The Valero Alamo Bowl started a scholarship program in 2000 with 26 San Antonio high school students splitting $52,000 in scholarships.
The success of the game allowed the Bowl to add a college scholarship program in 2016 with support from all six San Antonio area four-year universities: University of the Incarnate Word, Our Lady of the Lake University, St. Mary’s University, Texas A&M–San Antonio, Trinity University and UTSA.
These two programs now combine to award an average of $1 million to distributed 135+ deserving students representing every San Antonio high school and university each year. This amount is the largest local scholarship total among the 40 bowl games.
The 2019-2020 college recipients will be announced later this summer. While each San Antonio university determines its own criteria for selecting the winners, the program’s focus is junior and seniors with a high propensity to stay and work in San Antonio. interested students should check with their school’s financial aid office for details on the selection process.
The 2018-2019 college winners who shared in $430,000 awards ($215,000 from the Bowl with a matching amount from each university) were as follows:
Our Lady of the Lake University
Nora Marcela Anda – Kinesiology – Junior
Liesel Aranda – Kinesiology – Senior
Joseph Cardenas – Kinesiology – Senior
Lauren Castro – Comparative Mexican American – Junior
Alexis Elizondo – Communication Disorders – Senior
Andrea Gandara – Kinesiology – Senior
Rebecca Garza – Individualized Study – Senior
Nadia Gloria – Psychology – Junior
Vanessa Guevara – Psychology – Senior
Zachary Muha – Computer Information Systems and Security – Senior
Jose Luis Neri – Individualized Study – Senior
Robert Olivia – Kinesiology – Senior
Angela Vargas Tatolla – Computer Information Systems and Security – Senior
Michael Tijerina – Marketing – Senior
St. Mary’s University
Zach de la Garza – Finance and Risk Management – Senior
Andrew Perez – Computer Science – Senior
Marcus Plataniotis – Psychology – Sophomore
Staci Johns – English Language Arts and Reading – Senior
Leah Witaker – Exercise & Sport Science – Senior
Texas A&M University – San Antonio
Keila Carlos – Education – Senior
Valeria Chavez Sotelo – Kinesiology – Junior
Autumn Crane – Psychology – Junior
Elizabeth Delgado – Education – Junior
Alexandra Espinoza – Education – Senior
Alejandra Garcia Muniz – Education – Senior
Michael Gonzales – Management – Senior
Maria Hernandez – Accounting – Senior
Katrina King – Marketing – Senior
Alexis Nichols – Finance – Senior
Diana Tapa – Education – Senior
Martin Vertiz – Political Science – Senior
Trinity University
Camila Acosta – International Studies – Mexico – Senior
Travis Boyd – Political Science – Senior
Margeaux Brown – Accounting – Junior
Kailey DeLuca – Anthropology – Senior
Russell Hurrell-Zitelman – Marketing – Senior
Diane Long – Sociology – Junior
Ciara McDaniel – Music – Instrumental – Senior
Alex Motter – Business Analytics and Technology – Senior
Caroline Neeley –Theatre – Senior
Amira Nickerson – Communications – Senior
Jaclyn Valdez – General Studies – Sophomore
Ju (Grace) Yun – Psychology – Junior
University of the Incarnate Word
Tyler Acosta – Kinesiology – Senior
Amber Aguilar – Business – Senior
Thais Barron – Community Health – Junior
Mikayla Brownlow – Athletic Training – Senior
Sabrina Berain – Rehab Science – Senior
Halyssa Garza – Business – Senior
Cody Graham – Business – Junior
Kayla Homeyer – Rehab Science – Senior
Bethany Melendez – Communications – Junior
Camila Melero – Communications – Senior
Krystal Ortiz – Rehab Science – Senior
Holly Nelson – Business – Senior
Carolyn Rodriguez – Business – Junior
Richay Stephens – Communications – Senior
Bianca Torres – Rehab Science – Junior
Jasmine Williams – Rehab Science – Junior
UTSA
Frank Harris – Sociology – Sophomore
Hannah Holzmann – Sociology – Sophomore
Sincere McCormick – Undecided – Freshman
Brianna McCulloch – English – Senior
Palmer Wenzel – Cyber Security – Senior
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