Recent National Scholarship Winners
We celebrate all NAU student scholars winning prestigious awards as well as all of our accomplished applicants. Here are some examples of recent winners:
Chamryn Carl, Exercise Physiology major. Winner of the 2026 Udall Undergraduate Scholarship. Read more about Chamryn in the NAU Review.
KeAndre David, Political Science major. Winner of the 2026 Native American Congressional Internship through the Udall Foundation. Finalist for the Truman Scholarship. Read more about KeAndre in the NAU Review.
Henry Garland, recent NAU Honors College graduate with Chemistry major. Winner of the 2026 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, alternate for a 2025 DAAD Rise internship. Read more about Henry in the NAU Review.
Scott LaRocca, graduate student in Informatics and Computing with an environmental emphasis. Winner of the 2026 Fulbright Study-Research grant to do dissertation research in Peru.
Daniella Quiroz, NAU Honors College student and Psychological Sciences major. Winner of the 2025 Giffords Courage Fellowship. Read about one of Daniella’s projects in the NAU Review.
Taylor Ray, recent Interdisciplinary Global Programs graduate with a double major in Physics and Modern Languages (German emphasis). Winner of the DAAD Study Scholarship to attend graduate school in Germany.
Ethan Ward, recent NAU Honors College graduate with a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Law. Winner of the 2026 Fulbright Study-Research grant to attend a graduate program in Israel. Read more about Ethan through NAU Elevate.
Abigail Campbell, recent NAU Honors College graduate with a degree in Biology. Accepted into the Sustainable Forest and Nature Management degree through the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s degree program to do a graduate program in Denmark and Germany.
Kiranjot Kaur, NAU Honors College Biomedical Sciences major. Finalist for the 2026 Truman Scholarship.
Miguel Rosas, Jr., NAU Honors College and Interdisciplinary Global Programs student double majoring in Marketing and Foreign Languages (French emphasis). Alternate for the Public Policy and International Affairs Junior Summer Institute Fellowship.
Eleanor Spahle, NAU Honors College student double majoring Geography, Environment, and Society and Spanish. Alternate for the Boren Scholarship to study in South Korea.
Kaylin McLiverty, NAU undergraduate and graduate alumna in Statistics. Winner of the 2025 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to South Korea. Read more about Kaylin through NAU and in the NAU Review.
Elizabeth Randolph, graduate student in Environmental Science. Winner of the 2025 Fulbright Study-Research grant to Chile. Read more about Elizabeth in the NAU Review.
Amaya Pablo, recent graduate with a degree in Chemistry. Winner of the 2025 Goldwater Scholarship and Udall Undergraduate Scholarship. Read more about Amaya in the NAU Review.
James Davis, Biomedical Sciences student. Winner of the 2025 Goldwater Scholarship and Boren Scholarship to study Portuguese in Brazil. Read more about James in the NAU Review.
Karli VanderMeersch, recent Honors College graduate, double major in Criminology & Criminal Justice and Psychological Sciences. Winner of the 2025 Humanitarian Affairs Asia Fellowship to Thailand, and a finalist and alternate in the 2023 Fulbright UK Junior Summer Institute competition for study in Aberystwyth, Wales. Read more about Karli in the NAU Review.
Kathleen “Ellie” Faley, recent graduate with a Criminology and Criminal Justice major. Winner of the 2024 Giffords Courage Fellowship. Read more about Ellie in the NAU Review.
Lauren Swindler, recent Honors College graduate with a degree in International Affairs. Winner of the 2025 NALCAP Fellowship to the Balearic Islands.
Marlee Hewlett, recent graduate with a degree in Communications Sciences and Disorders. Finalist in the 2025 Truman Scholarship competition.
Kaiya AuBuchon, Communication Sciences and Disorders major. Honorable Mention for the 2025 Udall Undergraduate Scholarship.
Kaya Dickson, recent graduate in Sociology. Honorable Mention for the 2025 Udall Undergraduate Scholarship.
Olivia Konig, Honors International Affairs Major. Winner of the 2022 Cobell Indigenous Education Scholarship and the 2024 Charles B. Rangel Summer Enrichment Program.
Brooke Davis, Master’s candidate in Public Health. Winner of the 2024 Udall Native American Congressional Internship and the Udall Native American Graduate Fellowship.
Chiara Holgate, Fitness Wellness and Indigenous Health Major. Winner of the 2024 Udall Native American Undergraduate Scholarship.
Mariessa Fowler, Environmental Sciences Major. Winner of the 2024 Udall Native American Undergraduate Scholarship.
Kimberly Higuera, Master’s candidate in Teaching Spanish. Winner of the 2024 Fulbright U.S. English Teaching Assistantship grant to Argentina.
Hailey Lopez, Alumna with Master’s in Communication. Winner of the 2024 Fulbright U.S. English Teaching Assistantship grant to South Korea.
Andrea Lopez, 2023 Honors IGP Alumni with a degrees in Biology and Modern Languages (Spanish emphasis). 2023 Winner of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program English Teaching Assistantship to Spain.
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 Alumni with a University Certificate in Business Economics and 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. Dec 2023 Gold Axe and President’s Awards. 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, Alumni with Bachelor’s in Health Sciences-Public Health and a minor in Biology. Finalist in the 2022 Rhodes Scholarship Competition for graduate study at Oxford University. Read more about Anthony in NAU News.