Scholarships

Each year, the ACE Mentor Program awards scholarships to seniors who are committed to pursuing Design Build Careers through college or apprenticeship programs. 

​2025 Local Applications 

Interested in learning more about our 2025 Local Applications for current ACE Students? Application information will be available during our Midterm sessions. In the meantime, please review our Application Overview below!

2025 Spring application overview

2025 ACE SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP
​The 2025 ACE Oregon Senior Scholarship application cycle is open from February 24 - April 8, 2025!
Seniors currently enrolled in the program who plan to pursue an ACE-related field of study are eligible to apply. The application is a competitive process. Scholarship funds are disbursed directly to the educational institution. All funds must be used within seven years of the recipient’s graduation from high school. See Scholarship Information Packet for full details. Applications are submitted through the ACE National database.
THIS IS A FOUR-PART APPLICATION. All parts are due by the deadline: April 8, 2025 at 9 PM.

1. Online application through the National Database, including essay questions.
2. Mentor Evaluation form
3. Educator Letter of Recommendation or Recommendation Form
4. ​Unofficial school transcript

---

SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION + APPLICATION
Seniors currently enrolled in the program who plan to pursue an ACE-related field of study are eligible to apply. See the scholarship packet for full details.

senior Scholarship Information Packet

Database application

REQUIRED FORMS
See below for links to the required forms needed in your application. If you need assistance with the your application, please contact ACE Staff ([email protected]).

Mentor Evaluation Form

Educator Recommendation Form

document submission form

---

2025 SUMMER CAMP SCHOLARSHIP FOR JUNIORS

The 2025 ACE Junior Summer Camp Scholarship application is now open! 
The ACE National Summer Camp is arranged by the College of Architecture and Planning for all of the 77 ACE affiliates to send campers to participate in a weeklong overnight summer camp. ACE Oregon uses a scholarship to award the cost of travel to camp and to select their campers. Recipients will be notified prior after committee deliberations and recognized at the Finals.

Learn more about the Summer Camp through the University of Colorado, Denver’s Website.
ACE Oregon students will be participating with Session 1: July 5-12, 2025.

To apply, students must submit the following by April 8, 2025 at 9 PM:

1. ACE Database Application
2. ACE Mentor Evaluation Form

ACE Database application

mentor evaluation

Document submission form

---

ABOUT THE ACE NATIONAL SUMMER CAMP

Thanks to generous donors at the ACE Luncheon, along with support from the Andersen Construction Foundation and Howard S. Wright, we typically send four juniors to the ACE West Regional Summer Camp at the University of Colorado Denver! 

Thank you to past contributors in sending students to the ACE Summer Camp:

• Andersen Construction Foundation
• Howard S. Wright
• The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation
• Anonymous Individual Donors

2023: Asiyah Muhamad (Roosevelt High), Ava Moore (Grant High), Jackie Vo (McDaniel High), Rachel Maxwell (Tualatin High) ​[SEE HIGHLIGHTS]
​2022: Valerie Lam (Sunset High), Riley Matthiessen (Franklin High), Lasen Baertsch Kovalchick (Lakeridge High), Mia Stonelake (Lakeridge High), Pahlychai Thao (Lakeridge High), Izzy Jacobs (Grant High) 
2019: Alaina Keller (Cleveland High), Alessandra Avalos (Tualatin High), Claire Glasser (Baker Charter School), and Coleman Neher (Cleveland High).
2018: Olivia Vester, Riley Skyles, Kenneth Yohe, and Carina Carmona.
2017: Audrey Collins, Colin Klein, Ashley Ulberg, Hunter Enz.

