2020/21 Merit Scholarship Recipients "Freaky Fresh" by Emily Bewalda Congratulations to the following hardworking and very talented students for receiving Merit Scholarship Awards for the 2020/21 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: Paulina Luo Roy B Justus Comic Art Scholarship $2,000: Jori Walton Roy B Justus Comic Art Scholarship $2,000: Logan Beecher Will Eisner Sequential Art Scholarship $2,000: Amanda Schroeder Dominique Postiglione Memorial Scholarship: Gaelen Elliott R. Thomas & Gaylord Benson Senior Graphic Design Merit Scholarship $4,000: Claire Loes Hearst Graphic Design Merit Scholarship $2,000: Milla Kicilinska Gibson Hearst Graphic Design Merit Scholarship $2,000: Jared Maire Little & Co. Scholarship $3,300: Nicky Dolan Hearst Senior Illustration Merit Scholarship $4,000: Vivian Steckline Illustration Merit Scholarship $2,000: Cynta Ibrahim Illustration Merit Scholarship $2,000: Morgan Moen ARTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP Entrepreneurial Studies Senior Merit Scholarship $4,000: Liz Lat Entrepreneurial Studies Merit Scholarship $2,000: Tamar Patterson Entrepreneurial Studies Merit Scholarship $2,000: Sam Ballis Hearst Product Design Scholarship $2,000: Ava Imholte Target Product Design Scholarship $2,000: Rosie Colacino FOUNDATION STUDIES Foundation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Ngan Huynh Foundation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Riley Wright Foundation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Yeji Shin Hearst Foundation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Bailey Gross Hearst Foundation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Austin Watts FINE ARTS Class of 1978 Senior Merit Award $4,000: Kira Fennell Class of 1978 Senior Merit Award $4,000: Grover Hogan Dean Wilson Art of Making Senior Merit Scholarship $4,000: Jonathan Chiu Patricia B Saunders Merit Scholarship $3,000: Sarah Maude-Griffin Patricia Kennedy Crump Merit Scholarship: Casey Grengs Kinji Akagawa Merit Scholarship $2,500: Olivia Jenkins Christian Hans Nielsen Materials Scholarship $500 Art Cellar Certificate: Kamryn McLane Hearst Fine Arts Studio Merit $2,000: Abigail Cooper Class of 1978 Merit $2,000: Greyley Sabin Class of 1978 Merit $2,000: Emma Konrad Class of 1978 Merit $2,000: Emily Bewalda Dean Wilson Art of Making Merit Scholarship $2,000: Sydney Abbott LIBERAL ARTS Liberal Arts Merit Award Scholarship $2,000: Clara Dart Liberal Arts Merit Award Scholarship $2,000: Alejandro Romero MEDIA ARTS Virginia M. Binger Senior Animation Merit Scholarship $4,000: Caleb Richardson Hearst Senior Filmmaking Merit Scholarship: Maura Ojeda Hearst Senior Web and Multimedia Merit Scholarship $4,000: Maria Cline West Photo Senior Photography Scholarship $4,000: Kyra Nygard Virginia M. Binger Animation Merit Scholarship: Lindsey Reid Virginia M. Binger Animation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Lily Berg Animation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Kass Mossefin Animation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Daqulin Sossen Photography Merit Scholarship $2,000: Rylan Polberg Photography Merit Scholarship $2,000: Isabel Gloss Hearst Photography Merit Scholarship $2,000: Ky Page Web and Multimedia Merit Scholarship $2,000: Kyle Williams