Funded by a $23 million gift from E.W. Kelley and his family in the fall of 1997, Kelley Scholars will receive money for standard tuition and fees, a stipend for living expenses and funding for academic activities such as overseas study.
Madelyn L. Geske is from Carmel, Indiana, and a graduate of Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory High School in Indianapolis. There, she was a member of the National Honor Society and Key Club, vice president of the executive student council and founding vice president of the Entrepreneurship Club. She expects to study finance and business analytics while at Kelley.
Bloomington resident and Bloomington High School North graduate Megan Gardner expects to study accounting and finance. During high school, she was co-president of the student chapter of Habitat for Humanity, a Bloomington South Dance Marathon executive and a four-year varsity tennis player.
Kathleen Gonzales will come to IU from Munster, Indiana. She is a graduate of Munster High School, where she was captain of the cross-country team and a member of the track and field team, class executive council, speech and debate team, advanced concert choir and National Honor Society. She plans to study marketing.
Bloomington resident Blake Himebaugh plans to study marketing in Kelley. At Bloomington High School North, he captained the varsity, junior varsity and freshman teams of the school’s baseball program and placed in marketing and interviewing skills at the Indiana Business Professionals of American state leadership conference.
Julia Keene lives in Richmond, Indiana, and graduated from Richmond High School, where she was a member of the varsity swim, soccer and cheer teams, National Honor Society and Young Life. She anticipates studying economic consulting.
Indianapolis resident Myles Markey plans to study finance and real estate. At Park Tudor High School, he was junior editor of the literary and arts magazine the Artisan, a Model United Nations delegate, manager of the girls basketball team and a Global Scholar.
Crown Point, Indiana, resident Simone Siew expects to study supply chain management. At Crown Point High School, she was salutatorian, editor of the school’s magazine, a Field Museum summer intern and an IU Kelley School of Business Young Women’s Institute Case Competition winner.
Fishers, Indiana, resident German Mauricio Suarez is a graduate of Hamilton Southeastern High School. There, he was a member of the Academic All-State Soccer Team, the varsity soccer team and student business organization DECA. He also is a professional actor, having appeared in “Burn Notice” and productions of “A Christmas Carol” and “Holes” at the Indiana Repertory Theatre. He expects to study business economics.
Carmel High School graduate Alexander Yu was president of the debate team, finance club and the hip-hop club, and he was editor of the school newspaper. He plans to study finance.
Homestead High School graduate and Fort Wayne resident Joseph Christian Zirille plans to study entrepreneurship and corporate innovation. In high school, he was president of the DECA chapter as well as president and an officer at the state level.
