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VSP Vision and AAOF Announce the 2024 Practice Excellence Scholarship Recipients

VSP Vision™, in partnership with the American Academy of Optometry Foundation (AAOF), is proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Practice Excellence Scholarship. The Practice Excellence Scholarship is a long-standing and prestigious scholarship that represents the very best in what optometry has to offer in patient care and practice management.

Every year, VSP® awards up to $4,000 each to two fourth-year students at every institution of optometry in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Scholarship recipients are selected based on the students’ commitment to enter the independent practice of optometry, and their clinical and academic performance.

This year, nearly $200,000 was awarded to 50 scholarship recipients. Included in their $4,000 award, every winner received a travel grant to attend the American Academy of Optometry annual meeting in November held in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Meet the recipients of the 2024 Practice Excellence Scholarship:

• Madison Huynh - Illinois College of Optometry
• Shang-Yun (Wendy) Huang - Illinois College of Optometry
• Alec Compton - Indiana University School of Optometry
• Madison Neale - Indiana University School of Optometry
• Kimberly Castellanos - Inter-American University of Puerto Rico School of Optometry
• Brie Aguon - Inter-American University of Puerto Rico School of Optometry
• Gabrielle Anderson - Kentucky College of Optometry at University of Pikeville
• Megan Carry - Kentucky College of Optometry at University of Pikeville
• Lilly Lien Phan - Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
• Sameer Majumdar - Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
• Riley Parker - Michigan College of Optometry at Ferris State University
• Tania Styma - Michigan College of Optometry at Ferris State University
• Alli O’Shea - Midwestern University - Arizona College of Optometry
• Nicole J Boyer - Midwestern University - Arizona College of Cptometry
• Giacomo Cilliani - Midwestern University - Chicago College of Optometry
• Hana Tulemat - Midwestern University - Chicago College of Optometry
• Alexandra Baillie - New England College of Optometry
• Rachel Harmon - New England College of Optometry
• Cori Ashton Dorrell - Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry
• Tate Buster - Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry
• Adelda Blanc - Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry
• Colleen Furey - Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry
• Emily Bittman - Pacific University College of Optometry
• Meagan R. Seufert - Pacific University College of Optometry
• Claire Chu - Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Drexel University
• Lawrence Sunga Yabut - Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Drexel University
• Faye Nie - Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B Ketchum University
• Vanessa Tran - Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B Ketchum University
• Hannah Marek - Southern College of Optometry
• Leslie Ibarra - Southern College of Optometry
• Christina Canellos - SUNY College of Optometry
• Julianna Dolinski - SUNY College of Optometry
• Joshua Stefan - The Ohio State University College of Optometry
• Maddison Fortman - The Ohio State University College of Optometry
• Baldemar Torres - UC Berkeley - Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry and Vision Science
• Jessica JQ Wang - UC Berkeley - Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry and Vision Science
• Brenton Maxwell Weeks - University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry
• Isabella Simmons - University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry
• Jackson Dolce - University of Houston College of Optometry
• Luis Ramirez - University of Houston College of Optometry
• Brandon Merrill - University of Missouri St. Louis College of Optometry
• Valerie D'Souza - University of Missouri St. Louis College of Optometry
• Alina Tran - University of Montreal School of Optometry
• Catherine Forest - University of Montreal School of Optometry
• Brazil Andrews - University of the Incarnate Word Rosenberg School of Optometry
• Jenna Kveton - University of the Incarnate Word Rosenberg School of Optometry
• Laura Appleby - University of Waterloo
• Michelle Zhang - University of Waterloo
• Madisyn Jones - Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry
• Jessica Yeh - Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry
   

Over the last 10 years, VSP® has provided nearly $4 million in scholarship support to optometry students as part of our commitment to support the future of the profession. Learn more about how VSP is supporting the next generation of optometrists here.