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Scholarship

2014 DYF Scholarship Recipients

Diamond Youth Foundation Scholarship Program - Eligibility requirements for 2014 were that student candidates needed to have a minimum cumulatitve grade point average of 2.5 or better, based upon a 4.0 grade scale. Primary consideration was given to students residing in the Northwestern, Western and Southwestern suburbs of Chicago.
Brittany Carson

- South Elgin High School

- 4.87 (Weighted) /4.0 GPA, 30 ACT

- University of Missouri at Columbia

- Biochemistry

Christopher Fragosa

- Bolingbrook High School

- 3.64 (Weighted) /4.0 GPA, 23 ACT

- Northern Illinois University

- Accountancy

 

Ashley Givhens

- Joliet Catholic Academy

- 4.16 (Weighted) /4.0 GPA, 22 ACT

- Hampton University

- Biology/Pre-medicine

Malik Hughes

- Waubonsie Valley High School

- 3.60 (Weighted) /4.0 GPA, 23 ACT

- Northern Illinois University

- Electrical & Computer Engineering

Jessica Porter

- Neuqua Valley High School

- 3.69 (Weighted) /4.0 GPA, 25 ACT

- University of Missouri at Columbia

- Journalism

Lauren Ransom

- Plainfield East High School

- 3.95 (Weighted) /5.0 GPA, 22 ACT

- Howard University

- Psychology

Devonte Sanders

- Bolingbrook High School

- 3,31 (Weighted) /4.0 GPA, 20 ACT

- North Central College

- Electrical Engineering

Malcolm Smith

- Bolingbrook High School

- 4.40 (Weighted) /4.0 GPA, 29 ACT

- University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign

- Pre-Physical Therapy

  

Tyler Smith

- Plainfield South High School

- 4.00 (Weighted) /5.0 GPA, 24 ACT

- Morehouse College

- Psychology

James Weaver, IV

- Bolingbrook High School

- 3.38 (Weighted) /4.0 GPA, 23 ACT

- Hampton University

- Business Administration

Taylor Withers

- South Elgin High School

- 4.22 (Weighted) /4.0 GPA, 23 ACT

- University of Illinois at Chicago

- Biochemistry

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