Past Scholarship Recipients

Valencia Imperi

Lori Ourlian

My name is Lori Nayiri Ourlian, and I am currently a senior at the AGBU Alex and Marie Manoogian School, where I have achieved a 4.0 unweighted GPA and earned the distinction of being named one of the Class Valedictorians. Throughout my high school career, I have taken every Honors and AP course available at my school and completed 7 dual enrollment courses. I also serve as the Senior Class President, the National Honor Society Secretary, and was the captain of my school’s robotics business team. Additionally, I am a cross country athlete, a member of the Science National Honor Society, and a member of my school’s Yearbook Committee. Outside of school, I am very passionate about volunteering. I have spent over 400 hours volunteering at the Trinity Health Livonia Hospital, where I assist nurses and offer support to patients. I also tutor middle school students in mathematics and have volunteered at my local library. At the Eddie Edgar Ice Arena, I teach children how to ice skate and work at the concession booth. I am also actively involved in my local Armenian Community and served as the Armenian Youth Federation Detroit Junior Chapter President for three years. In my role, I organized fundraisers to support refugees from the Nagorno-Karabakh region. I am committed to the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, where I plan to major in neuroscience on the pre-med track.

Dana Garcia

Lindsay Louwers

Katrina Cruz

Brady Miller

Brady plans to enroll in the college of Literature, Science and the Arts at The University of Michigan where he will study Mathematics and Actuarial Science. Brady maintained a 3.99 GPA throughout high school while being involved in several clubs and athletics. Brady was a four-year member of the Dakota wrestling team. Brady was also a member of The Scientific Debate Team, Mu Alpha Theta, The Key Club, The Chess Club, The Student Government, and The Detroit Economic Club Career Readiness Academy. Brady is a leader and lifelong learner. He challenged himself throughout high school by taking several AP courses and an independent study in Linear Algebra.  Brady loves math and works at The Mathnasium as a math tutor. In his free time, Brady enjoys playing the piano, water skiing, snowboarding, reading and working out.

Matthew Dahlman

My educational career so far has been very accomplished. It was clear very early that I excelled in academics and in sixth grade I began to take math with the honors class of the grade above me. Yet it was not only in math that I performed so well as when I began high school I took every honors and AP class available to me. By the time I graduate I will have taken eight AP exams, five of which I have already scored a 5 on. I am graduating this year first in my class with a GPA of 4.456 or 3.99. It is my goal to become a computer engineer through the program at the University of Michigan and design computer hardware. For extracurriculars I was a captain on the swim team and swam all four year, founder of the Fantasy roleplaying games club, member of the fishing club, chess club, and trap team. I also have held a job as a shelf stocker, carpenter’s apprentice, and dishwasher.

Reagan Spears

Tess Carichner

Emma Behrendt

Emma plans to enroll in the College of LS&A and is the recipient of the Lloyd and Laurie Carr Scholarship. Emma was a member of many school related boards, including class council, student government, BKOM board and executive board. She was a member of the National Honor Society and captain of the junior varsity cheerleading team. In her spare time, Madelyn volunteered with the Yong Life Club and was a math tutor at Brighton Initiative to Teach Everyone. Madelyn was a 4-time honor roll, academic letter recipient while taking eight AP classes throughout her high school career. She was awarded honors at the MITES graphic design competition and a retail employee at Rosy’s Boutique.

Drew Prater

Drew plans to enroll in the College of LS&A and is the recipient of the Lloyd and Laurie Carr Scholarship. Drew finished first in his class with unweighted GPA of a 4.0 overall. Drew was a member of many in-school extracurricular activities. He was part of the American Sign Language Club, Trojan Mentor and Monroe High School cabinet class of 2019 cabinet. Drew was a member of the National Honor Society and president his senior year. He was president of the C.A.L.C. club and a member of the Monroe High School Senior Leadership Team his senior year. Athletically, Drew was a member of the track and field team, soccer team and high school band. Drew was an active member of the Calvary United Methodist Church and the patrol leader with the Boy Scouts of America Troup 579. Drew achieved the Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scouts rank, while volunteering many hours in his service project.  While taking multiple AP courses, including World History, Chemistry, Statistics, Calculus and English Literature, Drew was also appointed Winterfest King his junior year and part of the Homecoming Court member his senior year.

