2026 Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations to the 2026 Longhorn Alumni Band scholarship recipients!

These scholarships were presented at Bates Recital Hall on the UT campus in Austin. Thanks to the generosity of Longhorn Alumni Band members and friends, this year’s awards come from 93 named, endowed, and general scholarship funds. To learn about the history of our scholarship program and the people behind each named scholarship, visit About Our Scholarships.

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2026 Scholarship Recipients

3G’s Garrison Scholarship

  • Esmeralda Reyes
  • Hippolyte Verhamme
  • Hailee Gustafson
  • Isabelle Blazis
  • Jude McDonald
  • Jake Roeren
  • Javier Torres
  • Jordan Lenocker
  • Joseph Girard
  • Jaxon Dial
  • Jeremy Plog
  • Jeremiah Carranza
  • James Viner
  • Ismael Ibarra

Abbott Family Scholarship for Longhorn Band

  • Aidan Litchko
  • Amiri Pittman

Adrian “Black Flag” Sorrell, PhD Memorial Scholarship Fund

  • Atlas Castillo
  • Evangeline Guerra
  • Elyanna Salazar

Allen Conduit Endowed Scholarship

Recipient to be announced

Alpha Tau Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi Scholarship

  • Sam Balsdon
  • Benjamin Wood

Andrew R. Gurwitz LHB Scholarship

  • Avery Ditto
  • Conner Jaquess

Beta Gamma Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma Scholarship

  • Aryana Rodriguez
  • Emelie Wu

Bill and Inez Phillips Veterans Scholarship Fund

  • Luke Kiedinger
  • Vishaan Bhakta

Brook Boynton Endowed Presidential Scholarship

  • Avangeline Wong
  • Julie Lynch
  • Katelyn Wilson
  • Richard Wille

Byron Wilson Cain, Sr. Drum Major Scholarship

  • Madison Bookman

Carl T. Widen Memorial Scholarship

  • Juan Fajardo
  • Jeffrey Fields
  • Naomi Kitamura

Cathy L. Sorsby Longhorn Band Scholarship

  • Avery Ditto

Cathy Phillips Endowed Scholarship for Longhorn Band

  • Chris Ozuna
  • Dylan Craig
  • Daley Ringo

Colonel George E. Hurt Memorial Scholarship

  • Audrey Knight
  • Alan Stone

DeGuire Hamm Family Endowed Scholarship

Recipient to be announced

Dennis Griffith and Louise Richman Endowed Scholarship for Longhorn Band

  • Matthew Davenport
  • Trinity Beach

Diane E. Gorzycki Memorial Scholarship

  • Corey Gutierrez
  • Christian Vasquez
  • Carson Frank

E.P. Schoch Endowed Presidential Scholarship for Band

  • Jorge Nunez
  • Michael Golston

Edward (Eddie) R. Lopez Endowed Scholarship for Longhorn Band

  • Aiden Dellos
  • Aaron Huang

Edward (Eddie) R. Zamora and Debbie Zamora Dawdy Endowed Scholarship

  • Callie Farrell
  • Dean Quevedo
  • Emelie Wu

Erette A. Vinson Endowed Marching Band Scholarship

  • Danny Frushour
  • Dhrupad Krishna

Eugene P. Schoch, Sr. Endowed Presidential Scholarship

  • Carlye Niccum

Fred E. Lewis Jr. Longhorn Band Scholarship

  • Aiden Spicer

Gary L. Funderburk Endowed Scholarship

Recipient to be announced

Gasca-Livingston Endowed Music Scholarship for Longhorn Band

  • Allie Davis
  • Naomi Kitamura
  • Tori Taylor

Gaylan Gillean Cobb Endowed Scholarship

  • Elyanna Salazar
  • Analea Vasquez

General D. Harold Byrd Memorial Scholarship

  • Chloe Christian
  • Marybeth Stripling
  • Tyler O’Brien

Geri and Scott Bishop Endowed Scholarship

Recipient to be announced

H. B. Dunagan, Jr. and Lucille J. Dunagan Scholarship

  • Gracie Williams
  • Vinuki Jayawardena

Jack D. Caffey Memorial Endowed Scholarship for Longhorn Band

  • Ethan Chu
  • Ishi Chakravarthy
  • Mason Beltran

James E. Turpin Honorary Scholarship for Longhorn Band

  • Anson Cobarruvias
  • Atlas Castillo

James Johnson Memorial Scholarship

  • Chloe Bingham
