SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

As of February 2024, the ACES Education Fund has awarded more than 150 scholarships since 1999 to undergraduates and graduate students across the continent.

Winners have come from large universities, small colleges, and in between.

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WALSH SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

A single scholarship (at $3,000 in 2018) is awarded to an applicant who demonstrates the talent and passion for language that Bill Walsh devoted his life to and who aspires to pursue the craft of editing the news.

2024-2025: Ashlee Korlach, Syracuse University
2023-2024: Russell Leung, Northwestern University
2022-2023: Jordan Thornsberry, University of Missouri
2021-2022: Caleigh Bartash, University of Maryland
2021-2022: Jill Rice, Fordham College at Lincoln Center
2020-2021: Andrea Halland-Arms, University of Montana
2019-2020: Annalee Hubbs, Mahurin Honors College Western Kentucky University
2018-2019: Nancy Coleman, University of Missouri
2017-2018: Jamie Zega, Indiana University

AUBESPIN SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

A single $2,500 scholarship is given each year to the student who best demonstrates a commitment to a career in editing, and demonstrates both exemplary work and academic achievement.

2024-2025: Anna Colletto, University of Missouri
2023-2024: Naisha Roy, New York University
2022-2023: Nuha Dolby, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2021-2022: Brooke James, Brigham Young University
2020-2021: Lori Sosa, George Washington University
2019-2020: Caroline Fairey, University of South Carolina Honors College
2018-2019: Anya van Wagtendonk, Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York (CUNY)
2017-2018: Aileen Houston, Northern Arizona University
2016-2017: Kathryn Krawczyk, Syracuse University
2015-2016: Nehaly Shah, California Institute of Technology
2014-2015: Christa Corrigan, University of Missouri
2013-2014: Austin Ruff, Iowa State University
2012-2013: Alexandria Baca, University of Missouri
2011-2012: Joshua Barone, University of Missouri
2010-2011: Nora Simon, University of Oregon
2009-2010: Shannon Epps, Hampton University
2008-2009: Audrey Kuo, UCLA
2007-2008: Shanxi Upsdell, University of Kansas
2006-2007: Matthew Dulin, University of Houston

ACES SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Four annual prizes now worth $1,500 are awarded to students who are pursuing a career in editing and demonstrate exemplary skills. (The amount was increased in 2016.)

2024-2025
Molly Bruni, Pace University
Callie Cassick, Arizona State University
Allison Durazzi, Iowa State University
Anna Rinaggio, Berry College

2023-2024
Alyssa Dearborn, The George Washington University
Apurva Mahajan, University of Maryland
Maya Steinberg, W.A. Franke Honors College, University of Arizona, Tucson
Emily Barske Wood, University of Georgia

2022-2023
Liset Cruz, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Natalie DeMaree, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

2022-2023
Emily Muller, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
Isabella Zou,Yale University
2021-2022
Rossilynne Culgan, Columbia University
Ian Krietzberg, College of New Jersey
Arisbeth Rodriguez, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Katie Sawyer, Aarhus University and University of Amsterdam
2020-2021
Dana Foley, Carleton University
Lauren Hakimi, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College
Olivia Loftis, Emerson College
Steven Vargas, University of Southern California
Andrew Walter, University of Texas
2019-2020
Sarah Bahr, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis
Gabrielle Bethancourt-Hughes, The George Washington University
Nolan Brey, University of Kansas
Amy Megill, The George Washington University
Becca Miserlian, University of Puget Sound
2018-2019
Sabera Akhter, The George Washington University
Savanna Smith, University of Kansas
Lee Davidson, University of Central Florida
Emily DiAlbert, Ohio University
2017-2018
Lillian Barkley, University of Illinois
Chandler Boese, University of Kansas
Kaitlin Coward, Ohio University
Elizabeth Kenney, Emerson College
2016-2017
Natalia Alamdari, University of Missouri
Beverly Godfrey, College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn.
Danny Nett, University of North Carolina
Harri Leigh Plotnick, Syracuse University
2015-2016
Sarah Fine, University of Missouri
Carey Ford, Indiana State University
Valerie Hellinghausen, University of Missouri
Alana Pedalino, University of Maryland
2014-2015
Tracy Cook, University of Missouri
Marisa DiNovis, University of North Carolina
Kirsten Keller, University of Illinois
Emma LeGault, University of Kansas
2013-2014
Becca Clemons, University of Kentucky
Madeleine Cummings, Columbia University
Kyle Warnke, University of Central Florida
Katie Yaeger, University of Missouri
2012-2013
Mike Cirelli, Otterbein University
Ashley Dye, Ball State University
Melisa Easaw, The College of New Jersey
Katie Fennelly, University of Nebraska
2011-2012
Margaux Henquinet, University of Missouri
Matthew Draper, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
Zachary Aldrich, Northwestern University
Arielle Retting, Radford University
2010-2011
Georgia Adams Langerfeld, University of West Florida
Rhett Umphress, Ball State University
Nora Simon, University of Oregon
Joshua Barone, University of Missouri
Justin Schneewind, Houston Baptist University
2009-2010
Caitlin Saniga, Kent State University
William Powell, University of Missouri
Robin Kawakami, City University, London
Shannon Epps, Hampton University
Emily Ingram, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2008-2009
Anna Young, James Madison University
Benjamin Karp, Vanderbilt University
Rachel Hanson, University of Utah
Audrey Kuo, UCLA
Kristen Huth, Penn State
2007-2008
Shanxi Upsdell, University of Kansas
Dianne Smith, University of Kansas
Mark Noack, University of Oregon
Wendy Lyons, Oakland University
Jennifer Amur, University of Missouri
2006-2007
Megan Crockett, Central Michigan University
Matthew Dulin, University of Houston
David Ok, University of Texas at Arlington
Krysten Chambrot, University of Missouri-Columbia
Amy Goldstein, City University of New York
2005-2006
Amy Zerba, University of Texas-Austin
Diego Sorbara, University of Missouri
Erika Nunez, University of Texas-Arlington
Caroline Hauser, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Kathryn Schwing, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
2004-2005
Nicole Werking, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Laura Meerkatz, University of Nebraska
Stephanie Kanowitz, American University
Jamie Dougher, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Meredith Clark, Florida A&M University
2003-2004
Colleen Pauley, University of Missouri
Elizabeth Breyer, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Dan Purschwitz, University of Missouri
Kelly Davenport, University of Missouri
Carla Correa, University of Maryland
2002-2003
Jana Zabkova, New York University
Jennifer Johnson, Columbia University
Amy Weimer, University of Northern Colorado
Alyda Hardy, University of Alabama
2001-2002
Emily Zurich, San Jose State University
Lauren Anzaldo, University of South Florida
Faith Karimi, Grambling State University
Nancy Black, Southern Methodist University
2000-2001
Sara Ziegler, Iowa State University
Elana Simms, Virginia Commonwealth University
1999-2000
Royce Hall, Seton Hall University
Beth Kormanik, Northwestern University
Daniel Gordon, University of Missouri
Marissa Ferguson, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill