Valdez Gold Rush Days
Wednesday, July 30 -
Sunday, August 3, 2025
|M| P.O. Box 1393, Valdez, AK 99686 |E| ValdezGoldRushDays@gmail.com
Class of '24
Valdez Gold Rush Days congratulates Desi Woodgate, Anika Palomar, Nicolas Alfaro, Rudy Benda, Rhain Osburn,
and the entire Class of 2024 on a job well done!
Past Scholarship Winners
2023: Dillon Fowler, Payton Gage, Carsyn Hinkle, Anthony “AJ” Mann, Allen Watson
2022: Liliana Alfaro, Kyrcee Christensen, Layla McAtee, Blake Morrison
2020: Sara Bauman, Jillian Fleming, Grace Keller, Sophia Palomar, Ashlee Schaeffer, Jacklynn Stewart
2019: Domonique Alex, Richard Colapietro, Logan Heckathorn, Kendall Wesenberg
2018: Kassady Doyel, Bobbi Mott, Lindsey Overduyn
2017: Angela Alfaro, Caitlin Connell, Daile Disney, James Disney, Rylee Norris, Colton Prevost
2016: Sabrina Bishop, Emily Doyel, Felicia Martel, Ceylon Miner, Mikayla Morrison ($500)
2015: Sara Williams, Trevor Norris, Kathryn Keeney, Shatarrah Keithley ($500)
2014: Miranda Haltness; Gabrielle LaBonte; Colleen Murphy ($700)
2013: Jacob Perez; Justin Long; Flora Walters; Chaylene Mills ($500)
2012: Sam Masters; Hannah Norris; Gretchen Kuchin; Max Duffy; Timi Miner ($500)
2011: George Keeney; Keriann Gilson; Courtney Knowles; Cera Tetz ($500)
2010: Brittany Pickard; Shelby Saylors; Brett Wells; Kayla Hood ($500)
2009: Lindsey Roberts; Shelly Rymer; Annaliese Hazlett; Alexandra Wegner; Taylor Russell ($500)
2008: Adyson Ellis; Molly Masters; Courtney Pearcy; Josh Saylors ($500)
2007: Jamie Goudreau; Megan Merioles; Andrew Buckau; Me-Lani Bixby ($500)
2006: Samantha Laudert ($400); Ashley Rymer ($200); Dillon Smith($400); Shane Williams($200)
2005: Patrick Blood; Alicia Kypcyzk; Erin McCarty; Brooke Wegner; Adrienne Wilson ($500)
2004: Katie Blackburn; Katherine Crump ($500) “incomplete list”
2003: Jenna Caples; Libby Connor; Jennifer Kupcyzck; Cory McCollum; Matt Smith ($500)
2002: Stella Gifford ($1,000); Alex Park ($1,000)
2001: Joey Blackburn; Nick Crump ($500)
2000: Katie Hoskinson; Laci Michaud ($500)
1995 : Marjorie Dooley; Josh Kennedy ($1,000)