WAVE Scholarship Grant Winners Announced

For Immediate Release

Contacts: Tana Stenseng, 360.664.4232,

Lee Williams, 360.586.3321,

WAVE Scholarship Grant Winners Announced

OLYMPIA --- Forty-three KingCountystudents have received Washington Award for Vocational Excellence (WAVE) scholarship grants which will pay for two years of their postsecondary tuition (or other valid educational expense) in WashingtonState.

The 43 students recognized for their outstanding achievement, leadership, and community service in career and technical education are:(SEE attached list for names and schools)

Now in its 22nd year, WAVE (administered by the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board) honors three students in each of the state’s 49 legislative districts. Nominated by an instructor, each applicant then goes through a screening and selection process by a committee representing business, labor, education, government, and interested citizens.

More than 450 students annually apply for the award, which must be used at a public or private four-year institution, a community or technical college, or a private career school.

The Workforce Board is a state agency which advocates for the training and education needed for success in the 75 percent of jobs that do not require a baccalaureate degree. It also provides advice to the Governor and Legislature on workforce development policy, and is responsible for statewide planning, coordinating, and evaluating of Washington’s workforce training and education efforts.

King County WAVE Winners

Auburn

Alicia Market attends ThomasJeffersonHigh School.

Jenni Tipton attends SouthSeattleCommunity College.

Cayden Dedera attends AuburnSenior High School.

Bellevue

Chelsea Clarkson attends BellevueHigh School.

Leon Chan attends SammamishHigh School.

Janel Charlton attends Lake WashingtonHigh School.

Alison Hitchcock attends Lake WashingtonTechnicalCollege.

Bothell

Angela Chien Hsuen Chang attends InglemoorHigh School.

Burien

Heidi Duncan attends HighlineHigh School.

Ajla Aljic also attends HighlineHigh School.

Covington

Shree Wyman attends KentlakeHigh School.

FallCity

Mikaila Fulfs attends Mount Si High School.

Federal Way

Lynnette Bird attends HighlineCommunity College.

Greggory Metzler attends SeaTacOccupationalSkillsCenter.

Kent

Bret Lux attends Big BendCommunityCollege.

Kirkland

Katie Byrne attends BothellHigh School.

MapleValley

Sarah Engelhardt attends TahomaSenior High School.

Mill Creek

Chanvichet Eng attends JacksonHigh School.

Mountlake Terrace

Gracie Mehle attends BellevueCommunity College.

Preston

Brandy Koonce attends RentonTechnicalCollege.

Redmond

Tyler Henselman attends EastlakeHigh School.

Renton

Michelle Nguyen attends CharlesA.LindberghHigh School.

Stacy Davis attends HazenHigh School.

Anna Menghini attends SeattleCentralCommunity College.

SeaTac

Alyssa Sheih attends Global Connections High School/Tyee campus.

Jessica Turner attends Green RiverCommunity College.

Seattle

Ngoc Le attends EvergreenHigh School.

Mike Sancrant attends SouthSeattleCommunity College.

Keiko Sasaki attends RentonTechnicalCollege.

Joel Cochran attends NorthSeattleCommunity College.

Buu Huynh attends RooseveltHigh School.

Andrew Santos-Johnson attends RentonHigh School.

Tracy Wu attends Seattle Vocational Institute at SeattleCommunity College.

Christine Henrickson attends Seattle Vocational Institute.

Katrina Nelson attends JamesA.GarfieldHigh School.

Tianyin Zhu attends IngrahamHigh School.

Chloe Dillon attends NathanHaleHigh School.

Chance Kennedy attends ShorelineCommunity College.

Sara Nausner attends ShorecrestHigh School.

Shoreline

Josh Middleton attends ShorelineCommunity College

Staci Walsh attends ShorewoodHigh School.

Tukwila

Cheri Hans attends HighlineCommunity College.

Woodinville

Cory Mayberry attends Lake WashingtonTechnicalCollege.

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