2025 Truman Finalists

The Truman Foundation’s Finalist Selection Committee selected 201 students from 137 institutions to interview with the Foundation’s Regional Review Panels between March 2nd and April 7th. In 2025, the Foundation received 743 applications from 288 institutions.

Alabama
Nashville, TN - Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Isabelle Jouve 
Johns Hopkins University 

Rotimi Kukoyi 
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 

Anahita Maleknia 
University of Alabama at Birmingham 

Arizona
Phoenix, AZ - Monday, March 10, 2025

Autie Ascenzi 
Rowan University 

Marlee Hewlett 
Northern Arizona University 

Elijah Jenkins 
University of Chicago 

Francesca Martin 
Arizona State University 

Paul O'Donnell 
University of Arizona 

Ojas Sanghi 
University of Arizona 

Arkansas
Nashville, TN - Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Claire Green 
Mississippi State University 

Rocco Hicks 
Arkansas State University 

Cassie Riddick 
University of Arkansas 

California
San Francisco, CA - Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Saanvi Arora 
University of California-Berkeley 

Kaila DuFour 
University of California-Berkeley 

Cristopher Espino 
University of California-Los Angeles 

Enri Lala 
University of California-Santa Barbara 

Michael Lee-Chang 
California State University-Sacramento 

Eleanor Love 
University of Southern California 

Casey Platkin 
Cornell University 

Camalah Saleh 
California State University-Fresno 

David Sengthay 
Stanford University 

Brandon Tran 
United States Military Academy 

Daisy Zamora
United States Naval Academy 

Colorado
Denver, CO - Friday, March 14, 2025

Samuel Johnson-Saeger 
Claremont McKenna College 

Robert Lamm 
Colorado State University 

Lauren Mirande 
United States Air Force Academy 

Aimee Resnick 
Northwestern University 

Frankie Stroud 
University of Denver 

Mark Tang 
United States Air Force Academy 

Connecticut
Boston, MA - Friday, March 28, 2025

Libby Riggs 
Bowdoin College 

Keziah-Yvonne Smith 
Xavier University of Louisiana 

Delaware
Philadelphia, PA - Friday, April 4, 2025

Tommy DaSilva 
Syracuse University 

Kanmani Duraikkannan 
Georgetown University 

District Of Columbia
Washington, DC I - Monday, March 3, 2025

Ethan Barnes 
Northwestern University 

Louis Layman
Claremont McKenna College 

Nathaniel Liu 
Oberlin College 

Florida
Atlanta, GA - Monday, March 17, 2025

Gowri Abhinanda 
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 

Ashley Adirika 
Harvard University 

Jonathan Jean Charles 
University of Miami 

Daniel Kind 
University of Chicago 

Rishi Shah 
Yale University 

Georgia
Atlanta, GA - Monday, March 17, 2025

Latoya Bartley 
Mercer University 

Justin Cohen 
University of Georgia 

Lucero Mendez 
Georgia State University 

William Muller 
University of Alabama 

Emily-Anne Santiago 
George Washington University 

Guam
Washington, DC III- Tuesday, April 1, 2025 ChST (Monday, March 31, 2025 ET)

Keana Ardiente 
University of Guam

Ely John Catalan 
University of Guam 

Grace Anne Dela Cruz 
University of Guam 

Brian Teodosio 
University of Guam 

Hawaii
San Francisco, CA - Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Brooklyn Jones 
Marist College 

Naho Umitani 
Seattle University 

Idaho
Seattle, WA - Friday, March 7, 2025

Emma Redman 
The College of Idaho 

Veronica Richmond 
University of Miami 

Katharine Turcke 
Pomona College 

Illinois
Chicago, IL - Monday, March 24, 2025

Ariela Asllani 
Cornell University 

Nandipha DuBois 
Xavier University of Louisiana 

Katharine Dunn 
Miami University 

Aparna Ramakrishnan 
University of Illinois at Chicago 

Anthony Tamez 
Northeastern Illinois University 

Indiana
Chicago, IL - Monday, March 24, 2025

Hayden Garbez 
Ball State University 

Sage Mehta 
University of Pennsylvania 

Nicholas Neuman 
Purdue University 

Lauren Patrick 
George Washington University 

Iowa
Kansas City, MO - Friday, March 21, 2025

Brandon Bishop 
Washington and Lee University 

Rachel Rudacille 
Grinnell College 

Kansas
Kansas City, MO - Friday, March 21, 2025

Omar Abdelmoity 
Washington University 

Chloe Harnar 
Drury University 

Grace McCord 
Fort Hays State University 

Campbell McNorton 
Kansas State University 

Zachary Stockton 
Drury University 

Lillie Taylor 
University of Central Oklahoma 

Kentucky
Nashville, TN - Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Amica Snow 
University of Kentucky 

