The faculty and staff at Veterans Upward Bound are proud to celebrate the achievements of our students. To honor those participating in our college prep program to sharpen their skills, VUB presents two awards each semester:

Most Improved Student Award: Recognizes a student who has demonstrated significant personal growth, perseverance, and hard work in their academic performance, behavior, or skills.

Outstanding Student Award: Honors a learner who exhibits exceptional achievement, strong leadership, and deep dedication throughout their time in the program.

Most Improved Student Award

  • Mary Fletcher
    Spring 1993
  • Joe Diliberto
    Spring 1993
  • Armand Morgenstein
    Spring 1993
  • Stephanie Black
    Summer  1993
  • H.P. Nuernberger
    Fall 1993
  • Melvin Daniel
    Fall 1993
  • Chuck Greenough
    Spring 1994
  • Jose Vergara
    Spring 1994
  • Bruce Davidson
    Fall 1994
  • Andrea Stokes
    Fall 1994
  • John Howard
    Fall 1995
  • Wade Johnson
    Fall 1995
  • Ron Erickson
    Fall 1995
  • Terry Schweigert
    Spring 1996
  • Vashelle Williamson
    Fall 1996
  • Regina Boland
    Fall 1996
  • Gary MacLachlan
    Spring 1997
  • Luke Morlan
    Fall 1997
  • Rick Odermann
    Spring 1998
  • Jon Jellison
    Fall 1998
  • Cindi Irmen
    Spring 1999
  • Tom Bass
    Fall 1999
  • Lonnie Fread
    Spring 2000
  • John McMahon
    Fall 2000
  • Jim Havard
    Spring 2001
  • Darci Shields
    Fall 2001
  • Scott Offtedal
    Spring 2002
  • Cecil Liter
    Fall 2003
  • George Lee
    Fall 2003
  • Craig Toombs
    Spring 2003
  • Bill Perkins
    Fall 2003
  • Lonnie Dennis
    Spring 2004
  • Curtis Timmons
    Spring 2004
  • Hunter Barrus
    Fall 2004
  • Charlene Isbell
    Spring 2005
  • Adria Hinds
    Summer 2005
  • Lenny Patterson
    Fall 2005
  • Robert Card
    Fall 2005
  • Adam Olivas
    Fall 2005
  • Josh Darity
    Fall 2005
  • Jake Parker
    Spring 2006
  • Paul Siegfried
    Summer 2006
  • Tyler Morgan
    Summer 2006
  • Jason Besch
    Fall 2006
  • Nancy Yetley
    Fall 2006
  • Heather Crockett
    Spring 2007
  • Salvador Hernandez
    Fall 2007
  • Nathan Grill
    Spring 2008
  • Keith Burns
    Fall 2008
  • Craig Hurless
    Spring 2009 
  • Nathan Mundahl
    Fall 2009
  • Evelin Taylor
    Spring 2010
  • Bridget Firehammer
    Fall 2010
  • Joe Lenhart
    Spring 2011
  • Chelsea Skaggs
    Spring 2011
  • Mary Waggoner
    Fall 2011
  • Adam Marman
    Fall 2011
  • Joseph Nichols
    Spring 2012
  • Scott Keck
    Summer 2012
  • Fraythda Bustos
    Fall 2012 
  • Ryan McKee
    Spring 2013
  • Matt Andree
    Spring 2013
  • Lawrence Willey
    Fall 2013
  • Paul Anderson
    Spring 2014
  • Loren Longie
    Fall 2014 


Outstanding Student Achievement Award

  • Kelly Ashworth
    Spring 1993
  • Erik Lilleberg
    Summer 1993
  • Frank Gonzalez
    Fall 1993
  • Allen Niggebrugge
    Fall 1993
  • Paul Suptic
    Spring 1994
  • Kathy Paul
    Spring 1994
  • Keith White
    Fall 1994
  • Andy Ballan
    Fall 1994
  • Valerie Germany
    Fall 1995
  • Travis Propp
    Fall 1995
  • Lee Christiansen
    Fall 1995
  • Bonnie Hayward
    Spring 1996
  • Troy Goulding
    Fall 1996
  • Stacy Anderson
    Fall 1996
  • Crystal Sturgis
    Fall 1996
  • Chad Morse
    Spring 1997
  • Russell Stevens
    Fall 1997
  • Mark Huff
    Spring 1998
  • John Higgins
    Fall 1998
  • Bernie Irmen
    Spring 1999
  • Merle Breeden
    Spring 1999
  • Janet Barr
    Fall 1999
  • Ray Felix
    Spring 2000
  • John Reid
    Fall 2000
  • Jeff Kraus
    Spring 2001
  • Stephen Ott
    Fall 2001
  • Karl Jarvis
    Spring 2002
  • Kevin Henkel
    Fall 2003
  • Greg Bryant
    Fall 2003
  • Jim Moyer
    Spring 2003
  • David Benjamin
    Fall 2003
  • Natalie Johnson
    Fall 2003
  • Jennifer Rein
    Spring 2004
  • Amelia McDanel
    Fall 2004
  • Lori Sekori
    Fall 2004
  • Debra Artis
    Spring 2005
  • Kristi Conklin
    Summer 2005
  • Cris Conklin
    Fall 2005
  • Brian Higareda
    Spring 2006
  • Mike Silvernagel
    Summer 2006
  • Nick Robinson
  • Summer 2006
  • Jesse Schultes
    Fall 2006
  • Jared Sharp
    Fall 2006
  • Faith Thompson
    Spring 2007
  • Jonelle Still
    Fall 2007
  • Angie Nottingham
    Spring 2008
  • Derek Tsukada
    Fall 2008
  • Christopher Grubs
    Spring 2009
  • Jacob Scott
    Fall 2009
  • Anthony Schoonover
    Spring 2010
  • Oscar Woods
    Spring 2010
  • Matthew Gallup
    Fall 2010
  • Mark Voss
    Spring 2011
  • Adam Marman
    Fall 2011
  • Ellen O’Donnell
    Spring 2012
  • Kevin Stalker
    Fall 2012
  • Jennifer Compton
    Spring 2013
  • Chris Toplin
    Fall 2013
  • Steven Feller
    Spring 2014
  • Ryan Fuss
    Fall 2014