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Scholarship Recipients and Information

» Cassidy Phelan - Jim Colbert Scholarship

» Clarissa Burhan - Jim Colbert Scholarship
» Riana Mission - Walter M. Galyk Scholarship

» Deserae Olsen - Walter M. Galyk Scholarship

» Blake Schaper - Charlie Teel Scholarship

» Kyndall Newman - Jim Colbert Scholarship

» Sophia Higuera - Jim Colbert Scholarship

» Kristina Chenevey - Bill and Susan Walters Sophia Higuera, Arizona Christian from Desert Oasis:
Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame Scholarship
“I’m going to major in Christian Ministries and minor in
Each of the scholarship recipients has big plans in the
future. Here’s a brief recap and comments from them. business communications. I’m hoping to maybe work at a
church or start a non-profit. I’ve always been pretty good
at communicating and public speaking, so I really never
thought that much about it. But one night God placed it on
my heart to go into ministry.”

Clarissa Burhan, Hawaii-Pacific from Clark High:

“I’ve always been interested in engineering ever since mid-
dle school,” she says. “I’m pretty passionate about math and
science. That’s why I went to a magnet school. “I’m really
hoping to work for a good company. I don’t know if it will
be for Tesla or Boeing or even a small startup. There are so Riana Mission, Univ. of San Francisco from Clark High:
many opportunities out there…I just want to work hard to “Riana is a very talented player from Las Vegas that I am
give myself the best chance to succeed.”
so excited will be joining us in 2021,” said Sara Doell, San
Francisco women’s golf head coach. “She is a hard worker,
very detail oriented and she really pushes herself to be the
Kristina Chenevey, Rochester from Clark High: best she can daily. As the three-time Nevada state champion,
she has proven that she can win and her resume reflects
“RIT has been my dream college, and I got accepted. I am that she can go low. Add her impressive academic success,
honored to be a recipient of this scholarship and would like and she is going to fit in with our culture of excellence.”
to thank the scholarship committee for selecting me.”

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