Our 2023 Coke Scholars
We are thrilled to announce our 35th class of Coca-Cola Scholars!
These 150 high school seniors will each receive a $20,000 college scholarship and join a family of 6,750+ alumni who are leading positive change in their communities and around the world.
Less than 1/6th of 1% of applicants were chosen to receive this extremely competitive award. These 150 students, who were selected from an initial pool of 91,000+ applications from across the country, not only exemplify superior leadership, service, and academics, they are change agents, positively affecting others in their communities.
Coca-Cola Scholars will attend Coca-Cola Scholars Weekend in Atlanta April 13-16, 2023, where they will be the guests of honor at the 35th annual Coca-Cola Scholars Banquet and participate in the Coca-Cola Scholars Leadership Development Institute facilitated by program alumni. Collectively, the Coca Cola Scholars Foundation will award $3.1 million in college scholarships to these outstanding young leaders.
A joint effort of Coca-Cola bottlers across the country and The Coca‑Cola Company, the Coca-Cola Scholars Program is the largest corporate-sponsored, achievement-based scholarship program in the United States. With the addition of the 2023 class, CCSF will have provided more than 6,750 Coke Scholars nationwide with over $81 million in scholarships over the course of 35 years.
In addition to receiving college scholarships, students selected will be welcomed into a vibrant and growing Coke Scholars family that has become a powerful force for positive change in the world. Through networking, collaborations, and friendships, the group strives to make a greater impact together. Initiatives include a podcast called The SIP and the sixth year of a coaching program that partners seasoned Scholars with first-year Scholars as they transition to college. Every 5 years, all alumni are invited to a Coca-Cola Scholars Leadership Summit.
Share in their celebrations with #2023CokeScholars!
The Coke Scholars Program application will be available August 1-October 2, 2023, for students who are high school seniors at that time.
| First | Last | City | State | High School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omar | Abdellall | East Stroudsburg High School- South | E Stroudsburg | PA |
| Sydney | Acie | Mallard Creek High School | Charlotte | NC |
| Mohit | Agarwal | Eden Prairie High School | Eden Prairie | MN |
| Hashem | Albezreh | Butler High School | Vandalia | OH |
| Hussein | Almosawi | Suda E Butler Traditional High School | Louisville | KY |
| Cherie | Animashaun | Niles Township West High School | Skokie | IL |
| Aminata | Ba | DeSoto Central High School | Southaven | MS |
| Akshay | Badlani | University of Chicago Laboratory High School | Chicago | IL |
| Samir | Batheja | Half Hollow Hills High School East | Dix Hills | NY |
| Christopher | Bauge | Belmont High School | Belmont | MA |
| Okezue | Bell | Moravian Academy | Bethlehem | PA |
| Sahil | Bhandary | Alexander W Dreyfoos School Of The Arts | West Palm Beach | FL |
| Shriya | Bhat | Plano East Senior High School | Plano | TX |
| Ananya | Bhatia | Caddo Parish Magnet High School | Shreveport | LA |
| Liv | Birnstad | Capital City Public Charter School | Washington | DC |
| Landon | Bishop | Saint Augustine High School | New Orleans | LA |
| Nick | Booth | Abington Heights High School | Clarks Summit | PA |
| Leslie | Bravo | Wichita High School Northwest | Wichita | KS |
| Cadence | Brown | Marshall County High School | Benton | KY |
| Daniel | Camacho | Rogers High School | Rogers | AR |
| Lidia | Cappelletti | Allen Park High School | Allen Park | MI |
| Varuni | Chopra | North Royalton High School | N Royalton | OH |
| Caleb | Chung | Pine Creek High School | Colorado Spgs | CO |
| Isabella | Cook | Detroit Country Day School | Beverly Hills | MI |
| Tyler | Cooper | Home School | Reno | NV |
| Colin | Custer | Doane Academy | Burlington | NJ |
| Alissar | Dalloul | Staten Island Academy | Staten Island | NY |
