Scholarship Award Winners

2024-25 Recipients

Our University of Illinois students continue to shine!

Voyager Scholarship

Gabrielle Capone

Gabrielle Capone

Leland Pan

Leland Pan

Frankie Ward

Frankie Ward


2023-24 Recipients

In 2023-24, the University of Illinois had a Rhodes and Schwarzman finalist and over $1 million received among our two Voyager Scholars, Boren Scholar, four Critical Language Scholars, 32 Gilman Scholars, eight students offered Fulbright Grants, a Beinecke Scholar, Soros Scholar, Knight-Hennessy Scholar, and five Goldwater recipients (the most in the country).

Voyager Scholarship

Christiana Lewis

Christiana Lewis

Andres Vazquez

Andres Vazquez

Goldwater Scholarship

Sylvia E

Sylvia E

Daniel Feng

Daniel Feng

Alice Gao

Alice Gao

Amelia Korveziroska

Amelia Korveziroska

Riley Trendler

Riley Trendler

Critical Language Scholarship

Shireen Aydogan

Shireen Aydogan

Xavier Davenport

Xavier Davenport

Karel Pene

Karel Pene

Sylvia Techmanski

Sylvia Techmanski

Knight-Hennessy Scholarship

Kat Hu

Kat Hu

Boren Scholarship

Di Lan Johnson

Di Lan Johnson

Soros Fellowship

Keerthana Hogirala

Keerthana Hogirala

Beinecke Scholarship

Justin Wytmar

Justin Wytmar

Fulbright Scholarship

Lydia Alvarez

Lydia Alvarez

Roshan Betkerur

Roshan Betkerur

Amelia Kolany

Amelia Kolany

Andrew Schwenk

Andrew Schwenk


2022-23 Recipients

Illinois students continue to shine. In 2022-23, two Illinois students received Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowships, one was named a Schwarzman Scholar, two awarded Voyager Scholars, one a Rhodes finalist, three Goldwater recipients, three Boren Scholarships, three Critical Language Scholarships, 22 Gilman Scholarships, and 15 students offered Fulbright Grants (a record 38% of our pool).

Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship

Brittney Nadler

Brittney Nadler

Schwarzman Scholarship

Grace Mitchell

Grace Mitchell

Voyager Scholarship

Ella Dennis

Ella Dennis

Linh Nguyen

Linh Nguyen

Goldwater Scholarship

Daniel Cudzich

Daniel Cudzich

Max Fan

Max Fan

Aidan Lindsay

Aidan Lindsay

Boren Scholarship

Neel Khattri

Neel Khattri

Tina Wayne

Tina Wayne

Kellie Sucha

Kellie Sucha

Fulbright Scholarship

Caleb Apperson

Caleb Apperson

Daniela Barbosa

Daniela Barbosa

Luisa Daniela Carrillo

Luisa Daniela Carrillo

Drew Gooding

Drew Gooding

Lilian Lucas

Lilian Lucas

Mariama Mwilambwe

Mariama Mwilambwe

Nicole Park

Nicole Park

Jonathan Phalen

Jonathan Phalen

Raphael Portillo

Raphael Portillo

Alexandra Schneeberger

Alexandra Schneeberger

Matthew Schultz

Matthew Schultz

Lila Ann Wong

Lila Ann Wong

Critical Language Scholarships

Jacqueline Becerra

Jacqueline Becerra

Robert Herbolich

Robert Herbolich

Aynur Namik

Aynur Namik


2021-22 Recipients

Illinois students continue to shine. A record tying 16 Illini earned Fulbright grants (30% of our pool) and another 6 students were named Fulbright alternates. All 3 of our Boren applicants won Boren Scholarships, and in the Udall Scholarship competition, we had both a recipient and an honorable mention. This years award recipients also included a Goldwater, Schwarzman, and Truman Scholar. An Illinois applicant was named a Rhodes finalist, and 4 students were awarded Critical Language Scholarships. Further, a robust 24 students (80% of our applicants) received Gilman Scholarships.

Boren Scholarship

Ella Dennis

Ella Dennis

Jake Gulick

Jake Gulick

Brendan Rattin

Brendan Rattin

Critical Language Scholarship

Caleb Apperson

Caleb Apperson

Dahlia Davis

Dahlia Davis

Aiman Ghani

Aiman Ghani (declined)

Hamza Haq

Hamza Haq

Fulbright Scholarship

Jan Balan

Jan Balan

Carolina Bieri

Carolina Bieri

Ariel Burtley

Ariel Burtley

Janani Comar

Janani Comar

Travis Dore

Travis Dore

Sophia Ebel

Sophia Ebel

Aiman Ghani

Aiman Ghani

Hamed Kadiani

Hamed Kadiani

Lauren Lynch

Lauren Lynch

Owen MacDonald

Owen MacDonald

Sarah Mininsohn

Sarah Mininsohn

Folashade Olumola

Folashade Olumola

Amanda Oversen

Amanda Oversen

Ksenia Polyarskaya

Ksenia Polyarskaya

Damir Vucicevic

Damir Vucicevic

Goldwater Scholarship

Braden Moore

Braden Moore

Gilman Scholarship

Schwarzman Scholarship

Boming Yang

Boming Yang

Truman Scholarship

Mariama Mwilambwe

Mariama Mwilambwe

Udall Scholarships

Ethan Moore

Ethan Moore

Jenna Schaefer

Jenna Schaefer


2020-21 Recipients

2021 saw a record number of University of Illinois students applying for various awards, and the recipient numbers mirrored that: a Knight-Hennessy Scholar (76 of 8,000), Rhodes Scholar, Beinecke Scholar (16 from 135 nominating institutions), five Critical Language Scholars, and a Boren Scholar. Ten of our eleven Gilman applicants earned a scholarship, and we also had a student named a Udall Honorable Mention. Moreover, for the first time since 2005, all four of our nominated students received Goldwater Scholarships. In the Fulbright competition, 37 of our record 69 applicants were named finalists; among them three were named alternates and nine offered grants in a year that nationally saw a drastic decrease in the number of Fulbright awards available.

Beinecke Scholar

Kolten Conklen

Kolten Conklen

Boren Scholarship

Kaya Van Dyke

Kaya Van Dyke

Critical Language Scholarship

Mary Kate Buchheit

Mary Kate Buchheit

Audrey Dombro

Audrey Dombro

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Hannah Wernecke

Hannah Wernecke

Priyanka Zylstra

Priyanka Zylstra

Fulbright Scholarship

Richard Chao

Richard Chao

Michelle Dinh

Michelle Dinh

Christopher Goodwin

Christopher Goodwin

Banu Gulecyuz

Banu Gulecyuz

Rhiannon Hein

Rhiannon Hein

Grace Maloney

Grace Maloney

Jade Roberts

Jade Roberts

Sara Verma

Sara Verma

Gilman Scholarship

15 Illinois students were offered Gilman Scholarships, ranking Illinois in the top 20 as far as number of recipients from the October 2021 award cycle. 

Goldwater Scholarship

Emmarie Alexander

Emmarie Alexander

Marta Cortinovis

Marta Cortinovis

Evan Dray

Evan Dray

Ariel Lerman

Ariel Lerman

Knight-Hennessy Scholarship

Sriyankari Chitti

Sriyankari Chitti