Scholarship Recipients (2024)

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

Walsh Scholarship Recipients

Asingle scholarship (at $3,000 in 2018) isawarded 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.

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.

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.)

2023-2024:Alyssa Dearborn, The George Washington University
2023-2024:Apurva Mahajan, University of Maryland
2023-2024:Maya Steinberg, W.A. Franke Honors College, University of Arizona, Tucson
2023-2024:Emily Barske Wood, University of Georgia
2022-2023: Liset Cruz,Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
2022-2023:Natalie DeMaree, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
2022-2023:Emily Muller,Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
2022-2023:Isabella Zou,Yale University
2021-2022:Rossilynne Culgan,Columbia University
2021-2022:Ian Krietzberg,College of New Jersey
2021-2022:Arisbeth Rodriguez,University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
2021-2022:Katie Sawyer,Aarhus University and University of Amsterdam
2020-2021:Dana Foley, Carleton University
2020-2021:Lauren Hakimi, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College
2020-2021:Olivia Loftis, Emerson College
2020-2021:Steven Vargas, University of Southern California
2020-2021:Andrew Walter, University of Texas
2019-2020:Sarah Bahr, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis
2019-2020:Gabrielle Bethancourt-Hughes, The George Washington University
2019-2020:Nolan Brey, University of Kansas
2019-2020:Amy Megill,The George Washington University
2019-2020:Becca Miserlian, University of Puget Sound
2018-2019:Sabera Akhter, The George Washington University
2018-2019:Savanna Smith, University of Kansas
2018-2019:Lee Davidson, University of Central Florida
2018-2019:Emily DiAlbert, Ohio University
2017-2018:Lillian Barkley, University of Illinois
2017-2018:Chandler Boese, University of Kansas
2017-2018:Kaitlin Coward, Ohio University
2017-2018:Elizabeth Kenney, Emerson College
2016-2017:Natalia Alamdari, University of Missouri
2016-2017:Beverly Godfrey, College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn.
2016-2017:Danny Nett, University of North Carolina
2016-2017:Harri Leigh Plotnick, Syracuse University
2015-2016:Sarah Fine, University of Missouri
2015-2016:Carey Ford, Indiana State University
2015-2016:Valerie Hellinghausen, University of Missouri
2015-2016:Alana Pedalino, University of Maryland
2014-2015:Tracy Cook, University of Missouri
2014-2015:Marisa DiNovis, University of North Carolina
2014-2015:Kirsten Keller, University of Illinois
2014-2015:Emma LeGault, University of Kansas
2013-2014:Becca Clemons, University of Kentucky
2013-2014:Madeleine Cummings, Columbia University
2013-2014:Kyle Warnke, University of Central Florida
2013-2014:Katie Yaeger, University of Missouri
2012-2013:Mike Cirelli, Otterbein University
2012-2013:Ashley Dye, Ball State University
2012-2013:Melisa Easaw, The College of New Jersey
2012-2013:Katie Fennelly, University of Nebraska
2011-2012:Margaux Henquinet, University of Missouri
2011-2012:Matthew Draper, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
2011-2012:Zachary Aldrich, Northwestern University
2011-2012:Arielle Retting, Radford University
2010-2011:Georgia Adams Langerfeld, University of West Florida
2010-2011:Rhett Umphress, Ball State University
2010-2011:Nora Simon, University of Oregon
2010-2011:Joshua Barone, University of Missouri
2010-2011:Justin Schneewind, Houston Baptist University
2009-2010:Caitlin Saniga, Kent State University
2009-2010:William Powell, University of Missouri
2009-2010:Robin Kawakami, City University, London
2009-2010:Shannon Epps, Hampton University
2009-2010:Emily Ingram, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2008-2009:Anna Young, James Madison University
2008-2009:Benjamin Karp, Vanderbilt University
2008-2009:Rachel Hanson, University of Utah
2008-2009:Audrey Kuo, UCLA
2008-2009:Kristen Huth, Penn State
2007-2008:Shanxi Upsdell, University of Kansas
2007-2008:Dianne Smith, University of Kansas
2007-2008:Mark Noack, University of Oregon
2007-2008:Wendy Lyons, Oakland University
2007-2008:Jennifer Amur, University of Missouri
2006-2007:Megan Crockett, Central Michigan University
2006-2007:Matthew Dulin, University of Houston
2006-2007:David Ok, University of Texas at Arlington
2006-2007:Krysten Chambrot, University of Missouri-Columbia
2006-2007:Amy Goldstein, City University of New York
2005-2006:Amy Zerba, University of Texas-Austin
2005-2006:Diego Sorbara, University of Missouri
2005-2006:Erika Nunez, University of Texas-Arlington
2005-2006:Caroline Hauser, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
2005-2006:Kathryn Schwing, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
2004-2005:Nicole Werking, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
2004-2005:Laura Meerkatz, University of Nebraska
2004-2005:Stephanie Kanowitz, American University
2004-2005:Jamie Dougher, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
2004-2005:Meredith Clark, Florida A&M University
2003-2004:Colleen Pauley, University of Missouri
2003-2004:Elizabeth Breyer, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
2003-2004:Dan Purschwitz, University of Missouri
2003-2004:Kelly Davenport, University of Missouri
2003-2004:Carla Correa, University of Maryland
2002-2003:Jana Zabkova, New York University
2002-2003:Jennifer Johnson, Columbia University
2002-2003:Amy Weimer, University of Northern Colorado
2002-2003:Alyda Hardy, University of Alabama
2001-2002:Emily Zurich, San Jose State University
2001-2002:Lauren Anzaldo, University of South Florida
2001-2002:Faith Karimi, Grambling State University
2001-2002:Nancy Black, Southern Methodist University
2000-2001:Sara Ziegler, Iowa State University
2000-2001:Elana Simms, Virginia Commonwealth University
1999-2000:Royce Hall, Seton Hall University
1999-2000:Beth Kormanik, Northwestern University
1999-2000:Daniel Gordon, University of Missouri
1999-2000:Marissa Ferguson, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill