2026 Scholar Athletes, Athletic Directors, and District Leadership
This year, sixteen seniors were awarded college scholarships at the 15th Annual Scholar-Athlete, Coach & Community Banquet. These seniors demonstrate an excellence in multi-sport athletics, academics and community service.
The 2026 Scholar Athlete Scholarship Recipients are, by high school:
Evergreen High School
- Benedicte Efolete
- Vinh Huynh
- Nadia Pappas
- Victor Raymundo Martinez
Highline High School
- Simone Gordon
- Katelynh Le
- Andy Nguyen
- Aleks Nunez-Aguilar
Mount Rainier High School
- Charlotte Barton
- Larkin Nielsen
- Dale Shockley
- Logan Wade
Tyee High School
- Hibaq Osman
- Kabira Prim
- David Solano
- Jackson Williams
Individual Donations
Donations of any amount are accepted. Individual donations will be combined to create the scholarships below. Names of individual donors will be printed in the event program.
- Andy Mac Scholarship in memory of beloved Highline High School graduate and volunteer firefighter Andy Mac who passed away at 19 on November 6, 2006
- Jay Halvorson Scholarship in memory of Evergreen graduate Jay Halvorson, who spent countless days at the White Center Field House and whose baseball records at Evergreen are legendary. Jay passed away on January 5, 2007.
- Jimmie Fortner Scholarship in memory of Tyee science and physical education teacher Jimmie Fortner, who was born without legs in 1944 became a star athlete and was a coach at both Tyee and Evergreen. Jimmie passed away On March 23, 2021.
- Kenney Bui Memorial Scholarship. In memory of a true scholar-athlete, Kenney Bui, Evergreen Football player who passed away on Monday, October 5, 2015.
Named Scholarships (Business, Individual, Family, Memorial)
You also have the opportunity to put together a named scholarship by donating $1,000 or more. Named Scholarship Sponsors receive the following:
- Advertisement in full-color awards program.
- Sponsor name in HPS Scholar-Athlete ad to appear in all high school game programs through the next school year.
- Public address recognition at high school and Highline Memorial Field events through the next school year.
- Sponsor name in post-season ad in The Highline Times.
For more information contact Fred Swanson, Executive Director of Highline Schools Foundation. Fred@highlineschoolsfoundation.org / 206-631-3116.
- Premier Sponsor: $5,000+ (includes full page ad in event program)
- Gold Sponsor: $2,500-$4,999 (includes 1/2 page ad in event program)
- Silver Sponsor:$1,000-$2,499 (includes 1/4 page banquet ad in event program)
- Bronze Sponsor:$500-$999 (includes 1/8 page banquet ad in event program)
Programs
Copies of our past programs can be found below.