| Enzo | D'Amato | Barnstable Academy | Oakland | NJ |
| Jared | Dawkins | Zion-Benton Township High School | Zion | IL |
| Carolyn | Dorantes | Rancho San Juan High School | Salinas | CA |
| Tom | Dubnov | Walter Johnson High School | Bethesda | MD |
| Sarah | Dufays | American Heritage School Plantation | Plantation | FL |
| Lauren | Ejiaga | Benjamin Franklin High School | New Orleans | LA |
| Lindsay | Flores | Western Heights High School | Oklahoma City | OK |
| Connor | Fogarty | Valley High School | W Des Moines | IA |
| Luke | Freed | American Heritage School Plantation | Plantation | FL |
| Caroline | Gao | West Albany High School | Albany | OR |
| Dana | Garibaldi Saenz | Nikki Rowe High School | McAllen | TX |
| Samantha | Giles | Glen Allen High School | Glen Allen | VA |
| Samantha | Glover | Davidson Academy | Reno | NV |
| Elaine | Gombos | Shady Side Academy | Pittsburgh | PA |
| Michael | Gonzalez McNeil | Deer Park High School South Campus | Deer Park | TX |
| Nipun | Gorantla | Marvin Ridge High School | Waxhaw | NC |
| Claire | Gu | Valley High School | W Des Moines | IA |
| Hannah | Guan | BASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus | San Antonio | TX |
| Shanmathi | Gunasekaran | Denmark High School | Alpharetta | GA |
| Sabrina | Guo | Syosset High School | Syosset | NY |
| Asanshay | Gupta | Atlanta International School | Atlanta | GA |
| Zoya | Haq | The Hockaday School | Dallas | TX |
| Rehman | Hassan | Dulles High School | Sugar Land | TX |
| Athena | Hernandez | Bishop's School | La Jolla | CA |
| Carlos | Hernandez Santiago | San Marcos High School | San Marcos | CA |
| Katie | Hewlett | Bear River High School | Garland | UT |
| Abigail | Hu | Benjamin Franklin High School | New Orleans | LA |
| Erin | Hu | Brookfield Central High School | Brookfield | WI |
| Divine | IrakizaSenga | South Warren High School | Bowling Green | KY |
| Madhalasa | Iyer | Plano Senior High School | Plano | TX |
| Rishab | Jain | Westview High School | Portland | OR |
| Mirika | Jambudi | Pingry School | Basking Ridge | NJ |
| Raymond | Jiang | Jenks High School | Jenks | OK |
| Annie | Johnson | Dublin Coffman High School | Dublin | OH |
| Maya | Joshi | Walter Payton College Preparatory High School | Chicago | IL |
| Andy | Ju | Palisades Charter High School | Pacific Plsds | CA |
| Sara | Kaufman | North Broward Preparatory School | Coconut Creek | FL |
| Riya | Khatod | Santa Monica High School | Santa Monica | CA |
| Jessica | Kim | La Canada High School | La Canada | CA |
| Yun | Kim | Los Alamos High School | Los Alamos | NM |
| Reagan | Koester | North Posey High School | Poseyville | IN |
| Matt | Krasnow | Fox Lane High School | Bedford | NY |
| Eshika | Kudaravalli | Hoover High School | Hoover | AL |
| Sonya | Kulkarni | Bellaire Senior High School | Bellaire | TX |
| Sara | Kumar | University of Chicago Laboratory High School | Chicago | IL |
| Nishant | Lahiri | Corning-Painted Post High School | Corning | NY |
| Sophia | Li | Mountain Brook High School | Birmingham | AL |
| Millie | Liao | Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles | CA |
| Pinyu | Liao | Inglemoor High School | Kenmore | WA |
| Meazi | Light-Orr | Crossroads School | Santa Monica | CA |
| Jean | Lin | Union High School | Camas | WA |
| Grace | Magny-Fokam | Chesapeake Math and IT South | Upper Marlboro | MD |
| Maggie | McGinnis | Xavier High School | Appleton | WI |
| Anna | McPherson | Calvary Baptist Day School | Winston Salem | NC |
| Vinayak | Menon | Lambert High School | Suwanee | GA |
| Ari | Miller | Marysville Junior Senior High School | Marysville | KS |
| Joey | Misailidis | Punahou School | Honolulu | HI |
| Anisha | Musti | Edgemont High School | Scarsdale | NY |
| Anish | Nadella | Adlai E Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire | IL |
| Gabe | Nagel | East High School | Denver | CO |
| Alana | Nahabedian | Amplus Academy | Las Vegas | NV |
| Arjun | Nargolwala | Saint Johns High School | Shrewsbury | MA |
| Sean | Nesamoney | Menlo School | Atherton | CA |
