2026 Truman Finalists
The Truman Foundation’s Finalist Selection Committee selected 198 students from 136 institutions to interview with the Foundation’s Regional Review Panels between March 2nd and April 13th. In 2026, the Foundation received 781 applications from 305 institutions.
Alabama
Nashville, TN -Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Eli Moore
University of Alabama
David Nelson
Boston College
Bryan Preer II
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Arizona
Phoenix, AZ - Friday, March 13, 2026
Gracie Bartos
Dartmouth College
KeAndre David
Northern Arizona University
Kiranjot Kaur
Northern Arizona University
Ashley Maddox
Arizona State University
Katie Ritchie
Arizona State University
Arkansas
Nashville, TN -Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Jessica Doss
University of Arkansas
Muskan Taori
University of Arkansas
California
San Francisco, CA - Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Laila Abed
Columbia University
Madyson Chung-Lee
Scripps College
Patrick Done
University of Southern California
Elizabeth Fetter
United States Military Academy
Maleeyah Frazier
University of California-Los Angeles
Karyn Fu
Rice University
Amrita Julka
University of California-Davis
Angela Mata-Williams
Stanford University
Cynthia Ortiz
University of California-Irvine
Riyana Srihari
Brown University
Srushti Talluri
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Colorado
Denver, CO - Monday, March 16, 2026
Aaliyah Berry
University of Denver
Emilia Dobek
United States Air Force Academy
Skyler Kasnoff
University of Denver
Kyungmin Kim
United States Air Force Academy
Mark Samolej
Colorado State University
Taylor Witte
Georgia Institute of Technology
Connecticut
Boston, MA - Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Beatrix Bisceglia
New York University
Sreejita Patra
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Adelia Purcell
College of William and Mary
Annika Stimac
Colgate University
Delaware
Philadelphia, PA - Friday, April 10, 2026
Jacqueline Means
University of Delaware
Mirabella Troncoso
University of Delaware
District Of Columbia
Washington, DC I - Monday, March 2, 2026
Quentin Colón Roosevelt
Princeton University
Addison Rose
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Florida
Atlanta, GA -Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Jonus Goldstein
Florida State University
Lara Kendall
Duke University
Sarah Martelly
New York University
Josiah Rivette
Florida State University
Georgia
Atlanta, GA -Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Matthew Dormus
Oakwood University
Allisa George
Kennesaw State University
Bryson Handy
George Washington University
Miriam Hughes
Berry College
Shivaek Venkateswaran
University of Pennsylvania
Harris Wallace
Mercer University
Guam
Washington, DC III - Monday, March 2, 2026
Chey Ahn
United States Military Academy
Caden Nathaniel Poblete
University of Guam
Nehemiah Villanueva
University of Guam
Hawaii
San Francisco, CA - Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Mele Kāneali'i
Hamilton College
Kalei Uehara
University of Hawaii-Manoa
Idaho
Seattle, WA - Monday, March 9, 2026
David Hower
Brigham Young University-Idaho
Shiva Rajbhandari
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Illinois
Chicago, IL - Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Stephanie Granobles
Pomona College
Simiat Onafowokan
Denison University
Indiana
Chicago, IL - Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Wade Arvizu
Indiana University Indianapolis
Faith Austin
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Justin Kiel
Columbia University
Katherine Langford
University of Notre Dame
Fern Rice
Purdue University
Iowa
Kansas City, MO - Monday, March 23, 2026
Gabrielle Brooks
Drake University
Tatum Watkins
Grinnell College
Kansas
Kansas City, MO - Monday, March 23, 2026
Ariona Cook
Duke University
Andrew Le
Kansas State University
Elizabeth Place
Harvard University
Kentucky
Nashville, TN -Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Destiny Eversole
Wellesley College
Caden Lucas
Western Kentucky University
Louisiana
Austin, TX - Friday, March 6, 2026
Ananya Bhatia
Columbia University
Tyhlar Holliway
Louisiana State University
Felix Osborn
Fordham University
Maine
Boston, MA - Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Elizabeth Ford
Brandeis University
Shawn Jiminez
Bowdoin College
Maryland
Washington, DC II - Monday, April 13, 2026
Alexandra Alsobrooks-Laney
Spelman College
Eric Chen
Haverford College
Eli Lesher
Johns Hopkins University
Vivian Maneval
University of Maryland College Park
Eleanor Pugh
Michigan State University
S. Eshan Shah
Virginia Military Institute
Michelle Wang
University of Maryland College Park
Massachusetts
Boston, MA - Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Jody Boykins
Tufts University
Sasha Fine
Grinnell College
Hannah Kim
Northeastern University
Victor Rivera, Jr.
