Zonta Club of Coos Bay announces 2024 scholarship recipients

The Zonta Club of the Coos Bay Area is pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of $15,000 in scholarship funds.

Receiving a $3,000 Science Technology Engineering and Math STEM Scholarship is Robyn Wales of Orem, Utah. A 2017 graduate of North Bend High School, Wales is currently seeking a Doctor of Physical Therapy at Rocky Mountain University in Orem, UT. Receiving $3,000 club scholarships are Sophia Hutcherson and Alison Kirby both of North Bend. Hutcherson is a 2024 North Bend High School graduate and is current president of the North Bend High School Z Club. She plans to enter Reed College, Portland, OR in the fall to pursue dual English and sociology degrees. Kirby is a 2023 North Bend High School graduate and current pre-med student at the University of Pittsburgh. Her goal is to become a surgeon. Receiving a $1,500 club scholarship is North Bend High School graduate Avery Pex studying biology and pre-veterinary medicine at OSU. Kiri Goodson will receive the $1,500 Z Club Scholarship from the Marshfield High School Z Club. She is the current Z Club president and plans to enter Columbia University in the fall to study biology with goal to become an anesthesiologist. Heidi Quiroz-Garcia will receive the $1,500 North Bend High School Z Club scholarship. She is currently attending SWOCC and has yet to decide what four-year institution she will attend this fall. Her plan is to study political science with goal to enter law school and become a prosecutor (specifically handling sexual violence cases.). Both Goodson and Quiroz-Garcia were selected for their student leadership and activity while involved in a Z-Club at their high school.

The $1,500 Jane M Klausman Women in Business scholarship is awarded to Kyla Bailey-Wilson. Wilson is currently seeking her associate in accounting at SWOCC with a plan for a BSA in accounting at Eastern Oregon University this fall and hopes to eventually earn an MBA in accounting. The JMK Women in Business scholarship is a progressive award with Bailey-Wilson moving forward to compete for a $5,000 JMK Women in Business scholarship at the District 8 level of Zonta International.

All recipients will be honored at an upcoming Zonta club meeting to be held at the Seven Devils Waterfront Ale House May 17. Zonta Coos Bay Area members are proud to support the educational goals of our scholarship recipients. For more information about Zonta or to contribute to the scholarship fund visit www.zontacoosbayarea.org.