Twenty-four high school graduates from Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties will enter UC Santa Barbara this fall as Chancellor's scholars.
The incoming freshmen will receive $2,000 a year for four years.
These need-based scholarships have been awarded to students who have achieved outstanding academic success in high schools served by the Early Academic Outreach Program at UCSB in the Tri- and Kern County outreach service area.
The scholarship program is a collaboration among the UCSB offices of Financial Aid, Educational Opportunity Program, and Admissions and Outreach Services.
The names of the recipients and their high schools follow.
UCSB Chancellor Scholarship Recipients
Juan Manuel Castro-Alejandre and Jorge Luis Martinez
Lompoc High School
Matthew Scott Blane
Rosamond High School
James Alan Blau and Olivia Kathleen Pigdon
Royal High School
Sandra Bravo and Maribel Espinoza
Hueneme High School
Vannesa Cisneros, Carlos Cruz, Luciana Felix Gonzalez, and Ivan Vicente Padilla
Fillmore High School
Brooke Victoria Deragon
San Luis Obispo High School
Alya Elhawary
Westlake High School
Sonia I. Esparza
Santa Maria High School
Natasha R. Fischer
Centennial High School
Andrew Garcia
Foothill High School
Shuhsuan Lin
Dos Pueblos High School
Jacqueline G. Paredes
Santa Paula Union High School
Megan Elizabeth Plisky and Sheryl Chinsio Tolentino
Oxnard High School
Carolina Rodriquez
Channel Islands High School
Cari L. Wagner
El Camino High School