2025 Scholarship Recipients

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Scholarships for 2024

• Botstiber Foundation Scholarships ($35,000):
  • $20,000 Botstiber Foundation Scholarship (distributed over 4 years)
    • Maggie O’Connor
  • $15,000 Botstiber Foundation Scholarship (distributed over 4 years)
    • Raafat Alabdullah
• Hagelgans & Veronis Scholarships ($30,000):
  • $10,000 Hagelgans and Veronis Scholarship
    • Diovanni Caraballo
  • $10,000 Hagelgans and Veronis Scholarship
    • Jelisa Ruiz
  • $10,000 Hagelgans and Veronis Scholarship
    • Kaleia Timko
• Nicholas and Susan Veronis Scholarships ($25,000):
  • $10,000 Nicholas and Susan Veronis Scholarship
    • Samuel Hoover
  • $10,000 Nicholas and Susan Veronis Scholarship
    • Nevaeh Sim-Son
  • $5,000 Nicholas and Susan Veronis Scholarship
    • Ella Proud
• Georgina & Thomas Russo Scholarships ($25,000):
  • $5,000 Georgina & Thomas Russo Scholarship
    • Avery Vogelbacher
  • $5,000 Georgina & Thomas Russo Scholarship
    • Kordell Booth
  • $5,000 Georgina & Thomas Russo Scholarship
    • Natasha Mayers
  • $5,000 Georgina & Thomas Russo Scholarship
    • Erminia Brigatti
  • $5,000 Georgina & Thomas Russo Scholarship
    • Karen Osuna
• Community Aid Scholarships ($10,000):
  • $5,000 CommunityAid Scholarship honoring the Love One Another behavior
    • Jessa Groff
  • $5,000 CommunityAid Scholarship honoring the Practice of Humility
    • Lucilla Weaver
• Donegal Insurance Group Scholarships ($10,000):
  • $5,000 Donegal Insurance Group Scholarship
    • Joyce Lopez
  • $5,000 Donegal Insurance Group Scholarship
    • Miguel Infante
• William and Amy Mowbray Family Scholarships ($10,000):
  • $5,000 William and Amy Mowbray Family Scholarship
    • Emery Plaza
  • $5,000 William and Amy Mowbray Family Scholarship
    • Brielle Turenne
• $10,000 Veronis Family Scholarship in Honor of Pearl Veronis and in Loving Memory of Father Alexander Veronis
  • Layla Morales
• Edward and Kathy Schoenberger Endowed Scholarships:
  • Edward and Kathy Schoenberger Endowed Scholarship—$15,000 over 4 years
    • Jordan Scott
  • Edward and Kathy Schoenberger Endowed Class of ’58 Scholarship—$17,000 over 4 years
    • Lily Ferguson
• $10,000 Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Scholarship
  • Liana Samuel
• Mary France Scholarships ($10,000):
  • $5,000 Mary France Scholarship
    • Lillian Harper
  • $5,000 Mary France Scholarship
    • Helen Whalen
  • $6,500 First Presbyterian Church Scholarship, Lancaster
    • Samuel Richard
• $6,000 June Heller Scholarship in Honor of All Past Scholarship Recipients
  • Lismarie Miranda-Cosme
• $5,000 Thomas and Sandra Johnson Scholarship
  • Marcelle Cabrol
• $5,000 Betty Beck Scholarship in Honor of Her Parents Robert and Betty Kreider
  • Anwar Hussein
• $5,000 Nursing Scholarship from the Joan Pollock Endowment
  • Alissa Senatus
• Combined Scholarships:
  • $15,000 combined: $10,000 Board Scholarship in Honor of all McCaskey Teachers and Counselors and Future Ready Staff and $5,000 Howard Williard Family/Morgan Stanley/ Scholarship
    • Journie Rodriguez
  • $10,250 combined: $5,000 Sorace and Recknagel Family Scholarship, and $5,250 Board Scholarship in loving memory of Brother Frank Albrecht, beloved McCaskey teacher
    • Zoe Patterson
  • $10,000 Combined: $5,000 Board Scholarship in honor of Ellen Pike, former Board Chair and $5,000 Former Board member Kathy Kuzmiak Endowed Scholarship
    • Chasidy Burgos
  • $6,000 combined scholarship:  $5,000 Board Scholarship in loving memory of Joan Pollock, former Board Member/Board Chair, and $1,000 David Walborn Scholarship in Memory of his mother Evelyn Loretta Walborn
    • Alysha Burdier
• Board Scholarships:
  • $20,000 Board Scholarship in loving memory of Nelson Polite, Sr., former Board member (distributed over 4 years)  
    • Liviiah Sweeney
  •   $10,000 Board Scholarship in Honor of and in Gratitude for all of our donors
    • Genesis Castro
  •  $10,000 Board Scholarship In loving memory of Sharon Hargrave
    • Jaimarie Brown
  •  $5,000 Thaddeus Stevens/Board Scholarship in Honor of Lisa and William Starr, former Board Treasurers
    • Eminuel Medina

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund Mission Statement–The mission of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund, a 501 (c) 3 organization, is to provide scholarships for J.P. McCaskey High School graduating seniors who have been accepted to an accredited higher education program and have demonstrated financial need. Funds will be raised by the Board of Directors and awarded to accomplished students who reflect Dr. King’s ideals of commitment to school, community, family, and faith.