Carson City high school seniors earn nearly $1.5 Million in scholarships

More than 60 Carson High School (CHS) Seniors were recognized Thursday night for collectively earning $1.4 million in scholarships. Their accomplishments were celebrated in an awards ceremony May 17 at Senator Square at the high school, which highlighted the academic success of the Class of 2018.

"These students are well prepared when they leave Carson High School, and these scholarship awards are a testament to that," CHS Principal Tasha Fuson said. "We have students going on to military, technical schools, community colleges and major universities. We applaud all the local organizations and community support who’ve made a lot of these scholarships possible. The Class of 2018 has really embraced the opportunities available to them, and I couldn't be more proud. I am excited about their futures and what they will do after high school."

Nicole Van Geel earned the largest accumulative total in scholarships, valued at $355,000. And Chris Berggren earned the largest single scholarship from the Army ROTC, valued at $186,000 with an accumulative total of nearly $300,000.

Listed below by last name (alphabetized) followed by their first name and total scholarship earnings.

Acuna, Jae — $1,750
Anderson, Jeanne — $1,000
Anderson, Natalie — $100,000
Arreola, Linda — $300
Arreola, Tobias — $300
Arteaga, Ruben — $500
Asby, Mikaela — $1,000
Barry, Derek — $573
Beeston, Daniel — $16,250
Berggren, Chris — $223,956
Branco, Kalysta — $19,500
Cacho-Alvarez, Viridiana — $2,500
Canfield, Reece — $29,700
Chan, Constance — $1,500
Crossman, Emmili — $2,000
Davis-Kennison, Laney — $573
Earle, Terryn — $573
Eustis, Madeleine — $36,000
Gabica, Gabriel — $100
Glanzmann, Kyle — $1,000
Golik, Hannah — $10,673
Haight, Alexa — $154,750
Henley-Ballard, McKenzie — $4,750
Hinton, Matthew — $1,100
Jackson, Rheanna — $6,000
Jacobs, Madisson — $1,000
Jamison, Clariessia — $300
Jeffries, Sarah — $750
Keller, Bryson — $1,000
Knight, Sara — $4,000
Kolber, Amanda — $10,000
Lamb, Dawson — $9,000
Lawlor, Charles — $7,400
Lehman, Brynn — $2,000
Linkul, Catheryn — $2,000
Lopez, Isael — $18,000
Lynch, Ashley — $25,682
Mand, Gurjant — $3,000
Martinez, Christian — $10,000
McCaskill, Emily — $700
McDaniel, Makenzie — $1,500
Mercado, Osiris — $6,750
Meyer, Jenaya — $2,000
Navarro, Dajarrah — $80,000
Ortiga, Daritza — $2,500
Peterman, Brennan — $37,800
Preston, Jessica — $5,623
Proctor, Melanie — $5,620
Rodriguez-Rojas, Brisa — $300
Sawyer-Trujillo, Tahawna — $1,000
Sever, Sarah — $15,000
Shaffer, Dallin — $1,000
Soderstrom, Kamille — $5,250
Solorio, Alexys — $1,500
Sonnemaker, Wesley — $92,512
Spence, Paxton — $24,200
Story, Hayden — $750
Szendre, Lauren — $5,000
Thind, Rahul Preet — 10,000
Thomsen, Johann — $50,000
Tims, Elizabeth — $900
Van Geel, Nicole — $355,000
Winder, Bethanney — $22,747

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