As the Estes Park High School Class of 2026 prepares to graduate on Friday, the school district celebrated scholarship announcements last week for students heading off to college.
“It was an incredible evening that highlighted the strong partnership between our community and Estes Park High School in supporting students as they begin their post-secondary journeys,” said Stephanie Kline, the high school counselor and advanced placement testing coordinator.
The 33 scholarship providers and 38 recipients include:
Town of Estes Park Helping Hands — $4,500: Abigayle Scott, Matthias Westley, and Lucy Franklin
Allenspark Hilltop Guild — $6,500: Matthew Harding, Michael Putman, Alexis Hennig, and Michaell Aguila
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 119 — $3,000: Kylie McCreary, Alexis Hennig, and Willow Manning
American Legion Post 119 Legionnaires — $2,000: Alexis Hennig and Matthias Westley
Art Center of Estes Park — $1,000: Claire Phillips
Bria Brown Memorial Foundation — $11,500: Kelti Lockhart, Grace Aldridge, Hanna Cousineau, Jade Ertl, Talia Moore, Lucy Franklin, Matthias Westley, and Brinley Betts
Estes Chamber of Commerce — $1,000: Kelti Lockhart and Mattias Westley
Ed’s Cantina and Kind Coffee — $3,000: Neva Case, Kelti Lockhart, and Mica Bertucci
Estes Park Education Association — $1,000: Hanna Cousineau
Estes Park Internationale Aviation Club — $1,500: Evan Marcantonio
Estes Park Memorial Observatory — $6,500: Evan Marcantonio, Brinley Betts, Alexis Hennig, Cooper Mendonca, and Gabe Elkinton
Estes Park Patriots for Peace — $8,500: Marli Davis, Neva Case, Kelti Lockhart, Olivia Boynton, Mica Bertucci, Lillian Yager, Emily Hernandez Ortega, Matthew Harding, Jade Ertl, Jillian Maxwell, Alexis Hennig, Brinley Betts, Hanna Cousineau, Kai Seaver, and Willow Manning, and Michaell Aguila
Estes Park Salud Foundation — $1,000: Alexis Hennig
Estes Park United Methodist Church — $6,000: Abigayle Scott, Talia Moore, and Michaell Aguila
Estes Park Village Band & Jazz Big Band — $5,000: Grace Aldridge, Jr Hocker, Miles Wignal, and Gabe Elkinton
Estes Park Western Heritage — $10,000: Lillian Yager, Natalie Hernandez Rodriguez, Kelti Lockhart, Alexis Hennig, and Evan Marcantonio
Estes Park Woman’s Club — $4,000: Brinley Betts and Mica Bertucci
Estes Valley Board of Realtors — $3,000: Claire Phillips and Charlotte O’Sullivan-Blea
Estes Valley Land Trust Film Festival — $3,500: Brinley Betts and Natalie Hernandez Rodriguez
Estes Valley Sunrise Rotary — $24,000: Abigayle Scott, Matthew Harding, Evan Marcantonio, Isaac Hill, Jr Hocker, Max Edwards, Michael Putman, Alexis Hennig, Kelti Lockhart, Cooper Mendonca, Kylie McCreary, Grace Aldridge, Marli Davis, Olivia Boynton, Charlotte Holds, Lillian Yager, Claire Phillips, Alexis Rodriguez, Jade Ertl, Natalie Hernandez Rodriguez, Matthias Westley, Madi Davis and Willow Manning, and Charlotte O’Sullivan-Blea.
Fine Arts Guild — $6,000: Jr Hocker, Miles Wignal, and Grace Aldridge
Friends and Family of Dan Copeland — $3,000: Hanna Cousineau
Friends of Estes Park Health — $5,000: Fatima Ortiz
Kimberly Carlson Memorial — $5,000: Natalie Hernandez Rodriguez and Jade Ertl
Kiwanis Club of Estes Park — $2,000: Brinley Betts and Matthias Westley
League of Women Voters Estes Park — $2,000: Cooper Mendonca and Neva Case
Muriel L. MacGregor Charitable Trust — $10,000: Brinley Betts and Matthias Westley
PEO Chapter AV — $3,820: Hanna Cousineau
PEO Chapter GJ — $12,000: Kai Seaver, Lillian Yager, Madi Davis, Emily Hernandez Ortega, and April Martinez
PEO Chapter IY — $2,500: Madi Davis and Emily Hernandez Ortega
PEO STAR Award — $2,500: Hanna Cousineau
The Bull Pin — $500: Kylie McCreary
Rotary Club of Estes Park — $82,500: Lucy Franklin, Matthew Harding, Evan Marcantonio, Michael Putman, Miles Wignal, Brinley Betts, Hanna Cousineau, Mica Bertucci, Natalie Hernandez Rodriguez, Jillian Maxwell, Grace Aldridge, Matthias Westley, Kelti Lockhart, and Madi Davis, and Charlotte O’Sullivan-Blea
Some graduating students received more than one scholarship from different organizations. Individually, students heading off to college have received the following scholarship amounts:
Abigayle Scott – Front Range Community College – $4,750
Alexis Hennig – AIMS Community College – $8,000
Alexis Rodriguez – Pursuing a career in Culinary Arts – $1,000
April Martinez – Northeastern Junior College – $2,000
Artem Stepaneko – Front Range Community College – $3,000
Brinley Betts – University of Puget Sound – $23,500
Caitlin Seaver – University of Colorado Colorado Springs – $3,500
Charlotte Holmes – Colorado State University – $1,000
Charlotte O’Sullivan Blea – University of Colorado Boulder – $5,750
Claire Phillips – Colorado State University – $3,000
Cooper Mendonca – Colorado State University -$3,500
Emily Hernandez Ortega – Front Range Community College – $4,000
Evan Marcantonio – University of Colorado Boulder – $10,500
Fatima Ortiz Rojas – AIMS Community College – $5,250
Gabriel Elkinton – University of Montana – $3,750
Grace Aldridge – Nebraska Wesleyan University – $7,750
Hanna Cousineau – Montana State University – $21,820
Isaac Hill – Colorado State University – $2,500
Jade Ertl – Gap Year – $5,000
James Hocker – Michigan State University – $4,250
Jillian Maxwell – University of North Florida – $3,000
Kelti Lockhart – Colorado State University $11,000
Kylie McCreery Carter – University of Denver – $2,000
Lillian Yager – AIMS Community College -$6,500
Lucy Franklin – Benedictine College – $3,500
Madison Davis – Wyo Tech -$10,750
Marli Davis – McMurry University -$1250
Matthew Harding – Colorado State University – $5,500
Matthias Westley – Colorado Mesa University – $17,000
Max Edwards – Colorado State University – $1,000
Mica Bertucci – University of Vermont -$14,000
Michael Aguila – Front Range Community College – $3,000
Michael Putman – American Electrical Innovations – $5,500
Miles Wignall – Front Range Community College – $5,750
Natalie Hernandez Rodriguez – Front Range Community College – $21,000
Neva Case – Studying at a College in Europe- $2,500
Olivia Boynton – Gao Year – $1,250
Talia Moore – Grand Canyon University – $2,000
Willow Manning – AIMS Community College – $2,500