Locke Foundation Presents Scholarship Awards

Five local high school seniors have been awarded 2020 Locke Foundation Scholarships. Traditionally presented in May during the Locke Asian Pacific Spring Festival, this year’s winners had to receive “distance” presentations due to the current Corvid-19 crisis. However, the lack of public exposure hardly diminished the gratitude and excitement each winner expressed upon learning of this recognition. Each of these outstanding students received a Locke Foundation Scholastic Achievement Certificate in addition to a cash award.  

Scholarship recipients were chosen on the basis of grade point average, extracurricular activities, public service, need and quality of essays penned on the theme: “What is the historical significance of Locke, Ca?” The qualifications of the 2020 LF scholarship applicants were extremely high, making the selection process difficult. The five students chosen for LF scholarships are truly worthy.

Recipients of 2020 Locke Foundation Scholarships are: Lane Eggers – Rio Vista High School. Lane will be attending Colorado State University in the fall as an Animal Science major; Madison Myer – Rio Vista HS. Madison will be attending Arizona State University and majoring in Nursing; Tyrone Butcher – Delta HS. Tyrone will be studying the welding trade at Cosumnes River College; Valerie Rodriguez – Rio Vista HS. Valerie will attend CSUS as a Nursing major; and Lizbeth Antunez – Rio Vista HS. Lizbeth will also be attending CSUS as a Nursing major. She is the first in her family to attend college.

The Locke Foundation would like to thank Rio Vista HS counselor Yesenia Alduenda and Delta HS counselor Filipe Gomez for their assistance and encouragement.

Sponsors for 2020 Locke Foundation Scholarship Awards are: Lien Fan Chu, Deborah Mendel & Russell Ooms, and LF Directors Clarence Chu, Douglas Hsia and Stuart Walthall.

The Locke Foundation is proud to honor these five rising stars. Each path is bright … each future filled with promise.