  • Lucy Collier

James M. Allen Honorary Scholarship

  • Lucy Collier
  • Lukas Cardenas
  • Mayte Hinojosa

James Sims Honorary Scholarship for Longhorn Band

  • Adelyn Rusli
  • Aida Tomes
  • Conner Jaquess

Jane and Vincent R. DiNino Honorary Scholarship

  • Nathan Davis
  • Olivia Higgins

Jane Dahlgren DiNino Memorial Scholarship

  • Ari Yanez
  • Adyson Jones

Jean Welhausen Kaspar 100th Anniversary Endowed Longhorn Band Scholarship

  • Tyler O’Brien

Jo Lyn Tillerson Peters Scholarship for Longhorn Band

  • Lizz Han
  • Koustubh Galagali
  • Sadie Bridge

Louise Richman and Dennis Griffith Endowed Scholarship

Recipient to be announced

John B. Buford Scholarship

  • Amiri Pittman
  • Braden Lotts

John Michael Rizzo Jr. Memorial Scholarship

  • Adyson Jones
  • Austin Ottmers
  • Brandon Lee

John K. Fleming Memorial Scholarship

Recipient to be announced

Joseph I. and Susan C. Gasca Endowed Scholarship for LHB

  • Carlos Roman
  • Carlos Alejo
  • Danielle Zimmerman
  • Doyun Kim

Judson Daniel Davis Memorial Scholarship

  • Avery Ditto

Justin and Megan Murry Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Chemical Engineering

  • Dean Quevedo

Katherine Robison Klimowicz Endowed Memorial Scholarship for the Longhorn Band

  • Carter Eason
  • Jayden Medina
  • Matthew Puente
  • Zachary Greer

Kathleen Emmer Irvin Endowed Scholarship

Recipient to be announced

Kathleen Hollahan Wayland Memorial Scholarship for Music Education

  • Andrew Ryan
  • Benjamin Miller
  • Kannon Gregg

Kathy Pustejovsky O’Connor Scholarship for Longhorn Band

  • Alexander Carrara
  • Anthony Ramirez
  • Carlye Niccum
  • Daniel DuCharme
  • David Dunn
  • Ella Bagby
  • Felipe Reyes
  • Gaby Melendez
  • Hugo Solis Rodriguez
  • Jesus Trejo
  • Justin Lopez
  • Kassandra Batista
  • Kaylie Ballow
  • Keenan Frazier
  • Mark Weston
  • Marilyn Moody
  • Natalie Reyes
  • Nick Rossi
  • Phoenix Alcera
  • Rami Lamboloto
  • Rory Duncan
  • Thierry Williams
  • Vinuki Jayawardena
  • William Simon
  • Zachary Penny

Kathy T. & Kent M. Rider Endowed Presidential Scholarship for LHB

  • Diana Fernandez

Lee and Joe Jamail Endowed Presidential Scholarship for the Longhorn Band

  • Duggan Persyn
  • Gary Eckroat
  • Jacob Hammett
  • Khaden Joyner
  • Rosalie Jones
  • Spencer Griffin
  • Tara Tran-Huu
  • Vishnu Dokka

Lois Johnson White Endowed Presidential Scholarship

  • Diego Duque
  • Drake Boff

Longhorn Alumni Band General Scholarships

  • Valerie Allen
  • Trinity Beach
  • Isabelle Blazis
  • Lukas Cardenas
  • Ishi Chakravarthy
  • Eliza Christen
  • Elizabeth Clark
  • Victoria Covarrubias Torres
  • Annasophia Danao
  • Matthew Davenport
  • Jonathan Dominguez
  • Kaiana Entrekin
  • Priye Eshofonie
  • Juan Fajardo
  • Stephanie Gallegos
  • Venuki Gamage
  • Kannon Gregg
  • John Hamlet
  • Vinuki Jayawardena
  • Mariah Johnson
  • Adyson Jones
  • Constantina Kyriazis
  • Benjamin Miller
  • Lindsey Morales
  • Jenny Nguyen
  • Tyler O’Brien
  • Austin Ottmers
  • Victoria Pursley
  • Mathew Ruggieri
  • Lucas Saddy
  • Wilson Serrano
  • Evan Sosbee
  • Laura Soto
  • Molly Tait
  • Sarah Tellez
  • Lanielle Thompson
  • Aida Tomes

Longhorn Band Legacy Fund Scholarship

  • Alan Stone
  • Aaron Huang
  • Ari Yanez
  • Angela Wong
  • Braden Lotts
  • Carson Frank
  • Daniel DuCharme
  • David Barragan
  • Dominick Huynh
  • Elizabeth Clark
  • Emily Pattison
  • Elyanna Salazar
  • Jason Gonzales
  • Joseph Girard
  • Jaxon Dial
  • Koustubh Galagali
  • Kase Schneider
  • Kiana Simpson
  • Lucas Schleizer
  • Luke Jenkins
  • Matthew Puente
  • Parker Grizzle
  • Troy Teggatz
  • Tori Taylor

