Alworth Memorial Fund awards 2025 scholarships to 97 northern Minnesota math and science students

The Marshall H. and Nellie Alworth Memorial Fund has awarded its 2025 scholarships to 97 northern Minnesota students pursuing bachelor’s degrees in fields of study related to mathematics, engineering, the sciences, medicine and scientific research.

Ninety-one scholarships for $24,000 each were awarded to seniors from 33 high schools. Six additional awards were $12,000 College Transfer Pathway Scholarships, for community college sophomores graduating with an associate in science degree who will be pursuing a qualifying bachelor's degree during their final two years of schooling at a four-year university. 

All told, the Alworth Memorial Fund awarded $2,256,000 in its 2025 round of scholarships. Since the Fund’s founding in 1949, it has awarded $58.9 million to 5,491 motivated young people.

“For 76 years, the Alworth Memorial Fund has realized there’s no better investment than in northern Minnesota young people with a passion for pursuing careers in math and science-related fields,” said Patty Salo Downs, Executive Director of the Fund. “The 2025 scholarship class is no exception. We can’t wait to see what new discoveries they make in the coming years to make the world a better place.”

Alworth Scholarships are available to students in 60 high schools, plus those who are homeschooled, in these 10 northern Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Lake, Itasca, Koochiching and St Louis.

Additional information about the Marshall H. and Nellie Alworth Memorial Fund, including how to apply for future scholarships, is at www.AlworthScholarship.org.

The 2025 recipients of $24,000 Alworth Scholarships, listed by high school, are immediately below. The seven recipients of $12,000 College Transfer Pathway Scholarships are below that.

Aitkin High School – Wyatt Crowther

Barnum High School – Megan Swanson

Bemidji High School – Elliott Gieser, Moraya Holleman, Ainsley Kennedy, Samuel Maus, Hazel Olson

Bigfork High School – Eleanor Prato

Brainerd High School – Emelia Cosert, Ericah Folden, Sydney Frericks, Garrett Gilbert, Gabriel Hallgren, Adam Lokken, Joseph Neumann, Straton Pribula

Carlton High School – Gavin Gibson, Amy Schwoch

Cherry High School – Amara Aimonetti

Chisholm High School – Hailey Johnson

Cloquet High School – Johanna Bernu, Michael Kruse, Shane Malloy

Cook County High School – Noah Smith

Crosby-Ironton High School – Jonathan Maroney, Evan Rydberg, Oliver Toftness

Duluth Denfeld High School – Cole Abernethy, Wesley Nurminen, Joshua Rock

Duluth East High School – Sarang Chun, Preston Dallek, Avery Dickinson, Alexa Ensign, Amelia Gilbert, Jett Johnson, Lila Kamben, Amy Ricketts, Jossy Saamanen, Micah Schlotec, Owen Strum, August Vogelgesang, Ewan Vogelgesang, Charli Worcester

Ely Memorial High School – Rena Johnson

Esko Lincoln High School – Reese Kuklinski, Avery Martineau, Ella McLeod, Maxwell McWilliams, Harper Mears, Kaylee Tipple

Falls High School – William Gitner

Grand Rapids High School – Kayla Jenkins, Gunnar Larson, Alfred Necas

Harbor City International School – One recipient

Hermantown High School – Logan Anderson, Tyler Breitkreutz, Broden Bruhjell, Keatin Graves, Elyana Hewitt, Claire Kaups, Addyson Rapp, Sidney Shubitz 

Hibbing High School – Dallas Hoover, Matthew Johnson, Sylvie Wetzel

Lakeview Christian Academy – Grace Matvey

Littlefork-Big Falls High School – Rijah Jones

Marshall School – Ailie King, Ethan Perlinger, Zoe Saukko

Mesabi East High School – Riley Ronning

Moose Lake High School – Chet Giersdorf-Thompson, Amelia Olson, Elijah Youngs

Mtn Iron-Buhl High School – Shay Busch

North Woods High School – Aidan Hartway

Pequot Lakes High School – John Christensen, Gavin Dooley, Landon Glazier, Amias Kjonaas, Ashley Slaybaugh

Proctor High School – Will Baczkiewicz, Elizabeth Harnell

South Ridge High School – Tyler Morse

Two Harbors High School – Singe Myers, Ava Oswald-Swenson, Maria Stellmach

Walker-Hackensack-Akeley High School – Cooper Brovold

William Kelley High School – Pipa Beckstrand

Alworth $12,000 College Transfer Pathway Scholarship recipients, shown with the community college from which they are transferring, are here:

Brody Anderson – Minnesota North-Itasca

Francisca Cuellar – Minnesota North-Itasca

Rian Grotberg – Minnesota North-Itasca

Connor Lundstrom – Minnesota North-Itasca

Willow Pollard – Minnesota North-Itasca

Lila Wood – Minnesota North-Rainy River