2019/20 Merit Scholarship Recipients Congratulations to the following hardworking and very talented students for receiving Merit Scholarship Awards for the 2019/20 academic year. Every year, a jury of MCAD faculty members awards Merit Scholarships to participating students based on displays of their work. DESIGN Roy B Justus Senior Comic Merit Scholarship $4,000: Katie Healey Roy B Justus Comic Art Scholarship $2,000: Paige Hender Roy B Justus Comic Art Scholarship $2,000: Ange Medlock Will Eisner Sequential Art Scholarship $2,000: Ash Knight Dominique Postiglione Memorial Scholarship: Paulina Luo R. Thomas & Gaylord Benson Senior Graphic Design Merit Scholarship $4,000: Franny Fuller R. Thomas & Gaylord Benson Graphic Design Merit Scholarship $2,000: Beta DeFlorian Hearst Graphic Design Merit Scholarship $2,000: Jared Maire Little & Co. Scholarship $3,300: Nicky Dolan Hearst Senior Illustration Merit Scholarship $4,000: Kaila Larson Illustration Merit Scholarship $2,000: Brianna Quintero Illustration Merit Scholarship $2,000: Morgan Moen ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES Entrepreneurial Studies Senior Merit Scholarship $4,000: Rebecca Albert Entrepreneurial Studies Merit Scholarship $2,000: Liz Lat Entrepreneurial Studies Merit Scholarship $2,000: Meghan Meehan FOUNDATION STUDIES Foundation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Patrick Hutchison Foundation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Anna Schmidt Foundation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Peyton Stark Hearst Foundation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Amber Steinbach Hearst Foundation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Whitley Darby FINE ARTS Class of 1978 Senior Merit Award $4,000: Nicole Steigart Class of 1978 Senior Merit Award $4,000: Jamie Kubat Class of 1978 Senior Merit Award $4,000: Madison Bruner Class of 1978 Senior Merit Award $4,000: Wakaba Nagamatsu Dean Wilson Art of Making Senior Merit Scholarship $4,000: Hillary Shepard Patricia B Saunders Merit Scholarship $3,000: Jaclyn Bowen Patricia Kennedy Crump Merit Scholarship $1500: Abby Scarborough Kinji Akagawa Merit Scholarship $2,500: Eli deVries Christian Hans Nielsen Materials Scholarship $500 Art Cellar Certificate: Casey Grengs Hearst Fine Arts Studio Merit $2,000: Grover Hogan Class of 1978 Merit: Francesca Miguieles Class of 1978 Merit $2,000: Anavi Mullick Class of 1978 Merit $2,000: Éiran Bones Class of 1978 Merit $2,000: Emma Konrad Class of 1978 Merit $2,000: Sarah Maude-Griffin Class of 1978 Merit $2,000: Tanvi Kulkarni Class of 1978 Merit $2,000: Kristina Thurkill Dean Wilson Art of Making Merit Scholarship $2,000: Zach North Dean Wilson Art of Making Merit Scholarship $2,000: S. Martin LIBERAL ARTS Liberal Arts Merit Award Scholarship $2,000: Jamie Kubat Liberal Arts Merit Award Scholarship $2,000: Vivian Steckline MEDIA ARTS Virginia M. Binger Senior Animation Merit Scholarship $4,000: Wei Vivian Lu Hearst Senior Filmmaking Merit Scholarship $2,000: Ethan Vander Broek Hearst Senior Filmmaking Merit Scholarship $2,000: Curtis Craven Hearst Senior Web and Multimedia Merit Scholarship $4,000: Michael Lonchar West Photo Senior Photography Scholarship $4,000: Hannah Andersen Virginia M. Binger Animation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Avery Nordin Virginia M. Binger Animation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Caleb Richardson Filmmaking Merit Scholarship $2,000: Aaron Gallo Filmmaking Merit Scholarship $2,000: Sophi Dudley Web and Multimedia Merit Scholarship $2,000: H. Hendrix Web and Multimedia Merit Scholarship $2,000: Maria Cline Photography Merit Scholarship $2,000: Jack Powers Hearst Photography Merit Scholarship $2,000: Isabel Gloss MFA MFA Merit Scholarship Award $2,000: Shirin Ghoraishi MFA Merit Scholarship Award $2,000: Xingzi Liang