WDCA Scholarship Winners
Each year the WDCA shall bestow upon three worthy recipients a $500 post-secondary scholarship award.
Scholarship winners shall have an overall grade-point average of 2.75 or better, posses a three year involvement in Policy, Lincoln-Douglas, or Public Forum debate, demonstrate quality performance in debate, be involved in other school and community activities, and distinguish themselves in character and integrity.
Previous winners of the WDCA Scholarship are:
WDCA Scholarship Winners by Year
1993
Jeff DeThorne – West Bend East
Marissa Mayer – Wausau West
1994
Ben Bayer – Appleton East
Greg Feldkamp – Kaukana
1995
Kristi Plamann – Hortonville
Robert Yablon – Neenah
1996
Brynne McBride – Neenah
Erin McBride – Neenah
1997
Brett Rusche – Appleton North
Brian Yablon – Neenah
Adam Briggs – Wausau East
1998
Heather Heiman – Cedarburg
Paul Fonstad – Waukesha South
1999
Josh Lucas – Appleton North
Jessie Wachs – Cedarburg
2000
Kevin Thom – Marquette
Carl Falk – Milwaukee Juneau
2001
Lisa Blau – Cedarburg
Greg Phillips – Cedarburg
2002
Manav Bhatnagar – Marquette
Briana Czajka – Pius XI
2003
Brian Stepp – Marquette
Michelle Tellock – Hortonville
2004
Maria Putzer – Appleton West
2005
Eva Lam – Rufus King
Siobhan O’Connell – Merril
2006
Guarav Bhatnagar- Marquette
Asad Asad – Rufus King
2007
Neil Jackson- Merrill
Osahon Okundaye – Neenah
2008
Joseph Balistreri – Marquette
Emily Summers – Rufus King
2009
Valerie Shen – James Madison Memorial
Jason Schwartz – Nicolet
2010
Matt Holcomb – West Bend
Michelle Yang – James Madison Memorial
2011-12
Matt Beine – West Bend
Zach Komes – Rufus King
2012-13
Abby Syron – West Bend
James Elias – Rufus King
2013-14
Names not recorded. Please contact us if you know who they are.
2014-15
Vishal Narayanaswamy – James Madison Memorial
Teressa Shaw – Rufus King
2015-16
Mae Edwards – Rufus King
Chue Feng Yang – Rufus King
2016-17
Colin Gray-Hoehn – Brookfield East
Lily Miller – West Bend
Tamika Wiesner – West Bend
2017-18
Jaya Sims – Golda Meir
Morgan Coleman – Rufus King
2018-2019
Matt Moorhead -Appleton East
Arjun Shreekumar -Brookfield East
Rachael Granec -West Bend
2019-2020
Simone Toribio -La Crosse Central
Manya Kashyap -Sussex Hamilton
Bera Demirbilek-Brookfield East
2020-2021
Meagan O’Keefe -Neenah
Iman Snobar -Ronald Reagan IB
Abby Wichalz -West Bend
2021-2022
Aarush Jain-Middleton
Andrew Meacham -Fort Atkinson
Raymond Spores-West Bend