2025/26 Merit Scholarship Recipients

Creative Entrepreneurship

Lee Lynch and Terry Saario Creative Entrepreneurship Senior Merit Scholarship $4000: Hewan Dagmawi
Lee Lynch and Terry Saario Creative Entrepreneurship Senior Merit Scholarship $4000: Anas Mohamed
Lee Lynch and Terry Saario Creative Entrepreneurship Scholarship $2000: Anastasian Broman
Lee Lynch and Terry Saario Creative Entrepreneurship Scholarship $2000: Lesley McGaster

Design

MB Condon & Tim Young Scholarship $5000: Kasandra Suarez

Comic Art

Roy B Justus Merit Scholarship $4000: Katelyn Pottebaum
Will Eisner Sequential Art Scholarship $2000: Emma Engler
MCAD Comic Art Scholarship $2000: Eloise Rios
MCAD Comic Art Scholarship $2000: Neps Piercy

Graphic Design

R. Thomas Gunkelman & Gaylord Benson Senior Graphic Design Merit Scholarship $4000: Sofie Nevala
MCAD Graphic Design Merit Scholarship $2000: Layla Mccloskey
MCAD Graphic Design Merit Scholarship $2000: Jojo Sathuluri
Little & Co. Scholarship $3500: Henry Williamson

Illustration

Roy B Justus Senior Illustration Merit Scholarship $4000: Claire Saloff-Coste
MCAD Illustration Merit Scholarship $2000: Diana Smyk
MCAD Illustration Merit Scholarship $2000: Jalen Massie

Product and Furniture Design

Dean Wilson Art of Making Senior Product and Furniture Design Merit Scholarship $4000: Dan Decker
Target Product and Furniture Design Merit Scholarship $4000: Lily McCann
MCAD Product and Furniture Design Merit Scholarship $2000: Louis Lynch
Dean Wilson Product and Furniture Design Scholarship $2000: Joe Wiklund
Dean Wilson Product and Furniture Design Scholarship $2000: Grace Niskanen

Fine Arts

Drawing & Painting, Class of ’78 Merit Scholarship $4000: Juliana Olave
Fine Arts Studio, Class of ’78 Merit Scholarship $4000: Mikha Dominguez
Print Paper Book, Dean Wilson Art-of-Making Scholarship $4000: Elise Simmon
Sculpture, Dean Wilson Art-of-Making Scholarship $4000: Evan McHenry
Patricia B Saunders Merit Scholarship $2000: Rebeckah Regennitter
Patricia B Saunders Merit Scholarship $2000: Brandee del Mercado
Patricia Kennedy Crump $1500: Hannah Zacher
Kinji Akagawa $2500: Gabe McHenry
Kinji Akagawa $2500: Kaia Hamilton
MCAD Fine Arts Studio Merit Scholarship $2000: Izzy Leto
Class of 1978 Merit Scholarship, Drawing & Painting $2000: Miles Mattingly
Class of 1978 Merit Scholarship, Drawing & Painting $2000: Ella Ratliff
Class of 1978 Merit Scholarship, Fine Arts Studio $2000: Keith Swanson
Dean Wilson Art-of-Making Merit Scholarship, Print Paper Book $2000: Alex Stoner
Dean Wilson Art-of-Making Merit Scholarship, Print Paper Book $2000: Sofia Vasquez
Dean Wilson Art-of-Making Merit Scholarship, Sculpture $2000: Kay Shook
Dean Wilson Art-of-Making Merit Scholarship, Sculpture $2000: Jocelyn de Lange

Foundation Studies

Foundation Studies Merit Scholarship, $2000: Addison Byler
Foundation Studies Merit Scholarship, $2000: Lina Garcia
Foundation Studies Merit Scholarship, $2000: Dylan Gfoerer
Foundation Studies Merit Scholarship, $2000: Mia Hanzel
Foundation Studies Merit Scholarship, $2000: Chloe Zeng-Smith

Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Merit Award Scholarship $2,000: Ella Ratliff
Liberal Arts Merit Award Scholarship $2,000: Jerry Shih

Media Arts

Virginia M. Binger MCAD Senior: Animation Major, Merit Scholarship, $4000: Kenya Zuniga
MCAD Senior Media Arts Major: Concentration Art + Technology, Merit Scholarship, $4000: PJ Fossen
MCAD Senior: MCAD Senior Media Arts Major: Major Concentration Filmmaking, Merit Scholarship $4000: Dante Alejandro Garcia Luna
MCAD Senior Media Arts Major: Major Concentration Photography, Merit Scholarship, $4000: Daniel Acevedo
Virginia M. Binger Animation Merit Scholarship, $2000: Carmen Cardenas
Virginia M. Binger Animation Merit Scholarship, $2000: Faith Miller
MCAD Media Arts Major: Concentration Art + Tech Merit Scholarship, $2000: Josie Rengstorf
MCAD Media Arts Major: Concentration Art + Tech Merit Scholarship, $2000: Ross Baumgard
MCAD Media Arts Major: Concentration Filmmaking Merit Scholarship, $2000: Ashley Dahl
MCAD Media Arts Major: Concentration Filmmaking Merit Scholarship, $2000: Monica Harris
MCAD Media Arts Major: Concentration Photography Merit Scholarship $2000: Bryn Estlund
MCAD Media Arts Major: Concentration Photography Merit Scholarship $2000: Evelyne 'Andie' Anderson

Graduate

Master of Arts Graphic and Web Design

Graphic and Web Design Merit Scholarship Award $1000: Emily Morrison Weeks
Graphic and Web Design Merit Scholarship Award $1000: Kallie Rollenhagen

Master of Arts Sustainable Design

MCAD Sustainable Design Merit Scholarship $1000: Ophelie Echelard
MCAD Sustainable Design Merit Scholarship $1000: Jacki Solat

Master of Fine Arts

Spring 2025 MFA Merit Awards, $2,000: Graciela DeAnda
Spring 2025 MFA Merit Awards, $2,000: Ranran Hu
MFA 2020 Fund Award, $1,250: Shuyi Wu