Top Centralia and W.F. West students honored at Rob Fuller Scholarship Luncheon 

Twenty-one scholarship winners and the top 25 students from Centralia and W.F. West high schools for the class of 2025 were celebrated Tuesday at the annual Rob Fuller Scholarship Luncheon. 

Hosted by the Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce and the Rob Fuller Scholarship Program, the luncheon is named in honor of longtime Lewis County resident, president of Fuller’s Inc., city councilor and philanthropist Rob Fuller, who died in 2011 from lung cancer.

“Rob believed in the community, in the power of young people and giving back. That’s why this scholarship carries his name. It reflects what he valued most: supporting the next generation of leaders, workers and dreamers right here in Lewis County,” said Chad Taylor, a former Chehalis city councilor and current publisher of The Chronicle. 

Tuesday’s luncheon included raffle prizes for students and a keynote address by Centralia High School class of 2008 graduate Hillary Hull, who now works as an agricultural teacher, FFA adviser and worksite learning coordinator in Yelm. 

“Every single one of you are about to embark on your next journey. Whether you have a plan or not, remember that the road may not be easy, and that’s OK. But just like the stickers that you all have at your table, you, too, will find the joy, the connection and the excitement in whatever you choose to do,” Hull told the graduating seniors. 

Centralia High School’s top 25 graduates are: Ronin L. Blair, Braylee K. Blankenship, Abigail Bleak, Chloe-Marie Bonomi, Brock Boone, Trinity Burleson, Andrea Delatorre, Brook A. Frakes, Camila Garibay Sierra, Olivia C. Gruginski, Mackenzi L. Hakki, Natalia M. Hedgers, Audrey J. Hinkley, Nickolas J. Kaech, Maya I. Lackie, Jonathon G. Leedy, Tess E. McMurry, Sadie A. Mecham, Brian C. Norris, Marcella Rivas, Kellen D. Rooklidge, Alan Silvestre, Julyonna Smith, Kezra M. Smith and Jordan M. Yeung.

W.F. West High School’s top 25 graduates are: Cole A. Adams, Madyson J. Alexander, Emmalee J. Squibb Bates, Amanda D. Bennett, Jacobsen M. Bunker, Bryce D. Kuykendall, Ammon Y. Satterfield, Joseph A. Caserta, Ellie M. Clinton, William V. Cummings, Julia A. Dalan, Shivtaj S. Dhudwal, Henry J. Etue, Austin J. Freeborn, Peyton M. Gibbs, Lillian G. Hueffed, Ross W. Kelley, Odessa R. Linnett, Emily A. Mallonee, Elizabeth M. Pouch, Mercedes L. Ricks, Grace E. Robison, Kaden M. Schow, Andre K. Tseng and Aly J. Wiens.

Each of the top graduates received a goody bag that included a variety of donated items, including $50 gift cards to Fuller’s Market Place. 

A total of $20,500, divided among 21 scholarships, was awarded this year. 

The local scholarship winners are: 

• The Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce 2025 Rob Fuller Scholarship: Madyson Alexander, Allie Anderson, Ellie Clinton, William Cummings, Julia Dalan, Mackenzie Dotson, Beck Geringer, Emma Hamilton, Ross Kelley, Connor Klovdahl, Brooks Legerwood. Each student received a $1,000 scholarship. The scholarship was available to all children or grandchildren of current Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce members who are seniors at W.F. West High School or Centralia High School. 
• The Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce 2025 Olivia Mitchell Scholarship: Jaylee Humphrey. This $500 scholarship was created in honor of an Adna High School and Running Start student who was set to graduate with both her associate of arts degree and high school diploma when she passed away her senior year. The scholarship is available to Adna High School seniors.
• The 2025 Althauser Rayan Abbarno, LLP Cheyllyn Collinsworth Scholarship: Aly Wiens. The scholarship, which awards $1,000 to a W.F. West or Centralia student pursuing a teaching career, was created in memory of a former Centralia High School senior and aspiring teacher who died in a car accident shortly after her high school graduation.
• The 2025 Boys and Girls Club of Lewis County Scholarship: Sadie Mecham. This $1,000 scholarship is available to all 2025 graduating seniors from W.F. West and Centralia high schools.
• The 2025 Centralia Community Foundation Education Scholarship: Brock M. Boone. This $1,000 scholarship is available to all 2025 graduating seniors from Centralia High School based on their desire to go into the field of education.
• The 2025 Lightcurve Business & Technology Scholarship: Madyson Alexander. This $1,000 scholarship is available to all 2025 graduating seniors from W.F. West and Centralia High School based on their educational experience with a focus on business, technology and STEM.
• The 2025 TwinStar Credit Union Business Leader of Tomorrow Scholarship: Marcella Rivas. This $1,000 scholarship is available to all 2025 graduating seniors from W.F. West and Centralia high schools based on their desire to go into the field of business or finance.
• The 2025 Visiting Nurses Foundation Scholarship: Camila Garibay and Julia Dalan. Each student received a $1,000 scholarship. This scholarship is available to all 2024 graduating seniors from W.F. West and Centralia high schools based on their intent to seek a degree as a registered nurse.
• The 2025 PUD Commissioners Tradesman Scholarship: Jaden Blanks and Brock M. Boone. This new scholarship awards $1,000 to one or more applicants within Lewis County PUD service territory who are interested in working with Lewis County PUD in a tradesman field. No Lewis County PUD ratepayer funds are contributed into this scholarship. 

Sponsors who contributed to the event this year were Chris Forespring State Farm, Fuller’s Market Place, Port of Centralia, Sierra Pacific Industries, ToledoTel, Wagner Orthodontics, Awards West-Printwares, Caring Transitions, Dick’s Brewing, Stacey Davis, Dianne Dorey, Cynthia Mudge, Amanda Singleton, Walmart, The Silver Agency, Cascade Hardwood, Lindy Waring, Sandra Wing and the Boys & Girls Club of Lewis County.  

For more information on the scholarships or to donate or sponsor the Rob Fuller Scholarship Luncheon, email thechamber@chamberway.com or call 360-748-8885.