Bolingbrook,  IL
• Vasundhara Gatne  –  Woodbridge,  VA

* All DCU employees, volunteers, subsidiaries, affiliates, and their immediate family members were ineligible.