2025 College of Fellows Scholarship Winners Announced

Program seeks to recognize talented youth and future leaders from the extended SMACNA family.

SMACNA’s College of Fellows (COF) Scholarship Program identifies and recognizes academically talented youth and potential future leaders within the SMACNA extended family to provide opportunities to further their education and develop their talents as future leaders and positive contributors to our industry and society as a whole.

SMACNA’s College of Fellows 2025 scholarship recipients are:

College of Fellows – 4 years: $4,000
Ryan Daniels
Swartz Creek, MI

Madison Deck
Edwardsville, IL

Colin Welsch
Torrance, CA

Allison Van Sickle
Oregon City, OR

Timothy Van Sickle
Oregon City, OR

SMACNA – 4 years: $2,000

Liam Stecher
Ballwin, MO

Megan Jenquin
Mooresville, NC

Tkaya Samuels
Monrovia, CA

Elyse Wingertsahn
Mars, PA       

 

Felhaber Larson Endowed Scholarship – 1 year: $4,000

Nasir Samuels
Monrovia, CA

Ernest R. Menold Memorial Endowed Scholarship/SMCA Philadelphia – 1 year:  $5,000

Noah Binczewski
Philadelphia, PA

Harold R. Dills Memorial Endowed Scholarship/SMCA Oklahoma – 1 year: $2,000

Samuel Fett
Edmund, OK

Harold R. Dills Memorial Endowed Scholarship/SMCA Oklahoma – 1 year: $2,000

Owen Fett
Edmund, OK

William Craig and Teneen L. Dobbs Charitable Foundation Endowed Scholarship – 1 year: $3,000

Grant Hull
Evansville, IN

SMACNA St. Louis Chapter/Local 36 Endowed Scholarship – 4 years: $4,000        

Ruth Goldkamp
St. Louis, MO

SMACNA British Columbia Endowed Scholarship – 1 year: $2,000             

Jacob Charbonneau
Aldergrove, BC

SMACNA British Columbia Endowed Scholarship – 1 year: $2,000             

Lisa Clutchey
Surrey, BC

Robert Harris Endowed Scholarship – 4 year: $4,000       

William Terek
Peachtree City, GA

Florida SMACNA Endowment Scholarship – 4 year: $4,000        

Melanie Rojas
Jacksonville, FL

Lonnie Michael III
Grace Heaney
Livermore, CA

Marty and Vic Comforte Endowed Scholarship – 4 year: $3,000             

Alexis Walz
New Lenox, IL

Congratulations to our 2025 COF recipients!

For more information about SMACNA’s COF program and to learn about the criteria, visit our COF page.

 


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