The National Collegiate Cancer Foundation is honored to announce its 2025 scholarship winners, bringing the total to 825 scholarship winners since launching twenty years ago! NCCF was established to provide services and support to young adults whose lives have been impacted by cancer and who have continued with their education throughout treatment and beyond.
2025 Legacy Scholarship Awardees
The National Collegiate Cancer Foundation supports all young adults and their families affected by cancer. While we continually celebrate those living with and through the disease, the sobering reality is that not all will young adults diagnosed with cancer survive. Furthermore, many young adults are also impacted by cancer through a parent’s diagnosis or loss. NCCF Legacy Scholarship was launched to assist young adults pursuing education who have lost a parent or guardian to cancer. The Legacy Scholarship is made possible by a partnership with the Steinau family in honor of their dear friend Jenn Carter, who passed away from breast cancer in 2008 but wanted to ensure that her children could attend college.
NCCF is pleased to announce the winners of our 2025 Legacy Scholarships:
• Jennifer Cardoza- CUNY School of Law
• Montala Carruthers- University of Iowa
• Vincent Cataldo- Suny New Paltz
• Marjana Cerri- University of Florida
• Ayana Goldring- Morgan State University
• Ashley Hernandez- St. Edwards University
• Annah Hickey -Not Yet Decided
• Catelyn Laney- Texas A&M University
• Sawyer LeFevre- Not Yet Decided
• Joshua LeHockey- University of Florida
• Avarie Mays- Not Yet Decided
• Chinaza Munonye- University of South Florida
• Sara Pross- New England Law
• Samantha Rodriguez – Texas A&M University
• Sophia Rubel- Not Yet Decided
• Carmen Salazar- New York Medical College
• Kendall Strathman- Not Yet Decided
2025 Survivor Scholarship Awardees
The Survivor Scholarship honors the legacy of NCCF founder Dan Waeger. Through his example, Dan challenged others to be active in their own lives — to be proactive, to be a participant, to be accountable, and to be willing to make a meaningful difference in the world. We are grateful to uphold his legacy through our scholarship programs.
We are pleased to announce the winners of our 2025 Survivor Scholarships:
• Brielle Aguila (Torii)- University of Washington
• Marilyn Allison- Angelo State University
• Deanna Amoriello- Drexel University
• Machado Anderson- University of Washington
• Alyson Arenholz- University of Kansas
• Camryn Armes- Texas Tech University
• Margaret Baker- Duke University
• Amy Baker- Curry College
• Ryan Black- University of California Berkeley
• Tiffany Bystra- University of Texas Medical Branch
• Jacobo Dantus- Claremont Graduate University
• Sofia DiVagno – Indiana University
• Sofia Escobar- Cal Poly Pomona
• Malia Everett- Georgia Institute of Technology
• Sarah- Finton- The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
• Jason Fisher- Not Yet Decided
• Luca Fornataro- Not Yet Decided
• Sydney Friel- Marquette University
• Evan Gates- University of Southern California
• Olivia Gerakios- Florida State University
• Cole Hanson- Saint John’s University
• Quiera Harris- Hood College
• Maggie Hart- University of Oklahoma
• Kaleolani Ilac- UCLA
• Sambhav Jain- Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
• Anis Jaouad- West Chester University
• Faith Jones- Texas A&M commerce
• Jetta Kaimachiande- Georgia College and State University
• Jessica Kicza- High Point University
• Eli Kwait- Cornell University
• Ashley Martincic- The Ohio State University
• Justin Mathews- University of Central Florida
• Hoang Nguyen- Georgia state university
• Nicole Oliveira- Rhode Island college
• Nichole Palsen- Lincoln Land Community College
• Luke Parliament- Grand Valley State University
• Thomas Pena- Florida Gulf Coast University
• Kevin Penrose- Columbia Law School
• Jacob Pham- University of Idaho
• Abigail Plonka- University of Michigan
• Kata Portik-Gergely- Cosmix Makeup School
• Angelina Prog-Oregon State University
• Sophia Quintana- Tulane University
• David Raney- Youngstown State University
• Taylor Ratliff Syracuse University
• Rose Lynn Reed- California State University, Long Beach
• Cade Rex- Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
• Noor Rifai- Western University of Health Sciences
• Isaac Robertson- University of Nebraska Medical Center
• Jesssica Rohm- Washington State University, Elson S Floyd College of Medicine
• Diana Rojas- Molloy University
• Patricia Schmitz- Not Yet Decided
• Chloe Schoeneweis- Slippery Rock University
• Ian Scroggs- Not Yet Decided
• Kevin Tingey- Brigham Young University
• Erin Tschida- University of Wisconsin
• Lana Turner- University of Alabama
• Samantha Witterstauter- Northern Arizona University
• Keira Woods- Penn State University
• Bruno Zegarra- University of Oklahoma