The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and its partners awarded 78 scholarships to 74 children, 2 stepchildren, and 2 spouses. Of these 78 scholarship recipients 40 are previous scholarship recipients and 38 are new recipients. Recipients' ages range from 18 to 37.
For the 2011-12 academic year, the Foundation in partnership with the Motorola Foundation awarded over $205,000 to 78 recipients. Our partnership with ICMA-RC awarded $25,000 to 20 recipients and MasterGuard awarded two $2,000 scholarships for a total of $29,000. The Foundation and its partners combined awarded $234,500.
Scholarship recipients from 26 states will attend institutions in 30 different states. The recipients are preparing for careers ranging from Culinary Arts to Criminal Justice, and from Fire Science to Education.
The number of scholarships awarded has increased dramatically, over $1,771,500 scholarships have been awarded since 1997. Our scholarship partners have awarded $562,395 since 2001.

Kristina-Marie Anaya Fashion
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Cody Archer Agricultural GPS/GIS Technology
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Andrew Baik Biology
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Thomas Baik Communications
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Nicholas Bestgen Fire Science
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Robert Bestgen Fire Science
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Katelyn Bitting Nursing
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Jeffrey Bowman Business/Finance |

Charles Christoffer Areospace Engineering |

Antonio Claiborne Pre-Law
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Shane Clough Criminal Justice
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Ryan Collins Radio, Television, and Film
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Samantha Cordero Occupational Therapy
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Kiara Cotton Healthcare Administration
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Morgan Cox Undecided
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April Crockett Masters Communication
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Meagan Davenport Criminal Justice
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Dominic DeAngelis Engineering
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Travis DeFlumere Fire Science
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Julie Dill Master of Fine Arts Creative Writing
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Patrick Dowdell Masters Public Administration
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Julie Dunham Business Management
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Christopher Dunn Political Science
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Elizabeth Dunn Business
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Maryssa Ellison Biotechnology
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David Emanuelson Music Education
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Brendan Fahey Chemical Engineering
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Michael Feeney History
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Gerard Ford Criminal Justice
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Devin Franklin Pre-Law
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Katie Hales Elementary Education
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Meaghan Haskell Communications/Broadcasting
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Lindsay Heminger Occupational Therapy
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Stacy Henderson Music Education
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Allan Hollis Computer Science
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Hope Holmes Psychology/Pre-Med
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Matthew Jovic History
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Corey Jutte Criminal Justice
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Kelly Kerr Criminal Justice
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Elizabeth Kickler Early Childhood Education
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Ryan Marchbanks Mechanical Engineering
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Teri McElveen Physical Therapy
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Katherine McGovern Social Work
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Grace McMillin Mass Communications
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Rasheed Merrell Political Science
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Kevin Moore Christian Ministry
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Alyssa Moore Undeclared
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Ryan Morris Accounting
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Matthew Morrison Meteorology
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Megan Morrison Nursing
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Roy Prouty Applied Physics
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Jessica Reiner Psychology
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Marissa Reiner Nursing
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Christopher Reveal Business Management
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Garrett Reveal Exercise Science
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Heather Reynolds Physical Therapist Assistant
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Ryan Robeson Electrical Engineering
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Christopher Ryan Criminal Justice
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Timothy Santner General Business
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Douglas Shoemaker General Studies
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Lamanda Slover Nursing
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Alston Sterling Physical Therapy Assistant
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Briana Sterling Exercise & Sport Science
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Travis Tanner Biology
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Rachel Tarver Geophysics
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Emily Thornton Elementary Education
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Conor Walsh Pharmacy
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Daniel Waters Accounting
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Gary Watson Teaching
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Stephanie Wiens Nursing
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Kevin Wilkinson Political Science
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Kathryn Wolff Human Biology
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Not Pictured:
Jamie Clasby Journalism
Samantha Cole Psychology/Counseling
Melanie Eutsler Cosmetology
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Tameka King Professional Coders
Leonard Ragaglia Business
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