Scholarships
November 7, 2024
Meninak Leadership Grants
College scholarships in the form of one-time grants are provided to area high school seniors. Winners are chosen from participants in Youth Leadership Jacksonville, a non-profit organization dedicated to developing leadership potential in high school students throughout Northeast Florida.
| Year | First Name | Last Name | High School | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jack | Blasbalg | Ponte Vedra | Florida State |
| 2024 | Mya | Darby | Westside | FAMU |
| 2024 | Landry | Kelley | Christ's Church | UF |
| 2024 | Kennedy | Murphy | Stanton | FSU |
| 2024 | Gift | Omo-Erigbe | Bishop Snyder | University of South Florida |
| 2024 | Mason | Baptist | Bishop Snyder | Auburn |
| 2024 | Leila | Davis | Wolfson | Clemson |
| 2024 | Madison | Mescall | Middleburg | UNF |
| 2024 | Rachel | Moore | Fletcher | FSU |
| 2024 | Taylor | Thigpen | St. Johns Country | Notre Dame |
| 2023 | Taylor | Frazier | River City Science | FSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Diego | Knowles | Episcopal | Georgi Tech |
| 2023 | Dorothy | Kowkabany | Sandalwood | University of Alabama |
| 2023 | Cathleen | Kivett Smith | Ridgeview High | UCF |
| 2023 | Kaitlin | Stallings | Sandalwood | UCF |
| 2023 | Jeanley | Boursiquot | Paxon | Princeton |
| 2023 | Kendall | Ford | Stanton | Universilty of North Carolina |
| 2023 | Scott | Logan | Fleming Island | UF |
| 2023 | Joseph | Rainbolt | Wolfson | Johns Hopkins |
| 2023 | Brady | White | Fleming Island | UF |
| 2022 | Zhane" | Bell | Paxson | UF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Abigail | Fixel | Mandarin | Barnard College |
| 2022 | Jessica | Malosh | Stanton | UF |
| 2022 | Elijah | Tillema | Fleming Island | UF |
| 2022 | Ian | Wilkinson | Bolles | Auburn |
| 2022 | Zharia | Bowles | Riverside | Tuskegee |
| 2022 | Da'Moni | Kelly | Mandarin | UF |
| 2022 | Gabrielle | Kowkabany | Sandalwood | Alabama |
| 2022 | Juliana-Elize | Manalang | Ridgeview | UNF |
| 2022 | Taylor | Richardson | Bolles | Spelman |
| 2021 | Kennedy | Hill | Raines | FAMU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Deyona | Burton | Robert E. Lee | FSU |
| 2021 | Ayanna-Rose | Gray | Douglas Anderson | LSU |
| 2021 | Donald | Kohla | Episcopal | Princeton |
| 2021 | Corey | Udell | Ponte Vedra High | UNC |
| 2021 | Elie | Haddad | Mandarin | UF |
| 2021 | Ellie | Rosenau | St. Johns Country | Berry College |
| 2021 | Garrison | Washington | Episcopal | FSU |
| 2021 | Neha | Sonthi | Stanton | Georgia Tech |
| 2021 | Caroline | Guiler | Douglas Anderson | Air Force Academy |
| 2020 | Anna | Ceballos | Mandarin High | University of North Florida |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Michael | Chen | Ridgeview High | MIT |
| 2020 | Kehinde | Sogbesan | Bolles School | Florida State University |
| 2020 | Ronak | Venkata | Stanton College Prep | University of Miami |
| 2020 | Lauren | Wilkerson | Paxon Advanced | Vanderbilt University |
| 2019 | Rachel | Bitutsky | Stanton | Yale |
| 2019 | Adrienne | Hendley | Ribault. | Jacksonville University |
| 2019 | Lucia | Macchi | Bishop Kenny | University of Pennsylvania |
| 2019 | Ally | Richardson | Baker County | University of Central Florida |
| 2019 | Emma | Towler | Douglas Anderson | University of Florida |
| 2018 | Diamond | Boston | Raines | Florida State University |
| 2018 | Elizabeth | Fox | Ponte Vedra | Notre Dame |
| 2018 | Jene' | Lawson | Ribault | University of North Florida |
| 2018 | Sophie | Newman | Ponte Vedra | Cornell |
| 2018 | Christina | Demps | Darnel Cookman | University of Florida |
| 2017 | Rachel | Blaydes | Bishop Kenny | University of Florida |
| 2017 | Kush | Desai | Atlantic Coast | University of Florida |
| 2017 | Isaac | Ricks | Terry Parker | University of Florida |
| 2017 | Natalie | Starr | Ridgeview | University of Florida |
| 2017 | Ryan | Udell | Ponte Vedra | Rice |
| 2016 | Meklit | Daniel | Stanton | Willams College |
| 2016 | Catherine | Maige | Bishop Kenny | Auburn |
| 2016 | Eleanor | Marshall | Keystone Heights | University of Tampa |
| 2016 | Ravi | Patel | Stanton | University of Florida |
| 2016 | Robert | Williams | Orange Park | Florida Southern |
