SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – South Tahoe High School celebrated 66 of its seniors on Tuesday, April 21 with the annual scholarship night: an evening filled with gratitude and gifts.

Over 220 scholarships were given out, as the South Tahoe and El Dorado Community once again stepped up to support the dreams and future endeavors of our students with over $300,000 in scholarships. With 58 different donors made up of community members, businesses, service organizations, and foundations, the generosity of our amazing community was seen.

“Thank you to all scholarship donors … our students felt their value in the time and energy you put into creating applications, reading applications, and giving out and presenting funds year after year,” a press release from the El Dorado Community Foundation said.

Here is a list of the scholarships and the recipients for the graduating class of 2026:

2025-2026 Scholarship Recipients

• A Student who Serves: Maite Perez Lopez
• AspireKids: Lupita Rehn
• Assistance League of Sierra Foothills: Ava Galli
• Barton Health: Alyssa Strauss & Janet Rios Gomez, Diem Johnson
• Barton Health: Dan Kerr Diem Johnson
• BOB HICKMAN MEMORIAL Scholarship for Bijou Alumni: Jaden Bingham, Sebastian Guerrero, Ayla Truscott, Philip Huynh
• Boosting Hope: Jakob Bowe
• BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LT: BE Great & AWESOME:
  • AWESOME award: Tegan Klem
  • Be Great Scholarship: Alice Lily
• CAPPed: Ethan Marroquin
• Christine Carlson: Michaela Irvin
• County Superintendent (EDCOE): Lupita Rehn
• CSEA Employee Scholarship: Haylee Boring, Jakob Bowe, Jaime Guillermo Ramos, Stuward Sagastume-Pineda, Valeria Sagastume-Galleta, Owen DeLeon
• Deputy Sheriff’s Association Scholarship: Emily Earl, Emiliano Guerrero, Landon Brown
• Ed Cook Tree Service Industrial Arts AUTO: Oscar Reyes, Josiah Beran; CONSTRUCTION: Sally Monroe, Wyatt Harlow
• Elks Club of Placerville #1712: Ava Galli
• Fannan Fellowship: Arya Saini & Emiliano Guerrero, Cameron Irwin, Connor Habicht, Ava Galli, Lupita Rehn, Phillip Huynh, Brody DeFranco, Sebastian Guerrero, Diem Johnson
• Friends of Kevin Sullivan & Todd Fields Spreading Kindness: Brody DeFranco & Ava Galli
• Gary Haase Memorial Parker Bryant
• Giving Circle (EDCF): Arya Saini, Ava Galli, Hannah Fishbaugher, Phillip Huynh, Lyla Landy
• Hazel & Robert Combellack Diem Johnson
• HERO: Diem Johnson, Gabby Lancelotti, Sally Monroe, Hanna Boeser, Bryson Farokhpour, Janet Gomez Rios, Alyssa Straus, Rachel Murphy, Alicia Manning
• Jake Roe Memorial: Stuward Sagastume
• Jo Jo & Jay Memorial: Lupita Rehn
• Kiwanis Club of Lake Tahoe: Bob Baunhauser: Kalina Bonev, Haley Boring, Phillip Huynh, Logan Kelso, Aeson Luckert, Kayden Morales, Desiree Tumbaga; Jaden Bingham, Ris Goralski, Michaela Irvin, Simon Stafford, Alyssa Strauss, Ava Galli, Issy Giunta, Connor Habicht, Hanna Boeser, Natalie Ramirez, Ayla Truscott; Tasanee Kinnett, Lyla Landy, Lupita Rehn, Arya Saini, Lisaa Schumacher; Emiliano Guerrero, Sebastian Guerrero, Cameron Irwin
• Kyle Thomas Campbell Memorial: Kalina Bonev
