The Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra club gave away $21,000 on Thursday at their annual youth awards and scholarship ceremony.
The following are the categories and winners:
South Tahoe High School Scholarships
Sophie Caputa, headed to UC Santa Cruz to major in Political Science
Kamren Gronwold, headed to Feather River College to major in Equine Science
Isabel Leon, headed to LTCC and the plans to go to UC Davis to major in Chemical Engineering
Jocelyn Lopez, headed to Cal State Humboldt
Lek Wei Seow, headed to UC Merced to major in Micro-Biology
Whittell High School Scholarship
Samantha Forvilly, headed to University of Utah to major in Nursing
Mt. Tallac High School Senior Young Parents Program
Acayda Babson and Issac Quintana Hernandez
Mt. Tallac High School School to Career Awards
Kayla Kippes, Carlos Lopez, America Mata, Jorge Reyes, Amber Ross and Michaela Valle
Mt. Tallac High School Joy Rothschild Memorial Scholarships
Carlos Lopez and America Mata
South Tahoe High School Most Improved Seniors
Nick McComas, Jade Smith and Kyla Shelnutt
Whittell High School Most Improved Senior
Kristian Landing
South Tahoe Middle School Most Improved 8th Graders
Crystal Gomez Ceja and Bryan Hernandez Garcia
Whittell High Schoo Most Improved 8th Graders
Sofia Garcia