The Valero Alamo Bowl kicked off its 2021 calendar as football fans and local business leaders gathered on the Alamodome’s 100 yards of turf for the annual Rudy’s Bar-B-Q Pigskin Preview.
ESPN’s Sam Acho provided insight on the college football season while the Valero Alamo Bowl announced the recipients of its Valero Alamo Bowl Community Partners Scholarships.
This year’s a record 72 college winners shared a total of $440,000. Their names are listed below:
Our Lady of the Lake University
| Alisa Amaya | Ashley Cedillo |
| Jalyn Earl | Charbel Elbayeh |
| Araceli Garcia | Gabriella Granado |
| Norberto Lira Pena | Britney Morales |
| Anna Perez | Angela Ramirez |
| Jesus Rodriguez | Sebastian Rodriguez |
| Jewel Ruiz | Megan Sifuentes |
| Cynthia Torres |
St. Mary’s University
| Makenzie Bell |
| Timothy Benavides |
| Deni Cresto |
| Alexis Lawrence |
| Ashley Penshorn |
| Sofia Ruescas |
Texas A&M University- San Antonio
| Karen Carrasco | Andrea Gallo |
| Elvira Garcia | Samantha Garcia |
| Diana Gonzalez | Mizden Gonzalez |
| Destiny Guerra | Lauryn Hernandez |
| Mayvin Hernandez | Shantasi LaGrange |
| Alyssa Ortega | Thalia Romo |
| Maria Selgado | Vanessa Torres |
Trinity University
| Shivani Alur | Maria Arteaga |
| Blair Ashcraft | Robert Barner |
| Sophia Choat | Taku Charles-Noel Endo |
| Khalen Haribhai | Devan Karp |
| Kristina Kish | Allison Powell |
| Elizabeth Proctor | Mai Vo |
| Olivia Wehrung | Artur Zigman |
University of the Incarnate Word
| Laramie Acquart | Coral Castillo |
| Ricardo Cerda Jr. | Jacob De La Garza |
| Diana Duenez | Katelynn Duron |
| Sean Gilles | Alan Gonzalez |
| Adriana Guerra | Julian Herrera |
| Kailey Huff | Daniel Luna |
| Jaclyn Moreno | Andrew Osborn |
| Carissa Valerio | Daisy Zarate |
University of Texas at San Antonio
| Josh Adkins | Brenden Brady |
| Camyrn Carreon | Kendall Kloza |
| Hannah Lopez | Jonathan Tapia |
| Rashad Wisdom |
The Valero Alamo Bowl will announce 85+ winners of a $7,500 Valero Alamo Bowl Student-Athlete Scholarship in December.
These two Valero Alamo Bowl scholarship programs will combine to award over $1 million to 160+ high school and college students representing every San Antonio high school and university each year and the highest total of local scholarship giving among all 42 bowl games.
San Antonio high school seniors interested in being selected for the 2021 Valero Alamo Bowl Student-Athlete Scholarship Program, please visit our website for more information.
Funding for Valero Alamo Bowl scholarships comes from bowl partners, event proceeds and a matching program at the local six local universities.
