Each year the Armenian Education Center awards a scholarship to the winner of their essay contest. These essay questions help students to generate awareness and build a general understanding of the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
Past Winners of the AEC Scholarship
2020
Winner: Katherine Vaughan, Salem High School
Honorable mention: Kelsey Snider, Wilson Memorial High School
2019
Winner: Jamael Smith, Rustburg High School, Rustburg, VA
2018
Winner: Elliot Scaparo, Maggie Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies, Richmond, VA
Honorable mention: Jackson Daniels, Grafton High School, Yorktown, VA
2017
Winner: Avery Naperala
Honorable mention: James Caven
2016
Winner: Benjamin Comire, Bassett H.S., Bassett, VA
Honorable mention: Kelly McHale, W.T. Woodson H.S., Fairfax, VA
Honorable mention: Brooks Pollard, Turner Ashby H.S., Bridgewater, VA
2015
Winner: Katherine Katz, Bishop Denis J. O’Connell High School, Arlington, VA
Honorable mentions: Zach Schauffler, Jamestown High School, James City County, VA
2014
Winner: John Leahy
Honorable mentions: Meagan Arnold; Hershel Holiday
2013
Winner: Claire Burke
Honorable mentions: Sonia Blough; Philip Cragg; Audra J VanDerwerker
2012
Winner: Claire Tito
Honorable mention: Sarah Stites
2011
Winner: Elisabeth Andrews
Honorable Mention: Charlotte Hopkins
2010
Winner: Hira Palla
Honorable Mention: Jerod Myers
2009
Winner: David Scurry
Honorable Mention: Jennifer Morben
2008
Winner: June Song
Honorable Mention: Christina Beasley
2007
Winner: Matthew Mason