2022 Truman Scholarship Finalists
Today, the Truman Foundation’s Finalist Selection Committee selected 189 students from 126 institutions to interview virtually with the Foundation’s Regional Review Panels between March 1st and April 4th. The 2022 competition elicited 705 applications from 275 institutions.
The overwhelming interest in public service from this year’s applicants is inspiring. Recent years tested our nation with a deadly pandemic, an economic crisis, and a renewed call to address climate change, racial injustice, and the health of our democratic institutions. While these are trying times, Americans can take solace that a generation of action-oriented young leaders are already tackling today’s challenges with an eye towards bettering tomorrow’s world.
ALABAMA
Nashville Region - Friday, March 18, 2022
Allen Li
Auburn University
Banks Stamp
University of Alabama - Birmingham
ALASKA
Seattle Region - Monday, March 7, 2022
Sahil Bathija
Seattle University
AMERICAN SAMOA
Washington DC III Region - Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Daniel Balauro
Swarthmore College
ARIZONA
Phoenix Region – Monday, March 14, 2022
Shreyas Hallur
Duke University
Armando Montero
Arizona State University
Joe Pitts
Arizona State University
Nathaniel Ross
Arizona State University
ARKANSAS
Nashville Region - Friday, March 18, 2022
Madison Marsh
United States Air Force Academy
Kaleb Webb
Arkansas State University
CALIFORNIA
San Francisco Region - Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Olivia Fu
Stanford University
Steven Gong
University of California-Irvine
Jonathan Kamanta
University of Southern California
Amisha Kambath
Harvard University
John Lam
University of California-Berkeley
Jennifer Lee
Dartmouth College
Maria Lopez Vazquez
University of California-Berkeley
Alexandria Perez
Santa Clara University
Melanie Schwimmer
Amherst College
Loyal Terry
Grinnell College
COLORADO
Denver Region - Friday, March 11, 2022
Alex Bush
University of Mississippi
Christian Dykson
Colorado State University
Aidan Lyde
Colorado State University
Robert Moccia
Colorado State University
Lily Mott
Washington and Lee University
Maddi Schink
Colorado College
Eliana Stromberg
Baylor University
CONNECTICUT
Boston Region - Monday, March 28, 2022
Kruttika Gopal
American University
Alixandria James
Manhattan College
Irene Soteriou
University of Connecticut
Allie Stankewich
Washington and Lee University
DELAWARE
Philadelphia Region - Friday, April 1, 2022
James Elliott II
Columbia University
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington DC I Region - Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Jamie Landy
United States Air Force Academy
Chandler Nutall
Spelman College
FLORIDA
Atlanta Region - Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Suzanne Brown
Yale University
Gabriel Echarte
Amherst College
Nicholas Hilaire
United States Naval Academy
Emmabella Rudd
Florida State University
GEORGIA
Atlanta Region - Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Anne Elise Beals
Georgia College & State University
Liberty Ladd
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Priyanka Parikh
University of Georgia
Mahi Patel
University of Pennsylvania
Rush Patel
George Washington University
Dylan Shapiro
Princeton University
Julian Woods
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
GUAM
Washington DC III Region - Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Ji Hye Choi
Northwestern University
Jackie Martinez
Chaminade University of Honolulu
Nithya Narayanaswamy
Emory University
HAWAII
San Francisco Region - Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Jessica Lau
University of Hawaii-Manoa
IDAHO
Seattle Region - Monday, March 7, 2022
Robyn Griffitts-Harper
The College of Idaho
ILLINOIS
Chicago Region - Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Mariah Cooley
Howard University
Abril Hunter
Florida State University
Saranya Menon
University of Illinois at Chicago
Mariama Mwilambwe
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
INDIANA
Chicago Region - Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Sean Casey
Stanford University
Emily Cole
Ball State University
Emma Hart
Oberlin College
Cooper Smith
Wabash College
IOWA
Kansas City Region - Monday, March 21, 2022
Cassandra Thompson
University of South Dakota
KANSAS
Kansas City Region - Monday, March 21, 2022
Julianna Kantner
University of Arkansas
Reed Krewson
Kansas State University
Thomas Leihsing
Kansas State University
Leslie Ponce-Díaz
Rhode Island School of Design
Katie Sleichter
Kansas State University
KENTUCKY
Nashville Region - Friday, March 18, 2022
Nell Adkins
Smith College
Lorena Bonet Velazquez
Centre College
LOUISIANA
Austin Region - Friday, March 4, 2022
Kate Marsh
Columbia University
Emily Nichols
Stanford University
Veronica Penales
Baylor University
David Spicer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MAINE
Boston Region - Monday, March 28, 2022
Crispin Kamundala
University of Maine
MARYLAND
Washington DC II Region - Monday, April 4, 2022
Haleemat Adekoya
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Kaila Hodge
Towson University
Sawa Kamara
University of Maryland College Park
Rehman Liaqat
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Amy Rivera
University of Maryland College Park
Ananya Tadikonda
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Region - Monday, March 28, 2022
Julian Applebaum
Macalester College
Leela de Paula
Smith College
Paulina Hruskoci
University of Texas-Dallas
Niajah Hyppolite
University of Massachusetts
Joseph Rotondo
University of Oklahoma
MICHIGAN
Chicago Region - Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Taylor Idema
Central Michigan University
Odia Kaba
Eastern Michigan University
