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Goshen College’s top scholarship recipients named for 2022-23

March 8, 2022

Goshen College has announced finalists and recipients of the school’s 2022-23 top scholarships for incoming first-year students.

President’s Leadership Award

Two college-bound students were awarded the President’s Leadership Award (PLA), which is the college’s top merit scholarship. The President’s Leadership Award is a competitive scholarship for high-achieving academic students who demonstrate exceptional leadership qualities. Recipients will receive a full tuition scholarship renewable for a total of eight semesters.

To be eligible to apply for the PLA, students must meet one of the following criteria: Have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.85 (on a 4.0 scale); score at least 1340 on the SAT or at least 29 on the ACT; or be a National Merit Semifinalist.

The 2022-23 President’s Leadership Award recipients are:

  • Brenna Spangler, of Waterloo, Indiana. Spangler plans to study Nursing.
  • Sophia Yordy, of Goshen, Indiana. Yordy plans to study Elementary Education.

The following students were named as finalists for the PLA scholarship, and will be awarded a Celebrate Scholars Award scholarship: 

  • Kate Bodiker, of Berlin, Ohio. Bodiker plans to study Writing and History.
  • Emma Campbell, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Campbell plans to study Elementary Education/English Learners (TESOL).
  • Callie Carter, of Harrod, Ohio. Carter plans to study Elementary Education.
  • Myangelic Collado, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Collado plans to study Business and Film Production.
  • Emma Dainty, of Fairfax, Virginia. Dainty plans to study Writing and Biology.
  • Fernando Daza, of Elkhart, Indiana. Daza plans to study Elementary Education/English Learners (TESOL) and Business.
  • Yvette Delgado, of Goshen, Indiana. Delgado plans to study Business.
  • Matthew Dyck, of Goshen, Indiana. Dyck plans to study History.
  • Kassidy Faler, of Pioneer, Ohio. Faler plans to study Elementary Education.
  • Jazmin Flores, of Elkhart, Indiana. Flores’ major is undecided.
  • Nathan Friesen, of Chicago, Illinois. Friesen’s major is undecided.
  • Mona Galeb, of Goshen, Indiana. Galeb plans to study Nursing.
  • Kendall Golan, of Granger, Indiana. Golan plans to study Biology and Environmental & Marine Science.
  • Gianna Hemming, of Bowling Green, Ohio. Hemming plans to study Music.
  • Liliana Herrera, of Santa Clarita, California. Herrera plans to study Communication and Journalism.
  • Zoey Isom, of Lenexa, Kansas. Isom plans to study Music and Secondary Education.
  • Ella Kauffman Smith, of Portland, Oregon. Kauffman Smith plans to study Biology and Pre-Veterinary.
  • Lucy Knight-King, of Portland, Oregon. Knight-King plans to study History.
  • Naomi Kratzer, of Goshen, Indiana. Kratzer plans to study Music and Environmental & Marine Science.
  • Alyssa Linder, of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Linder plans to study Chemistry.
  • Maria Longenecker, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Longenecker plans to study Nursing.
  • Hayden Lowe, of La Porte, Indiana. Lowe plans to study Exercise Science.
  • Kelsey Moore, of Greencastle, Indiana. Moore plans to study Sign Language Interpreting.
  • Olive Loewer, of Boulder, Colorado. Loewer plans to study psychology.
  • Eliott Nickel, of Bluffton, Ohio. Nickel plans to study Psychology and Pre-Medicine.
  • Rebecca Orjala, of Downers Grove, Illinois. Orjala’s major is undecided.
  • Morgan Orr, of New Paris, Indiana. Orr plans to study Criminal Justice & Restorative Justice and Elementary Education.
  • Victoria Orr, of Granger, Indiana. Orr plans to study Molecular Biology/Biochemistry.
  • Ivonne Ortiz, of Goshen, Indiana. Ortiz plans to study Marketing.
  • Patricia Patterson, of Calumet City, Illinois. Patterson plans to study Nursing.
  • Esmeralda Pico, of Santa Ana, California. Pico plans to study Business and Psychology.
  • Mason Reed, of Avon, Indiana. Reed plans to study Engineering Physics.
  • Madysen Rees, of Middletown, Indiana. Rees plans to study Business.
  • Megan Retherford, of Greenfield, Indiana. Retherford plans to study Exercise Science and Biology.
  • Anthony Roberts, of Elkhart, Indiana. Roberts plans to study Exercise Science.
  • Isabella Smith, of Anderson, Indiana. Smith plans to study Sign Language Interpreting.
  • Hannah Sweitzer, of Auburn, Indiana. Sweitzer plans to study Public Health.
  • Jacob Stoltzfus, of Harrisonburg, Virginia. Stoltzfus plans to study Computer Science.
  • Helen Stoy, of Goshen, Indiana. Stoy plans to study Psychology.
  • Kate Stutzman, of Lakewood, Colorado. Stutzman plans to study Biology.
  • Hope Tilton, of Walshville, Illinois. Tilton plans to study Sign Language Interpreting and Psychology.
  • Chloe Warren, of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Warren’s major is undecided.
  • Mandilyn Weaver, of Urbana, Ohio. Weaver plans to study Elementary Education.

