Each year University Ladies Club awards scholarships to students who are graduates of high schools in the Austin area and have achieved academic excellence. These scholarships evolved from the Lucille Taylor Moore Loan Fund established in 1935 to support local students in financial need.
Scholarship Recipients 2023-2024
Austin Taylor, Round Rock, TX
Year: Senior
Major: BFA Acting
Minor: Arts Management and Administration
Colin Johnson, Driftwood, TX
Year: Junior
Major: Physics, Honors BSA
Emily Morales, Austin, Texas
Year: Senior
Major: Government
Minor: Business and Public Policy
Swetha Ayinala, Austin, Texas
Year: Junior
Anticipated Graduation Year: 2025
Major: Psychology
Minor: Hindi
Anaya Mehta, Austin, Texas
Year: Senior
Anticipated Graduation Year: 2024
Major: Computer Science
Arya Anantula, Austin, TX
Year Junior
Major: Computer Science
Donations and Support
This support of the University is made possible by donations and memorials given by the members. You may submit donations using our Centennial Donation Form
Thank you for helping deserving Austin area students now and in the future. Our club would like to increase the number of scholarships provided each year, but we cannot do it without your help.
The University Ladies Club
History of Awards
2022-2023
Payton Brewster, Vandergrift High School
Doctor of Pharmacy
Anna Demopoulos, James Bowie High School
Nursing
Bushra Hamid, Austin Peace Academy
Audiology
Matthew Sandoval, Liberty Hill High School
Doctor of Pharmacy
Laura Wirtanen, Anderson High School
Biology
2021-2022
Donia Leyla Mobli, Austin High School
Chemical Engineering
Kent Dana Hansen, Leander High School
Geography/Computer Science
M.L. Yeverino Esquivel, Manor High School
Applied Learning and Development: Early Childhood
Elena A. Liem, Franklin high School
French/Radio-Television-Film
2020-2021
Gina Chen, Liberal Arts & Science Academy High School
Physics
Orhun Davarci, Anderson High School
Biomedical Engineering
Nicholas Ray, Liberal Arts & Science Academy High School
Biomedical Engineering
Jane Walters, Liberal Arts & Science Academy High School
Government/Plan I Honors
Mary White, Anderson High School
Plan II Honors Program
2019-2020
Arnold Angel Icaro, Pflugerville High School
Accounting – PPA
Ji Eun Jung, Liberal Arts & Science Academy @ LBJ
Environmental Sciences Audrey
Anne Larcher Lake Travis High School
Plan II
Oliver Sihua Zhao, Liberal Arts & Science Academy @ LBJ
Biomedical Engineering
Lucas Zilveti, Westwood High School
Civil Engineering
2018-2019
Lauren Taylor Anderson, Bowie High School
Business Administration/Accounting
Oliver Zhao, Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School
Engineering/Biomedical Engineering
2017-2018
Daniel Chen, Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School
Finance/Business
Hoowon Lee, Cedar Park High School,
Biomedical Engineering/Engineering
Sydney Loyd, W. Charles Akins High School
Education-Applied Learning and Development
James Rodriguez, Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School
Business/Plan II
2016-2017
Aditya M. Kondajjiee, Westlake High School, Class of 2013
Biochemistry
Amanda Isabel Meriwether, Anderson High School Class of 2013
Biomedical Engineering
2015-2016
Katherine Loy Magee, Westlake High School, Class of 2013
Business Administration; Liberal Arts (Plan II Honors Program)
Jon Gabriel Medina: . James Bowie H.S. Class of 1995
Nursing
2014-2015
William Dwyer Cowan, Anderson High School
Double major: International Relations/Global Studies & Government
Callie Suzanne Harakal, Hyde Park Baptist High School
Double major in Plan II and History; minors in chemistry and biology
Sara Haley Journeay, Anderson High School
BSA in Biology & minor in History to graduate May 2015
2013-2014
Aidan A. Aannestad
Historical Linguistics
Naomi Hasegawa
Plan II Honors, Biomedical Engineering, pre-med
Amanda Elise Lester
Plan II Honors, Butler School of Music
Truc Thanh Nguyen
Corporate Finance
2012-2013
Natalie K. Craik, Westlake High School
Biomedical Engr/Plan II
Kevin M. Deluca, McNeil High School
Psychology Plan I/Economics
Ryan J. Glidewell, W. Charles Akins High School
Nursing
Nicole S. Kurka, Liberal Arts and Science Academy
Geological Sciences