2025 Most Valuable Students Announced!

I’d like to thank all the Lodge Chairman and District committees for your hard work and time in judging this years applications.  Your strong judging made the state committee’s job tough in our selections for the top State winners.  Below are the State Scholarship winners, listed in alphabetical order by last name and not by rank.

$4,000 STATE MVS SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

BOYS
Amir Ali, Canfield, OH (Salem Lodge #305)
Keaton Foster, VanWert, OH (Van Wert Lodge #1197)
Brady Griggs, Jenera, OH (Findlay Lodge #75)
Lucas Jolly, Jackson, OH (Jackson Lodge #466)
Lucas Parks, Chillicothe, OH (Chillicothe Lodge #52)
Kenneth Rakes, Hamilton, OH (Hamilton Lodge #93)
Ethan Xiao, Marysville, OH (Marysville Lodge #1130)
George Zaky, Westlake, OH (Lakewood Lodge #1350)

GIRLS
Lily Altstaetter, Maumee, OH (Maumee-Bowling Green Lodge #1850)
Brielyn Bycofski, Nelsonville, OH (Athens Lodge #973)
Emma Gilbert, Marysville, OH (Marysville Lodge #1130)
Aubrey Hattery, Kenton, OH (Kenton Lodge 157
Catalina Jimenez, McComb, OH (Findlay Lodge #75)
Miki Kawamura, Findlay, OH (Findlay Lodge #75)
Mackenzie Specht, Batavia, OH (Cincinnati Lodge #5)  
Brooklyn Stafford-Crandall, Lorain, OH (Lorain Lodge #1301)
Maggie Wilson, Circleville, OH (Circleville Lodge #77)

$2,000 STATE OEA SCHOLARSHIP WINNER

BOYS
Drew Backs, Fort Recovery, OH (Mercer County Lodge #2170)
Abhishek Bhave, Mason, OH (Cincinnati Lodge #5)
Andrew Chunat, Alliance, OH (Alliance Lodge #467)
Logan Cochran, Mason, OH (Hamilton Lodge #93)
Walker Fowble, Vinton, OH (Gallipolis Lodge #107)
Dae Kim, North Olmsted, OH (Berea Lodge #1815)
Andrew Matovic, South Euclid, OH (Willoughby-Cleveland Lodge #18)
Miller McKenzie, Wheelersburg, OH (Portsmouth Lodge #154)
Grant Nicol, Plain City, OH (Marysville Lodge #1130)
Samuel Roberts, Port Clinton, OH (Port Clinton Lodge #1718)
Hamdan Saani, Columbus, OH (Columbus-Grove City Lodge #37)
Eric Taylor, Jeffersonville, OH (Washington Court House Lodge #129)
Benjamin Tan, Delaware, OH (Columbus-Grove City Lodge #37)
Mason Twining, Carey, OH (Upper Sandusky Lodge #83)
Kydin Whitmore, Peebles, OH (Portsmouth Lodge #154)
Gordon Yu, Enon, OH (Springfield Lodge #51)

GIRLS
Lindsey Best, Rayland, OH (Barnesville Lodge #1699)
Fraya Brattebo, Chagrin Falls, OH (Ravenna Lodge #1076)
Brynlyn Denny, Jackson, OH (Jackson Lodge #466)
Sydney Harbour, North Canton, OH (Massillon-North Canton Lodge #2029)
Calista Harden, Medina, OH (Berea Lodge #1815)
Chloe Hattery, Kenton, OH (Kenton Lodge #157)
Grace Humphrey, Centerburg, OH (Mount Vernon Lodge #140)
Ishanvi Karthikeyan, Liberty Twp, OH (Hamilton Lodge #93)
Mackenzie Kinnie, Toledo, OH (Maumee-Bowling Green Lodge #1850)
Abigail Leipold, Tallmadge, OH (Cuyahoga Falls - Akron - Barberton Lodge #1923)
Ana Osborn, Norwalk, OH (Norwalk Lodge #730)
Natalia Robin-Alvarez, Dayton, OH (Dayton Lodge #58)
Kateri Sherman, Fort Loramie, OH (Sidney Lodge #786)
Ruby Styer, Kenton, OH (Kenton Lodge #157)
Hailey Wright, Northfield, OH (Cuyahoga Falls - Akron - Barberton Lodge #1923)
Isabella Zaffiro, Chesterland, OH (Willoughby-Cleveland Lodge #18)

OHIO HAS A TOP 20 MVS FINALLIST!!!
Kenneth Rakes of Hamilton, OH (Hamilton, OH, Lodge No. 93) has advanced through all levels of judging and is officially one of the TOP 20 MVS Finalists! This means Kenneth will receive a scholarship of $30,000 from the Elks National Foundation. The Top 20 MVS Finalists will attend the 2025 Leadership Weekend May 1-4, 2025 in Chicago.

Legacy Award winners are projected to be announced April 25, 2025.

Let’s give a HUGE Ohio congratulations to all our winners!