We are thrilled to congratulate the 2021 Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholars! Seventy-two high-achieving community college students received the prestigious scholarship this year, and 63 are Phi Theta Kappa members — nearly 88 percent of them.
Presented by The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (JKCF), this highly competitive national transfer scholarship awards students up to $40,000 a year to complete their bachelor’s degrees. More than 1,300 students from 370 community colleges applied for the scholarship. See the full list of winners and read JKCF’s announcement.
PTK’s 2021 Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholars are:
ARIZONA
Dien Nguyen – Glendale Community College
CALIFORNIA
Tatiana Butte – San Diego City College
Haya Chehada – Cerritos College
James Crawford – Mount San Jacinto College
Omar Garcia – Fullerton College
Christina Greenwood – Victor Valley College
Patricia Hernandez-Beltran – College of the Desert
Preston Hong – Saddleback College
Lucia Huerta – San Diego City College
Christine Nguyen – Los Angeles City College
Thien Nguyen – Orange Coast College
Valia Oliva – Saddleback College
Gerald Richardson – Moorpark College
FLORIDA
Kalid Gawon – Miami Dade College
Diana Gonzalez – Miami Dade College
Charly Gutierrez Jimenez – Santa Fe College
Donna Nestor – St. Petersburg College
Estefano Reyes – Miami Dade College
Laura Santos – Miami Dade College
GEORGIA
Awa Cisse – Georgia Perimeter College
Gideon Melvin – Georgia Perimeter College
ILLINOIS
Dalin Eap – City Colleges of Chicago: Wilbur Wright College
Jennifer Haggerty – Lincoln Land Community College
Renee King – City Colleges of Chicago: Harry S. Truman College
Kaming Leung – City Colleges of Chicago: Harold Washington College
Ricardo Martinez – Prairie State College
Amir Noormohammad – City Colleges of Chicago: Wilbur Wright College
Huan Phan – City Colleges of Chicago: Wilbur Wright College
Samiha Syed – College of DuPage
Precious Taiwo – City Colleges of Chicago: Harry S. Truman College
LOUISIANA
Shaina Kaye – Delgado Community College
MARYLAND
Amira Cooper – Howard Community College
Nick Tracy – Montgomery College
MICHIGAN
Tala Alahmar – Oakland Community College
Deidre Mitchell – Grand Rapids Community College
Jailynn Sprewer – Gogebic Community College
MISSISSIPPI
Riley Cleveland – Pearl River Community College
Quindalin Harper – Pearl River Community College
Diana Salinas – Itawamba Community College
Kyle Simpson – Pearl River Community College
MISSOURI
Wadzanai Ndambakuwa – Cottey College
NEW JERSEY
Adoum Allamine – Hudson County Community College
Bekim Bruka – Bergen Community College
Genesis Capellan – Bergen Community College
Ignacio Leon – Bergen Community College
Laila Metwaly – Bergen Community College
Pedro Moranchel – Hudson County Community College
Zilla Tofte – City University of New York: LaGuardia Community College
NEW YORK
Bianca Braun – Westchester Community College
Abdoul-hanane Gbadamassi – City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College
Altrim Mamuti – City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College
OREGON
Susie Cray – Linn-Benton Community College
TENNESSEE
Savannah Stover – Volunteer State Community College
TEXAS
Fizza Afreen – Lone Star College System
Rachel Aquino – Lone Star College System
Ferdinando Castro Gonzalez – Dallas College, Richland Campus
Daysi Duarte Benito – Lone Star College System
Brayan Gutierrez – Lone Star College System
Saddy Khakimova – San Jacinto College
Kathryn Price – Lone Star College System
Aren Yoon – San Antonio College
WASHINGTON
Ki Ahn – Bellevue College
Noah Nguyen – Shoreline Community College
