Rotary Club honors students

At 16, Rachel Bervell is the youngest member of the Kamiak High School senior class scheduled to graduate next month.

Her intelligence, work ethic and challenging class load helped her get into Harvard University where she’ll be on a pre-med track next fall with plans to focus on molecular biology, neuroscience and psychology.

Becoming a doctor reflects her life-time interest in science. As a kindergartner, she had her own make-believe animal hospital.

“The play hospital spurred my passion for human science,” she wrote in her scholarship application. “Years have passed since my animal hospital closed; my toys now live sedentary lives on the shelf, yet I still dive into the mysteries of health.”

Bervell was one of 36 students to be awarded a Rotary Club of Everett scholarship Tuesday that will help her pursue her dreams. The service club handed out nearly $230,000 Tuesday.

That’s down slightly from 2008 when the club handed out $244,000.

One of eight National Merit Scholarship finalists from her school, she received $2,000 Tuesday that, along with several other scholarships, will be used to pay for her college.

“It all helps,” she said.

Tuesday’s banquet brought together a mix of students — those who excelled in the classroom and in their community and others who overcame hardships — from high schools in the Everett, Mill Creek and Mukilteo areas.

Rotary members said there were many worthy candidates.

“You wish you had $10 million to give,” said Larry O’Donnell, a member of the club’s scholarship committee.

Here are the other scholarship winners:

Mary Anderson, a senior at Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy High School, received a $5,000 Everett Clinic scholarship. An actress in school productions, she once played a dancing napkin and plans to study nursing at Seattle University. “I believe it is my vocation to help others,” she said. “Living with an autistic twin brother has given me a lot of insight on how much help I can give.”

Cameron Bailey, a Stanwood High School senior, received a $2,000 Bernie Webber scholarship. The award-winning artist plans to attend the Maryland Institute College of Art where he hopes to major in illustration, painting or art history.

Mariner High senior Mariah Beardsley received an $8,250 scholarship from Evergreen State Heat &AC. She plans to study to become a dental hygienist. She volunteers with a food bank and was a student ambassador for the People to People organization.

Jennifer Beck, an Everett High School senior, received a $5,000 Evelyn Hoffman scholarship. She plans to study Spanish and education in college. The school’s bowling team captain envisions becoming a teacher or a translator.

Henry M. Jackson High School student Colin Bundschu received a $16,000 Anthony G. Bozich scholarship. He plans to major in engineering at Harvey Mudd College. He holds a 4.0 GPA and is involved in HiQ, math club and the FIRST Robotics Team.

Sarah Carratt, a senior from Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy High School, received a Puget Sound Kidney Centers scholarship for $5,000. The pre-med student plans to study biology at Loyola Marymount University. She’s been president of the school’s Spanish and spirit clubs, helping raise money for children in Guatemala and for prostate cancer awareness. Carratt has volunteered as a nurses’ aide with medically fragile children at the Children’s Country Home.

Henry M. Jackson High School senior Colin Chang received a $3,000 Moss Adams scholarship. He plans to study business administration and statistics at the University of Washington. He has earned all A’s in school while taking numerous advanced-placement classes, including chemistry, physics, calculus and English literature.

Sequoia High School senior Kayla Conkling received a $2,000 scholarship from Tiz’s Door Sales. She plans to attend the International Air and Hospitality Academy and study to become a flight attendant. She has won awards for her stained glass art and is active in several school leadership groups.

Henry M. Jackson High School senior Dagney Crivell plans to attend the UW and major in engineering. She’s in the top 10 percent of her class and was described by counselor Leslie Tucker as being a “dedicated, super-involved, great young lady.”

Everett High School student Karlee Deatherage received $4,000 in a scholarship from the Ed Hansen family. Deatherage has been accepted to Western Washington University where she will major in environmental science. Deatherage was the girls’ cross country captain for her school.

Cascade High School student Leslie-Ann Delfin received a $16,000 Anthony G. Bozich scholarship. Delfin plans to attend Seattle University and major in civil and environmental engineering. Her honors include: Superintendent Scholar Award Nominee, Everett Rotary Club Student of the Month, recipient of Clarence Tiessen Award from the Elks Foundation, and Outstanding Math Student.

Sara French, a senior from Everett High School, received a Laurie Ivens Memorial scholarship for $15,000. She plans to study physical therapy at the UW. She’s editor of the school’s yearbook, captain of the cheerleading squad and worked at Ray’s Drive-In last summer.

Kamiak High School student Brandon George received a $4,000 Hol Mabley/Gamut360 Holdings scholarship. He plans to major in engineering at Seattle University. He was one of 225 high school juniors throughout Washington to be selected to compete in the Washington Aerospace Scholars Program in 2007. A varsity soccer player, he works at the Mukilteo Public Library and six to 10 hours a week as a Lynnwood Police Explorer.

Sno-Isle Tech Skills Center student Philip Gerou received $2,000 in a scholarship from Dwayne Lane Auto Centers. Gerou hopes to attend the UW this year and major in computer sciences. During his second year at Sno-Isle, Gerou completed his A+ Certification.

Everett High School senior Ruben Guerrero won a $4,000 scholarship from Evergreen State Heat &AC. He plans to study automotive programs at Renton Technical College and music production at Shoreline Community College. Guerrero leads the band at City of Refuge Hispanic Church and dreams of producing music and opening his own recording studio.

Karla Hansen, a senior at Mariner High School, received a $2,000 Fred Sjoholm scholarship. She plans to study business at Gonzaga University. She plays softball and volleyball and is active in school leadership.

