Congratulations to the 2008-2009 LEAP Scholarship Award Winners!  Thank you to the more than 400 students who applied.  The competition was amazing!

High school winners will be receiving $500 to use toward their accounting education.  College and minority winners will receive $1,000.  All winners will be mailed an official letter soon with full details.

Please check back here in September to apply for a 2009-2010 scholarship!

HIGH SCHOOL

Elizabeth Beers

Turney, Mo. (Northwest Chapter)

Lathrop High School

Future College: Northwest Missouri State University

Kaitlin Chitwood

New Franklin, Mo. (Central Chapter)

New Franklin High School

Future College: University of Missouri-Columbia

Katherine Gray

Ballwin, Mo. (St. Louis Chapter)

John F. Kennedy Catholic High School

Future College: Undecided

Caleb Harris

Jackson, Mo. (Southeast Chapter)

Jackson High School

Future College: Southwest Baptist University

Alyssa Henggeler

Barnard, Mo. (Northwest Chapter)

South Nodaway R-IV High School

Future College: Northwest Missouri State University

Taylor Reger

Kirksville, Mo. (Central Chapter)

Kirksville RIII High School

Future College: University of Missouri-Columbia

Corey Robinson

Smithville, Mo. (Kansas City Chapter)

Smithville High School

Future College: Southeast Missouri State University

Latrice Stringer

Blue Springs, Mo. (Kansas City Chapter)

Blue Springs High School

Future College: University of Missouri-Columbia

Laura Stucky

Arnold, Mo. (St. Louis Chapter)

Fox High School

Future College: Truman State University

Lauren Zingrich

St. Louis, Mo. (St. Louis Chapter)

Oakville Senior High School

Future College: University of Missouri-Columbia

MINORITY SCHOLARSHIP

Kourtney House

Kirksville, Mo.

Truman State University

Jarrell Johnson

Columbia, Mo.

University of Missouri-Columbia

COLLEGE

Drury University

Christine Prosser*

Springfield, Mo.

Evangel University

Gabriel VanHuss*

Springfield, Mo.

Lindenwood University

Krista Miesner*

Altenburg, Mo.

Maryville University

Megan Schmidt*

St. Louis, Mo.

Missouri State University

Eric Bird

Rogersville, Mo.

Holly Sartin

Springfield, Mo.

Missouri Western State University

Eric McCrerey

St. Joseph, Mo.

Northwest Missouri State University

Mallory Brown

Hannibal, Mo.

Rockhurst University

Joshua Hollis

Kansas City, Mo.

Saint Louis University

Allison Hopke*

Vandalia, Mo.

Samantha Morr

St. Louis, Mo.

Christopher Tkach

St. Louis, Mo.

Southeast Missouri State University

Benjamin Castelli*

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Leni Fluegge

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Keith Jones

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Southwest Baptist University

Kristin Edwards*

Macks Creek, Mo.

Rachel Tag*

Pilot Grove, Mo.

Truman State University

Jessi Bays

O’Fallon, Mo.

Joseph Buterbaugh*

Kirksville, Mo.

Eric Hansen

Old Monroe, Mo.

Joseph Higgins*

St. Charles, Mo.

Maxwell LaFoy*

St. Charles, Mo.

Daniel Leatherman*

Chillicothe, Mo.

Helen Pham

Kirksville, Mo.

John Sturgeon*

Kirksville, Mo.

University of Central Missouri

Olga Nikulina*

Kansas City, Mo.

University of Missouri-Columbia

Ben Anderson

Columbia, Mo.

Keila Attaway

Columbia, Mo.

Mark Bender*

St. Louis, Mo.

David Chen*

St. Louis, Mo.

Shannon Ferguson

St. Louis, Mo.

Christine Garofalo*

Bridgeton, Mo.

Katherine Gilligan** *

Blue Springs, Mo.

Cory Hillmann

Fenton, Mo.

Richard Newell*

Rolla, Mo.

Ryan Schiavo*

St. Louis, Mo.

Benjamin Wells

Maryland Heights, Mo.

Ryan Wenk*

St. Louis, Mo.

University of Missouri-Kansas City

Caleb Egli

Kansas City, Mo.

Washington University

Brian Krigsher*

St. Louis, Mo.

**Katherine Gilligan Earns the Fourth Annual Don Breimeier Memorial Scholarship!

The Don Breimeier Memorial Scholarship was established to honor the legacy of Breimeier, who served the MSCPA as executive director from 1965-1993.  He moved the Missouri Society of CPAs from its humble beginnings and built the foundation for much of the successes that the profession enjoys today in Missouri.

As the judges’ highest-rated 2008-2009 applicant, Katherine Gilligan will receive an additional $1,000 award on top of the $1,000 she earned as part of the LEAP Scholarship Contest.  This is the second year that Gilligan has earned a LEAP Scholarship.

*Denotes previous LEAP Scholarship recipient