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CCSF Named Large Scholarship Provider of the Year by NSPA

This award honors organizations that use their unique resources to expand college access, foster student achievement, inspire innovation, and strengthen communities.

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November 2025 Scholar Accolades

Accolades featuring Coke Scholars Linda Yao (2006), Dr. Scott Hale (2004), Brandon Cardet-Hernandez (2003), Leia Schwartz (2014), TJ Abrams (2001), and Olivia Sally (2020).

July 2025 Scholar Accolades

Coke Scholar Accolades featuring Natosha Reid Rice (1989), Ariona Cook (2023), Vivian Nguyen (2023), Nathan Alexander (2003), & Talia Fradkin (2016).

Celebrating Coke Scholar College Graduates

Congratulations to our Coke Scholar Grads! See where they are headed next.

June 2025 Scholar Accolades

Jackson Blackwell (2017) was selected to represent Alaska at the 2025 Western Governors’ Association Leadership Institute and Shine Gerkariah (2024) received the David Nicklas Organ Donor Awareness Foundation Award for their advocacy and research in ethical innovation and health equity.

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Alumni Accolades February 2015

Alumni Accolades February 2015

Jacob Tobia (2010) was featured on MTV as part of The T-Word, a documentary project about transgender and gender non-binary youth directed by Laverne Cox. Watch Jacob discuss the use of pronouns in this clip. Jacob has also been featured in the Washington Post, Upworthy, and Huffpost Live over the past few months. Nicholas Cobb (2014) was named…

Alumni Connections February 2015

Alumni Connections February 2015

A great group of alumni came together at The Coca-Cola Company headquarters in Atlanta as part of our Regional Interview Committee. The group included: Torarie Durden (1994), Michael Hanley (1996), Andrea Camille Young (1990), J.J. Jaxon (1994), Valerie Love (1990), Darian Dabney (2005), Greg Melia (1989), and Kim Rash (1990). …and then Atlanta Scholars came together in a much more…

Alumni Connections January 2015

Alumni Connections January 2015

Coca-Cola Scholars at Brigham Young University came together for pizza and Coke! 2014 Scholars Emily Zhen, Bryan Rodriguez and Dawit Gebresellassie took a group picture at the University of Pennsylvania’s Yacht Night. Bret Bechis (2001), General Manager for Lyft in San Francisco, stopped by The Coca-Cola Company to visit with Foundation staff during a business trip in…

The Alumni Advisory Board has welcomed 5 new members:   Micaela Connery (2004) Alice Park (1999) Daron Roberts (1997) Nola Weinstein (2001) Justin Pearson (2013)   The 15 member board was formed in 2006 by alumni Scholars to help support the Foundation’s mission and goals.