Mariner High School senior Shauna Harth received $4,000 from the Suskin Foundation. She hopes to attend Washington State University and get a degree in veterinary medicine. Harth has worked as an unpaid intern for a veterinarian and at Willows Edge Farm, where her counselor Catherine Jeffcoat said Harth received a glowing report for her hard work with the horses.

Archbishop Murphy High School senior Collin Huggins received $5,000 from the Botesch, Nash &Hall scholarship. Huggins, the student body president, plans to attend the UW or Gonzaga University to study engineering with a goal of becoming an architect.

Cascade High School senior Enna Hun received a $10,000 scholarship from Frontier Bank. She plans to attend the UW and hopes to become a pediatrician. She took up gymnastics a year ago and felt she has found her niche. “Gymnastics has given me confidence and shown me that I should try different things,” she wrote in her scholarship application.

Mariner High School salutatorian Inwoo Lee received a $6,000 Donna Johnson scholarship. He plans to study cinematography and political science as part of the UW’s honors program. Lee was the senior class president and captain of the tennis team.

Kamiak High School senior Fiona Kwok received $12,000 from the Loren R. Baker scholarship. She plans to attend the UW and major in biochemistry. Kwok was praised by counselor Sarah Flynn as being a dedicated, compassionate and well-rounded student leader at her high school. “She has a phenomenal personality highlighted by an infectious smile and keen awareness of the needs of others,” Flynn wrote.

Everett High School student Alysia Letourneau received a $16,000 Anthony G. Bozich scholarship. Letourneau plans to major in engineering at the UW. The tennis team captain and Ultimate Frisbee Club president has been awarded many honors, including Washington State Scholar 2009, NASA Space Grant Scholar 2009 and American Association of University Women recognition in Technology 2008.

Ally Lund, an Everett High School senior, received an Adelaide Dykstra scholarship for $1,200. Lund plans to study elementary education at WSU. For her senior project, she job shadowed a nutritionist. She also has taught Sunday school at her church and volunteered serving food once a month at a homeless shelter.

Cascade High School senior Muzdah Malik received an $8,000 Sanford Wright Sr. scholarship. She plans to attend the UW and major in either biology or astronomy. Although not settled on a career choice, she is interested in medical research and wants to always continue to learn.

Meagen McKlevey, an Everett Community College student, received a Pearl Ballew Memorial scholarship for $4,000. She plans to study nursing at Everett Community College. She is balancing motherhood, school and work.

Cascade High School student Brian McPartland received $16,000 in a Anthony G. Bozich scholarship. He plans to attend Everett Community College and work toward a degree in engineering. He was honored with the Outstanding Student Award for Biology in his sophomore year, Outstanding Student Award for Algebra 2-Trigonometry in his junior year, and held a 4.0 GPA in his junior year. McPartland enjoys playing baseball, baby-sitting and working as a handyman.

Cascade High School senior Rakeb Million received a $5,000 scholarship from the Providence Foundation. She plans to attend the UW and wants to study neurobiology. She immigrated to the U.S. from Ethiopia 13 years ago. She said in her scholarship application that she sees education as a way improve not only her life but the lives of others around her. She wants to one day join Doctors Without Borders and return to Ethiopia to help in that country.

Kamiak High senior Daniel Oh received a $4,000 Rubatino Refuse Removal scholarship. A swimmer and pianist, Oh also makes pizza and takes orders in his family’s Mountlake Terrace restaurant. He plans to study sociology and human resources.

Suzy Olsen, a senior at Everett High School, received a Brett Jensen Memorial scholarship for $8,000. She plans to study elementary education at Pacific Lutheran University and has a good head start, having been a Sunday school teacher, math club tutor, soccer coach, baby-sitter and children’s museum volunteer. She envisions joining the Peace Corps and working in a refugee camp.

Jessica Pattison, a senior at Sequoia High School, received an EverTrust Foundation scholarship for $6,000. She plans to study nursing at Everett Community College. She has held jobs as a grocery clerk and a restaurant and has helped her mom serving elderly dementia patients.

Everett Community College and Marysville-Pilchuck High School student James Randall received $2,000 from the Pat Miller scholarship. He plans to attend Brigham Young University this fall and hopes to study mechanical engineering. A decorated Boy Scout, Randall once was on a camp out with his troop when they asked who would be interested in rappelling off a 140-foot cliff. Most of the boys agreed, but later backed out. Randall, who was then 12, wrote it was one of the scariest things he tried, but he would do it again.

Henry M. Jackson High School student Benjamin Todd received a $4,000 scholarship from Perteet Engineering. Todd plans to study engineering or science at Stanford University. He has a 4.0 GPA and has been an officer of the math club and president of Jackson’s HiQ team. He also was Jackson’s varsity soccer captain this year.

Everett Community College student Choong Min James Um received a $5,500 Fluke Corp. scholarship. Um became fascinated by physics when he read about Albert Einstein and the theory of relativity. He hopes to attend the UW next year and major in physics.

Mariner High School senior Bonnie Vo received $4,000 from the Suskin Foundation. She plans to attend the UW and become either a pediatrician or pharmacist. She is described as an ambitious self-starter who took several advanced-placement courses. “This student will make a great pediatrician,” wrote counselor Cathernie Jeffcoat. “She also speaks three languages.”

Owen Witek, an Everett High School senior, received a $7,000 Jackson Foundation Scholarship. He plans to study political science in college at Middlebury College in Vermont. The senior class vice president has a deep interest in politics.

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