Don Diego Scholarship Foundation

2024 Don Diego Scholarships

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Meet Our Top Four 2024 Scholarship Recipients!

Ruby Perez

Escondido
$5,000 Karetas Family Endowment Employee Scholarship
$5,000/year CGW Four-Year Scholarship
Cal Poly SLO
Biological Sciences
These scholarships bring me one step closer to accomplishing great things in life; encouraging me to work even harder toward achieving my goals. I want to share my passion for helping others in the world, in hopes of building a better one.

Nicholas Usher

Escondido
$5,000 Ranglas Family Endowment Exhibitor/Participant Scholarship
$5,000/year Liss Family Four-Year Scholarship
MIT
Mechanical Engineering
I have enjoyed sharing my enthusiasm for STEM and am so grateful for the support from the Don Diego Scholarship Foundation because it will help me realize my dream.

Ava Raugust

Santee
$5,000 22nd DAA Board of Directors FFA Scholarship
$5,000 Spanjian Family Endowment Scholarship
UC Berkeley
Civil Engineering
This financial support means the stress of tuition can be alleviated and I can focus on succeeding in engineering, agriculture, and language. I have many exciting plans for the future, and now I have the means to fully pursue them. Thank you, Don Diego!

Zoe Prescott

Encinitas
$5,000 Chicken Charlie 4-H Scholarship
$1,000 Don Diego Alumni Club Scholarship
UC Davis
Animal Science
Winning these two scholarships means so much to me, as they relieve some of the financial weight while I pursue my lifelong dream of becoming a livestock veterinarian. I am extremely grateful to Don Diego for the opportunity.

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In 2024, 26 incredible ambitious, idealistic Diego students sharing $83,000 in Don Diego scholarships are heading to colleges across the country to pursue their goals.

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The Don Diego Scholarship Foundation promotes education in a fair and fiscally sound manner by providing scholarships to deserving San Diego area graduating high school seniors and graduates who are associated with activities at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, including the San Diego County Fair. The Don Diego Scholarship Foundation also provides grants for agricultural education.

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Meet Our Top Four 2024 Scholarship Recipients!

Ruby Perez

Nicholas Usher

Ava Raugust

Zoe Prescott

Don Diego Scholarship Foundation

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