Scholarship Winners

Aspiring CPAs earn scholarships thanks to member contributions!

Congratulations to the 2022-2023 MOCPA scholarship winners! In total, the society awarded $40,000 in scholarships this year, thanks to the generosity of MOCPA members and a Deloitte sponsorship. 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

Daniel Devine
Hickman High School
Plans to attend University of Missouri-Columbia

Kaylee Gaines
Shelby County R-IV
Plans to attend University of Missouri-Columbia

Braxton Magee
South Harrison High School R2
Plans to attend Northwestern Missouri State University

Madison McKinley
Raymore-Peculiar High School
Plans to attend Missouri State University

Lauren Thomlinson
Fair Grove R-10 High School
Plans to attend Drury University

Zackarie Weber
Lindbergh High School
Plans to attend Missouri State University

College Scholarship Recipients

Diana Alhalabi*
Maryville University

Brent Burchett
University of Missouri-Kansas City

Nicholas Clark
University of Missouri-St. Louis

Grant Ebert*
University of Missouri-St. Louis

Haley Eckelmann*
Southeast Missouri State University

Kevin Fagan
Park University

Lauren Fergerson
Drury University

Kylie Gillen*
Missouri State University

Lexys Gilliam
University of Missouri-Columbia

Blake Harris
University of Missouri-Columbia

John Hines
Evangel University

Rilee Hobrock
Saint Louis University

DeNae Howard
University of Missouri-St. Louis

Kayla Hubbard
Saint Louis University

Philania Johnson
University of Missouri-Kansas City

Jennifer Jones*
Missouri State University

Hallie Jones
University of Central Missouri

Timothy Lai
Maryville University

Lotus MacDonald*
Truman State University

Melissa Mantz
University of Missouri-St. Louis

Mia McGrath
Saint Louis University

Rami Merayyan
University of Missouri-Columbia

Isaac Moon
Missouri State University

Abigail Pannell
Central Methodist University

Brett Paubel
University of Missouri-St. Louis

Kassidy Phillips
William Woods University

Gerald Schiele
Missouri State University

Brett Sorrell
Missouri State University

Breanna Trail
University of Missouri-St. Louis

Angela Truesdale
University of Missouri-St. Louis

Briana Turnbull
Missouri Southern State University

Christopher Underwood*
Evangel University

Jarchelle Williams*
University of Missouri-St. Louis

Kathryn Wilson*
University of Missouri-Columbia

Jillian Wray
University of Central Missouri

Grace Yu*
University of Missouri-Kansas City

Yarely Zamacona
St. Charles Community College

*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!