Longhorn Band New Member Advisor Scholarship Fund #1

  • Angela Wong

Longhorn Band New Member Advisor Scholarship Fund #2

  • Dominick Huynh

Louis W. Rase and Sophie Braun Rase Endowed Scholarship

  • Aidan Newhall
  • Daniel Shin

Moton H. Crockett, Jr. Honorary Scholarship

  • Arnov Mukherjee
  • Sam Balsdon
  • Brady Wilkins

Nelda Jean & Richard M. Church, Jr. Endowed Scholarship for LHB

  • Lizz Han
  • Frank Castaneda
  • Gibson Marrion
  • Hippolyte Verhamme
  • Fernando Gonzalez

Oliver and Betty Pfeil Endowed Scholarship for Longhorn Band

  • Emily Pattison
  • Greta Chubboy

Pam Schupp and Craig Metz Greenway Endowed Scholarship

Recipient to be announced

Phillips Children’s Endowed Scholarship

  • Daphne Staples
  • Elise Yuan
  • Greta Chubboy

Price Waterhouse Coopers Accounting/Longhorn Band Endowed Scholarship

  • Sadie Bridge

Richard D. Relyea Endowed Scholarship for Longhorn Band

Recipient to be announced

Richard M. Church, Jr. Endowed Scholarship for Longhorn Band

  • Brooke Webb
  • Camren Morgan
  • Chris Ozuna

Richard M. Church, Jr., Scholarship

  • Alicia Garza
  • Brandon Lee
  • Marco Vittoria Marcano

Rex W. Tillerson Endowed Engineering Band Scholarship

  • Gabe Boyer
  • Katelyn Wilson
  • Noah Bliss

Richard “Dick” Robinson Endowed Scholarship for the Longhorn Band

  • Avangeline Wong
  • Julie Lynch

Richard S. Barfield Endowed Scholarship

  • Ayana Stone
  • Avery Ditto

Ruth and Joe Dahlstrom Scholarship

  • Antonio Musgrove
  • Dana Coates

Sarah W. Baird Scholarship

  • Alex Nguyen
  • Brooke Nguyen
  • Chloe Christian

Scott and Sue Cherry Scholarship

  • Elizabeth Clark
  • Elizabeth Marin
  • Esmeralda Reyes

Sparks Family Endowed Scholarship in Engineering

  • Layla McFarland

Tau Beta Sigma Active Member Scholarship

  • Areg Vartanian
  • Laura Margo

Tau Beta Sigma Paula Crider & Patsy D. Hejl Scholarship

  • Scout Howard
  • Tabor Clifton

Texas Drums Alumni Scholarship

  • Ethan Chu
  • Pranav Devulapalli
  • Zachary Matthews

The University of Texas Feature Twirler Endowed Scholarship

  • Gracie Williams

The Vincent R. DiNino Endowed Scholarship for LHB Drum Major

  • Madison Bookman

The Vincent R. DiNino Endowed Scholarship for LHB President

  • Ashley Young

Thomas and Harriett Murray Endowed Scholarship in Engineering

  • Olivia Higgins

Timothy Ann Sloan Scholarship for Clarinet Section Leader

  • Marybeth Stripling

Todd and Belinda Linstrum Scholarship

  • Matthew Davenport
  • Matthew Kim

Tracy and Donna Maddux Endowed Scholarship

Recipient to be announced

Valerie & Kerry Taylor Endowed Scholarship in Music Education

  • Aiden Spicer
  • Anthony Ramirez

Vincent R. DiNino Endowed Scholarship for Kappa Kappa Psi President

  • Corrie Jarrett

Vincent R. DiNino Endowed Scholarship for Tau Beta Sigma President

  • Emma Balsamo

Vincent R. DiNino Longhorn Band Endowed Presidential Scholarship

  • Andrew Bearse
  • Brennan White
  • Charles Serrano
  • Carlye Niccum
  • Ethan Seibert-Venable
  • Jayden Polansky
  • Bryce Sherman
  • Jane Anderson
  • John Lutterman
  • Laura Margo
  • Mason Bush
  • Max Roemer
  • Sydney Lee
  • Thomas Nuttall
  • Violet McCall
  • Kari Njagi

Vincent R. DiNino Endowed Faculty Fellowship for the Longhorn Band Director

  • Dr. Cliff Croomes

Wabash Scholarship

  • Anna Tumanova
  • Audrey Knight

Warner Family Fund for the Longhorn Band

  • Anton Kostin
  • Adelyn Rusli

Wayne Perun Endowed Scholarship 2

Recipient to be announced

William Paul and Carrie Sibley Waits Family Endowed Scholarship

Recipient to be announced

Willie Nelson Endowed Presidential Scholarship

  • Gabe Boyer
  • Noah Bliss
  • Tabor Clifton

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