Scholarship Recipients

Several scholarships have been endowed by faculty, students, alumni and friends of the iSchool and are awarded to current students based on academic merit. We are pleased to share the well-deserving recipients of these endowed and donated scholarships, SJSU scholarships, and the ALA Spectrum Scholarship program.

Blanche Woolls Spectrum Scholarship

2025: Yolanda Sherman
2024: David Chou
2023: Kathrina Johnson
2022: Jessica Nombrano Larsen
2021: Hana Kadoyama
2020: Tabitha C. Hilliard
2019: Alejandra Alfaro
2018: Marie Faye Barrera
2017: Tova Joanna Johnson
2016: Suzanne Sannwald (Award Acceptance Video)
2015: Melissa Solis
2013: Charlotte King-Mills (Award Acceptance Video)
2012: Jade Torres-Morrison
2011: Jade Torres-Morrison
2010: Jessica Navarro
2009: Nancy L. Hilliard-Singh
2008: Teresa Mares

Faculty Scholarship

2025: Kate Uesugi
2024: Joann Im
2023: Dana Ellwood
2022: Shih Ying (Jessica) Lee
2021: Jillian Underwood-Jenkins
2020: Erin Fussell
2019: Courtney Hopkins
2018: Paizha Stoothoff
2017: Amy DiBello (Award Acceptance Video)
2016: Rebecca Leung
2015: Rochelle Ball
2014: Samantha Hein
2013: Charmetria Marshall
2012: Deborah Cooper
2011: Cynthia Cohen
2010: Virginia Velati
2009: Megan B. McDowell

Global Impact Scholarship

2025: Kate Uesugi
2024: Alexandra Juarez-Young
2023: Tabitha Hilliard
2022: Justine Kessler
2021: Brittany Butler
2020: Lauren Davidson
2019: Katie Olding
2018: Joy Peterson
2017: Felicity Murphy
2016: Joy Peterson
2015: Simon Lum

Graduate Student Scholarship

2025: Amanda Espinoza
2024: Taylor Bellitto
2023: Jennifer Volland
2021: Annalee Hickman
2020: Morgan Taylor
2019: Emily Mercer
2018: Kate Steffens
2017: Megan Pinheiro da Silva
2016: Tamarack Hockin (Award Acceptance Video)
2015: Jenny Clark
2014: Janine de Manda
2014: Ian Matzen

H.W. Wilson Scholarship

2025: Phillip Busacco
2024: Sara Russell-Scholl
2023: Jessica Lee
2022: Tabitha Hilliard
2021: Tabitha Hilliard
2020: Erin Fussell
2019: Brandi Veal
2018: Cassandra Smith
2017: Anita-Marie Martinez
2016: Tamarack Hockin (Award Acceptance Video)
2015: Becky Loveridge (Award Acceptance Video)
2014: Darren Ilett
2014: Simon Lum
2013: Lauren Reid (Award Acceptance Video)
2012: Brenda Sevigny-Killen
2011: Hoan-Vu Do
2010: David Brown
2009: Jonathan Paulo
2008: Raymond Wilson

Kaiser Permanente Medical Librarianship Scholarship

2023: Barbara Slover
2022: Barbara Slover
2021: Sarah Lounsbury
2020: Renee A. Torres
2019: Margaret Snyder
2018: Margaret Snyder
2016: Yael Hod
2015: Emily Agunod
2014: Barbara Delawska-Elliott
2013: Angela Medina
2012: Amy Moore
2011: Geralyn Marie Bodeker
2010: Sunny Sritongsook
2009: Elana Churchill
2008: Beverly Mcleod

Leppe Scholarship

2025: Abbie Swanson, Joy Metcalfe, Katie Burns, Dana Benelli, Sara Freeman
2024: Rachel Syme, Margaret Doud, Yolanda Chavez Sherman, Millicent Haggard, Jessica Horn
2023: Sarah Lewis
2022: Amanda M. Olson
2021: Stephanie Duran
2020: Carol Ng-He
2020: Christina Advento
2020: Michelle (Shelly) Sarfati
2020: Ahmed Jalloh
2019: Courtney Hopkins
2019: Amanda Cronkright
2019: Elizabeth Borges
2019: Shelby Silvernell
2019: Terry Schiavone
2018: Alejandra Alfaro
2017: Jessica Novak
2016: Anonymous
2015: Elvia Hernandez

Librarian Opportunity Scholarship

2025: Mirna Gutierrez Saucedo, Yolanda Sherman
2024: Ellis Boncuk, Joy Metcalfe, Alana Otis, Tabitha Hillard
2023: Diane Durham
2022: StarRose Keyes-Lebergott
2021: Carlos Bugarin
2020: Sophia Fernandez
2019: Erin Fussell
2018: Margaret Snyder
2017: Bintal Patel
2016: Amy Tollison (Award Acceptance Video)
2015: Sylvia Aguinaga
2014: Amanda Bethel (Award Acceptance Video)

Robert Ellett Scholarship

2025: Joy Metcalfe
2023: Felicia Maziarz
2017: Felicity Murphy
2017: James Tyner
2016: Martin McGinn
2016: Lauren Goss
2016: Anne Engelsen
2016: Terry Funk (Award Acceptance Video)
2015: Alicia Mangin
2015: Lisa Cheby
2014: Angela Di Tommaso
2014: Darnelle Melvin
2014: Darren Ilett
2014: Allison Murphy

Terry Crowley Scholarship

2025: Katie Burns
2024: Dana Ellwood
2023: Chelsea Eggli
2022: Chelsea Genack Eggli
2021: Nadia Atenea Montenegro
2020: Stephanie Duran
2019: Brandi Veal
2018: Sarah DeWitt
2017: Carina Langstraat
2016: Hoan-Vu Do
2015: Kayla Figard
2014: Jessica Bowman
2013: Robert LeMoine
2012: Jennifer Gibson
2011: Jeremy Hufton
2010: Juanita Carter
2009: Amy Lynn Sonnie
2008: Kelly Gordon

ALA Spectrum Scholarship Program

For information and application, see www.ala.org/advocacy/spectrum

2025 Spectrum Scholars

Gianna Brassil
Hazel Carias
Karina Dominguez
Mirna Gutierrez Saucedo
Amber Nicole Hilton
Wei Huang
Mavey Ma
Christina Newhard
Cat Tang
Oly Venzon
Ruby Zhu

2024 Spectrum Scholars

Alia Suad al-Ghabra
Ana Lizeth Balen
Karla Barreiro
Reyna Campuzano Scarfo
Marciela Garcia Serrano
Gabriela Jasso
Diana Iridian Manriquez-Rivera
Ana Laura Martinez
Aliyah Muhammad
Varinthorn Punakananda Nakkeow
Indira Nauth
Vanessa Lizette Rodrigson
Ina Marie Samuel
Michelle Sosa
Emily Chen Taina
Kate Uesugi
Lia Warner
Phoebe Yip

2023 Spectrum Scholars

Natali Carmona
David Ajustine Castro
Leah Choi
Kristen Flores
Brianna Morales
Christine Thuy Minh Nguyen
Louise Yu

2022 Spectrum Scholars

Marissa Arterberry
Rena Leticia Barlow (YALSA Scholar)
Elise Bernal (NCNMLG Scholar)
Anjali Bhat
Cinthya Hernandez
Jessica Hom
Kathrina Johnson (Elsevier Scholar)
Cristopher Vazquez Munoz (ProQuest Scholar)

See the: Scholarship Recipients Archive for older winners and awards no longer active.