Every year just before graduation, high school students all over America anxiously await word of the scholarships they hope to be receiving. Monday night the annual Evening of Excellence was held at the high school’s Performing Arts Center, and the wait finally was over for graduating Lake Havasu High School students.

The GEO Group Foundation scholarship is awarded to students Monday evening at Lake Havasu High School. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene

This year $3.6 million in scholarships was awarded, and some students received amounts large enough to ensure they won’t have to worry about paying for their college education. Scholarships above $30,000 were given to the following Lake Havasu High School students:

Emily Anderson (University Of Nebraska $39,000; National Honor Society)

Gregory Arceo (US Marines $160,000)

Adam Beebe (Hot Rod Knights $500.00; Relics and Rods $1,000.00; Arizona State University Provost Scholarship $32,000)

Austin Burkholder (Elk’s Lodge #2399 Honor Award $1,000; VFW Post 9401 $1,000.00; Arizona State University President’s Scholarship $40,000; Glen & Leona Swette Scholarship $20,000)

Larissa Busack (Grand Canyon University President Scholarship $31,000; S Club $425.00; London Bridge Rotary $2,000)

Elizabeth Bushnell (University of San Diego $67,350)

Caden Carver (Concordia University $130,910, Havasu Regional Medical Center Auxiliary $2,000)

Jeffrey Chapin (Arizona State University Provost Scholarship $32,000)

Arianna Clark (US Army $160,000)

Joe Culwell III (Northern Arizona University Lumberjack Scholarship $38,984)

Noah Curry (Northern Arizona University Lumberjack Scholarship $38,984)

Allison Davis (UCLA $57,968.00; Soroptimist $1,000.00; Lake Havasu Republican Women $500)

Tanya Espino (US Navy $160,000)

Emily Fichter (Northern Arizona University Lumberjack Scholarship $38,984)

Jesus Frausto (Ronald Mc Donald House Scholarship $2,500l LHHS Class of 1977 $500.00; Fraternal Order Of Eagles Aerie 4299; London Bridge Lions $1,000; Lake Havasu Gem And Mineral Society $500; Arizona State University Provost Scholarship $32,000)

Nolan French (Havasu Regional Medical Center Auxiliary $2,000; Arizona State University Provost Scholarship $32,000)

Trevor Gladwin (The GEO Group Foundation $1,000; Grand Canyon University President Scholarship $31,000)

Brentyn Hanna (Arizona State University Provost Scholarship $32,000)

Christian Henry (University Of Arizona Wildcat Excellence Award $32,000; The Geo Group Foundation $1,000)

Tawnie Hess (US Army $160,000)

Sabrina Hillius (Northern Arizona University Lumberjack Scholarship $38,984)

Megan Johnson (Havasu Classic Car Club $500; Elks Associate Most Valuable Student $1,570; Elks BPOE 2399 Most Valuable Student $2,000; Delta Kappa Gamma Northern Arizona University Lumberjack Scholarship $38,984; Soroptimist $1,000; Fraternal Order Of Eagles Aerie 4299)

Ashton Kaley (Elks BPOE 2399 Most Valuable Student $2,000; Elks Associate Most Valuable Student $1,570); ASU LHC President’s Scholarship $24,400; Lake Havasu Sunrise Rotary $5,000)

Kylan Konen (Fraternal Order Of Eagles Aerie 4299; University Of La Verne $140,000)

Emily Koons (London Bridge Rotary $2,000; PEO $500; University Of Arizona Wildcat Excellence Award $32,000)

Kaitlyn Lee (Elks Associate Most Valuable Student $1,570; LHUSD#1 Administrator’s Scholarship $640; The Worth And Dot Howard Scholarship $1,000; Northern Arizona University Lumberjack Scholarship $38,984)

Brittni Lopuszynski (Lake Havasu Sunrise Rotary $5,000; University Of Arizona Wildcat Excellence Award $34,000; Havasu Regional Medical Center Auxiliary $2,000)

Megan Lowry (Northern Arizona University Lumberjack Scholarship $38,984)

Brittany Lundberg (Northern Arizona University Lumberjack Scholarship $38,984; London Bridge Lions $1,000; National Honor Society; Alpha Delta Kappa $500)

Naomi Marcom (US Marines $160,000)

David McNeal Jr (US Army $160,000)

Sean Muench (Havasu Regional Medical Center Auxiliary $2,000; University Of Arizona Wildcat Excellence Award $32,000)

Eric Neal (Havasu Classic Car Club $500; Grand Canyon University President Scholarship $31,000; American Legion Post #81 $1,000; Marine Corps League $2,000; VFW Men’s Auxiliary $1,000)

Christian Ocampo (US Army $160,000)

Jordan Savage (Northern Arizona University Lumberjack Scholarship $38,984; Havasu Art Guild; London Bridge Republican Women $500)

Makenzie Taylor (Arizona State University President’s Scholarship $40,000; The Geo Group Foundation $1,000)

Zachary Thomas (US Marines $160,000)

Tucker Torgerson (US Marines $160,000)

Daniel Ventura (Catholic Daughters Of America $500; Fraternal Order Of Eagles Aerie 4299; Arizona State University Provost Scholarship $32,000’ Lake Havasu Sunrise Rotary $1,000)

Melody Webster (Northern Arizona University Lumberjack Scholarship $38,984)

Hunter Wright (American Legion Riders Post #81 $1,000; Arizona State University President’s Scholarship $40,000)

Jonathan Zilberman (Kiwanis; Arizona State University President’s Scholarship $40,000)