Congratulations to the following hardworking and very talented students for receiving Merit Scholarship Awards for the 2022/23 academic year. Every year, a jury of MCAD faculty members awards Merit Scholarships to participating students based on displays of their work. Image Riley Willison Arts Entrepreneurship Target Product Design Scholarship $2,000: Zachary Wegscheid Lee Lynch and Terry Saario Entrepreneurial Studies Senior Merit Scholarship $4000: Zamira Mendoza Lee Lynch and Terry Saario Entrepreneurial Studies Scholarship $2000: Darryl Thomas III Lee Lynch and Terry Saario Entrepreneurial Studies Scholarship $2000: Riley Willison Rob Dewey Innovation Award $1000: Darryl Thomas III Design Roy B Justus Senior Comic Merit Scholarship $4,000: Ngoc Doan Roy B Justus Comic Art Scholarship $2,000: Bailey Gross Roy B Justus Comic Art Scholarship $2,000: Olivia Hilliard Will Eisner Sequential Art Scholarship $2,000: Vivian Walters Dominique Postiglione Memorial Scholarship $2,000: Kip Lou Senior Illustration Merit Scholarship $4,000: Ngan Huynh Illustration Merit Scholarship $2,000: Riley Wright Illustration Merit Scholarship: Natalie Vilter R. Thomas & Gaylord Benson Senior Graphic Design Merit Scholarship $4000: Ash Nichols Graphic Design Merit Scholarship $2,000: Bailey Meadow Graphic Design Merit Scholarship $2,000: Chase Schulte Image Natalie Vilter Image Ethan Storlie Foundation Studies Foundation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Ethan Storlie Foundation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Makayla Smith Foundation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Gaby Beilke Foundation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Jacob Pearson Foundation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Brooke Adams Fine Arts Class of 1978 Senior Merit Award $4,000: Sage Phillips Class of 1978 Senior Merit Award $4,000: Cade Duff Class of 1978 Senior Merit Award: Skylar Bull Lyon Dean Wilson Art of Making Senior Merit Scholarship $4,000: James Schallenkemp Dean Wilson Art of Making Senior Merit Scholarship $4,000: Mckennan Folkerts Patricia B Saunders Merit Scholarship $3,000: Lynaea Russom Patricia Kennedy Crump Merit Scholarship $1,500: Lily Tug Kinji Akagawa Merit Scholarship $2,500: Vernon Vanderwood Christian Hans Nielsen Materials Scholarship $500 Art Cellar Certificate: Joshua Anstrand Hearst Fine Arts Studio Merit $2,000: Lily Fridell Class of 1978 Fine Arts Studio Merit Scholarship $2,000: Max Paulin Class of 1978 Drawing and Painting Merit Scholarship $2,000: Sally Carr Class of 1978 Drawing and Painting Merit Scholarship $2,000: Mizz. Wormhole Dean Wilson Art of Making Furniture Merit Scholarship $2,000: Lydia Egge Dean Wilson Art of Making Furniture Merit Scholarship $2,000: Chance Tatum Dean Wilson Art of Making Print Paper Book Merit Scholarship $2,000: Zander Skelton Dean Wilson Art of Making Print Paper Book Merit Scholarship $2,000: Payton Felper Dean Wilson Art of Making Sculpture Merit Scholarship $2,000: Jadrian Hein Dean Wilson Art of Making Sculpture Merit Scholarship $2,000: Nico Enstrom Image Mizz. Wormhole Image Guillermo Limones Bonilla Media Arts Virginia M. Binger Senior Animation Merit Scholarship $4,000: Mady Vrkljan Hearst Senior Filmmaking Merit Scholarship $4,000: Tristan Crawford West Photo Senior Photography Scholarship $4,000: London King Web and Multimedia Scholarship $4,000: Hollie Leggett Virginia M. Binger Animation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Grey Anderson Virginia M. Binger Animation Merit Scholarship $2,000: Kiana Tucker Filmmaking Merit Scholarship: Mau Ojeda Filmmaking Merit Scholarship $2,000: Guillermo Limones Bonilla Photography Merit Scholarship $2,000: Dade Mann Photography Merit Scholarship $2,000: Camryn Smith Web and Multimedia Merit Scholarship $2,000: Kyle Williams Web and Multimedia Merit Scholarship $2,000: Ingrid Schelzel Liberal Arts Liberal Arts Merit Award Scholarship $2,000: Makayla Smith Image Makayla Smith Image Joy Li Graduate Master of Fine Arts Merit Award $2,000: Lokho Kotile Master of Fine Arts Merit Award $2,000: Angela St. Vrain Master of Fine Arts 2020 Fund Award $1,500: Joy Li Graphic and Web Design Merit Scholarship Award $1,000: Davy Jones Graphic and Web Design Merit Scholarship Award $1,000: Tamara McLean Sustainable Design Merit Scholarship Award: Michelle Moore Sustainable Design Merit Scholarship Award: Cindy Shi