Our Students

Congratulations to our 2023 Scholarship Recipients

This year’s additional 27 recipients bring the total to over 110 students who will receive scholarships this year. The annual budget needed to distribute scholarships to all of the scholars is approximately $450,000 in 2024. The money needed to fund the scholarships is raised through a fundraising golf event held every other year, donations from Club members, and the generous support of local businesses.

The Founders Scholarship Fund, a non-profit/tax-exempt charitable organization founded in 1991 by Club Pelican Bay members, has awarded over $6.5 million dollars in scholarships to over 825 Collier County students since its founding.

2023 Scholarship Recipients

Club Pelican Bay (Employees/Family) – Maria Cabrera, Betsy Doreus
Barron Collier High School – Tina Tran
Golden Gate High School – Caleb Archelus, Maranica Cassy, Cedric Emmanuel, Ashley Esteban-Mazaba, Amanda Lugo, Tanya Raphael
Gulf Coast High School – Peyton Davidson
Immokalee High School – Litzy Banda-Soto, Benchy Dutreuil, Fabian Estrada, Ashley Murillo, Heriberto Santos-Cruz, Widme Victorin
Lely High School – Leila Antoine, Emily Gutierrez
Lorenzo Walker Technical High School – Maria Cano Gallardo, Lorena Cobos Chacon, Leyla Lahens, Johana Senatus, Jenny Thassou
Naples High School – Alejandra Cuellar-Gutierrez, Nicholas Fredette
Palmetto Ridge High School – Ellie Carvajal
St. John Neumann High School – Serene Aviles

Scholarship Recipients

Our scholars are some of the brightest students you’ll find attending college today. Their majors range from music composition to neuroscience.

The Founders Scholarship Fund averages 100 to 115 students attending colleges or technical institutions each year. They represent some of the most prestigious schools in the United States.

Here are some of the colleges that our students are attending or have attended.

American University
Arcadia University
Carleton College
College of the Holy Cross
Columbia University
Cornell University
Emory University
Fayetteville State University
Florida Agriculture & Mechanical University
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Atlantic University Honors College
Florida Gulf Coast University
Florida International University
Florida Southern College
Florida Southwestern State College
Florida State University
Franklin & Marshall College
George Mason University
Harvard College
Lehigh University
Lincoln College of Technology
Marquette University
Middlebury College
MIT
Monmouth College
North Central College
Northwestern University
NYU
Ohio State University
Purdue University
Regis College
Saint Mary’s College
St John’s University
St. Vincent College
Texas Health and Science University
The Culinary Institute of America
The George Washington University
Tufts University
UC Berkley
University of Central Florida
University of Florida
University of Miami
University of Mount Union
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Florida
University of Richmond
University of South Florida
Vanderbilt University

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