Scholarship
2016 DYF Scholarship Recipients
Diamond Youth Foundation Scholarship Program - Eligibility requirements for 2016 were that student candidates needed to have a minimum cumulatitve grade point average of 2.75 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.
Amia Akwiwu
- Bartlett High School
- University of Kentucky
- Anthropology/Pre-Med
Jake AmRhein
- South Elgin High School
- Wayne State University
- Business
Jabari-Ture G. Brooks
- Whitney M. Young High School
- University of Miami
- Neuroscience
Jalen Cannon
- Plainfield East High School
- University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
- Sport Management
Kelsey Chantharasee
- South Elgin High School
- University of Iowa
- Pharmaceutical Sciences
Maya Dennis
- Oswego East High School
- The Ohio State University
- Biology/Pre-Med
Sydney Gates
- Joliet Catholic Academy
- Arizona State University
- Public Service & Public Policy
Maria Hill
- Walther Lutheran High School
- University of Wisconsin at Madison
- Pharmaceutical Sciences
Naki Jones
- Oswego East High School
- Aurora University
- Physical Therapy
DeShaun Laughlin
- East Aurora High School
- Eastern Illinois University
- Nursing
Tyra Lindsey
- Larkin High School
-University of Illinois at Chicago
- Business Administration
Franklin Montgomery
- East Aurora High School
- College of DuPage
- Physical Therapy
Tavis Reed
- Illinois Math & Science High School
- Washington University in St Louis
- Chemical Engineering
Mariah Robinson
- Batavia High School
- Illinois State University
- Political Science
Rhaya Vaughn
- Bolingbrook, High School
- Northern Illinois University
- Spanish
Bridgette Williams
- South Elgin High School
- Alabama State
- Chemistry/Pre- Law