Fellowship Recipients

Where available, links are provided to press coverage of award recipients and their interests. Explore and imagine what you might do if you were to apply for the same award!

Also note, some past recipients have generously made their application essays available to future Wesleyan applicants. Find those on the Application Essay Examples page (Wesleyan login required for access).

2024

Cycle still in progress - the below entries reflect awards announced thus far

Kanders Churchill Scholarship for Science Policy
Sophie Wazlowski, Class of 2022 (alternate)

Also:
1 Marshall Scholarship finalist
1 Rhodes International finalist

2023

Boren Scholarship
Eli Siegel-Bernstein, Class of 2025, Jordan (declined)

Critical Language Scholarship
Henry Leighton, Class of 2025, CLS Spark, Chinese
Mika Zapf, Class of 2025, Korean
Natasha Muromcew, Class of 2026, Korean (declined)

Fulbright US Student Program Grants Awarded in 2023
Nick Bowman, Class of 2022, Fulbright Masters Degree Award, Israel
Lizzie Edwards, Class of 2021, English Teaching Assistant, Thailand (declined)
Margalit Katz, Class of 2022, English Teaching Assistant, Mexico
Ben Levin, Class of 2023, English Teaching Assistant, Czech Republic
Emily McDougal, Class of 2023, English Teaching Assistant, Argentina
Anna Tjeltveit, Class of 2023, English Teaching Assistant, Germany
Mariah Saunders, Class of 2023, English Teaching Assistant, Cambodia (alternate)
Betsy Zaubler, Class of 2021, Fulbright-Aalto University Graduate Award (alternate)

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
Garrett Groesbeck, PhD Candidate, Japan

Gilman Scholarship
Julia Augustyn, Class of 2025, Brazil

Goldwater Scholarship
Aaron Berson, Class of 2024
Jessica Luu, Class of 2024

Watson Fellowship
Jocelyn Velasquez Baez, Class of 2023

Also:
2 CLS alternates
20 Fulbright semifinalists
1 Rhodes semifinalist

2022

Fulbright US Student Program Grants Awarded in 2022
Alexandra Prendergast, Class of 2020, English Teaching Assistant, Belgium
Alphina Kamara, Class of 2022, English Teaching Assistant, Zambia
Andrew Finkelman, Class of 2022, English Teaching Assistant, Spain
Anna Marti, Class of 2022, English Teaching Assistant, Greece
Justin Kim, Class of 2019, Research: Creative & Peforming Arts (Filmmaking), South Korea
Lizzie Edwards, Class of 2021, English Teaching Assistant, Turkey (declined)
Sarah Backer, Class of 2022, English Teaching Assistant, Taiwan (declined)

Goldwater Scholarship
Anna Fehr, Class of 2023

Watson Fellowship
Livia Cox, Class of 2022

Schwarzman Scholarship
Anna Nguyen, Class of 2022

2021

Beinecke Scholarship
Zubaida Bello, Class of 2022

Critical Language Scholarship
Megan Levan, Class of 2022

Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grants Awarded in 2021
(due to COVID, we list grants offered rather than grants accepted)
Susannah Greenblatt, Class of 2016, Research (Creative Writing), Spain
Mira Guth, Class of 2018, Research, Norway
Ji Yoon Park, Class of 2021, English Teaching Assistantship, South Korea  
Lupita Sanchez, Class of 2020, English Teaching Assistantship, Taiwan
David Vizgan, Class of 2021, Research, Denmark
Edward Yanez, Class of 2021 (alternate)
Lizzie Edwards, Class of 2021 (alternate)

Rhodes Scholarship International
Fitzroy (Pablo) Wickham, Class of 2021 (for Jamaica)

Also:
9 Fulbright semi-finalists

2020

Beinecke Scholarship
Katerina Ramos-Jordán, Class of 2021

Critical Language Scholarship (program canceled)
Elizabeth Edwards, Class of 2021
Megan Levan, Class of 2022

Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grants awarded in 2020
Inayah Bashir, Class of 2020, English Teaching Assistantship, Kenya
Abraham Kipnis, Class of 2019, Graduate Study, Finland
Nicole McCann, Class of 2018, Research, Kenya
Jed Munson, Class of 2019, Arts, South Korea
Anthony Price, Class of 2020, English Teaching Assistantship, Netherlands
Ananya Subrahmanian, Class of 2018, Binational Internship, Mexico
Afrah Boateng, Class of 2020 (alternate)
Gustavo Sanabria, Class of 2019 (alternate)

Goldwater Scholarship
Thomas McKenzie-Smith, Class of 2022

Watson Fellowship
Inayah Bashir, Class of 2020
Luka Lezhanskyy, Class of 2020

Also:
1 Rhodes finalist
8 Fulbright semi-finalists

2019

Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grants Awarded in 2019
Amad Amedy, Class of 2019, Research, Spain
Emma Distler, Class of 2019, English Teaching Assistantship, Italy 
Ulysses Estrada, Class of 2017, Binational Internship, Mexico
Jordan Legaspi, Class of 2019, English Teaching Assistantship, Taiwan
Stephanie Loui, Class of 2014, English Teaching Assistantship, Thailand
Ellie Martin, Class of 2016, English Teaching Assistantship, Colombia (did not apply through Wesleyan)
Katelin Murray, Class of 2019, English Teaching Assistantship, Spain
Emma Porrazzo, Class of 2019, English Teaching Assistantship, Taiwan
Hai Lun Tan, Class of 2018, English Teaching Assistantship, Taiwan (declined)
Rachel Yanover, Class of 2019, English Teaching Assistantship, Nepal (declined)

Goldwater Scholarship
Nate Gillman, Class of 2020

Rhodes International Scholarship
Claudia Kahindi, Class of 2018 (for Kenya)

Schwarzman Scholarship
Sophie Zinser, Class of 2016

Watson Fellowship
Momi Afelin, Class of 2019
Justin Kim, Class of 2019

2018

Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grants
Isabella Banks, Class of 2015, Graduate Study, Netherlands
William Tyner, Class of 2013, Nat-Geo Storytelling, Romania

Luce Scholarship
Casey Herrick, Class of 2016

2017

Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grants
Claire Brady, Class of 2015, Research, Jordan
Jennifer Cascino, Class of 2017, Research, Spain
Sarah Altemus Cullen, Class of 2016, Research, Chile
Warren Enstrom GRAD, Creative Arts, Sweden
Rob Roth , Class of 2014, English Teaching Assistantship, Colombia
Shourjya Sen, Class of 2015, English Teaching Assistantship, Laos
Sophie Zinser, Class of 2016, Research, Jordan

Goldwater Scholarship
Maya Lopez-Ichikawa, Class of 2018

2016

Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grants
Leah Bakely, Class of 2016, English Teaching Assistantship, Spain
Stephanie Blumenstock, Class of 2016, English Teaching Assistantship, France
Abigail Gruppuso, Class of 2016, English Teaching Assistantship, Taiwan
Tenzin Kyisarh, Class of 2016, English Teaching Assistantship, Thailand
Colfax Phillips, Class of 2016, Research, Jordan
Nellie Triedman, Class of 2013, Research, Chile
Emily Weinstock-Collins, Class of 2016, English Teaching Assistantship, Spain

Keasbey Scholarship
Claire Wright, Class of 2016

Mitchell Scholarship
May Treuhaft-Ali, Class of 2017

Watson Fellowship
Noah Hamlish, Class of 2016
Chando Mapoma, Class of 2016