Recent National Scholarship Winners
We celebrate all NAU student scholars winning prestigious awards. Here are some examples of Recent Winners:
Rebekah McNiel, Honors Junior Interdisciplinary Global Program majoring Business Management and Modern Languages and Spanish. 2023 Winner of the Udall Scholarship for Native American Initiatives.
Andrew Svabik, 2023 Honors candidate for the University Certificate in Business Economics with a minor in Japanese. 2023 Winner of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program English Teaching Assistantship to Cambodia. 2023 NAU Delegate to the 11th Annual University Scholars Leadership Symposium in Bangkok, Thailand hosted by the United Nations.
Sophia Zuniga, Junior majoring in Anthropology with Sociocultural Emphasis. Winner of the 2023 Public Policy and International Affairs Junior Summer Institute at Princeton University. Read more about Sophia in the NAU Review.
Randell York, Interdisciplinary Global Program Junior majoring in Business Accountancy with a minor in Chinese. 2023 Winner of the Boren Scholarship to Taiwan.
Beyonce Bahe, Honors Biomedical Sciences Major. 2023 Truman Scholarship Finalist. 2022 Winner of the Udall Undergraduate Scholarship. 2021 Winner of the Cobell Indigenous Scholarship. 2022 Peer Mentor for the Honors Native American Summer Research Program. Read more about Beyonce in the NAU Review.
Anthony Zapata, 2023 Honors candidate for the Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences-Public Health with a minor in Biology. Finalist in the 2022 Rhodes Scholarship Competition for graduate study at Oxford University. Read more about Anthony in NAU News.
Karli VanderMeersch, Honors Sophomore double major in Criminology & Criminal Justice and Psychological Sciences. Finalist and alternate in the 2023 Fulbright UK Junior Summer Institute Competition for study in Aberystwyth, Wales.
Matthew Greyeyes, 2023 Honors candidate for the Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences and a minor in Navajo. Winner of the 2021 and 2022 Cobell Indigenous Education Scholarship . Honorable Mention in the 2021 Udall Scholarship, and Researcher in the 2022 Honors Native American Summer Research Program.
Olivia Konig, Honors International Affairs Major. Winner of the 2022 Cobell Indigenous Education Scholarship.
Marcella Caprario, PhD Candidate in Linguistics. Winner of the 2022 Fulbright US Student Study-Research Grant to Malaysia.
Lauren Jurschak, Honors Alumna with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Bachelor of Science in Psychological Sciences. Winner of the 2022 NALCAP English Teaching Assistantship to Spain.