| 2015 | Brandon | Canaday | Nease | University of Florida |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Harold | Geddies | Darnell Cookman | Florida State University |
| 2015 | Camila | Rodriguez-Rojas | Stanton | University of Miami |
| 2015 | Grace | Shepherd | Episcopal | Duke |
| 2015 | Sleksandra | Skrypko | Wolfson | Florida State University |
| 2014 | Alexis | Brown | Stanton | University of Florida |
| 2014 | Savannah | Goodman | Douglas Anderson | Duke |
| 2014 | Andri | Kokoshi | Nease | Duke |
| 2014 | Malcom | Mcgee | Ribault | University of Florida |
| 2014 | Alexis | Scardasis | Clay | University of Central Florida |
| 2013 | Andrew | Blocker | Ponte Vedra | Washington Lee |
| 2013 | Chase | Brannan | Baker County | Florida Gateway |
| 2013 | Adriana | DiMare | Bishop Kenny | University of Florida |
| 2013 | Tuongvan | Le | Stanton | Harvard |
| 2013 | Ashley | Myers | Sandalwood | University of Florida |
| 2012 | Adia | Adkins | Fleming Island/FSU | Florida State College Jacksonville |
| 2012 | Jonathan | Jenkins | St. Joseph | University of Central Florida |
| 2012 | Amy | Nicotra | Fleming Island. | Florida State University |
| 2012 | Zoe | Sieber | Darnell Cookman | University of Florida |
| 2012 | Jaryd | Tamares | Bishop Synder | University of Florida |
| 2011 | Yi | Luo | Paxon | Washington Lee |
| 2011 | Russell | Rollins | Fleming Island | Georgia Institute |
| 2011 | Tre'Ellis | Scott | Douglas Anderson | Duke |
| 2011 | Aubrey | Smith | Ponte Vedra | Florida State University |
| 2011 | Matt | Wilhelm | Bishop Snyder | University of Florida |
| 2010 | Marguerite | Devereux | St. Joseph | Spring Hill College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Rade | Obradovic | Wolfson | University of Florida |
| 2010 | Timothy | Oliveras | Baldwin | University of North Florida |
| 2010 | Jennifer | Nguyen | Baker County | University of Geogia |
| 2010 | Brandon | Little | Fletcher | University of North Florida |
| 2009 | Maya | Akser | Douglas Anderson | Belmont |
| 2009 | Loren | McLendon | Stanton | Florida A&M |
| 2009 | Zack | Mezera | Orange Park | Brown |
| 2009 | Rachel | Quinones | Bishop Kenny | William & Mary |
| 2009 | Ashley | Shaffer | Keystone Heights | University of Florida |
| 2008 | William | Carraher-Stross | Fletcher | University of South Florida |
| 2008 | Travis | Gidado | Bolles | Yale |
| 2008 | Miguel | Lugo | Douglas Anderson | Florida State University |
| 2008 | Julia | McClure | Forrest | University of Florida |
| 2008 | Michele | Mullaney | Providence | Fordham |
| 2007 | Thomas | Elledge | Baker County | Lake City Community College |
| 2007 | Lindsey | Hidenerite | Stanton | University of Florida |
| 2007 | Morgan | McCoy | Ribault | University of Florida |
| 2007 | Kaitlin | Seaman | St. Joseph | Western Carolina |
| 2007 | Suzanne | Sprinkles | Middleburg | University of Florida |
| 2006 | Augustus | Fulton-Wiley | Fletcher | Florida State University |
| 2006 | Osborne | Hall | Raines | University of Florida |
| 2006 | Sunny | Patel | Stanton | University of Florida |
| 2006 | Courtney | Stevens | Paxon | Queens |
| 2006 | Jenna | Tynan | Nease | Cornell |
| 2005 | Anastasia | Stenyakina | Mandarin | University of Central Florida |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Ashley | Robinson | Fernandina | Embry-Riddle |
| 2005 | David | Ramski | Providence | University of Florida |
| 2005 | Maria | Bingemann | Nease | University of Florida |
| 2005 | Molly | Flynn | Fleming Island | University of Florida |
| 2004 | Laura | Miles | Mandarin | University of Florida |
| 2004 | Benjamin | Stein | Bolles/NYU | University of Florida |
| 2004 | Chavous | Johnson | Forrest | U. S. Military Academy |
| 2004 | William | Brown | Ridgeview | Harding |
| 2004 | Whitney | Kouvaris | Bolles/NYU | New York University |
| 2003 | Julia | Altman | St. Augustine | Barnard |
| 2003 | Timothy | Frank | Douglas Anderson | DePaul University |
| 2003 | Chris | Poppell | Keystone Heights | University of Florida |
| 2003 | Jeremy | Coleman | Fernandina | Morehouse |
| 2003 | Torie | May | Ribault | University of Florida |
| 2002 | Elizabeth | Brotman | Bolles | Bryn Mawr |
