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Xavier College Preparatory senior Sonya Colattur has been named a 2024 Coca-Cola Scholar.
The Coca Cola Scholar program is an achievement-based scholarship awarded to students in their final year of high school. Students are recognized for their capacity to lead and serve, as well as their commitment to making a significant impact on their schools and communities.
Colattur is one of 150 students nationwide named a Coca-Cola Scholar, from an application pool of more than 100,000.
As a member of the 2024 class of Coca-Cola Scholars, Colattur will receive a $20,000 scholarship award.
Colattur was also recently named as a U.S. Department of Education Presidential Scholar candidate and a National Merit Scholar semifinalist.
During the pandemic, Colattur expanded her nonprofit organization, GrandPaws Pantry. She provides dog and cat food supplies for seniors with companion pets living in independent living or assisted living facilities in the Phoenix area.
"We are immensely proud of Sonya for her exceptional achievement in being honored with the Coca-Cola 2024 Scholar Award,” Xavier President Sister Joan Fitzgerald shared in a press release. “Her dedication, hard work, and intellectual curiosity exemplify the values of our Xavier community."
Xavier College Preparatory is an all-girls Catholic high school located at 4710 N. 5th St. in Phoenix.
