WAA: Washington D.C. Chapter Scholarships

Give to the UW Alumni Club of Washington, D.C. Scholarship Fund. All funds collected, up to $8,000, will be matched by the UW Foundation. All proceeds will go to deserving local students attending UW-Madison.

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For the 2008-2009 school year the club gave a total of $15,000 in scholarships to local Badgers ($7500 from the Club and a matched $7500 from the WAA). Congratulations go out to all who applied and made it to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The winners of the 2008 scholarships are:

• Amanda Jo Mezei x'09, Columbia, MD, Charles Meissner Scholarship
• Austin Hays x'11, Washington, DC, Cal Andringa Scholarship
• Nigel Becknell x'12, Ellicott City, MD
• Jennifer Moore x'10, Rockville, MD
• Dalayna Tillman x'11, Manassas, VA
• Lesley Burkhalter x'11, Columbia, MD
• Meghan Olwell x'09, Silver Spring, MD
• Benjamin Martini x'11, Falls Church, VA
• Alison Scharman x'12, Kensington, MD
• Sarah Yungin Reis x'10, Woodbine, MD

For the 2007-2008 school year the club gave a total of $10,000 in scholarships to local Badgers ($5000 from the Club and a matched $5000 from the WAA). Congratulations go out to all who applied and made it to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The winners of the 2007 scholarships are:

• Leslie Burkhalter x'11, Columbia, MD
• Tianlun Chen x'11, Vienna, VA
• Stephanie D'Esposito x'11, Washington, DC
• Austin Hays x'11, Washington, DC - Cal Andringa Scholarship Award Winner
• Jeffrey Mansbach x'11, Bethesda, MD
• Jillian Meliker x'10, Bethesda, MD
• Amanda Jo Mezei x'09, Columbia, MD - Charles Meissner Scholarship Award Winner
• Meghan Olwell x'09, Silver Spring, MD

For the 2006-2007 school year the club gave a total of $16,000 in scholarships to local Badgers ($8000 from the Club and a matched $8000 from the WAA). Congratulations go out to all who applied and made it to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The winners of the 2006 scholarships are:

• Sonya Geiger x'07, Rockville, MD
• Miryam Oziel x'07, Rockville, MD
• Jennifer Conant x'08, Fairfax Station, VA
• Christina Lacci x'09, McLean, VA
• Amanda Mezei x'09, Columbia, MD - Charles Meissner Scholarship Award Winner
• Meghan Olwell x'09, Silver Spring, MD
• Tomotsugo Ishida x'10, Bethesda, MD - Cal Andringa Scholarship Award Winner
• LaJoy Johnson x'10, District Heights, MD
• Andrea Lively x'10, Stone Ridge, VA
• Jillian Meliker x'10, Bethesda, MD
• Carmen Montopoli x'10, Washington, DC
• Sarah Reis x'10, Woodbine, MD
• Laura Szymanski x'10, Berryville, VA

For the 2005-2006 school year the club gave a total of $10,000 in scholarships to local Badgers ($5000 from the Club and a matched $5000 from the WAA) of which $8000 was accepted. Congratulations go out to all who applied and made it to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The winners of the 2005 scholarships are:

• Amanda Mezei x'09 of Columbia, MD - Charles Meissner Scholarship Award Winner
• Jennifer Conant x'08 of Fairfax Station, VA
• Caitlin Flannery x' of Manassas, VA
• Carmen Montopoli x'09 of Washington, DC
• Taryn Saturn x'09 of Gaithersburg, MD
• Aris Vlanton x' of Takoma Park, MD
• Christina Lacci x'09 of McLean, VA
• Kathleen Lacci x'06 of McLean, VA
• Meghan Olwell x'09 of Silver Spring, MD

For the 2004-2005 school year the club gave a total of $10,000 in scholarships to local Badgers ($5000 from the Club and a matched $5000 from the WAA). Congratulations go out to all who applied and made it to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The winners of the 2004 scholarships are:

• Lindsey Hosford x'05 of Chevy Chase, MD - Cal Andringa Scholarship Award Winner
• Jeffrey Haack x'05 of Purcellville, VA
• Kathleen Lacci x'06 of McLean, VA
• Claire Wallace x'06 of McLean, VA
• Sonya Geiger x'07 of Rockville, MD - Charles Meissner Scholarship Award Winner
• Miryam Oziel x'07 of Rockville, MD
• Jennifer Conant x'08 of Fairfax Station, VA
• Jennifer Sternberg x'08 of Potomac, MD
• Theodore Bellinger x'08 of Washington, DC
• Andrew Kim x'08 of Silver Spring, MD