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 $90,000 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.
We also make annual contributions to the Urban League Black Scholars Program, and the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated Leadership Development Institute.
Here is a list of past scholarship and book award recipients, including their high school and college/university.
2025 Recipients
Gerald L. Barbour Scholarship

Miles Cauthen
Ossining High School

Frederick D. Patterson Book Award

Austin Smith
White Plains High School

Frederick D. Patterson Book Award

Maison Smith
New Rochelle High School

WAEF
Book Award

Chase Gray
Harrison High School

WAEF
Book Award

Cory Williams
Walter Panas High School

2024 Recipients
Gerald L. Barbour Scholarship
Gerald L. Barbour Scholarship


Dylan Cole
New Rochelle High School
Rudolph Southwell III
New Rochelle High School


Frederick D. Patterson Book Award
WAEF
Book Award


Ryan Logan
Archbishop Stepinac High School
Anthony Santiago
Rye Neck High School


2023 Recipients
Gerald L. Barbour Scholarship

Gerald L. Barbour Scholarship

Hans Ade-Sackey Larsen
Rye Country Day School
Darrin Greaves II
New Rochelle High School

Frederick D. Patterson Book Award

Roymichael Brisport
Mount Vernon Steam Academy

Frederick D. Patterson Book Award

William Sears
New Rochelle High School

WAEF Book Award
WAEF Book Award


Edward Chavez
Peekskill High School
Richard Chacha
Peekskill High School
WAEF Book Award

Giovanni Lavaud
New Rochelle High School


WAEF Book Award

Michael Mc Ghee
Rye Country Day School




Josh Eriaku
Mamaroneck High School

Quincy Simmons
New Rochelle High School

Cristian Cruz
Lakeland Senior High School
2022 Recipients
Gerald L. Barbour Scholarship
Frederick D. Patterson Book Award
WAEF Book Award
WAEF Book Award
Shaun Hinds
Mount Vernon Steam Academy



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2021 Recipients
Gerald L. Barbour Scholarship
Frederick D. Patterson Book Award
WAEF Book Award

Muhamed Ka
Rye Country Day School



Nathaniel Fields
White Plains High School
Kelvin Smith
The Hun School of Princeton