Marist College
Michigan
Chicago, IL - Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Anna de Four
Indiana University
Lily Dixon
Michigan State University
Amara Jackson
Oklahoma State University
Dylan Morris
Harvard University
Logan Olszewski
George Washington University
Thea Zellmer
University of Michigan
Minnesota
St. Paul, MN - Friday, March 27, 2026
Troy Cleaton
Xavier University of Louisiana
Lillian Hertel
Fordham University
Ava Roots
University of Minnesota
Thomas Samit
United States Naval Academy
Charlotte Whiting
College of Saint Benedict
Mississippi
Nashville, TN -Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Aminata Ba
University of Mississippi
Fikir Beyene
Princeton University
Missouri
Kansas City, MO - Monday, March 23, 2026
Emily Castillo
William Jewell College
Evan Garrison
Mississippi State University
Stella Hughes
Ohio State University
Nora Jennings
University of Kansas
Darianna Reyes Marquez
Vassar College
Caleb Simpson
University of Missouri
Elise Zeigler
Baylor University
Montana
Seattle, WA - Monday, March 9, 2026
Cadence Hatten
University of Montana
Heath Voy
University of Montana
Nebraska
Denver, CO - Monday, March 16, 2026
Paxton Robertson
University of Nebraska-Kearney
Nevada
Phoenix, AZ - Friday, March 13, 2026
Gabriella Detrick
University of Nevada-Reno
Nate Valentine
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
New Hampshire
Boston, MA - Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Jackson DeConcini
Dartmouth College
Elsie Paxton
Union College
New Jersey
Philadelphia, PA - Friday, April 10, 2026
Veronica Baladi
University of Pennsylvania
Sarah Glisson
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Sareen Muthyala
Johns Hopkins University
Claire Schleck
United States Military Academy
Karie Shen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New Mexico
Phoenix, AZ - Friday, March 13, 2026
Elizabeth Frost
Columbia University
Gavin Walker-Mason
Rutgers University - Newark
New York
New York, NY - Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Emma Alvares
University of Dayton
Isabella Chow
Emory University
Brenna Fitzpatrick
Penn State University
Morgan Herringshaw
Villanova University
Asuka Koda
Yale University
Aaron Lener
Syracuse University
Gavin Miller
State University of New York-Brockport
David Oke
CUNY Hunter College
La'Mon Perry
Loyola University Maryland
North Carolina
Washington, DC I - Monday, March 2, 2026
Rachel Aluko
Northwestern University
Clare Buchanan
Salem College
Samuel Cook
Washington and Lee University
Tehinnah Kitcher
Davidson College
Terrence Rouse
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Madison Thompson
North Carolina State University
Audrey Wang
University of Pittsburgh
North Dakota
St. Paul, MN - Friday, March 27, 2026
Will Nelson
Dartmouth College
Ohio
Washington, DC II - Monday, April 13, 2026
Patrick Arp
Ohio State University
Valentina Mendoza Cruz
Denison University
Jay Patel
University of Cincinnati
Ava Wood
Ohio University
Oklahoma
Denver, CO - Monday, March 16, 2026
Abigail McCrary
Oklahoma State University
Jackie Sears
Oklahoma State University
Oregon
Seattle, WA - Monday, March 9, 2026
Violet Ashley
University of Oregon
Nash Potts
Oregon State University
Summer Wildbill
New York University
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA - Friday, April 10, 2026
Belsem Aljobory
George Washington University
Olivia Blauser
Tennessee State University
Ian Fox
United States Military Academy
Zach McGrath
University of Pennsylvania
Grace Osborne
University of Pittsburgh
Dejenae Smith
Drexel University
Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR - Monday, March 30, 2026
José Borrero
University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez
Alejandro Bracero Colón
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
Taís Díaz-Soto
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
Sofia Melendez-Santiago
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
Julibeth Padilla Martínez
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
Alanys Santiago-Irizarry
University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez
Rhode Island
New York, NY - Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Katelyn Chiappetta
Middlebury College
Natalia López
Brown University
Sophie Schmults
Northeastern University
South Carolina
Atlanta, GA -Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Johnathan Burch
Rhodes College
Emmalyn Gilbreth
College of Charleston
Kshiraj Talati
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
South Dakota
St. Paul, MN - Friday, March 27, 2026
Sarah Swier
University of Notre Dame
Jessalyn Wienk
Augustana University
Tennessee
Nashville, TN -Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Julia Dieter
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Mitchell Leander
Rhodes College
Texas
Austin, TX - Friday, March 6, 2026
Sahana Babu
University of Texas-San Antonio
Aarushi Garg
University of Texas
Alynn Jimenez Miranda
Trinity University
Siddhu Pachipala
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Leah Peterson
Howard University
Zoё Silvia
Angelo State University
Aneesh Swaminathan
Johns Hopkins University
Sohali Vaddula
Brown University
Chris Varner
Baylor University
Utah
Phoenix, AZ - Friday, March 13, 2026
Rozlyn NeVille Sun
Brigham Young University
Chioma Okoro
Tuskegee University
Ella Paligo
Brigham Young University
Tyler Shumway
University of Utah
Vermont
Boston, MA - Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Addie Lentzner
Middlebury College
Virgin Islands
Washington, DC III - Monday, March 2, 2026
Mitchell Turnbull, Jr.
University of the Virgin Islands
Virginia
Washington, DC I - Monday, March 2, 2026
Kirsten Amematsro
Johns Hopkins University
Alexander Campbell
Virginia Commonwealth University
Michelle Du
University of Chicago
Emma Roshioru
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Washington
Seattle, WA - Monday, March 9, 2026
Collin Bannister
Washington State University
Madeline Fox
Swarthmore College
Diego Gonzalez
Seattle University
Chioma Kalu
Occidental College
Lorenzo McCleese
University of Washington
Adelina Grace Sudarman
University of Washington
West Virginia
Washington, DC II - Monday, April 13, 2026
Rozaireo Jones
West Virginia University
Maci Lunsford
United States Air Force Academy
Colin Street
West Virginia University
Wisconsin
St. Paul, MN - Friday, March 27, 2026
Miranda Garcia-Dove
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Emma Hamilton
Kansas State University
Amy Liang
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Theresa Lindberg
Mount Mary University
Wyoming
Denver, CO - Monday, March 16, 2026
Hayden Mackenzie
University of Wyoming
Vivianne Ostheimer
University of Montana
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