2023 Truman Finalists

The Truman Foundation’s Finalist Selection Committee selected 199 students from 133 institutions to interview with the Foundation’s Regional Review Panels between March 2nd and April 4th. In 2023, the Foundation received 705 applications from 275 institutions.

Alabama
Nashville - Monday, March 20, 2023
Madeleine Dotson
University of Mississippi

Mauryce Thomas
Fisk University

Alaska
Seattle - Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Eve Downing
Northwestern University

Sarah Mickelson
University of Texas-El Paso

Katherine Scoggin
University of Alaska-Anchorage

Arizona
Phoenix - Monday, March 13, 2023
Sami Al-Asady
Arizona State University

Beyonce Bahe
Northern Arizona University

Jordan Harb
Arizona State University

Sky Harper
Drexel University

Manuel Lewis
Arizona State University

Aaliyah Moore
Bates College

Arkansas
Nashville - Monday, March 20, 2023
Keeley Ausburn
Hendrix College

Anna Mathis
University of Arkansas

California
San Francisco - Friday, March 10, 2023
Kami Arabian
Dartmouth College

Rukmini Banerjee
Claremont McKenna College

Anushree Chaudhuri
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cooper Desmond
Williams College

Lucia Gonzalez
University of Pennsylvania

Trevor Klein
Claremont McKenna College

Yasmine Mabene
Stanford University

Sandrien Mekany
San Diego State University

Joelle Min
Claremont McKenna College

Abnner Olivares
Yale University

Jasmine Yee
University of Portland

Colorado
Denver - Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Daniel Cieraszynski
University of Denver

Isobel Dernlan
United States Air Force Academy

Nizhoni Hatch
Colorado State University

Natalie Keller
University of Oklahoma

Natalia Storz
University of Colorado

Connecticut
Boston - Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Andreina Barajas Novoa
Southern Connecticut State University

Abby Dziura
Fordham University

Samantha Gove
University of Connecticut

Delaware
Philadelphia - Monday, April 3, 2023
Mariama Bah
Lafayette College

Shreeya Parekh
University of Delaware

District Of Columbia
Washington DC I - Friday, March 3, 2023
Amiri Nash
Brown University

Ricardo Sheler
New York University

Iona Volynets
Syracuse University

Florida
Atlanta - Friday, March 17, 2023
Sofia Godoy
Yale University

Emma Hudson
American University

Jonah Kotzen
Boston College

Dewayne Martin
Hamilton College

Machaela Parkin
Columbia University

Jason Puwalski
Florida State University

Georgia
Atlanta - Friday, March 17, 2023
Colin Hall
Georgia College & State University

John H. Lee
Georgia Institute of Technology

Elizabeth Markwick
Colgate University

Audrey McNeal
Barnard College

Mael-Sanh Perrier
Georgia Institute of Technology

Guam
Washington, DC III - Thursday, March 2, 2023
Christian Gyles Ramos
University of Guam

Hawaii
San Francisco - Friday, March 10, 2023
Travis Chai Andrade
Princeton University

Rina Nagashima
Scripps College

Idaho
Seattle - Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Cheyon Sheen
Boise State University

Caitlin Vasko
Boise State University

Illinois
Chicago - Friday, March 24, 2023
Leilani Fonseca
University of Michigan

Ethan Ostrow
University of Chicago

Irena Petryk
Northwestern University

Indiana
Chicago - Friday, March 24, 2023
Irasema Hernandez Trujillo
University of Notre Dame

Nidhi S. Krishnan
Washington University

Chendi Liu
Georgetown University

August Trepanier
Purdue University

Iowa
Kansas City - Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Gabrielle Chiodo
Saint Louis University

Max Gorden Mercer
Coe College

Kansas
Kansas City - Wednesday, March 22, 2023
JJ Briscoe
New York University

Nicholas Kennedy
University of South Dakota

Hattie Polson
Kansas State University

Caleb Sampson
Hillsdale College

Bridget Schippers
University of Notre Dame

Claire Walther
Colorado State University

Kentucky
Nashville - Monday, March 20, 2023
Klemmer Nicodemus
University of Louisville

Kevli Sheth
Centre College

Kamron Spivey
Washington and Lee University

Kotomi Yokokura
University of Kentucky

Louisiana
Austin - Monday, March 6, 2023
Luz Escobar Zapata
Villanova University

Ethan Jeffus
Louisiana Tech University

Derick Mejia Torres
Wake Forest University

Tay Moore
Louisiana State University

Maine
Boston - Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Amarachukwu Ifeji
Northeastern University

Niko Malhotra
Williams College

Harrison Wilson
Tufts University

Maryland
Washington, DC II - Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Adina Cazacu-De Luca
Columbia University

Nadim Oubenali
Georgetown University

Michael Solomon
University of Southern California

Caroline Thorne
University of Maryland College Park

Abigail Ward
United States Naval Academy

Kathryn Yurechko
Washington and Lee University

Massachusetts
Boston - Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Maya Elsner
Mount Holyoke College

Arielle Galinsky
Tufts University

Joseph Monaco
Amherst College

Sarah Roberts
Smith College

Michigan
Chicago - Friday, March 24, 2023
Steven Driest
University of Michigan

Yasmine Elkharssa
University of Michigan

Will Ellsworth
Claremont McKenna College

Jeren Ghoujeghi
Wayne State University

Spencer Good
Michigan State University

Mónica Ruiz House
University of Chicago

Minnesota
Saint Paul - Monday, March 27, 2023
Bob Atkinson
Yale University

Sami Banat
Macalester College

Joseph Ramlet
Augsburg University

Jalen Travis
Princeton University

Mississippi
Nashville - Monday, March 20, 2023
Maisie Brown
Jackson State University

