Coke Scholars
December 7 2017
To celebrate Coca-Cola’s centennial in 1986, The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola bottlers came together to fund the Coca−Cola Scholars Foundation. This commitment to education enables the Foundation to support over 1,400 college students each year, with annual scholarships of $3.4 million through two nationally recognized programs on behalf of the Coca-Cola System.
The mission of the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation is to provide scholarship programs and lifelong enrichment opportunities in support of exceptional peoples’ thirst for knowledge and their desire to make a difference in the world.
This year, there were over 90,000 applicants from across the country, and 1,936 students qualified as semi-finalists. Coke Florida is proud to see that 80 of these scholars live within our bottling territory!
On behalf of Coke Florida, we’d like to congratulate the following semi-finalists in our region on this great achievement:
- Abel Gonzalez
- Adrianne Lee
- Alexa Burnston
- Alexander Shyne
- Alexandra Johni
- Alison Pager
- Andres Dones
- Angela Santalo
- Anna Marchus
- April Rubin
- Areti Papanikas
- Armand Ceniza
- Ashley Harris
- Brandon Truong
- Breauna Harvey
- Briana Berger
- Carlee Goldberg
- Caroline Strong
- Cassidy Proctor
- Christine O’Dowd
- Claudia Cabral
- Daisy Kim
- Daniel Romeu
- Daniel Iglesias
- Danielle Geathers
- David Bruno
- Donald Groh
- Emily Martinez
- Emma Skantze
- Enrico Bautista
- Erin Stidham
- ErrDaisha Floyd
- Eve Glenn
- Evely Forte
- Federick Gonzalez
- Gabriel Gonzalez
- Gabriella Carter
- Garrett Toenjes
- Grace Blair
- Grethel Aguila
- Hannah Howell
- Hannah Townley
- Jeremy Munkelwitz
- Jessica Diez
- Jessica Hecker
- Jonathan Soufia
- Julia Yu
- Julianna Chappell
- Kadesha Reynolds
- Katherine Carlo
- Kelly Woodford
- Kyle Singletary
- Luz Mata
- Matthew Christie
- Max Ranis
- Monica Arango
- Natalia Brown
- Nathan Rodriguez
- Nathaniel Manor
- Nicole Lew
- O’Liyah Wilson
- Patrick Wolfe
- Pierre Alsint
- Rebecca Jia
- Ricardo Aguila
- Robert Schofner
- Ron Cahlon
- Sagar Shah
- Samantha Perlman
- Samantha Roghaar
- Shangtao Wu
- Tarik Graham
- Tia Wynn
- Tiffany Gandhikumar
- Vayun Alapati
- Victoria Pappademetriou
They are currently submitting their Semifinalist applications to be reviewed by the foundation’s Program Reading Committee in January. After this review, 250 Semifinalists will advance as Regional Finalists, with 150 becoming Coca-Cola Scholars.