Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation announces recipients

CAMP PENDLETON – The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation held an announcement ceremony at the Pacific View Events Center on Camp Pendleton on July 24 for this year’s awards.

Military parents make legendary sacrifices every day for the greater good of this country and having the ability to send their children to college should not be one of them. However, as military families continue to work to provide for their family, college tuition continues to outpace the income of the average military family with college costs having inflated by 121 percent since 2002, outdoing that of both medical care (63 percent) and food (41 percent).

Which is why the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, the nation’s oldest and largest provider of need-based scholarships to military children is focused on honoring Marines through educating their children.

This year, the foundation will award more than $6.59 million in scholarship funding to a record breaking 2,194 Marine children for the 2014-15 academic year, totaling nearly $90 million since its inception 52 years ago. Of those 2,194 scholarships, 211 recipients are students from and/or attending a California university.

Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Scholarship Recipients from Fallbrook and Camp Pendleton:

Last Name : First Name : Major : Intended School

Ankney : Nevin : Chemistry, general : MiraCosta College

Aquino : Ellyssa : Physical therapy : California State University-San Marcos

Arroyoarroyo : Vanessa : Health and medical sciences - other : California State University-San Marcos

Charron : Jonathan : Arts - history, theory, and criticism - other : Mt. San Jacinto College

Charron : William : Arts - history, theory, and criticism - other : Mt. San Jacinto College

Chavez : Erin : Business - other : Professional Golfers Career College

Coba : Amy : Pre-medicine : MiraCosta College

Coba : Andrew : Civil engineering : San Diego State University

Contreras : Juan : Computer sciences : California State University-Fullerton

Dayea : Tabitha : Physical therapy : University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Desopo : Santino : Physics : Palomar College

Dixon : Eric : Biology : College of the Holy Cross

Dominguez : Leilani : Business - other : Chaffey College

Femat : Rebecca : English language and literature - other : University of Connecticut

Flores : Brandon : Chemistry, general : Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Gomez : Karina : English language and literature : North Carolina State University

Harris : Britni : Marine biology : University of New England

Harris : Elizabeth : Business management - other : Mt. San Jacinto College

Hernandez : Evangelina : Political science and government : University of San Diego

Hernandez : Marisa : Animal sciences : West Texas A and M University

Kelly : Abigayle : Psychology : California State University-Fullerton

Kirk : Paige : Nursing : University of California-Riverside

Lowe : Layna : International relations : University of California-San Diego

Lowe : Maya : Public health : San Diego State University

Madril : Victoria : Neurosciences : Ohio State University

Martinez : Emily : Nursing : Notre Dame de Namur University

McCulloh : Kaitlynn : Business administration and management : University of California-Riverside

Nesbit : Arik : Computer sciences : Saddleback College

Padron : Miranda : Political science and government : California State University-San Marcos

Permito : Regan : Biology : Gonzaga University

Ramsey : Sydney : Counseling psychology : Palomar College

Roffler : Seth : Business administration and management : San Diego Mesa College

Ryan : Cole : Health and medical sciences – other : University of Colorado-Colorado Springs

Sanchez : Elleine : Psychology : California State University-San Marcos

Schmitz : Kalissa : Psychology : Point Loma Nazarene University

Seamans : Leena : English language and literature : California State University-Long Beach

Shew : Raymond : Law : MiraCosta College

Wade : Mckenna : Medical sciences : Claremont McKenna College

White : Justin : Marketing management and research : MiraCosta College

Williams : Morgan : Business administration and management : Park University