The Women Divers Hall of Fame this week announced its 2025 Scholarship/Training Grant Winners.
The WDHOF is awarding US$95,500/~€86,981 to 68 individuals who are passionate about the ocean and looking to grow in their knowledge and skills.
Additionally:
“In celebration of our 25th anniversary, WDHOF is proud to have awarded an additional twenty-five basic and/or advanced dive training grants this year, thanks to the generous contributions from our supporters.”
Scholarship winners include:
- Grace Grodji (Côte d’Ivoire)
- Jessica Schulte (Oregon, USA)
- Morgan Hawkins (Florida, USA)
- Ponchanok Weeriyanun (Virginia, USA)
- Deva Holliman (California, USA)
- Baylie Fadool (Nebraska, USA)
- Marcelina Martynek (Pennsylvania, USA)
- Christina Marconi (Texas, USA)
- Carla Perscky (Florida, USA)
- Kenzie Pollard (California, USA)
- Sophie Wong (Alabama, USA)
- Sian Williams (Indonesia)
- Aulia Zeintrinanda (Indonesia)
- Melanie Gomez (Florida, USA)
- Maria Pla Prahl (Hawaii, USA)
- Mar Nester (Indiana, USA)
Training grant winners include:
- Suraiya Luecke (California, USA)
- Connor Tate (Florida, USA)
- Bigna Fischer (Switzerland)
- Lucía Rodríguez Arias (Spain)
- Chad Burtrum (Utah, USA)
- Cinnamon Smith (Missouri, USA)
- Elizabeth Urban-Gedamke (Florida, USA)
- Paula Sills (Bocas de Toro, Panama)
- Sophia Cabral (California, USA)
- Margaret (Karen) Martin (Texas, USA)
- Heather West (Georgia, USA)
- Shannon Dixon (Florida, USA)
- Cat Hauser (Massachusetts, USA)
- Elvina Menezes (India)
- Hrefna Sigurgeirsdottir (Iceland)
- Dharkshen Selva (Pulau Pinang, Malaysia)
- Farah Hamdan (Lebanon)
- Kendra Lang (Victoria, Australia)
- Mia D’Orazio (Florida, USA)
- Janis Argeswara (Bali, Indonesia)
- Amber Cumpstone (Sussex, England)
- Sarani Ranaweera (Western Province, Sri Lanka)
- Rosanne Teniente (Florida, USA)
- Ava Besecker (California, USA)
- Ashley Elliott (Florida, USA)
- Silpa M S (India)
- Supun Fernando, Amila Kaluthanthrige, Sajani Jeewanthi, Kithmee Gunasekera (Sri Lanka)
- Carolyn Keating (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
- Stephanie Reidell (Missouri, USA)
- Katherine Fenton (New Zealand)
- Demi Carballosa (Florida, USA)
- Lucia Gastoldi (Italy)
- Elisabeth Astari (Jawa Barat, Indonesia)
- Julimar Nevarez Melendez (Puerto Rico, USA)
- Jana Sipkova (Puerto Rico, USA)
- Alessandra Pak (Israel)
- Mariana Piña Cetina (Mexico)
- Sandra Malinowski (Wisconsin, USA)
- Gabriela Calderon (Illinois, USA)
- Shreya Chandra (California, USA)
- Emily Mailman (Alaska, USA)
- Niamh Tooher (United Kingdom)
- Isabella Mora (Florida, USA)
- Taslima Ahmed Hazarika (Assam, India)
- Emma Sanchez (Illinois, USA)
- Priscah Agengo (Kenya)
- Kayla Aristizabal (New York, USA)
- Hailey Boehner (British Columbia, Canada)
- Sherly Hernández Ramos (Puerto Rico, USA)
- Alexis Isherwood (Florida, USA)
- Loma Jones (South Carolina, USA)
- Abigail Ocaña (Oaxaca, Mexico)
To learn more about the winners, go to https://www.wdhof.org.
