Scholarship History

Scholarships have been awarded since 1957

Bainbridge Island Rotary awarded its first scholarship in 1957 (for $250) to islander Frank Kitamoto. Since then, hundreds of additional island high school graduates have received financial assistance to colleges, universities and vocational schools, worldwide. These scholarships have traditionally been funded from our annual Rotary Auction income; individual awards have ranged from that first $250 to, more recently, as much as $7,000.

In 2004, Rotarians decided to expand the availability of scholarships by creating an independent 501(c)3 fund (the Scholarship Foundation) to accept tax deductible donations from the community. As public donations build the fund’s principal, the number and size of scholarships available will likewise increase.

Rotary Scholarships have gone to:

2021 Community Service Scholarship Recipients

Sara Bukair
Minyoung Cho
Priya Christensen
Bianca Daniels
Zoe Harrington
Ruby Macfarlane
Renee Messinger
Audrey Nelson
Zoe Pelligrino
Syna Stimson
Finn Velisaris

And a special Paul Harris Award was given to Rowan Drury.

2020 Community Service Scholarship Recipients

Spencer Bispham
Emma Brundige
Kayla Cortes
Delaney James
Elisabeth Leung
Ali Spence
Alec Stauffer
Cruz Strom
Madeleine Swietlik
Abby Sullivan
Georgia Wood

2020 Biddle Memorial Scholarship Recipients

Paige Aichele
Conor Babcock- O’Neill
Eleanor Collin
Gus Corsetti
Julia Jakubik
Kendall Havill
Charlie Hughes

2019 Community Service Scholarship Recipients

Olivia Cavalluzzi
Emily Glenn
Karena Klinkenberg
Noelle Lipschutz
Casey Longsjoen
Catherine Rolfes
Natalie Taylor
Julia Tlapa

2019 Biddle Memorial Scholarship Recipients

Grace Carson
Sean Lindsey
Jackie Hellmers
Spencer Nicholas
Gannon Winker

2018 Community Service Scholarship Recipients:

Jennifer Allen
Rose Bandrowski
Mallory Browne
Emma Gace
Jack Rusher
Anna Scott
Stella Streufert
Kathryn Wangthamkua
Max Weber
Olivia Zacharia

2018 Career / Technical Scholarship Recipients

Toni Konig
Bryn Morgan-Ness
Joe Talavera

2017 Community Service Scholarship Recipients:

Thomas Allen
Clio Batali
Julia Gray
Isabella Haines
Phoebe Liebling
Evan Lisinski
Finn Mander
Maya Nathan
Elizabeth Nigash
Mara Smith

2017 Career / Technical Scholarship Recipients

Logan Pardy

2016 Community Service Scholarship Recipients:

Ana Bucy
Sophie Carson
Parker H. Costa — Paul Harris Fellow
Ryan Cox
Elizabeth Fawley
Robert Hobbs
Aila Ikusa
Abigail Leung
Nathan Marx
Cole Rees — Paul Harris Fellow
Madison Scott
Amanda Siefert
Amy Willerford

2016 Professional / Technical Scholarship Recipients:

Logan Purdy
Gregg Millikan

2015 Community Service Scholarship Recipients:

Taliesin Black-Brown
Maxsena Butler
Kelly Coffyn
Emma Covert
Carly D’Amato
Nicholas Dresel
Ben LaRoche
Trevor Maine
Kate Mathews
Hannah Myrick
Ricky Perry
Emma Spickard

2014 Community Service Scholarship Recipients:

Christy Carly
Ben Freedman
Rachael Gallagher
Sallie Marx
Henry Milander
Ronnie Nigash
Rachael Schweizer
Hannah Williams

2014 Professional / Technical Scholarship Recipients:

Graham Gawlik
Danielle Schiach

2013 Community Service Scholarship Recipients:

Sarah Berschinski
Ali Blake
Grace Burgin
Tyler Cox
Chiara D’Angelo
Rebecca Gallivan
Jenny Han
Erin Jones
Maggie Murphy

2013 Professional / Technical Scholarship Recipients:

Aubrey Kollodge
Arie Thompson

2012 Community Service Scholarship Recipients:

Emily Applewhite
Sydney Barnes-Grant
Kendall Beckett
Nicolas Lucioni
Isabelle Minasian
Cali Moore
Kristen Siefert|
Nicole VanderMeer
Sabrina Weschler
Kristi Worley

2012 Professional / Technical Scholarship Recipients:

Nora Harrington
Carolyn Milander
Heather Wolf

2011 Community Service Scholarship Recipients:

Lauren Abrams
Isabel Brofsky
Graham Frost
Taylor Gawlik
Davis Harrison
Collin Lea
Grace Porter
Rion Ramirez
Kendall Sanson
Kathryn Yearous

2011 Vocational/Technical Scholarship Recipient:

Payton Snook

2010 Community Service Scholarship Recipients:

Katy Curran
Chandler Harrison
Isabelle Hoonan
Michael Kilbane
Camille Moore
AJ Peters
Tucker Rogers
Rebecca Sharer
Kailey Strachan

2009 Community Service Scholarship Recipients:

Nathan Abrams
Cali Caughie
Michael Furman
Laetitia Lehmen-Pearsall
Richard Murphy
Ross Olason
Haley Smith
Cara Thompson
Karis Tsolomitis
Lena Weber
Abigail Wyatt

2008 Community Service Scholarship Recipients:

Spencer Coplan
Shannon Cosgrove
Natasha Hjerrild
Electra Magnuson
Jillian O’Mara
Maggie Pool
Wesley Saunders
Brooke Shorett
Edwin Williams

2007 Community Service Scholarship Recipients:

Charles Fick
Carl Herman
Marijke Schwarts-Smith
Emma White
Luke Jensen
Andrew Powers
Sheri Yin
Kristen Coffin
Devin Groman
Claire Hosterman

2006 Community Service Scholarship Recipients:

Madison Adams
Brandon Bileu
Joel Bombardier
Patricia Clevenger
Sydney Dale
Cynthia Foley
Rose Mackey
Adrian Mason
Dorothea Reinert
Jessica Williams-Hall

2005 Community Service Scholarship Recipients:

Marc Anderson
Nicole Hanberg
Roarke Kamber
Ben Packard
Amy Wiggins

2004 Community Service Scholarship Recipients:

Lindsay Mumm
Danielle Orrey
Elaina Weinbach

2003 Community Service Scholarship Recipients:

Glorya Cho
Courtney Smith
Lydia Wright

2002 Community Service Scholarship Recipients:

Kathleen Berfield
Ashley Deline
Lily Grainger
CJ Griffiths
Andreas Lunde
Simon Pollack
Adam Smith
Sara Suffis

2001 Community Service Scholarship Recipients:

Matt Fliedler
Alyssa Jacobsen
Kuester
Lindsay Newton
Stover
Sam Wesolowski

2000 Community Service Scholarship Recipients:

Everett
Steven Hardin
Stowell
A. Swanson
Walters