Intercultural Leadership Award

Ten students have been awarded the Intercultural Leadership Award. The Intercultural Leadership Award is for incoming first-generation students of color who have demonstrated a distinguished academic record, leadership potential and commitment to giving back to their community. The scholarship is for $20,000 a year and is renewable for a total of eight consecutive semesters based on academic performance and program participation.

In order to qualify to apply, students must meet the following criteria: Be of African-, Hispanic/Latino-, Asian- or Native-American heritage; be a first-generation college applicant; be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident with a valid permanent resident card; have a cumulative high school grade point average of 3.0 or above (on a 4.0 scale); and score at least 970 on the SAT OR at least 18 on the ACT.

The 2022-23 Intercultural Leadership Award recipients are:

  • Magaly Cazabal Gonzalez, of Goshen, Indiana. Cazabal Gonzalez plans to study Nursing.
  • Myangelic Collado, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Collado plans to study Business and Film Production.
  • Katherine Columna, of Elkhart, Indiana. Columna plans to study Graphic Design.
  • Jacob Dixon, of South Bend, Indiana. Dixon plans to study Sustainability Studies and Sustainable Food Systems.
  • Jackeline Garcia, of Goshen, Indiana. Garcia plans to study Biology.
  • Jazmi Ibarra, of Elkhart, Indiana. Ibarra plans to study Spanish and Sign Language Interpreting.
  • Ibeth Munoz, of Elkhart, Indiana. Munoz  plans to study Nursing and Sport Management.
  • Judith Rangel, of Goshen, Indiana. Rangel plans to study Nursing and Biology.
  • Jasmin Smith, of Santa Clarita, California. Smith plans to study Broadcasting.
  • Ashley Zaldivar, of Elkhart, Indiana. Zaldivar plans to study Psychology.

The following students were named as finalists for the ILA scholarship, and will be awarded a Celebrate Scholars Award scholarship: 

  • Yvette Delgado, of Goshen, Indiana. Delgado plans to study Business.
  • Atzimba Diaz Solis, of Goshen, Indiana. Diaz Solis plans to study Business.
  • Jazmin Flores, of Elkhart, Indiana. Flores’ major is undecided.
  • Mona Galeb, of Goshen, Indiana. Galeb plans to study Nursing.
  • Jose Gonzalez, of Goshen, Indiana. Gonzalez plans to study Psychology.
  • Britney Ortega, of Goshen, Indiana. Ortega plans to study Nursing.
  • August Price, of Franklin, Kentucky. Price plans to study Communication Social Work.
  • Kennedy Stewart, of Elkhart, Indiana. Stewart plans to study TESOL and Elementary Education/English Learners (TESOL).
  • Kylie Taylor, of Bristol, Indiana. Taylor plans to study Nursing.
  • Mishelle Yepez, of Goshen, Indiana. Yepez plans to study Psychology.

Indiana Latino Institute Award

One student has been awarded the Indiana Latino Institute (ILI) Award. Goshen College is in partnership with the Indiana Latino Institute to offer the ILI Scholarship. The scholarship is for up to full tuition and is renewable for a total of eight consecutive semesters.

The Indiana Latino Institute Award is for incoming first-generation Latinx students who participate in the ILI Education Program for one full year before applying, participate in the ILI Coaching Program as a high school student, and participate in the ILI College Coaching Program as a college student. Recipients must have a cumulative high school grade point average of 3.0 or above (on a 4.0 scale), and score at least 970 on the SAT or at least 18 on the ACT.

The 2022-23 Indiana Latino Institute Award recipient is:

  • Fernando Daza, of Elkhart, Indiana. Daza plans to study Elementary Education/English Learners (TESOL) and Business.