---

Past Senior Scholarship Recipients

Since 2007, ACE Oregon has awarded over a million dollars to committed seniors pursuing construction-related careers in college. Over the years, some of our ACE scholarship alumni have gone on to become involved with our program as mentors and board members.
​
2024 Recipients: Jackie Vo, Asiyah Muhammad, Dalia Martinez, Maggie Gonzales, Rachel Maxwell, Malia Lee, Ravi Eisner, An Hoang, Blen Ermias, Ashton Bullow, Krishna Prasannan, Finn Burgoyne, Isaac Lutz, Anna Arsenault, Chisom Ojini, Ava Moore, Megan Hiserote, Renner Link
2023 Recipients: Marelynn de Lesus, Armando Ferrusca, Fernanda Gonzalez Huerta, Orion Coelho, Jenny Le, Dareenka Afanasyev, Valerie Lam, Mia Stonelake, Pahlychai Thao, Diego Lucas Ocampo, Owen Magnusen, Maxwell Dahl, Abigail Crowe, Isabella Jacobs, Georgia Hoffbeck, Brandon Walker
2022 Recipients: Adamaryz Gomez, Andrew Gorecki, Bryce Truong, Caden Perry, Charlie Weinger, Eddy Calel, Emily Dahbura, Hanna Gibson, Keigan Hunt, Kendall Morrissey, Le Duong, Lea Rocheleau, Logan Oates, Maysen Running, Olivia Nord, Ryan Chong, Xanthus SIlverstein
2021 Recipients: Abbey Briley, Michell Atwood, Gypsy Garma-Santiago, Sophia Chin, Aberdeen Stuart, Jenna Stein, Kaianaaahuula Kwock, Yasmin Almenaiya, Tauseef Baggia, Taiki Grover, Shirley Kam, Erasto Paula, Tommy Nguyen, Hazel Nye, Lucian Beaubrun, Jonah Nees, Stephani Le
2020 Recipients: Alaina Keller, Alessandra Avalos, Andrew Currey, Alex Gutman, Thomas Taylor, Claire Glasser, Tristan Kryl, Ryan Weber, Polina Kuleshova, Kirk Dibert, Jaida Leap, Julien Buist-Thuillier, James Bowers, Dante Erz, Coleman Neher, Claire Glasser, 
2019 Recipients: Carina Carmona, Kevin Leon, Makayla Bruce, Nguyen Duong, Johana Amani, Jonah LaDuca, William Kaigh, Omar Mahfouz, Tameta Thompson, Jesus Gonzalez Estrada, Jocelyn Ocampo. 
2018 Recipients: Audrey Collins, Hadley Carlberg, Ashley Ulberg, Reid Wiley, Hunter Enz, Alev Ersan, Colin Klein, Sammy Longo, Sara Mohamed, Brandt Yamamoto, Dario Rolon-Manzo, Samantha Wiegand, David Mallery, Kayla Coyne, Diny Martinez-Villatoro, Alexander Qui.
2017 Recipients: Jessica Howell, Gavin Macpherson, Aubrey Moore, Julia Andrus, Nancy Barroso-Reyes, Hilary Chaimov, Ross Miho, Jose Sanchez, Shauna Anderson, Hailey Chrisman, Christian Nieto, Elizabeth Rainville, Julia Richards, Edgar Santos-Quintero, Luis Soto-Nampula, Henok Techeste.
2016 Recipients: Max Fajardo, Samantha Marioni, Peter Paskill, Nelea Chin, Madison Canelis, Matthew Reynolds, Lesley Bahena-Patino, Kaleah Buckbee, Hector Uriel Gonzalez-Montiel, Madeline Chu, Gayle Mulligan, Tiernan Fox, John Halsey, Beatrix Ngia, Andy Hua, Andrew Scardina.
2015 Recipients: Antonio Crosier, Justin Kwong, Samuel Gomez, Caroline Ambrose, Eve Lathrop, Kevin Pham, Bethany Woods, Dustin Diep, Jackson Sany, Sophie Tanner, Violetta White, Sarah Grassl, Conor Henson, Hawii Boriyo, Claudia Monroy-Benitez, Nyles Green.
2014 Recipients: Logan Gillis, Moriah Shay Nikolas Tucker, Cadell Chand, Henry Sissac, Summer Olson, Alex Roberts, Alexa Thornton, Brett Sonflieth, Brianna Braukmann, Eden Mcgowan, Zachariah Petett.
2013 Recipients: Kyle Farrell, Collin Faunt, Sidney Greenslate, Jie (Jimmy) Jia, Adriana Lilla, Kylee Martens, Richelle Martens, Megan Mueller, Leighton Murphy, Annie Parham.
2012 Recipients: Huy Nguyen, Madison Hathaway, Tovit Bezukhov, Meryl Kruskopf, Olivia Cantwell, Taylor Spencer, Frank Ngo.
2011 Recipients: Patrick Kempster, Siriane Lawless, Stacia Tarver, Zixing Wang, Sarah Cochenour, Nathaniel Holder.
2010 Recipients: Erik Hanno, Jessica Escobedo, Luis Gonzalez, Maggie Buffum, Matti Sjoblom-Chambers, Jasmine Brickley.
2009 Recipients: Erin Thayer, Daniel Cebula, Iris Wu, Leif Erickson, Nico Varela, Brandon Young, Osten Palmrose, Justin Wilks
2008 Recipients: Amber Willhite, Samantha Doyle, Spencer Hoffman, Michael Calhoun, Zitao Wu, Nelson Brooks, Daniella Sifuentes-Lopez, Emily New, Daniel Navarro-Gomez.
2007 Winners: Matthew Davis, Katarina Ivezic, Nathan Kolibaba, Andrei Shupenka.

Internships & Other Scholarships

ACE National has a list of scholarships, including a list of 20 national organizations and firms offering scholarships for high school students and ACE alumni in college. There are also opportunities to apply for summer internships with local area ACE partners.

Alumni earning an internship &/or other scholarships through ACE Oregon:

• 2018 JE Dunn Construction Internship - Ashley Ulberg, 2018 ACE alumna
• 2018 Mortenson Construction Internship - Colin Klein, 2018 ACE alumnus
• 2018 Skanska Internship - Kenneth Yohe, 2018 ACE student
• 2017 Andersen Construction Internship – Audrey Collins, 2018 ACE alumna
• 2015 ACE/Milgard Award (Home Builders Foundation) - Bethany Woods, 2015 ACE alumna
• 2015 Caliber Excellence Award (Home Builders Foundation) - Claudia Monroy-Benitez, 2015 ACE alumna
• 2015 Greenbuild Conference Scholarship (US Green Building Council) - Elona Wilson, 2014 ACE alumna
• 2014 Greenbuild Conference Scholarship (US Green Building Council) - Siriane Lawless, 2011 ACE alumna
• 2014 ACE/Milgard Award (Home Builders Foundation) - Alexa Thornton, 2014 ACE alumna​