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Meet the 2008-2009 UTSA Student Alumni Scholars! |
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John
Egan
Classification: Freshman - first year scholarship recipient
High School Graduation: Flour Bluff High School, Corpus
Christi, Texas, 2007
Major/Minor: Liberal Arts
Honors/Awards: Captain, football team; first team,
all-district; first team, all-metro; first team, all south
Texas; honorable mention, all-state; Wendy’s High School Heisman Award; National High School Honor Roll;
Who’s Who Among American High School Students; National
Honor Society
Community Service: Humane Society, Ronald McDonald House,
Operation Paint-brush
Future Plans: To pursue a career in law as a defense
attorney
Quote: “I am honored to have been awarded, what I consider
to be the most prestigious scholarship to be given by The
University of Texas at San Antonio. I do not take this honor
for granted and am ready to put this much needed assistance
to work.”
Scholarship Benefactors: Daniel and Deni Sciano |
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Alyssa
Esquivel
Classification: Junior – third year scholarship recipient
Majors: Biology/Psychology
Honors/Awards: Dean’s List, UTSA Honor Roll
Community Service: Hispanic Scholarship Fund member, Big
Brothers and Big Sisters of America, hospital volunteer
Future Plans: To become a pediatric physician
Quote: “There aren’t any words to describe how much I have
appreciated all your help. Having received this scholarship
I am able to concentrate on my studies rather than
finances.”
Scholarship Benefactors: Pat and Jim Mickey ’78 |
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Maxim Fateev
Classification: Sophomore, UTSA Honors College – second year
scholarship recipient
Major/Minor: Biology/Math
Honors/Awards: Assistant in Professor D. Senseman’s
neuroscience/neurobiology lab
Future Plans: To obtain Ph.D. and M.D. degrees and a career
as a neurosurgeon
Quote: On choosing the medical profession – “I accepted this
challenge because I want to help people with their problems
and increase their chances of having a healthy life.”
Scholarship Benefactors: Irma ’80 and Tony Flores |
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Nicole
Franco
Classification: Freshman, UTSA Honors College - first year
scholarship recipient
High School Graduation: James Madison High School, 2007
Major: Biology
Honors/Awards: Captain, Cross Country team; National Honor
Society; Secretary, Key Club; Who’s Who Among American High
School Students; Most Valuable Player, Track and Field
Community Service: Volunteer North Central Baptist Hospital
Future Plans: To attend medical school
Quote: “To truly be called a leader is to be given one of
the highest honors by your peers because it means that you
have given yourself to those around you for the goal of
positive change.”
Scholarship Benefactor: HEB |
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William Frees
Classification: Freshman - first year scholarship recipient
High School Graduation: Edgewood Fine Arts Academy, 2007,
magna cum laude under the distinguished
achievement program
Major: Engineering
Honors/Awards: Co-leader, Robotics design team, National
Honor Society, Rotary Club “Diploma Plus” Scholarship
recipient
Community Service: Volunteer at St Peter-St. Joseph
Children’s Home, active member of St. Jude Catholic Church
Future Plans: A career as an engineer
Quote: “Your contribution is making it possible for me to
begin my higher education at UTSA. This scholarship is a
stepping stone in attaining the education I need to become
an engineer.”
Scholarship Benefactor: Dr. Yvonne Katz ’74 |
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Alex Gil
Classification: Junior – third year scholarship recipient
Major/Minor: Music/Composition
Honors/Awards: Member UTSA Symphonic Band, UTSA Student
Honor Roll
Employment: Percussion instructor – Antonian College Preparatory High School,
performs with local band,
Future Plans: A career in music education
Quote: “If you don’t live for something, you’ll die for
nothing.”
Scholarship Benefactor: Dr. Ricardo Romo |
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