Brandon Westfall

Brandon plans to enroll in the College of Nursing and is the recipient of the Lloyd and Laurie Carr Scholarship. Brandon graduated with an overall, unweighted GPA of 3.97, while taken a rigorous academic course curriculum; which included AP classes in Physics, Chemistry, Calculus and Computer Science Principles. Brandon earned High School All Honor Roll all four years. He won 1^st place in AMVET’s Essay Contest Michigan and 3^rd place AMVET’s Essay Contest United States. Brandon was a part of the student council, HOSA, Pal Camp Leadership Team, National Honor Society and NHS parliamentarian his senior year. Outside of academics, throughout his four years, Brandon was a junior varsity in basketball, baseball, cross country and varsity in track and tennis. In his spare time, Brandon was a MYLead at Michigan State University and worked for P. Osten Janitorial.

Gloria Stach

Max Weber

Laura Sanderson

Brandon Whitmore

Brandon Whitmore, the winner of the Lloyd & Laurie Carr Scholarship, graduated from Shrine Catholic High School with a 4.27 GPA and he is applying to the School of Kinesiology.  He took many AP courses including US History, World History, and Literature. Brandon was a member of the Varsity Football team and Varsity Baseball team, receiving the Varsity Baseball Academic Excellence Award. He received multiple awards throughout his four years of high school including Honor Roll, Excellence in many of his honors classes, and National Honor Society. Brandon served as both Class Vice President and Class Secretary. He was an active member in his community, putting in mass amounts of hours of service with multiple organizations. Through Catholic Heart work Camp, Brandon took a school mission trip to Roanoke, Virginia where he performed service for over 128 hours a week.

Jian Chen

Jian Zhi Chen plans to enroll in the School of Engineering and is the recipient of the Lloyd & Laurie Carr Scholarship.  Jian better known as “Zane” has a solid work ethic carrying over a 4.0 GPA.  Zane has been active in National Honors Society, Varsity Boys Tennis, Lamphere Drama Club & Link Crew.  Academically, he has taken advantage of the most rigorous Advanced/Honors/ AP courses including Honors Geometry & Pre-Calculus, Chinese Language & Culture, Psychology and English Literature & Composition.  Zane has also generously given of his time & energies accumulating over 62 hours of community service.

Brittany Gates

Brittany Gates plans to enroll into the School of LS & A and the recipient of the Lloyd & Laurie Carr Scholarship.  Brittany finished fourth in her class at Livonia Churchill High School while accumulating credit for 11 AP/college classes. Brittany is a member and Treasurer of the CHS Chapter of the National Honor Society.  She was captain of the 2013 CHS Swim and Dive Team and a member of the CHS Student Council. Brittany was a member of the CHS Spirit Club and is a mentor and tutor for CHS Success Strategies, a student program at Churchill in which academically talented students serve as mentors for underachieving peers.

Robert M. Koehn

Robert Koehn graduated from Renaissance High School.  He participated in the Chess Team, Robotics Team, tutored math and science students and was the captain of the varsity soccer team.  He was also a member of the National Honor Society and an assistant treasurer at Hope Community Church.   Robert took and excelled in multiple Advanced Placement courses while at Renaissance, earning A’s in each one.  He is a National Merit Semifinalist.  Robert also was a Junior R.O.T.C. Executive Officer throughout high school.

While at the University of Michigan, Robert will be pursuing a degree in engineering because he wants to help others and give back to his community by making a difference in the world.

Isabella Wishnivetski