Scholarships
WAA Scholarships
Oakland High School’s Wildcats Alumni Association serves to maintain the enduring relationship of its alumni to their alma mater and each other, and to provide support for the well-being of the Oakland High School community. Each year Oakland High School’s Wildcats Alumni Association (WAA) designates a specific number of scholarships to be awarded to qualified graduating seniors. This year WAA will be awarding a $4000 Alden McElrath Wildcats Alumni Scholarship, two $500 Gee-Baranco Family Scholarship, and one $500 OHS Class of 1970 Scholarship. In addition, one $1,000 John Curtiss Scholarship for Journalism and Communications will be awarded to a student with an aspiration in Journalism/Communications. The scholarship application form can be downloaded here.
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2025 Recipients
Ojiugo Egeonu
College:
University of California at Berkeley
Intended Major or Focus:
Biomedical Engineering
Scholarship:
Alden McElrath Scholarship
Bill Young
College:
University of California at Berkeley
Intended Major or Focus:
Business Administration
Scholarship:
John Curtiss Scholarship
Leah West
College:
Howard University
Intended Major or Focus:
Nursing
Scholarship:
Class of 1970 Scholarship
Huan (Katie) Mei Liang
College:
University of Pennsylvania
Intended Major or Focus:
Nursing
Scholarship:
Gee-Baranco Family Scholarship
Michelle Wong
College:
University of California at Berkeley
Intended Major or Focus:
Psychology & Public Health
Scholarship:
Gee-Baranco Family Scholarship
Valentina Garcia
College:
Lewis & Clark College
Intended Major or Focus:
Political Science
Scholarship:
Gee-Baranco Family Scholarship
Walter Jones
College:
Temple University
Intended Major or Focus:
Communications
Scholarship:
Gee-Baranco Family Scholarship
Vannya Saechao
College:
Macalester College
Intended Major or Focus:
Sociology
Scholarship:
Gee-Baranco Family Scholarship
Bianca Zhu
College:
New York University
Intended Major or Focus:
Business
Scholarship:
Gee-Baranco Family Scholarship