{"id":16504,"date":"2025-08-11T11:43:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T18:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/?p=16504"},"modified":"2025-08-14T12:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:37:06","slug":"sound-credit-union-reveals-2025-scholarship-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/blog\/sound-credit-union-reveals-2025-scholarship-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Sound Credit Union Reveals 2025 Scholarship Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"co-flex_row co-flex_row__blue co-flex_row__last co-flex_row__long-form-text\" >\n\t<div class=\"co-flex_row--row co-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"co-long_form\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-long_form--block co-long_form--block__nomedia prow items-start \">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-long_form--text pcol-md:8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-long_form--content\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sound Credit Union Reveals 2025 Scholarship Recipients<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TACOMA, WA \u2013 August 11, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sound Credit Union (Sound) is proud to honor the recipients of its 2025 scholarships for the 2025\/26 academic year. This year, Sound granted $20,000 in total to 13 recipients who were selected based on their academic achievements, community involvement, and commitment to furthering their education. The following students were awarded a Sound scholarship and plan to attend these colleges\/universities in the fall:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Annika Ewing, Washington State University<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Jonah Bergerson, University of the Pacific<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Brock Blakley, Arizona State University<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Gracie Tomlinson, Utah Valley University<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Kamea Herrera, Coe College<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Margarita Aguado, University of Washington<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Ruby Pearson, Pierce College<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Hannah Quiton, Pacific Lutheran University<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Leiana Pablo, University of Washington<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Victoria Street, University of Washington<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Joshua Schwalier, Washington State University<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Jett Reed, Gonzaga University<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Caleb Carbonell, Northwest University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16547\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/files\/ScholarshipRecipient-Jonah_540sq.jpg\" alt=\"Claire White, VP\/Business Deposits at Sound presenting Jonah Bergerson with his scholarship recognition.\" width=\"275\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/files\/ScholarshipRecipient-Jonah_540sq.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/files\/ScholarshipRecipient-Jonah_540sq-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/files\/ScholarshipRecipient-Jonah_540sq-396x396.jpg 396w, https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/files\/ScholarshipRecipient-Jonah_540sq-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Claire White, VP\/Business Deposits at Sound presenting Jonah Bergerson with his scholarship.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cI\u2019m truly honored to have been awarded this scholarship,\u201d said Jonah Bergerson. \u201cThis opportunity means a great deal to me, and it will be a tremendous help as I pursue my college education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As a financial institution, Sound understands the financial burden that accompanies the pursuit of higher education. Providing scholarships is one way Sound lives its purpose\u2014standing with its members, employees and community through all waves of life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cEach year, team members commit their time to thoughtfully reviewing each application,\u201d said Jennifer Reed, Vice President of Public Relations at Sound Credit Union. \u201cIt is inspiring to read about each student\u2019s journey, dreams and aspirations. By supporting these students, we\u2019re investing in future leaders\u2014individuals we believe will make a meaningful impact in their communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>About Sound Credit Union<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sound Credit Union was founded in 1940 and today is one of Washington State\u2019s largest credit unions. With 26 full-service branch locations throughout the Puget Sound area, Sound provides over 175,000 members with authentic and trusted financial support and services. Sound is driven by the purpose of standing with members, employees and the community through all waves of life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sound is proud to honor the recipients of its 2025 scholarships for the 2025\/26 academic year!  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/blog\/sound-credit-union-reveals-2025-scholarship-recipients\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":16558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16504"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16560,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16504\/revisions\/16560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}