The East Lyme Scholarship Association has announced its 2022 awards. The following students have been awarded scholarships:

Ritisha Ande, East Lyme Teachers Association Award, $2,000

Alaric Anderson, Charles and Elena Perrotti Memorial Scholarship, $400; Kelsey Harrington Foundation Scholarship, $400; Dana C. Harkins Memorial Scholarship, $300

William Anglin, Kyle M. Fedors Memorial Scholarship, $1,000

Noelle Avena, Leo McNamara Memorial Scholarship, $1,000

Justin Berg, James W. Lyons III Scholarship, $750

Isabella Bogue, Maribeth Stone and Ann Jordan Memorial Scholarship, $1,000

Matthew Bradley, Edward Dzwilewski Memorial Scholarship, $500; Ruth Cole-Chu Scholarship $500

Sophia Cambi, The Education Foundation Scholarship (in memory of Christie Spencer Stevens), $500; James W. Lyons III Scholarship, $750

Richard Chen, Captain Jason Hamill Memorial Scholarship, $1,000; Peter E. Mitchell Memorial Scholarship, $1,000

David Chung, Brown and Brown of Connecticut Scholarship, $500; Donald M. Bloom Memorial Scholarship, $500

Jonathan Dowd, Niantic Center School P.T.A. Award, $500

Madeline Fraser, Flanders Fish Market/Donna Formica Memorial Scholarship, $1,000

Delanie Fresco-Hawes, East Lyme Administrator’s Scholarship, $750; Ruth Cole-Chu Scholarship, $300

Mason Gallo, Brian Dagle Foundation Scholarship, $1,000

Sophia Gannoe, East Lyme High School Student Scholarship (Class of 2019/2020), $1,000

Kayla Gartsu, East Lyme Ambulance Scholarship (in memory of Ruth and Fred Johnson), $1,000

Anthony Gesino, ELHS Student Senate Award, $500

Isabella Gesino, Edward G. Stanton Memorial Scholarship, $300; Jeffrey A. McNamara Scholastic Award, $300; John D. Ripley Memorial Scholarship, $300

Jenny Guo, Niantic Lions Club Memorial Scholarship, $1,500

Nicole Hahn, Dwight Everett Schutt Memorial Award, $500; Joan and Eugene Schultz Education Memorial Scholarship, $500

Ryan Huang, Niantic Lions Club Memorial Scholarship, $1,500

Abigail Jorgensen, ELHS Faculty Award, $1,200

Aditya Kabra, John J. Morris Memorial Scholarship, $1,000; Sally Curtin Memorial Scholarship, $1,000

Jamie Kim, The Southeastern CT Organization for Racial Equity (SCORE) Scholarship $1,000

Alicia Lin, Chelsea Groton Bank Scholarship, $500; Southeastern Connecticut Chinese Community Scholarship, $500

Grace Liu, Waterford Women’s Club Scholarship, $700

Iris Liu, Guy L. and Mildred Gada Memorial Scholarship, $500; J&B Tackle Tournament Award $500

Evan Lombardo, Ethan Rhodig Memorial Scholarship, $10,000

Anna Lu, Suzannah Beth Amdur Memorial Scholarship, $4,000

Cailyn Maiolo, Kristofer Lawrence Getty Memorial Scholarship, $500; Salem Parent Teachers Organization Award $500

Alison Martin, Women in STEM Scholarship, $1,500

Bayla McCaffrey, Niantic Rotary Community Service Scholarship, $5,000

Thomas McGrath, East Lyme Rowing Association Scholarship, $500; Lillie B. Haynes PATH Award (in memory of Linda Horowitz and Sarah Fenick), $500

Kathryn Monarca, Daryl Blonder Memorial Scholarship, $500; East Lyme Democratic Town Committee Scholarship (in memory of Michael Pray), $500

Ethan Moore, ELHS National Honor Society Award (in memory of Pamela Nowak), $2,000

Ethan Novick, East Lyme Teachers Association Award, $2,000

Jesse Oloski, Michael J. Siebert Scholarship, $1,300

Isabelle Papuga, Lucy Schuman Niantic Center School Scholarship, $2,000

Kaci Pierce, East Lyme Administrator’s Scholarship, $750

Shannon Pierce, Elisha Miller Trust Scholarship, $400; French Honor Society Scholarship, $300; John Cutillo Jr. Memorial Scholarship, $300

Alexandra Refsnider, American Legion Post 128 Scholarship, $500; McCrabb Scholarship for Entrepreneurship/Alternative Post-Secondary Education, $500

Mariah Riley, Catherine and John Vincent Scholarship, $1,000

Greta Schwartz, East Lyme Scholarship Association, $500

Tenzin Sermo, East Lyme Art League, $500; Kevin Ward Robbins Memorial Scholarship, $300

Jennie Sherwood Women in STEM Scholarship, $1,500

Yurina Shirai, Women in STEM Scholarsip, $1,500

Mikayla Stahl, East Lyme Rowing Association Scholarship, $500; Flanders School P.T.A. Award, $500

Ilyas Syed, Marcus Worthington Memorial Scholarship $1,000

Jillian Sylvester, East Lyme Board of Selectman Government Studies Award, $1,000

Paige Tangney, Christopher A. Phelan Scholarship, $2,000

Sachi Vora, East Lyme Middle School PTA Award, $500; ELHS Class of 2019 Graduation Party Award (in memory of Austyn Salafia), $500

John Walsh, American Legion Post 128 Scholarship, $500; Niantic Center School P.T.A. Award, $500

Riley Walsh, Luch Schuman Niantic Center School Scholarshi $2,000

Kevin Yang, Harlan Mower and Agnes Mahan Sturgis Scholarship, $500; Shoreline Leos Club Scholarship $500

Xingyang Zhang, Ann B. Peck Memorial Scholarship, $1,000

Edison Zheng, East Lyme Teachers Years of Service Scholarship $500; La Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica $500

The East Lyme Scholarship Association (ELSA) is a 501(c)(3) corporation. Although legally independent of East Lyme High School, the association’s primary purpose is to administer and annually distribute scholarship funds to selected members of the senior class at East Lyme High School. The association consists of a maximum of 12 directors who represent the towns of East Lyme, Salem and East Lyme High School

The association relies on donations from the public for all its scholarship funds. Of the approximately 75 scholarships awarded each year, about one-half were established as memorials to individuals. The remainder are donations from businesses, professions, civic organizations, service clubs and the educational community of East Lyme and Salem. Donors who contribute $500 or more are entitled to name the scholarship and to provide reasonable criteria to be used by the Association in awarding the scholarship. Among the criteria that are included in the scholarships awarded this year are: financial need, academic achievement, stated intention to follow a certain career path, significant community service, and participation in extracurricular activities.

To be considered for a scholarship, students must submit an application, which includes a 300-word essay, and participate in an interview with the ELSA directors. Generally, we receive twice as many applicants as we have funds to award. The directors work very hard to select deserving students who best meet the various criteria provided by our donors.

Donations are being accepted now for next year’s scholarship fund. Please forward to: ELSA, Inc., P.O. Box 190 Niantic, CT 06357.