• Lake Tahoe Marathon: Cameron Irwin, Diem Johnson, Tegan Klem, Maite Perez Lopez, Lupita Rehn, Aeson Walton
• Liberty Utilities: Lyla Landy
• LTCC David Family: Alice Lilly & Armando Avalon-Lopez
• Live Like Giada: Michaela Irvin, Ava Galli, Izzy Giunta, Cameron Irwin, Brody DeFranco, Jasleen Prieto, Hania Boeser, Jaden Bingham, LT Marathon: Lyla Landy; LTCC: Alice Lilly, Dazio Thomas
• Lynn B. Lucas Early Education: Gabriella Lancellotti
• McCaffrey Education: Emiliano Guerrero, Sebastian Guerrero, Diem Johnson, Arya Saini Alyssa Strauss
• Meyers/Magnet School Alumni: Arya Saini
• Optimist Club of South Lake Tahoe: Alice Lilly, Lisa Schumacher, Lupita Rehn, Ayla Truscott, Ava Galli, Hannah Fishbaugher, Cameron Irwin, Diem Johnson
• Optimist Club: Ben Kunibe Skye Shipley, Arya Saini, Tegan Klem
• Optimist Club: Glenn Lucky Soren Valadez Sandwick
• PABA (inc. Drake Niven Memorial): Tatum Warren (Drake Niven), Mia Martinez (Theatre), Anthony Zepeda (Music), Tatum Warren (Art)
• Pay It Forward Project: Sebastian Guerrero, Emiliano Guerrero, Ava Galli, Diem Johnson, Gabby Lancellotti
• Pink Ribbon: Tasanee Kinnett
• Sierra-at-Tahoe: Lily Weitzel, Zoe Weitzel, Gabriella Lancellotti, Alice Lilly
• Sierra House School Alumni: Hannah Fishbaugher, Armando Avalos Lopez, Diem Johnson
• Soroptomist International of South Lake Tahoe: Alice Lilly, Lisa Schumacher, Jaden Bingham, Hania Boeser, Quinn Douglas, Hannah Fishbaugher, Ava Galli, Emiliano Guerrero, Sebastian Guerrero, Phillip Hyunh, Tasanee Kinnett, Lyla Landy, Lupita Rehn, Arya Saini
• Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra: Kalina Bonev, Hannah Fishbaugher, Jaslene Prieto, Lupita Rehn, Arya Saini
• Soroptimist of Tahoe Sierra – Trade School: Kaitlyn Uribe
• STAoR: Jaden Bingham, Sebastian Guerrero, Diem Johnson, Tasanee Kinnett, Natalie Ramirez, Lupita Rehn, Brody DeGranco, Eva Griscom, Arya Saini, Ayla Truscott
• South Tahoe High Class of ’75 Scholarship Supporting Volunteerism: Desiree Tumbaga
• South Tahoe Viking Boosters Graduate Profile: Tegan Klem, Sicilia Salcedo, Michaela Irvin, Izzy Giunta, Tasanee Kinnett, Connor Habicht, Eva Griscom, Haylee Boring, Lupita Rehn, Ayla Truscott, Janet Gomez Rios, Aeson Luckert, Ava Galli, Brody DeFranco, Emiliano Guerrero, Sebastian Guerrero, Arya Saini
• Steven M Jones: Kalina Bonev, Quinn Douglas
• Tahoe Art League: Manny Arce, Sicilia Salcedo, Natalie Ramirez, Rebecca Davis
• Tahoe Arts Project/Perf. Arts: Lisa Schumacher, Arya Saini, Tegan Klem
• Tahoe Douglas Rotary Trade School: Manny Arce
• Tahoe Reel Power and Paddle: Izzy Giunta, Jackson Letton
• Tahoe Learning Haven: Diem Johnson
• Tahoe Valley School Alumni: Desiree Tumbaga, Izabella Giunta, Natalie Ramirez, Mia Martinez
• TRPA Environmental: Sebastian Guerrero
• Valerie N. Smith Memorial: Arya Saina
• Veterans Monument: Desiree Tumbaga

223 scholarships totaling $301,000

If anyone is interested in creating a scholarship for STHS students in the future, reach out to Kathy Haven at kathy@eldoradocf.org. They begin the process for 26-27 seniors and scholarships during the summer months.