Scholarship Winners
Aspiring CPAs earn scholarships thanks to member contributions!
Congratulations to the 2025-2026 MOCPA scholarship winners! Thanks to the generosity of members, MOCPA has established a $1 million Legacy Endowment Scholarship fund, which is still growing. In total, this year the society awarded $50,000 to hard-working students from the endowment. High school winners will be receiving $500 to use toward their accounting education. College winners are awarded $1,000. Congratulations to these outstanding students!
High School Scholarship Recipients
Krishaben Avaiya
Pattonville High School
Plans to attend Saint Louis University
Lillian Chitwood
New Franklin High School
Plans to attend University of Missouri-Columbia
Caleb Couch
Francis Howell North High School
Plans to attend University of Missouri-Columbia
William Fitzgerald
St. Louis University High School
Plans to attend: Undecided
Cole Schweizer
Savannah High School
Plans to attend University of Missouri-Columbia
Elise VanderMierden
Leopold High School
Plans to attend Southeast Missouri State University
College Scholarship Recipients
Baylor Adamovsky
University of Missouri-Columbia
Hannah Barron
Southeast Missouri State University
Isaac Bebee*
Missouri State University
Braden Best
Missouri Valley College
Jada Boddy
University of Central Missouri
Giovanna Bonifacio
Truman State University
Madalyn Breckenridge
Truman State University
Upendra Chapagain*
Truman State University
Olga Cherniavska
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Lauren Christians
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Michael Clark
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Lisa Clenin
Missouri Western State University
Brynn Cox*
University of Missouri-Columbia
Breanna Crockett*
Columbia College
Breanna Derritt
University of Central Missouri
Ava Diekhoff
University of Missouri-Columbia
Hilarry Elifrits*
Northwest Missouri State University
Iqra Faheem
Maryville University
Maylin Fernandez
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Jack Fitzgerald
University of Central Missouri
Latisha Graham
Central Methodist University
Victoria Gruca
University of Missouri-Columbia
Daniel Gutierrez
University of Missouri-Columbia
Paige Heitman
University of Missouri-Columbia
Abigail Hicks
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Benjamin Huelskamp
Missouri State University
Keira Jensen
Saint Louis University
Lucas Jordan
Missouri State University
Cheyenne Kemp*
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Evie Kolb
Missouri State University
Carla Lackey
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Samantha Lane
University of Missouri-Columbia
Lauren Langenbacher
Maryville University
Kaden Lansford
Lindenwood University
Lillian Le
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Brandon Lechene
Missouri State University
Lucas Lenear
Southeast Missouri State University
Xiaohan Liu
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Logan Mathews*
University of Missouri-Columbia
Lexie Meyer
University of Missouri-Columbia
Madelynn Morgan
University of Missouri-Columbia
Allison Newkirk
University of Missouri-Columbia
Jared Novak
Missouri State University
Abby Olson
Missouri State University
Alexandria Paubel
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Julio Pedro
Saint Louis University
Celimar Rentas*
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Brock Schofield*
University of Missouri-Columbia
Emma Scruggs
University of Missouri-Columbia
Carter Simmons*
Missouri State University
Drake Skaggs
Avila University
Nathan Smith*
University of Missouri-Columbia
Isabelle Thrall
Missouri State University
Davin Tubbs
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Joshua White
Columbia College
Sarah White
Missouri State University
Jackie Wilmes*
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Lucinda Wulff
Southeast Missouri State University
*Denotes previous MOCPA scholarship recipient
Thanks to all of the members and companies that donate to the MOCPA scholarship program. This program is entirely funded through members’ generosity, and 100 percent of donations goes directly to scholarships. To help provide scholarships next year, please click here to contribute!