More than $1.3 million in scholarships were offered to Apache Junction High School graduating seniors during the annual scholarships and awards presentation held April 30.

Representatives from local organizations, groups and businesses awarded more than $150,000 in scholarships to hometown students. Scholarships from academic institutions and national scholarships totaled more than $1 million.

•American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 27: Two scholarships ($1,000), Madalyn Leigh and Courtnee Colburn.,

•Past Presidents of American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 27: Scholarship ($300), Debra Berlin

•Association for the Development of a Better Environment (ADOBE): Five scholarships ($1,000), Scott Callahan, Brianna O’Brien, Tara Herbert, Heather Smith and Travis Morgan.

•Roadhaven Resort Church: Four scholarships (CAC tuition for 12 credit hours), Chadd Carr, Lauren Jackson, Nicholas Cross and Tristan Stanger.

•Renewal Scholarship (CAC tuition for fulltime student), Elizabeth Meley.

•Moose Lodge: Three scholarships ($250), Katherine Cluff, Ricardo Quintero and Zachary DeWitt.

•Chamber of commerce: Two scholarships ($500), Travis Morgan and Nicholas K. Aranda.

•Apache Junction Public Events Series: Five scholarships ($2,000), Cortnie Allen, Heather Smith, Cassandra Bradshaw, Thea Woodruff and Scott Callahan.

•Lost Dutchman Marathon: Five scholarships ($3,000), Robert Bohr, Kyle McMinn, Ian Cockrill, Erik Thunberg and Dove Luidhardt.

•Apache Junction High School Faculty Scholarship ($1,000), Angelica Valtierra,

•Superstition Mountain Rotary Club: Three Rotary scholarships ($1,000), Elizabeth Conlon, Kyle McMinn and Chelsea Darling; and 10 scholarships ($500), Nicholas Aranda, Tristan Stanger, Lauren Jackson, Naomi Stout, Brittney Leal, Erik Thunberg, Danielle Lehrkamp, Jason Yates, Robert Mohle and Gary Williams

•Lions Club: Six scholarships ($1,000), Jessica Christopherson, Morgana Ortiz, Katherine Corbin, Marissa Sanderson, Chelsea Darling and Ryan Verley.

•Women of the Moose No. 1127: Four medical scholarships ($750), Jessica Christopherson, Tara Herbert, Kale Divelbiss and Gary Williams

•Madalyn Rollins/Telphone Pioneers: 10 scholarships ($1,000), Chadd Carr, Danielle Lehrkamp, Nicholas Cross, Robert Mohle, Chelsea Darling, Mia Przekurat, Lauren Jackson, Tristan Stanger, Kelsey Kirchner, Dustin Van De Laare.

•D.A.R.E. for the Kids of Apache Junction: Three scholarships ($800), Chadd Carr, Tristan Stanger, James Cowles

•Food Service Employees: Three scholarships ($500), Chelsea Darling, Tripper Meason, Kelsey Kirchner

•Otto and Edna Neely Foundation Scholarship: Two scholarships ($2,500, renewable for three years), Tripper Meason, Jason Yates, Morgana Ortiz.

•Prospector Booster Club Burgess and Baker Scholarship: 11 scholarships ($500), Robert Bohr, Colin McGann, James Cowles, Alisha Muller, Louis Crespo, Anjelica Rios, Chelsea Darling, Naomi Stout, Madalyn Leigh, Angelica Valtierra and Rachel Marquez.

•Superstition Mountain Promotional Corporation Scholarship: Five scholarships ($600), Nicholas Aranda, Tara Herbert, Chadd Carr, Tristan Stanger and Nicole Gulich., ,

•Gold Canyon Lions Club: Two scholarships ($1,,000), Tara Herbert and Gary Williams; two James Triplett Memorial Scholarships ($1,000), Jordan Dexter and Naomi Stout.

•AJEA Scholarship: Scholarship ($250), Ryan Verley; and scholarship ($100), Jason Yates

•Prospector Football Touchdown Club: 10 scholarships ($338), Daniel Ambrosio, Jeremy Loya, Jacob Bennett, Edward Mayora, Chadd Carr, Tripper Meason, Israel Chavez, Travis Morgan, Louis Crespo, Chase Prosser.

•Queen Valley Fire Science Scholarship presented by the Queen Valley Fire Auxiliary: Scholarship ($1,500), Derek Beaver; and scholarship ($1,000), Jacob Fendley

•Breeding Foundation Scholarship: 12 scholarships ($1,000), Robert Bohr, Robert Mohl, Ian Cockrill, Ashley Nagle, Amy Gabrielson, Ricardo Quintero, Dove Luidhardt, Ian Springer, Alexandra Lujan, Thea Woodruff, Kyle McMinn, Jason Yates

•David Burnap Memorial Scholarship: ($500), Michael Alltop

•Elks Lodge No. 2349: (two $1,000 scholarships), Morgana Ortiz and Thea Woodruff; and (one $1,000 scholarship renewal for three years and eligible for $20,000-$60,000 additional scholarship funds on national level not yet awarded), Kyle McMinn.

•Central Arizona College: Scholarships Top 30 percent ($1,680.00 tuition, renewable), Zachery Alvarez, Nicholas Aranda, Tara Backues, Amber Bulinski, Jeffrey Cappotto, Jacob Cather, Austin Cherryholmes, Ian Cockrill, Ashleigh Colburn, Courtnee Colburn, Leanne Fuller, Nicole Gulich, Brittney Leal, Kristen LeDuc, Madalyn Leigh, Dove Luidhardt, Keith Macon, Mindy Marchetti, Tripper Meason, Ashly Michalet, Travis Morgan, Alisha Muller, Angelica Rios, Cari-Leigh Roehrig, Patrick Smith Jr., Kayla Stimbert, Stacey Taylor, Erik Terock, Kayla Tresise, Dustin Vandelaare and Kaylene Zehner.

•University of Arizona Wildcat Excellence (varies from $2,000 to $8,000), Scott Callahan, Morgana Ortiz, Elizabeth Conlon, Carolina Piedrahita, Amy Gabrielson, Jessica Romero, Tara Herbert, Naomi Stout, Alexandra Lujan, Erik Thunberg.

•Arizona State University President’s Scholarship: ($9,000, renewable for three years), Celia Flores, Amber Peterson, Rubaiya Islam, Carolina Piedrahita, Kyle McMinn, Gary Williams, Ashley Nagle, Travis Morgan and Ian Springer; and Provost’s Scholarship, ($7,500, renewable for three years), Cortnie Allen, Richard Simeonoff, Scott Callahan, Jason Yates and Mia Przekurat; and University Scholarship, ($2,750, renewable for three years), Rachelle Armstrong, Tara Herbert, Mandy Brounacker, Brittnay Livingston, Austin Cherryholmes, Morgana Ortiz, Elizabeth Conlon, Marissa Sanderson, Amy Gabrielson, Heather Smith, Ethan Dibble and Patrick Smith.

•Northern Arizona University: President’s Scholarship ($3,750, renewable), Ashley Nagle and Kyle McMinn; Dean’s Scholarship ($2,500, renewable), Cortnie Allen, Dove Luidhardt and Courtnee Colburn; and NAU Merit Scholarship ($1750, renewable), Alexis Fish, Kayla Tresise, Amy Gabrielson, Angelica Valtierra, Morgana Ortiz, Ryan Verley and Marissa Sanderson

•Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizenship Essay Contest: Award ($50), Tristan Stanger

•Presidents Scholarship and Top 20 Scholarship: Scholarships (total $13,500, renewable), Daniel Ambrosio

•Eugene and Margaret McDermott Scholarship from MIT: ($40,000 renewal), Calvin Lewis

•Pinal County Juvenile Court Scholarship: ($500), Nicholas Aranda

•Grand Canyon University Lead the Way Scholarship: ($7500), Robert Mohle

•DeVry’s Community Scholar Award: ($1,000), Robert Mohle.

•Colorado School of Mines Merit Scholarship: ($8,000), Kyle McMinn

•Colorado School of Mines Grant: ($13,800), Kyle McMinn.

•Arizona Youth Entrepreneurship Award: ($1,000 cash plus $1,000 scholarship to the University of Arizona), Jason Blevins.

•Worth and Dot Howard Foundation: ($1,500), Rubaiya Islam.

•ROTC scholarship: ($180,000 plus $18,000 for room and board from Southern University in Baton Rouge, La.), Nicholas Aranda.