| 2002 | Courtney | Patterson | Stanton | FAMU |
| 2002 | Rohit | Agarwal | Bolles | Emory |
| 2002 | Christina | Conde | Englewood | New York University |
| 2002 | Oana | Condoroteanu-Oroveanu | Bishop Kenny | Florida State University |
| 2001 | Inyam | Owete | Terry Parker | FAMU |
| 2001 | Travis | Lester | Wolfson | University of Florida |
| 2001 | David | Ainsworth | Keystone Heights | University of Florida |
| 2001 | Miriam | Rassam | Paxon | University of Florida |
| 2001 | Wayne | Taylor | Mandarin | Morehouse |
| 2000 | Heather | Teske | Terry Parker | University of Central Florida |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Amanda | Weaver | Nease | Stetson |
| 2000 | LaRae | Coleman | Fernandina | University of Miama |
| 2000 | Lydia | Le | First Coast | University of North Florida |
| 2000 | Erich | Spivey | Orange Park | University of Florida |
| 1999 | Eric | Skiff | Ribault | Jacksonville University |
| 1999 | Lori | Bayler | Clay | University of North Florida |
| 1999 | Bakari | McClendon | First Coast | University of Florida |
| 1999 | Courtney | McMillian | Wolfson | UPA |
| 1999 | Brian | Larkin | Bishop Kenny | University of North Florida |
| 1998 | Matthew | Thompson | Douglas Anderson | Southern Methodist |
| 1998 | Matthew | Husek | Bishop Kenny | Bentley College |
| 1998 | Laura | Betancourt | Episcopal | American University |
| 1998 | Adrienne | Brueggemeyer | Bolles | Duke |
| 1998 | San | Heng | Terry Parker | University of Florida |
| 1997 | Demitriy | Bondarenko | Sandalwood | University of North Florida |
| 1997 | Nancy | Rothstein | Wolfson | Florida State University |
| 1997 | Neesha | Amin | Stanton | University of Florida |
| 1997 | Lafayette | Williams | Raines | University of Florida |
| 1997 | Marcus | Odum | Bolles | Florida State University |
Veterans and Meninak
M E N I N A K Foundation Clubs Established 1997
The Gladys Harris Legacy
"History is defined in most dictionaries as a systematic record of past events in which man has taken a part. In writing this history of The Meninak Club, I would rather define it as a record of the actions of men that produced an improvement in the quality of life in their community." -Historian Stuart H. Richeson
2026 – Will Messer 2025 – Bill Bishop III 2024 – Larry Celzo 2023 - Jeff Hoffman 2022 - Melanie Messer 2021 - Jim Love 2020 - Wes Benwick 2019 - Kerry G. Varkonda 2018 - Robert Buehn 2017 - Diana Fanning 2016 - Kris Robinson 2015 - Karen Brune Mathis 2014 - William R. Cousins 2013 - Larry Cobb 2012 - Peter C. Hallock 2011 – S. Mark Hand 2010 – W. Kent Lindsey * 2009 – R. L. Johnson, Jr. 2008 – Harrison Conyers 2007 – Jane Lanier 2006 – Dr. Ross T. Krueger 2005 – John T. Roberts 2004 – William C. McCamy 2003 – John M. Godfrey 2002 – Dr. Marcelle Lovett 2001 – Ted P. Pappas 2000 – Jacob F. Bryan IV 1999 – William Courtney, Jr. 1998 – William K. Rinaman 1997 – William Drennon * 1996 – Judge Fred Tygart 1995 – Thomas P. Coonley 1994 – C. Hank Haynes * 1993 – Carl M. Stewart 1992 – E. William Nash, Jr.* 1991 – VADM Joe Moorer* 1990 – John E. Anderson 1989 – John Lovejoy, Jr. 1988 – Fred C. Jackson, Jr. 1987 – RAdm JoeColeman* 1986 – James Rinaman, Jr.*
Officers: President - Bill Bishop Secretary – Jim Webb Treasurer - Kris Robinson President Elect – Will Messer Immediate Past President – Larry Celzo Trustees Chair – Diana Fanning Directors: 2024-2025: Melody Bishop - Jacob Martin - Davy Parrish 2025-2026: Andy Beh - PeDro Cohen - Brent Committee Chairs: Program Chair - Kerry Varkonda Charity Project Chair - Jill Dame Scholarship Chair – Holly McQueen Mentoring - Larry Celzo Laws & Regulations Chair - Kris Robinson Foundation Trustees : Chair Diana Fanning Bob Buehn Kerry Varkonda Wes Benwick Jim Love Melanie Messer Jeff Hoffman Larry Celzo Bill Bishop
To see the Meninak Mentoring brochure describing the 7 Meninak Partner Programs, click here To see the matrix comparing key characteristics of the 7 Meninak Partner Programs, click here To see the "Mentor Toolkit" providing a wide range of activities Mentors may work on with their Mentee, click here To see the Take Stock In Children video telling about mentoring, click here
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