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.

Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish
Executive Secretary, 1996 Truman Scholar

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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