This Mensch Prize for scholarship was established in 1996 and is awarded yearly to an outstanding senior at Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix, AZ. The amount of the award is $1000.
Recipient List
- 1996 Melissa A. Parish -> California Institute of Technology
- 1997 Anne Hazlinger -> University of Notre Dame (Chemical Engineering)
- 1998 Carlotta Holland -> ASU Honors College/College of Engineering
- 1999 Danielle Guffrey -> University of Arizona Honors College (Biology, Neuro- oncology)
- 2000 Stephanie Lynch -> University of Virginia
- 2001 Jennifer Michalicek -> MIT
- 2002 Samantha Starrett -> Northwestern
- 2003 Amy Baum -> Stanford
- 2004 Emily Weissinger -> Princeton
- 2005 Brittni Johnson -> Stanford
- 2006 Leigh Kathleen Harris -> Amherst (Neuroscience)
- 2007 Hannah Kosinski -> University of Arizona
- 2008 Ashley Cruz -> Syracuse University (Mechanical Engineering)
- 2009 Megan Linders -> Regis University (Biology degree as first step to becoming a Thoracic surgeon)
- 2010 Samantha Pettit -> Loyola Marymount or UofA (Civil Engineering)
- 2011 Kristen Gadzik -> Barrett Honors College at ASU (Environmental studies and French)
- 2012 Stephanie Bone -> Barrett Honors College at ASU (Environmental Engineering)
- 2013 Miranda Leon -> Northwestern University (Electrical Engineering)
- 2014 Payton Cadien -> Creighton University (Pre-Med)
- 2015 Areta Buness -> Stanford University (Bio-Medical Engineering)
- 2016 Katherine Russell -> George Mason University (Environmental Science)
- 2017 Emily Wood -> Washington University in St. Louis ( Neurobiology)
- 2018 Anna Abraham > ASU Barrett Honors College (Engineering,Psychology and Ethics)
- 2019 Maria Boby > ASU Barrett Honors College (Biomedical Sciences)
- 2020 Mikki La > ASU Barrett Honors College (Computer Science with focus on artificial technology
- 2021 Isabella Hutchinson > ASU (Computer Science)
- 2022 Daisy Maldonado > ASU (Sustainable Architecture)
- 2023 Mia Feix > Fordham (Psychology/Pre-Med)