Courtney Cochran
Mississippi State University

Missouri
Kansas City - Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Grace Carter
Stanford University

Sophie McAdara
University of Arkansas

Luke Zahnd
William Jewell College

Josiah Zeigler
Baylor University

Montana
Seattle - Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Andee Baker
Montana State University-Bozeman

Lucille Rath
Franklin & Marshall College

Nebraska
Denver - Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Shruthi Kumar
Harvard University

Scarlett Wedergren
American University

Carter Yost
University of Minnesota

Nevada
Phoenix - Monday, March 13, 2023
Zachary Billot
University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Dana Oshiro
Cornell University

New Hampshire
Boston - Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Jonathan Weinberg
University of New Hampshire

New Jersey
Philadelphia - Monday, April 3, 2023
Calvin Bell III
Morehouse College

Hamza Choudhry
Rutgers University

Haleigh Pine
Washington University

Maddison Van Der Mark
Rutgers University

New Mexico
Phoenix - Monday, March 13, 2023
Lizbeth Olivarez
University of New Mexico

Andrew Schumann
University of New Mexico

New York
New York - Friday, March 31, 2023
Malhaar Agrawal
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Alex Crego
Baylor University

Alexander DelFranco
Amherst College

KT Fitzgerald
State University of New York-Binghamton

Grant GianGrasso
University of Virginia

Samiha Islam
State University of New York-Buffalo

Ayesha Khan
CUNY City College

Abie Rohrig
Columbia University

Jolecia Saunderson
Brandeis University

Scott Siegel
Cornell University

Michael Sobol
University of Pittsburgh

North Carolina
Washington, DC I - Friday, March 3, 2023
Maya Ghanem
Duke University

Taylor Gwynne
Oberlin College

Caroline Hoover
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Isabel Huesa
Washington University

Ka'ai Imaikalani I
Syracuse University

Martayn Van de Wall
United States Military Academy

Aubrey Wieberg
University of Dallas

North Dakota
Saint Paul - Monday, March 27, 2023
Anchee Nitschke Durben
Saint Catherine University

Ohio
Washington, DC II - Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Alex Abreo
Ohio State University

Rohit Kataria
Vanderbilt University

Cameron Tiefenthaler
Miami University

Oklahoma
Denver - Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Hailey Hoog
University of Arkansas

Meg Jackson
Oklahoma State University

Ainsley Martinez
University of Central Oklahoma

Corbin Walls
University of Oklahoma

Oregon
Seattle - Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Luda Isakharov
University of Oregon

Kavi Shrestha
University of Oregon

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia - Monday, April 3, 2023
Connor Barrett
Swarthmore College

Steven Berit
University of Maryland College Park

Brandon Bixler
Penn State University

Steven Chen
University of Pennsylvania

Jason Hess
Youngstown State University

Madelynn Lederer
University of Pittsburgh

Gibreel Mami
Temple University

Puerto Rico
San Juan - Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Andrés Arocho
University of Rochester

Laith Awad Mohamad
University of Rochester

Bryan Meléndez-García
University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez

Rafael Montero
Haverford College

Lara Santana
Georgetown University

Rhode Island
New York - Friday, March 31, 2023
Lina Al Taan Al Hariri
University of Rhode Island

Katie Riedy
University of Rhode Island

South Carolina
Atlanta - Friday, March 17, 2023
Travis Johnson
Harvard University

Bradford Singer
Washington and Lee University

South Dakota
Saint Paul - Monday, March 27, 2023
Carter Linke
University of South Dakota

Jonathon Sundet
Liberty University

Caleb Swanson
University of South Dakota

Caleb Weiland
University of South Dakota

Tennessee
Nashville - Monday, March 20, 2023
Skyler Chauff
United States Military Academy

Denise Geronimo
Colorado College

Ambria Williams
New York University

Texas
Austin - Monday, March 6, 2023
Michael Arellano
Boston University

Margot Duque
University of Texas-San Antonio

Clayton Elbel
Texas AM University

Emily Grantham
Smith College

Quincy Martin
University of Texas 

Paulina Morales
Bowdoin College

Ingrid Piña
University of Texas

Kaitlyn Vana
Baylor University

Addie Mae Villas
New York University

Utah
Phoenix - Monday, March 13, 2023
Mimi Goldstein
Duke University

Adam Johnson
Brigham Young University

Benvin Lozada
University of Utah

Vermont
Boston - Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Catherine Kish
Middlebury College

Claire Montgomery
New York University

Virginia
Washington, DC l - Friday, March 3, 2023
Tarina Ahuja
Harvard University

Kirthi Kumar
University of California-Berkeley

Emily Robertson
Longwood University

Washington
Seattle - Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Jonathan Kwong
University of Washington

Nathan Loutsis
University of Washington

Dane Sherman
University of Notre Dame

Pieter Van Wingerden
Claremont McKenna College

West Virginia
Washington, DC II - Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Chloe Bailey
Shepherd University

Olivia Dowler
West Virginia University

Azeem Khan
West Virginia University

Garrison Phillips
West Virginia University

Wisconsin
Saint Paul - Monday, March 27, 2023
Joleece Pecore
University of Minnesota

Rosalie Powell
University of Wisconsin-Madison

David Whittingham
Tufts University

Wyoming
Denver - Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Malea Bauer
University of Utah

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