Bimbo Bakeries USA’s annual Scholarship Program awards scholarships to children and grandchildren of our associates to use toward college expenses.

This year’s 50 recipients were selected based on their academic and extracurricular resumes, written essays and recommendation letters from teachers, mentors or community leaders.

We are #BBUPROUD to announce that the following students are the winners of the 2026 BBU Scholarship!

• Kayla Badillo – California State University, Fullerton
• Olivia Berryman – University of Michigan
• Joshua Brown – Virginia Western Community College
• Jack Wesley Burleson – Penn State University
• Evalynn Cazares – University of California, Merced
• Alexis Chiaravalle – Xavier University
• Gisele Contreras – University of Oklahoma
• Joshua Correa – California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
• Carly Czoper – West Virginia University
• Sophia Davis – SUNY Oneonta
• Kaydence De Haan – Mount Marty University
• Margaret Dunn – University of Wisconsin, Platteville
• Gabriel Estrada – California State University, Fresno
• Madelyn Fletcher – Indiana University, Bloomington
• Clifford Fransen – Ohio University
• Clayton Foster – Missouri State University
• Zavyr Gregory – Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
• Brennan Harris – Southeast Community College
• Natalie Horning – Hamline University
• Emily Huang – University of Toronto
• James Kern – University of Utah
• Dylan Kirnan – Jamestown Community College - Olean
• Reese Kuhlman – University of Kentucky
• Daniel Maldonado Cruz – San Jose State University
• Mariah Martinez – Illinois State University
• Kyaleah Mayberry – Georgia Southwestern State University
• Jace McQueen – Western Kentucky University
• Lydia Mitchell – Marshall University
• Cooper Mitchum – Chaffey College
• Sophia Mooney – Eastern Arizona College
• Mary Niang – University of Texas at Arlington
• Biagio Nicchia – Indiana University
• Victoria Oberbroeckling – Iowa State University
• Sangmo Palden – Northeastern University Oakland
• Lexie Parrish – Community College of Baltimore County
• Zachary Pertz – University of South Florida
• Ethan Quezada – University of Texas at Arlington
• Chevas Ray – University of Kansas
• Dylana Richards – West Virginia University
• Madeline Rudy – Lake Forest College
• Destiny Saenz – University of Texas College Station
• David Sanchez – Nassau Community College
• Skyler Shreve – Eastern Michigan University
• Alyssa Southworth – East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
• Dylan Sullivan – University of South Carolina
• Tristan Torres – Sacramento City College
• Carlos Valencia – California State University, Los Angeles
• Esai Valera – Grossmont College
• Noah Vila – University of Wisconsin–Whitewater
• Elijah Womack – University of Texas at Dallas