Alex Young 
University of Notre Dame 

Louisiana
Austin, TX - Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Faiza Filali 
University of Notre Dame 

Aarinii Parms-Green 
Xavier University of Louisiana 

Maine
Boston, MA - Friday, March 28, 2025

Laila Adawadkar 
United States Coast Guard Academy 

Matthew Peeler 
Bates College 

Gabrielle Wiley-Hicks 
University of Maine 

Maryland
Washington, DC II - Monday, April 7, 2025

Helen Bailey 
Clemson University 

Peter Banyas 
Duke University 

Leah Fitzpayne 
Northeastern University 

Uma Fox 
Princeton University 

Dhruvak Mirani 
University of Maryland College Park 

Mack Watkins 
University of Maryland Baltimore County 

Massachusetts
Boston, MA - Friday, March 28, 2025

Kuhu Badgi 
American University 

David Delvalle 
Tufts University 

Ruby Fyffe
Bowdoin College 

Evan Garcia 
College of the Holy Cross

Zac Gondelman 
Brandeis University 

Michigan
Chicago, IL - Monday, March 24, 2025

Kaylin Casper 
Michigan State University 

Zoe Kukla 
University of Wisconsin-Madison 

Quentin Messer 
Hamilton College 

Minnesota
St. Paul, MN - Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Annie Chen 
University of Notre Dame 

Thai Loyd 
Columbia University 

Talha Rao 
Stanford University 

Diadou Sall 
St. Catherine University 

Izzy Wagener 
Georgetown University 

Mississippi
Nashville, TN - Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Yasmine Ware 
University of Mississippi 

Missouri
Kansas City, MO - Friday, March 21, 2025

Sam Aitchison 
Saint Louis University 

Willow Albano 
Macalester College 

Joshua Donaldson 
University of Missouri 

Elena Wright 
University of Central Oklahoma 

Jaden Zelidon
Ohio State University 

Montana
Seattle, WA - Friday, March 7, 2025

Zoe Belinda 
University of Montana 

Isaac Nehring 
Stanford University 

Nebraska
Denver, CO - Friday, March 14, 2025

Ekbal Djibril 
Howard University 

Luke McDermott 
University of Nebraska 

Nevada
Phoenix, AZ - Monday, March 10, 2025

Michael Cohen 
University of Nevada-Las Vegas 

Victoria Gomez Meza 
DePaul University 

Kanokwan Tungkitkancharoen 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

New Hampshire
Boston, MA - Friday, March 28, 2025

Maya Beauvineau 
Dartmouth College 

Cameron Bedard 
New York University 

New Jersey
Philadelphia, PA - Friday, April 4, 2025

Omar Abuattieh 
Rutgers University 

Amina Anekwe 
New York University 

Andrew Cadwallader 
Haverford College 

Bryce Dershem 
Stony Brook University 

Duane Horne 
Rutgers University - Camden 

Denia Smith 
American University 

Stefanie Viera 
Ramapo College of New Jersey 

New Mexico
Phoenix, AZ - Monday, March 10, 2025

Chase Jacques-Maynes 
University of New Mexico 

Liliana Madrid Larrañaga 
Occidental College 

New York
New York, NY - Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Madison Garrett 
Columbia University 

Kathryn Gioiosa 
CUNY City College 

Arianna Lawrence 
Pomona College 

Tae Kyu Lee 
Cornell University 

Nora Lowe 
Amherst College 

Victoria Lu 
CUNY City College 

Joshua Rosenblut 
Emory University 

Natalie Sanchez 
CUNY Queens College 

Juniper Sokolov 
CUNY Hunter College 

Daniza Tazabekova 
Middlebury College 

North Carolina
Washington, DC I - Monday, March 3, 2025

Lucas Daley 
Oberlin College 

Annabelle Hill 
University of North Carolina-Charlotte 

Luke Magyar 
University of Chicago 

Isabella Romine 
Wake Forest University 

Adam Sherif 
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 

Nina Worley 
Davidson College 

North Dakota
St. Paul, MN - Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Greyson Orne 
University of North Dakota 