Malia Kah
Grand Valley State University
Phimmasone Owens
University of Michigan
Xalma Palomino
University of Michigan
MINNESOTA
St. Paul Region - Friday, March 25, 2022
Tylar Larsen
University of South Dakota
Astrid Liden
Columbia University
Raina Meyer
Hamline University
Abdulaziz Mohamed
University of Minnesota
Oksanna Samey
Harvard University
MISSISSIPPI
Nashville Region - Friday, March 18, 2022
Jilkiah Bryant
University of Mississippi
Lexi Cobbs
University of Richmond
Andy Flores
University of Mississippi
Mia Robertson
Mississippi State University
MISSOURI
Kansas City Region - Monday, March 21, 2022
Maggie Hannick
College of the Holy Cross
Erin Lowe
Dickinson College
Grace Nielson
University of Missouri
Emma Story
Boston College
MONTANA
Seattle Region - Monday, March 7, 2022
Atticus Cummings
Montana State University-Bozeman
Beatrix Frissell
University of Montana
Olivia Gervacio Jakabosky
Montana State University-Bozeman
Emma Sihler
Montana State University-Bozeman
NEBRASKA
Denver Region - Friday, March 11, 2022
Rebecca Townley
Saint Louis University
NEVADA
Phoenix Region - Monday, March 14, 2022
Mesoud Awol
Brandeis University
Vanessa Booth
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Kelsey Matthews
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Boston Region - Monday, March 28, 2022
Owen Mortner
Swarthmore College
NEW JERSEY
Philadelphia Region - Friday, April 1, 2022
Ashley Chung
United States Naval Academy
Fatoumata Diallo
Virginia Military Institute
Eshika Kaul
Wellesley College
Nelson Lin
Brown University
Ranen Miao
Washington University
Max Rubin
American University
NEW MEXICO
Phoenix Region - Monday, March 14, 2022
Abrianna Morales
University of New Mexico
Quinn Smith
Duke University
NEW YORK
New York Region - Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Siwaar Abouhala
Tufts University
Fatimata Cham
Lafayette College
K Chiucarello
Bard College
Ilana Cohen
Harvard University
Osvaldo Garcia
CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College
Sydney Hunt
Duke University
Adam Jackman
University of Southern California
Prameela Kottapalli
Cornell University
Allison Li
Williams College
Kimberly Pereyra Monero
CUNY City College
Meredith Wilson
University of Notre Dame
NORTH CAROLINA
Washington DC I Region - Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Noor El-Baradie
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Kiara Hunter
Elon University
Hana Kamran
Davidson College
Jack Miklaucic
Emory University
Jonah Perrin
Duke University
NORTH DAKOTA
St. Paul Region - Friday, March 25, 2022
Madelyn House
University of North Dakota
Brandon Prichard
University of Minnesota
OHIO
Washington DC II Region - Monday, April 4, 2022
Adam Elzarka
University of Cincinnati
Tait Ferguson
Denison University
Ariana Leandry
Oberlin College
Varshini Odayar
Harvard University
OKLAHOMA
Denver Region - Friday, March 11, 2022
Beyonce Hammond
University of Central Oklahoma
Grace Stoops
University of Arkansas
OREGON
Seattle Region - Monday, March 7, 2022
Avi Gupta
Stanford University
Jax Richards
Oregon State University
Jenna Travers
University of Oregon
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia Region - Friday, April 1, 2022
Tatiana Amaya
Claremont McKenna College
Eli Coltin
Purdue University
Bhav Jain
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Amelia Miller
Tufts University
Benjamin Moss-Horwitz
University of Pennsylvania
Kendall Stephens
Temple University
PUERTO RICO
San Juan Region - Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Natalia Rios Martinez
Iowa State University
RHODE ISLAND
New York Region - Wednesday, March 30, 2022
John Lin
Brown University
Meghan Murphy
Brown University
SOUTH CAROLINA
Atlanta Region - Wednesday, March 16, 2022
John Morris
Citadel
Kennedy Wright
Presbyterian College
SOUTH DAKOTA
St. Paul Region - Friday, March 25, 2022
Mattie Jones
University of South Dakota
Sydney Walker
College of Saint Benedict
TENNESSEE
Nashville Region - Friday, March 18, 2022
Rachel Stewart
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Zora Young
New York University
TEXAS
Austin Region - Friday, March 4, 2022
Eugenia Agobe
Southwestern University
Tal Feldman
Wake Forest University
Alvaro Flores
University of Southern California
Christine Groves
United States Coast Guard Academy
Ramiro Hernandez
Swarthmore College
Kala Pham
University of Houston
Joshua Sorensen
United States Air Force Academy
Nimisha Srikanth
Texas AM University
Isha Thapar
Baylor University
UTAH
Phoenix Region - Monday, March 14, 2022
Jack Jowers
University of Utah
Emily Quan
Brigham Young University
Nahum Tadesse
University of Utah
VERMONT
Boston Region - Monday, March 28, 2022
Mariah Choiniere
University of Vermont
Maddie Henson
University of Vermont
VIRGINIA
Washington DC I Region - Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Alton Coston
College of William and Mary
Shayom Debopadhaya
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
McKenna Dunbar
University of Richmond
Liana Keesing
Stanford University
David Millman
Dartmouth College
Caleb Suh
United States Military Academy
WASHINGTON
Seattle Region - Monday, March 7, 2022
Jonnie Bray
Washington State University
Rosalie Fish
University of Washington
Zach Forbes
Northwestern University
Emory Hoelscher-Hull
Montana State University-Bozeman
WEST VIRGINIA
Washington DC II Region - Monday, April 4, 2022
Cameron Adkins
Columbia University
Giana Loretta
West Virginia University
Vincent Pinti
University of Michigan
WISCONSIN
St. Paul Region - Friday, March 25, 2022
Angela Maloney
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Samuel Rechek
University of South Florida
Dawry Ruiz
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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