2025 KyCPA Educational Foundation Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations to this year’s Educational Foundation Scholarship recipients!

This year, the Educational Foundation of the Kentucky Society of CPAs awarded a total of $61,500 in scholarships to 34 outstanding college students from 11 universities and colleges. These scholarships recognize academic excellence and leadership in students pursuing a career as a CPA.

Recipients can use their scholarships for tuition, enrollment fees, room and board, CPA Exam review materials, books and supplies.

2025 scholarship recipients received recognition at the KyCPA Spring Awards Banquet on April 25, 2025 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Louisville.

Baldwin CPAs PLLC Scholarship

• Emma Ashlock, Eastern Kentucky University

• Kody Maggard, Eastern Kentucky University

Blue & Co. LLC Scholarship

• Eric Chew, Indiana University Southeast

Brandon Lloyd Warden Memorial Scholarship

• Daniel Williamson, Northern Kentucky University

Brown-Forman Inclusive Excellence Scholarship

• Al-nisaa El-shabazz, University of Kentucky

• Tamyia King, Western Kentucky University

Cherry Bekaert Scholarship

• Courtney McSorley, University of Kentucky

Crowe LLP Scholarship

• Melany Casanova-Maldonado, Berea College

Dave Calzi Scholarship

• Nicholas Fow, Indiana University Southeast

Dean Dorton PLLC Scholarship

• Katelyn Cooper, University of Kentucky

Deloitte & Touche LLP Scholarship

• Leonora Reader, Transylvania University

DMLO CPAs Scholarship

• Reagan Kiper, University of Kentucky

Ernst & Young LLP Scholarship

• Katherine Foster, Transylvania University

FORVIS Mazars Scholarship

• Carly Henry, University of Kentucky

Freibert CPA Group PLLC Scholarship

• Bailee Johnson, Indiana University Southeast

Gordon Ford Memorial Scholarship

• Sierra Kemelgor, Transylvania University

Henderman, Jessee & Co. PLLC Scholarship

• Trey Jackson, University of the Cumberlands

Henry Hawkins (The Hawk) Scholarship

• Natalie Greenwell, Bellarmine University

Kelley Galloway Smith Goolsby PSC Scholarship

• Ashley Line, Northern Kentucky University

Kentucky State Board of Accountancy Scholarship

• John Langdon, Eastern Kentucky University

• Colton Carmichael, Morehead State University

KPMG LLP Scholarship

• Lilly Senger, Northern Kentucky University

KyCPA Educational Foundation Scholarship

• Emma Ashlock, Eastern Kentucky University

• Melany Casanova-Maldonado, Berea College

• Eric Chew, Indiana University Southeast

• Katelyn Cooper, University of Kentucky

• Madison DAlexander, University of Kentucky

• Emma English, Transylvania University

• Katherine Foster, Transylvania University

• Nicholas Fow, Indiana University Southeast

• Hollie Harlan, University of Kentucky

• Carly Henry, University of Kentucky

• Mary-Kate Inman, Indiana University Southeast

• Trey Jackson, University of the Cumberlands

• Sierra Kemelgor, Transylvania University

• Reagan Kiper, University of Kentucky

• Keyonna Love, University of Kentucky

• Kody Maggard, Eastern Kentucky University

• Daren Mayfield, Eastern Kentucky University

• Joshua Moss, University of Kentucky

• Leonora Reader, Transylvania University

• Lilly Senger, Northern Kentucky University

• Daniel Williamson, Northern Kentucky University

KyCPA Presidents Scholarship

• Joshua Moss, University of Kentucky

KyCPA Women's Initiative Scholarship

• Mary-Kate Inman, Indiana University Southeast

• Emma English, Transylvania University

• Hollie Harlan, University of Kentucky

Louis T.Roth Memorial Scholarship

• Allyssa Osborn, Northern Kentucky University

Papa John's International Scholarship

• Olivia Dowell, Indiana University Southeast

Patterson & Company PLLC Scholarship

• Nicole Tioukalova, University of Louisville

Penelope Gold Honorary Scholarship

• Keyonna Love, University of Kentucky

Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP Scholarship

• Madison DAlexander, University of Kentucky

Sadie Mae Scholarship

• Daren Mayfield, Eastern Kentucky University

Strothman and Company Accounting Scholarship

• Anita Sears, Indiana University Southeast

William J. Caldwell Scholarship

• Wendell Canada, University of the Cumberlands

Click here to learn more about the Educational Foundation of the Kentucky Society of CPAs.