| Vivian | Nguyen | James W Martin High School | Arlington | TX |
| Emily | Ocasio | New School Northern Virginia | Fairfax | VA |
| Winifred | Ofori-Manu | Kenwood Academy | Chicago | IL |
| Zack | Okun | Desert Mountain High School | Scottsdale | AZ |
| Titi | Olotu | Mira Loma High School | Sacramento | CA |
| Ella | Paligo | Beech High School | Hendersonvlle | TN |
| McKinley | Paltzik | Phoenix Country Day School | Paradise Vly | AZ |
| Saehee | Perez | McLean High School | Mc Lean | VA |
| Madeline | Phuong | Homestead High School | Fort Wayne | IN |
| Roberto | Quesada Pagoada | Brooklyn Technical High School | Brooklyn | NY |
| Shiva | Rajbhandari | Boise High School | Boise | ID |
| Anjali | Rao | STEM School Highlands Ranch | Highlands Ranch | CO |
| Tejas | Raxwal | Carrollwood Day School | Tampa | FL |
| Ahmya | Rivera | Northeast Academy for Aerospace and Advanced Tech | Elizabeth City | NC |
| Rachel | Rochford | International Academy | Bloomfld Hls | MI |
| Alexis | Rodriguez | Summit Public School-Shasta | Daly City | CA |
| Prajwal | Saokar | Lambert High School | Suwanee | GA |
| Neil | Sash | Episcopal Collegiate School | Little Rock | AR |
| Sharvaa | Selvan | American Heritage School Plantation | Plantation | FL |
| Joel | Setya | Neuqua Valley High School | Naperville | IL |
| Ayush | Shah | Gretchen Whitney High School | Cerritos | CA |
| Razanne | Shoukfeh | Lubbock High School | Lubbock | TX |
| D'Schon Leon | Simmons | West Oso High School | Corp Christi | TX |
| Harjasan | Singh | Oak Creek High School | Oak Creek | WI |
| Reya | Singh | Marysville High School | Marysville | OH |
| Vinaya | Sivakumar | Ursuline Academy | Cincinnati | OH |
| Hayden | Slade | Lincoln Junior-Senior High School | Ellwood City | PA |
| Will | Smialek | Dublin Scioto High School | Dublin | OH |
| Sahil | Sood | Lambert High School | Suwanee | GA |
| Cam | Srivastava | Spartanburg Day School | Spartanburg | SC |
| Brooke | Stanley | Hamilton High School | Sussex | WI |
| Nora | Sun | Walter Payton College Preparatory High School | Chicago | IL |
| Wency | Suo | Boise High School | Boise | ID |
| Maraki | Tamrat | Greenhills School | Ann Arbor | MI |
| Sahith | Tanuboddi | Ardrey Kell High School | Charlotte | NC |
| Lynn | Tao | Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Tech | Alexandria | VA |
| Griffin | Taylor | Pilgrim High School | Warwick | RI |
| Gianna | Thomas | Middletown High School | Middletown | CT |
| Nora | VanRees | Vancouver School of Arts and Academics | Vancouver | WA |
| Sanjana | Velu | William Mason High School | Mason | OH |
| Maya | Vendhan | Colorado Academy | Denver | CO |
| Ananya | Vinay | Clovis North High School | Fresno | CA |
| Lucas | Wagner | Eden Prairie High School | Eden Prairie | MN |
| Sophie | Wang | Fossil Ridge High School | Fort Collins | CO |
| Tony | Wang | Amador Valley High School | Pleasanton | CA |
| Calista | Wilk | BASIS Scottsdale | Scottsdale | AZ |
| Erin | William | Pembroke Hill School | Kansas City | MO |
| Emily | Wilson | Hathaway Brown School | Shaker Heights | OH |
| Lauren | Wong | West Career and Technical Academy | Las Vegas | NV |
| Rachel | Woo | Great Neck South High School | Great Neck | NY |
| Sohee | Wreen | Bay Port High School | Green Bay | WI |
| Austen | Wyche | James Clemens High School | Madison | AL |
| Anna | Yang | Notre Dame High School | San Jose | CA |
| Nia | Yusuf | Pleasant View School | Memphis | TN |
| Mandy | Zhang | Roy C Ketcham Senior High School | Wappingers Fl | NY |
| Victoria | Zhang | Cypress Woods High School | Cypress | TX |
| Yikun | Zhou | Westlake High School | Westlake | OH |
| Kevin | Zhu | Jericho Senior High School | Jericho | NY |
| Jessica | Zhuo | Stuyvesant High School | New York | NY |
| Rania | Zuri | Morgantown High School | Morgantown | WV |
Foundation News
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Be a Coke Scholar
Our application is open! High school seniors, apply for our $20,000 college scholarship by September 30, 2024.
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