2009 Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations to all of our 2009 Scholarship winners. Photos of scholarship winners can be found at photo.wai.org. Information on 2010 Scholarships will be available in July of 2009.

Airbus A320 Type Rating Certificate Scholarships
Michele McVenes

Airbus Leadership Grant
Lulu Ferdous Alfred Adjokatcher

Airline Dispatcher's Federation Scholarships
Chinwe Nneoma Nwaobasi

Airline Ground Schools, Inc.
Kristi Jeannine Heer

American Airlines Travel Awards Scholarships Sponsored by American Airlines
Lindsey Ucki
Jennifer Camp
Allison Schnaedter
Sarah Mitchell
Tegan Rieser
Nicole Maillet

Boeing Company Career Enhancement Scholarship
Elizabeth S Fleming
Amanda Kauffman

Bombardier Lear Jet 31A pilot type rating Scholarship
Angela Jennings

Cessna "Earn a Private Pilot's Certificate" Scholarship
Melissa Whalen

Cessna Scholarship for Citation Encore Type Rating
Kimberlie Miller

Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation Scholarship
Hope Marie Wilson

Delta Air Lines Aviation Business Management Scholarship
Laurel Grace Mabry
Amber Laree Sulzner

Delta Air Lines Boeing B737-800 Type Rating Certificate Scholarships
Alicia Nault
Julia Eleanor Reiners

Delta Air Lines Engineering Scholarships (Includes Conference Trip)
Anton Mikhailovich Kolomiets

Delta Air Lines Engine Maintenance Internship
Sousan Alexander

Elisha Hall Memorial Scholarships - Wright Chapter
Rachel Anne Mohr

Express Jet Airlines Regional Jet Transition Course
Heidi Klein

FedEx Express Flight Scholarship
Christy Garvin

FedEx Express Flight ATP Scholarship
Robyn Hinnant

FedEx Express Technical Operations Scholarship
Elizabeth S. Fleming

From Rose to Rise Scholarship
Daphne Latrina Moore

If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It – Scholarship
Emmaculate Nanyongo Muambo

Kathy K. Hodgkins Memorial Scholarship
Erika Sue Peckham

Keep Flying Scholarship
Jinko Otsuka Ana Beltran

New Horizons Memorial Scholarship
Karen Beth Payne-Frederick

O D Clemmer Memorial Scholarship
Kathryn Allison

Pratt & Whitney Maintenance Scholarships (6)
Annemarie Korzan
Amanda Wingrove
Yesenia Arroyo
Christopher Richmond
Hildah Kafota Simulambo
Anna Romer

R-W Foundation
Lindsey Ucki

Ride the Sun
Kristin MacKenzie Hope

Sporty's Foundation
Sharon Riffle

Telex Flight Training Scholarship
Heather Heidinger

Women in Aviation Management Scholarship
Nicole Maillet

Women in Aviation, International Achievement Award
Allison Schnaedter
Sarah Mitchell
Tegan Rieser

Women in Corporate Aviation Career Scholarship
Jamie Melton

Women Military Aviators - Dream of Flight Scholarship
Kristen M. Bloodsworth

Yeager Award
Jennifer Camp

2009 AWAM SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Abaris Training Scholarship
Evan Beckman, Kansas State University, KS
Katherine Tounge, Somerset Community College, KY
Rebecca Tenorio, beginning training in the Delta Connection Academy, Houston, TX
Elliott Aviation Scholarship Rachel Adams, Utah State University, UT

FlightSafety International’s Principles of Troubleshooting
Natasha Pelham, Reedley College, CA

Girard Aviation Maintenance Scholarship
Brandy Hager, Kansas State University, KS

Horizon Air’s Basic Principles of Troubleshooting
Yesenia Arroyo, George T. Baker Aviation School, Miami, FL
Sousan Alexander, student, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Phoenix, AZ

JetBlue Maintenance Scholarship
Susan Wadas, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL
Joshua Grundt, Tarrant County Community College, Fort Worth, TX

Pratt & Whitney Maintenance Training Scholarship
Sousan Alexander, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Phoenix, AZ
Natasha Pelham, Reedley College, CA
Anna Romer, Elliott Aviation, MN
Yesenia Arroyo, George T. Baker Aviation School, Miami, FL
Wendy Kellett, Minneapolis Community Technical College, Eden Prairie, MN
Anita Ali, Midland College, Midland, TX

Rice Family’s "Helping Hand" Scholarship
Wendy Kellett, Minneapolis Community Technical College, Eden Prairie, MN
Ryan Perez, Kansas State University, Salina, KS

Southwest Airlines Maintenance Training Scholarship
Yoshino Sugita, University of California Davis, Davis, CA
Susan Wadas, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL

Aircraft Technical Book Company Scholarship
Kansas State University, Salina, KS
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Phoenix, AZ

Student of the Year Award
Yesenia Arroyo, George T. Baker Aviation School, Miami, FL

Teacher of the Year Award
Raylene Alexander, Kansas State University, Salina, KS

Beyond All Odds Award
Jerri Evans, Tennessee State University, TN