2025 Semifinalists
1,336 high school seniors have been selected from 105,000+ submitted applications from across the country to advance to the next stage of our selection process!
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The 2025 Semifinalists
1,336 high school seniors have been selected from 105,000+ submitted applications from across the country to advance to the next stage of our selection process!
August 2024 Accolades
Gabriel Nagel (2023) was selected as the Chairperson of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s National Environmental Youth Advisory Council, making him the youngest Chairperson of an official U.S. federal advisory council.
August 2024 Connections
Coke Scholars connected all over the world last month, including in France, Italy, Germany, and South Africa.
July 2024 Accolades
2023 Scholars Reya Singh and Mandy Zhang created New Roots Financial, an organization dedicated to helping immigrants and refugees become financially literate, after they connected at the 2023 Coca-Cola Scholars Leadership Development Institute.
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July 2016 Accolades
Holly Sanchez Perry (2009) joined with U by Kotex and DoSomething.org to start “The Power of the Period” project. It’s the first-ever, national period products drive and second installment of the Period Projects – a series of projects, each inspired and led by a woman who has passion for creating change.
July 2016 Connections
Scholars who work at US Aid in Washington, D.C., got together for lunch, and Chicago Scholars and alumni met up for pizza at Xoco.
Alumni Accolades June 2016
Jolene Loetscher (1997) and her husband Nate Burdine, owners of Mud Mile Communications in South Dakota, won a Telly award for the 2015 Scholars Weekend video they produced for the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, and Sulekha Ramayya (2012) graduated as Valedictorian from USC.
Alumni Connections June 2016
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (2002) shared her journey into government and stories of unexpected meetings with over 100 fellow Coke Scholars and alumni at our Washington, DC, reception, and Kevin Chung (1990) and Albert Lawrence (2003) met up for dinner in Los Angeles.