Ohio
Washington, DC II - Monday, April 7, 2025

Srihan Anand 
Ohio State University 

Viola Day 
Denison University 

Laksh Dhir
Ohio State University 

Neena Shell 
Dartmouth College 

Harshman Sihra 
University of Cincinnati 

Oklahoma
Denver, CO - Friday, March 14, 2025

Maxfield Brody 
University of Pennsylvania 

Anna Hyslop 
University of Oklahoma 

Randi Wright 
University of Oklahoma 

Oregon
Seattle, WA - Friday, March 7, 2025

Raymond Arias 
Occidental College 

Will Iboshi 
University of Richmond 

Eli Leadham 
Wake Forest University 

Trace Terrell 
Johns Hopkins University 

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA - Friday, April 4, 2025

Jemille Duncan 
Swarthmore College 

Linnea Mayo 
Trinity College [CT] 

Sam Podnar 
University of Pittsburgh 

Julie Wright 
Lehigh University 

Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR - TBD

Miguel Arroyo-Torres 
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras 

Caleb Morales-Rosario 
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras 

Lizbeth Rodríguez-Gonzalez 
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras 

Laura Rosado Philippi 
Fordham University 

Rhode Island
New York, NY - Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Kylee Hong 
Brown University 

Chris Liu 
Brown University 

Grant Wosencroft 
Roger Williams University 

South Carolina
Atlanta, GA - Monday, March 17, 2025

Emma Abrams 
University of Delaware 

Addie-Grace Cook 
Washington and Lee University 

August Rios 
Yale University 

South Dakota
St. Paul, MN - Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Mercedes Bengs 
University of Georgia 

Lucy Farley 
College of Saint Benedict 

Ellie Hart 
University of South Dakota 

Taylor Van Emmerik 
University of South Dakota 

Tennessee
Nashville, TN - Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Zahra Chowdhury 
Southern Methodist University 

Leah Loveday 
East Tennessee State University 

Layla Moore 
University of Tennessee-Knoxville 

Gunnar Stewart 
East Tennessee State University 

Texas
Austin, TX - Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Kashish Bastola 
Harvard University 

Mohamed Elgouhari 
University of Oklahoma 

Krishna Hariprasad 
University of Texas 

Jeremiah Joseph 
University of Texas-Arlington 

Andrew Martin 
Arizona State University 

Sharon Olaifa 
Rice University 

Ashley Poole 
Hillsdale College 

Cameron Samuels 
Brandeis University 

Shuyan Tang 
University of Michigan 

Alexander Treviño 
United States Military Academy 

Tommy Wan 
University of Texas 

Utah
Phoenix, AZ - Monday, March 10, 2025

Dallin Bundy 
Brigham Young University 

Ammon Love 
Princeton University 

Vermont
Boston, MA - Friday, March 28, 2025

Eva Frazier 
Harvard University 

Virgin Islands
Washington, DC III- Tuesday, April 1, 2025 ChST (Monday, March 31, 2025 ET)

Araba Penn 
New York University 

Virginia
Washington, DC I - Monday, March 3, 2025

Elizabeth Brubaker 
Emory University 

Chloe Goode 
University of Richmond 

Kara Park 
College of William and Mary 

Jason Zheng 
College of William and Mary 

Washington
Seattle, WA - Friday, March 7, 2025

Liv Counsel 
Seattle University 

Tristan Jafari 
University of Washington 

West Virginia
Washington, DC II - Monday, April 7, 2025

Alondra Johnson 
Coastal Carolina University 

Sophie Slaughter 
West Virginia University 

Wisconsin
St. Paul, MN - Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Addison Feldman 
Northwestern University 

Amanjot Kaur 
University of Wisconsin-Madison 

Hannah Sundararajan 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

Wyoming
Denver, CO - Friday, March 14, 2025

Jenna Hoobler 
University of Wyoming 

Isabelle Radakovich 
Michigan State University 

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