2014 Standout Student awarded $10,000 scholarship

Pictured, from left:

Gary Arford – Founder, Comprehensive Wealth Management, Lynnwood Rotarian

Marilla Sargent –Scholarship Co-Chair (and VP and Branch Manager of HomeStreet Bank), Rotary Club of Lynnwood

Shilo Lockett – President, Comprehensive Wealth Management, Lynnwood Rotarian

Sophie Knudson – Grand Prize Standout Student Award Winner

Sue Venable – Past President (and Principal and Holy Rosary School), Rotary Club of Lynnwood

Bill Lennert – Director, Bonneville Communications (KIRO, KTTH, and ESPN Seattle, MyNorthwest.com)

Sophie Knudson, Shorecrest High senior, honored as Standout Student

Marilla Sargent, Scholarship Chair for the Rotary Club of Lynnwood, announced today that Shorecrest High School Senior Sophie Knudson was awarded the 2014 Standout Student Scholarship of $10,000.

The Standout Student Awards, a partnership of the Rotary Club of Lynnwood, Comprehensive Wealth Management, KIRO Radio, and MyNorthwest.com, honored Western Washington students who stood out in the classroom and in the community.

Nine students were selected as monthly winners from September 2013 to May 2014. Each monthly winner received a $1,000 scholarship, was promoted on KIRO Radio and MyNorthwest.com, and was eligible for the grand prize of a $10,000 educational scholarship. The three grand prize finalists were selected by the general public through on-line voting at MyNorthwest.com from May 26-30, 2014. In turn, a Blue Ribbon Committee selected the grand prize winner.

“Sophie Knudson exemplifies the attributes the Rotary Club of Lynnwood looks for when granting student scholarships,” said Marilla Sargent. She continued, “This year we granted over $62,000 in scholarships and were very proud to join Comprehensive Wealth Management and KIRO Radio 97.3 FM to participate in the Standout Student Awards.

Knudson was awarded the grand prize scholarship for her overall accomplishments in the classroom, the school and in the community. She stood out in the classroom with a 4.0 grade point average, her work in the community as the Washington state delegate to the Girls’ World Forum, and her organization to raise money for mosquito nets to help eradicate malaria for families in Kenya. 

Rotary Club of Lynnwood is a fellowship of leaders who voluntarily support others through vocational, international and community service. For more information about Sophie Knudson — 2014 Standout Student — and the Rotary Club of Lynnwood, contact Marilla Sargent at 206-799-7354.