WVU dental school celebrates 2022 scholarship recipients

50 awards handed out

Congratulations to the September 2022 scholarship recipients at West Virginia University School of Dentistry. Special thanks to the contributors who help our future dentists and hygienists forge new paths to success. You can help fuel their rugged determination with your passionate support.

Donations can be made online at give.wvu.edu/dentistry.

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Melissa Carlson Armstrong Memorial Dental Hygiene Scholarship
Erin Chopak

Dr. Camillo Alberico Scholarship
Autumn Gossard

Norman H. and Nathan P. Baker Scholarship
Kent Digwe
Jaliyah Hubbard

Bouquot Scholarship for Excellence in Research
Bailey Aab
Ashley Faddis
Brittany Joseph
Lauren Srivastava

Thelma M. Boyers Scholarship
Bailey Aab
Kyle Bird
Allison Fritz
Cole Lanier
Logan Webb

Champe O. Butler Sr. Dental Scholarship
Brianna Bevil

Linda S. Edwards, RDH, BS, MS, Dental Hygiene Scholarship
Savannah Lahey

Michael Christensen, Thomas P. Patrick & William Shelton DDS Class of 1976 Scholarship
Laura Burrows

Dr. Clarence C. and Maxine D. Cottrill General Dentistry Scholarship
Dakota Bailey

Dr. John H. Dempsey Orthodontic Scholarship
Dr. Adam Rudmann

Dr. David G. Edwards Dental Scholarship
Austin Perdue

Dr. Patrick J. Farace Memorial Scholarship
Logan Webb

Margaret J. Epperly Endowment Scholarship
Darcie Trotter

*Dr. Richard L. & Dr. Edward E. Howard Scholarship
Thomas Stanley

Class of 1970 Dr. S. Phillip F. Farley Memorial Scholarship
Matthew Ogershok
Gregory Traver

Frieman/Wilner Dentistry Scholarship
Grant Hodges

Dr. Mohssen and Karen Ghalichebaf Cleft Lip/Palate Scholarship
Brittany Moleta

Ghareeb Dental Group Scholarship
Eamonn Cronin

James A. Griffin Scholarship
Dr. Leslie P. Wolford

Judith Grubb Dental Hygiene Scholarship Award
Lauren Burnside

John W. Hatcher Memorial Scholarship for Dentistry
Allison Fritz

Sabe Isaac and Rose Mary Howard Memorial Scholarship
Kyle Bird

Simon P. Hullihen Memorial Award
Cole Lanier
Nick Xie

Kanawha Valley Dental Society Scholarship
Bailey Aab

McMechen-Hock Family Scholarship for Dental Hygiene
Lauren Byrnside

Dr. Carl Lemley and Mary Eugenia Kennedy Family Scholarship
Carson Cochran

Dr. Matthew Mathias Scholarship
Samantha Phelix

Dr. Jeffrey Scott McCoy Memorial Dental Scholarship
Robert Gilbert

Momen Scholarship
Hunter Palmer
Samantha Phelix

Mary F. Sanders Memorial Dental Hygiene Scholarship
George Harris

Thomas P. Moore Dental Scholarship
Jason Collett

Othman Family Scholarship
Brittany Lewis

Panagakos Scholarship
Callaway Anderson
Alison Brooke King
Avery Smith

Ralph J. “Buck” Rutledge Dentistry Scholarship
Shelbey Groves

Lisa A. Smith Memorial Merit Scholarship
Megan Merritt

Dr. David E. Sheinkopf Scholarship
Kyle Rideout

Dr. Shellenberger Dentistry Scholarship
Ashley Faddis

Dr. Elliot Shulman Dental Scholarship
Blake Bachner

Skaff Family Scholarship
Austin Roop

Imbrogno Spears Scholarship
Allison Fritz

Boyd A. Smoot Memorial Scholarship
David Carvajal

Ann Vargo Rogers Scholarship
Kayla Clark

Dr. Frank Stevens Student Scholarship
Madison Anderson
Hillary Hainer

Anthony Nguyen
John Wilfong

John L. and Hazel L. Sutton Scholarship
Chance Shears
Madison Smith
Chelsea Workman

David C. Swann, DDS Class of 1980 Scholarship
Sydney Allman

*W. Christopher and Gina Ann Taylor Scholarship
Elizabeth Labuda

Margaret Howard Teeter Dental Scholarship
Jonathan Gore

Dr. Nancy Burton Waitkus Dental Scholarship
Sarah Spencer

Geraldine Core Willis Scholarship
Laura Burrows

West Virginia Dental Tuition Waiver
Adam Fleckenstein
Anna Hayton
Mays Ibraheem
Caitlin Murphy
Grace Myers
Logan Webb
Hunter Wright

WVU School of Dentistry Alumni Association Instrument Award
Sofia Karamolegkou

Dennis “PJ” Zickefoose Memorial Scholarship
Hunter Palmer