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Past Scholarship & Book Award Recipients

 

Since 2001, the Westchester Alphas Educational Foundation, Inc. and the Eta Zeta Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has awarded over $70,000 in scholarships and book awards to young men of color who graduate from Westchester County, NY high schools and who attend 2- or 4-year accredited colleges and universities. Here is a list of past scholarship and book award recipients, including their high school and college/university.

2022 Recipients

Gerald L. Barbour Scholarship

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Frederick D. Patterson Book Award

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Josh Eriaku

Mamaroneck High School

Shaun Hinds

Mount Vernon Steam Academy

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WAEF Book Award

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Quincy Simmons

New Rochelle High School

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WAEF Book Award

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Cristian Cruz

Lakeland Senior High School

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2021 Recipients

Gerald L. Barbour Scholarship

Frederick D. Patterson Book Award

WAEF Book Award

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Kelvin Smith WAEF 2021 scholarship winne

WAEF Book Award

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Muhamed Ka

Rye Country Day School

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Nathaniel Fields

White Plains High School

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Kelvin Smith

The Hun School of Princeton

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Kyle Shepherd

ArchbishopStepinac High School

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2020 Recipients

Gerald L. Barbour Scholarship: Jarrett Lloyd (Peekskill High School, University of Maryland)

WAEF Book Award: Cameron Davis (Port Chester High School, Georgia Institute of Technology)

WAEF Book Award: Enoc Guartambel (Peekskill High School, Fordham University)

WAEF Book Award: Enzi Dabner-Teacher (Hackley School, Trinity College)

2019 Recipients

Gerald L. Barbour Scholarship: Henry McCants (White Plains HS, Morehouse College)

WAEF Book Award: Drey-Sean Haynes (Nellie A. Thornton HS, Morehouse College)

WAEF Book Award: John Mata-Collantes (Ossining HS, University at Buffalo)

WAEF Book Award: Anthony Minyard (The Stony Brook School, SUNY Purchase)

WAEF Book Award: Wesley Nyambi (Woodlands HS, University of Connecticut)

WAEF Book Award: Thomas Petluck (Ossining HS, Cornell University)

WAEF Book Award: Jabari Wilkins (Saunders Trade and Technical HS, Culinary Institute)

2018 Recipients

Gerald L. Barbour Scholarship: Garrison Eatmon (White Plains HS, Cornell University)

WAEF Book Award: Robert Chacha (Peekskill HS, Binghamton University)

WAEF Book Award: Gordon Evans (Peekskill HS, Manhattanville College)

WAEF Book Award: Chidozie Olewuenyi (Rye Country Day School, University of Pennsylvania)

2017 Recipients

Gerald L. Barbour Scholarship: Joseph Martinez (Saunders Trade and Technical HS, Cornell University)

WAEF Book Award: Shams Elbardissy (Rye Country Day School, Duke University)

WAEF Book Award: Jose Pimentel (Peekskill HS, Georgia Tech)

WAEF Book Award: Isaiah Ptaszynska-Simpson (Mamaroneck HS, Babson College)

2016 Recipients

Gerald L. Barbour Scholarship: Brice Fils-Aime (Iona Preparatory School, University of Maryland - College Park)

WAEF Book Award: Lander Arpi (Peekskill HS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

WAEF Book Award: Rohan Cassell (The Harvey School, Temple University)

WAEF Book Award: Hassan Muhammad (Walter Panas HS, Babson College)

2015 Recipients

Gerald L. Barbour Scholarship: Akibo Watson (Woodlands HS, Binghamton University)

WAEF Book Award: Triston Ortiz (Rye Country Day School, Wesleyan University)
WAEF Book Award: Enoch Penney-Laryea (Tuckahoe HS, Union College)

WAEF Book Award: Darien Pierce (Archbishop Stepinac HS, Howard University)

2014 Recipients

Gerald L. Barbour Scholarship: Cheikh Thiam (Yorktown HS, University of Maryland - College Park)

WAEF Book Award: Sterling Fite (Peekskill HS, The Culinary Arts Institute of America)

WAEF Book Award: Ivan Iton (Ossining HS, Utica College)

WAEF Book Award: Sergio Molina (Peekskill HS, Rochester Institute of Technology)

 

2013 Recipients

Gerald L. Barbour Scholarship: Corey Dean (Walter Panas HS, Cornell University)

WAEF Book Award: Brian Aguilar (Palisades Preparatory HS, Binghamton University)

WAEF Book Award: Stephen Bozier (New Rochelle HS, Brown University)

WAEF Book Award: Aaron Daughtrey (White Plains HS, Syracuse University)

 

2012 Recipients

Dr. Benjamin I. Dyett Memorial Scholarship: Emele Uka (Archbishop Stepinac HS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Albert & Emma Williams Book Award: Neil Pauling (New Rochelle HS, Tufts University)

Eta Zeta Lambda Book Award: Stefhan O'Connor (New Rochelle HS, Manhattan College)

 

2011 Recipients

Dr. Benjamin I. Dyett Memorial Scholarship: Carlos Rodriguez (New Rochelle HS, Pennsylvania State University)

Eta Zeta Lambda Book Award: Juliano Cerri (Port Chester HS, Westchester Community College)

Eta Zeta Lambda Book Award: Jamar Brown (Lincoln HS, Brown University)

 

2010 Recipients

Dr. Benjamin I. Dyett Memorial Scholarship: Malcolm Reid (Briarcliff HS, Princeton University)

Eta Zeta Lambda Book Award: Adrien Merveille (White Plains HS, Syracuse University)

Eta Zeta Lambda Book Award: Gregory Pennamon (Salesian HS, University of Rochester)

 

2009 Recipients

Dr. Benjamin I. Dyett Memorial Scholarship: Alex Martin

Eta Zeta Lambda Book Award: John Tibbs

Eta Zeta Lambda Book Award: Julian Caldwell

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