Mikey Aslam Memorial Scholarship recipients Kaya Loy (second from left) and Alexandra (Sasha) Carr with presenters Tariq Aslam and Bernadette Lauritzen. Not pictured: Siena Rolfe. Courtesy photo

Coca-Cola Scholarship winners Estevan Trujillo and Jackson Blair with presenter Carter Payne. Not pictured: Jamie Meana. Courtesy photo

LAPS News:

Sixty-one Los Alamos High School (LAHS) seniors were recognized during the 2024 LAHS Local Scholarship Award Ceremony held last week.

More than 50 scholarships and awards were presented during the ceremony.

Congratulations to the recipients and thank you to the community groups and organizations for their generosity and support of Los Alamos students.

Scholarship Awards and Recipients:

Explorer Post 20 Scholarship: Alexandra (Sasha) Carr and Timothy Rousculp

Eastern Star Scholarship: Genevieve Epperson

Aspen Elementary School PTO

Scholarship: Wyatt Bullion-Braithwaite, Allison Koehn and Siena Rolfe

Barranca Mesa Elementary School PTO

Scholarship: Anna Miller and Ana Schmitz

Chamisa Elementary School PTO

Scholarship: Moorea Montano

Mountain Elementary School PTA

Scholarship: Emily Baca and Sofia Parra

Piñon Elementary School PTO Scholarship: Leland Parker and Daniel Kim

Aaron S. Goldman Memorial Scholarship: Lucy Kelley, Daniel Kim, Sofia Molina-Lythe, Grafton Urbatsch and Anna Wetteland

Wally Walters Scholarship: Armando Inbody and Anna Wetteland

Coca-Cola Scholarship: Jackson Blair, Jamie Meana and Estevan Trujillo

J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee Scholarships

• J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Scholarship, funded by the J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee: Rebecca Li
• J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Scholarship in Memory of Nancy Laubach Freed:  Shiv Antar Khalsa
• J. Robert Oppenheimer Scholarship in Memory of Nicholas C. Metropolis: John Cawkwell
• J. Robert Oppenheimer Scholarship in memory of Rosalie Heller: Daniel Kim
• J. Robert Oppenheimer Scholarship, funded by the NM Consortium: Chloe Li
• J. Robert Oppenheimer Scholarship for outstanding achievement: Maximus Posada 
• J. Robert Oppenheimer Scholarship, funded by the Class of 1970: Emma Frost 
• J. Robert Oppenheimer Scholarship in memory of Richard C. Swenson: Deeanna Foster

Karen McLaughlin Memorial Scholarship: Emily Baca

Mikey Aslam Memorial Scholarship: Alexandra (Sasha) Carr, Kaya Loy and Siena Rolfe

Los Alamos Light Opera Scholarship: Emily Hilderbrand and Alexandra (Sasha) Simakov

Los Alamos Little Theatre Scholarship in memory of Warren Houghteling: Emily Hilderbrand

Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra Scholarship: Jamie Meana

Los Alamos Golf Association Scholarships: Dominic Quintana and Cameron Meadows

Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos Scholarships: Maya Carpenter, Chloe Li, Rebecca Li, Marissa Meierdierks, Sofia Parra, Leland Parker, Akshay Swarminarayan and Praveen Swaminarayan

Los Alamos Garden Club Scholarship: Cameron Meadows

Pat Edmonds and Sue Graves Memorial Scholarship: Malachi Laskie

Zia Credit Union Merit Scholarship: Aleah Cordova, Kay Loy and Audrey See

LAHS Alumni Scholarship: Marissa Meierdierks

Rotary Great Expectation Award for Solid B Students: Kyler Young

Rotary Service Award: Kaelin Hanson and Anna Wetteland

Rotary Interact Scholarship: Rebecca Li

Ruth J. Sherman Memorial Scholarship: Jamie Meana

Masonic Scholarship: Wyatt Bullion-Braithwaite 

Music-Filled Life Scholarship: John Cawkwell, Nathan McCulloch, Jamie Meana and Anna Miller

Knights of Columbus: Megan Brown, Wyatt Bullion-Braithwaite, Carlissa Epperson, Sofia Parra and Zachary Stidham

Hospital Auxiliary of LAMC Scholarship: Megan Brown, Deeanna Foster, Chad Kuzmack, Sofia Parra, Hana Raby, Linken Sanchez, Seanna Shedd and Brandon Stokes

Phi Beta Kappa of Los Alamos Scholarship: Daniel Kim, Rebecca Li and Maximus Posada

Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation and Los Alamos Employees Fund Scholarships:

• Nancy and Jeffery Sauer Endowed Scholarship: John Cawkwell
• Senator Pete Domenici Scholarship: Emma Frost
• Bronze Scholarship: Minhtet Htoon, Andres Inturregui, Sofia Parra and Maximus Posada
• Triad Leadership Scholarship: Shiv Antar Khalsa and Marissa Meierdierks
• Gold Scholarship: Daniel Kim Founders Scholarship: Chad Kuzmack
• Charles and Ellen Morris Endowed Scholarship: Samuel Pesiri
• Dell Technologies/WildflowerInternational Endowed Scholarship: Nicholas Witkowski

Los Alamos Schools Foundations Scholarships

• Friends of Los Alamos County Libraries Scholarship: Aspen Kendall, Leland Parker, Sofia Parra
• June Ettinger Memorial Scholarship: Maya Carpenter
• Irene Boone Memorial Scholarship: Marissa Meierdierks
• Kristen Kosiewicz Memorial Scholarship: Layton Laeser, Rebecca Li, Akshay Swaminarayan and Arianne Terrones
• Larry Baca Memorial Scholarship: Grafton Urbatsch and Anna Wetteland
• Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation Community Service Scholarships: John Cawkwell, Luke Favorite, Rebecca Li, Samuel Pesiri, Akshay Swaminarayan and Praveen Swaminarayan
• Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation Vocational/Technical Scholarships: Chad Kuzmack
• Sophia Feldman Memorial Scholarship: Alexandra (Sasha) Carr, Eibhleann Hinrichs, Rebecca Li and Akshay Swaminarayan
• Ross and Lola Ramsey Memorial Scholarship: Alexandra (Sasha) Carr and Jamie Meana

Board President Megan Pimentel presents the Los Alamos Little Theatre Scholarship in memory of Warren Houghteling to Emily Hilderbrand. Courtesy photo

Recipients of the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos Scholarships, from left, presenter Dennis Gill, Leland Parker, Rebecca Li, Praveen Swaminarayan, Akshay Swaminarayan, Chloe Li, Maya Carpenter, Marissa Meierdierks and Sofia Parra. Courtesy photo

Grand Knight Marco Lucero presented Knights of Columbus scholarships to, from left, Megan Brown, Zachary Stidham, Wyatt Bullion-Braithwaite, Carlissa Epperson and Sofia Parra. Courtesy photo