Most Valuable Student Scholarships

The 2024 MVS Scholarship application period closed on November 13th. Local lodge judging opens December 1st, please make sure your local chairman are ready. Good luck to all our scholarship applicants this year!

2024 Ohio MVS Winners

$4,000 MVS SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Shlok Bhattacharya - Parma #1938                
Emma Amlin - Athens #973
Casper Caizzo - Norwalk #730                
Iglas Bafadal - Columbus-Grove City #37
Aiden Cole - Salem #305                
Elizabeth Baker - Salem #305
Max Gentry - Jackson #466                
Ava Houck - New Lexington #509
Daud Malik - Lebanon #422                
Ella Joliat - Cuyahoga Falls - Akron - Barberton #1923
Luke Metzger - Findlay #75                
Allison Knapke - Mercer County #2170
Elijah Nicol - Marysville #1130                
Tatum L’Heureux - Nelsonville #543    
Jeffrey Zhu - Cincinnati #5                
Anna Scott - Chillicothe #52
Aliah Williamson - Coshocton #376

$2,000 MVS SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Garrett Becker - Dayton #58                
Quincey Baumgartner - Lima #54
Alexander Burkhardt - Dayton #58                
Suan Dim - Columbus-Grove City #37
Sherman Chan - Marysville #1130                
Joanna Hamilton - Cincinnati #5
Samuel Collins - Lebanon #422                
Mallory Hudson - Salem #305
Andrew DiFranco - Elyria #465                
Hannah Kanagy - Galion #1191
Palash Kapoor - Cincinnati #5                
Hannah Kendig - Greenville #1139
Brady Kin - Findlay #75                
Ann Kim - Hamilton #93
Nathan Malek - Toledo-Sylvania #53                
Kealy Kolar - Sandusky #285
Samuel McClester - Norwalk #730                
Emerson Lora - Findlay #75
Carter Michel - Defiance #147                
Maria Maringer - Port Clinton #1718
Marzooq Nadeem - Columbus-Grove City #37                
Reese Nichelson - Cuyahoga Falls-Akron-Barberton #1923
Bryce Presser - Columbus-Grove City #37                
Kianna O’Brien - Marietta #477
Noah Proctor - Norwalk #730                
Kaylie Simpson - Port Clinton #1718
Jarek Ringler - Ashland #1360                
Alyssa Sirichoktanasup - Toledo-Sylvania #53
Garrett Stammen - Greenville #1139                
Hunter Slack - Portsmouth #154
Bo Tooman - Findlay #75                
Kaleigh Williams - Salem #305

2024 Legacy Scholarship Winners

Legacy Awards are $4,000 scholarships available to children and grandchildren of Elks members. Deadline to apply was February 5, 2024. Ohio had a great year in terms of the Legacy Award Winners.  We are allotted only seven Legacy Award Winners.  However we also received 21 of the 100 At-Large Scholarships that are awarded to the best-scoring applicants, regardless of state and parentage. Congratulations to all!

$4,000 LEGACY SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Cale Adams - Lima #54
Daniel Allen - Sandusky #285
Amanda Barnes-Pierotti - Gallipolis #107
Seth Dillon - Alliance #467
Jackson Eddy - Alliance #467
Luke Franco - Springfield #51
Allyson Furman - East Liverpool #358
Kaitlyn Heuser - Elyria #465
Elizabeth Hille - Lakewood #1350
Kaden Hohman - Van Wert #1197
Hayden Jarvis - Jackson #466
Grace Kelley - Port Clinton #1718
Jack Koesters - Mercer County #2170
Reese Nichelson - Ohio River Valley #231
Alexis Park - Hamilton #93
Graydon Pierce - Elyria #465
Maddox Rader - Lima #54
Elizabeth Recchiuti - Alliance #467
Grace Rook - Toledo-Sylvania #53
Samuel Scavuzzo - Sandusky #285
Emma Smith - Sandusky #285
Samantha Sturgeon - Upper Sandusky #83
David Swartz - Ashland #1360
Sarah Verville - Van Wert #1197
Peyton Vulgamore - East Liverpool #258
Mattie Walburn - Jackson #466
Andrew Wiley - Jackson #466
Alynna Wilson - Lebanon #422


The MVS Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors, even if they have no ties to the Elks.

For children and grandchildren of Elks members, Legacy Awards offer $4,000 scholarships to graduating seniors.

For students of Elk members that have become fully disabled or deceased.

A $20,000 scholarship for Elk MVS Scholars entering their first your of medical school.