Each year the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation awards nearly $30,000 in educations scholarships and ambassador awards funded by the Rod Tjaden Memorial Golf Tournament. Here are our 2018 recipients:
Tjaden Scholarship – $1,000
Janlavtsogzol Batmandakh- Mongolia
Katrin Deyanova- Bulgaria
Dulguun Erdenesoyol- Mongolia
Claudiu Iancu-Romania
Nicholas Jevas- Thatcher, AZ
Alicia Louters- Sheyenne, ND
Dan-Mihai Panainte- Romania
Elliott Stark- Kansas City, KS
Kaitlyn Stickel- Glendive, MT
Travis White- Orlando, FL
Tim Johnson Award- Additional $500 award
Kiley Meeder- Blair, NE
Katerina Black- Trenton, MO
Winston Satran Award- Additional $500 award
Oksana Zelenia- Lithuania
Wade Westin Award- Additional $500 award
Michael Castro- Phoenix, AZ
Madison Thompson- Minot, ND
Richard Johnson Award – Additional $500 award
Majalisa Nelson- Flasher, ND
Don Hubbard Scholarship – $1,500 awards
(must attend a North Dakota University)
Maria Sears- Maddock, ND
Katie Howey- Perham, MN
Sheila Schafer Sunshine Scholarship – $1,500 award
Jacie Kohler- Williston, ND
Shannon “Sunshine” Larson Scholarship – $1,500 awards
Alistair Giffels- Bay Villiage, OH
Edel Mae Alvarez- Kualapu’u, HI
Dean Hildebrand Conservation Scholarship – $1,500 award
Riley Williamson- Fort Thrill, SC
TRMF Ambassador Awards – $500 awards
Sabina Doros- Romania
Chanel Heng- Malaysia
Deb Lowery- Gastonia, NC
Wanda Montsele- South Africa
Eldon Nelson- Houston, TX
Tracey Ann Johnson- South Africa
LARSON AMBASSADOR AWARDS – $500 AWARDS
Ours was the Glory of work and the Joy of Living Award
Given in honor of Joe Wiegand
Jaimie Okusko- Green Bay, WI
Kindness and Goodness Award
Given in honor of Bill Sorensen
Maria De Lourdes- Mexico
Mistified Award
Given in honor of Misti Koop
Morgan Rebenitsch- Mandan, ND
The Medora Award
Given in honor of Emily Walter
Lara Brockway- Salina, KS
The Gatekeeper Award
Given in honor of B.J. Ridl
Sue Cook- Ekalaka, MT
The Cowboy Award
Given in memory of Lyle Glass
Kristi Reuer- Kenmare, ND