(RED BANK – MAY 25) This year’s winners of the annual Count Basie Center Arts Impact scholarship program gathered onsite in Red Bank this week, to both receive their scholarship certificates and also meet some of the generous donors behind the Arts Impact college scholarship program.

Seventeen Basie Center Arts Impact college scholarships were awarded this year:

• Samantha Carmona‑Soriano — Keansburg — Keansburg High School — Riker Family Arts Impact Scholarship
• Paige Chandler — Aberdeen — Matawan Regional High School — Amy Giinther Fredericks Arts Impact Scholarship
• Emily Chen — Marlboro — Manalapan High School — Count Basie Center Arts Impact Scholarship Gifted by Robin & John Klein
• Ethan Fuks — Marlboro — Manalapan High School — Moser Taboada Arts Impact Scholarship
• Julia Imbro — Ocean — Ocean Township High School — Monmouth County Commissioners Basie Center Scholarship for Continuing Education
• Ben Jacobson — Ocean — Ocean Township High School — Count Basie Center Arts Impact Scholarship Gifted by the Brandon Tyler Narleski Charitable Foundation
• Michela Mungiello — Freehold — Saint John Vianney High School — Count Basie Center  Arts Impact Scholarship Gifted by Nicole & Joe Wajda
• Caitlyn Polis — Middletown — Saint John Vianney High School — Yvonne Lamb Scudiery Arts Impact Scholarship
• Shawn Ribeiro — West Long Branch — Communications High School — Count Basie Center  Arts Impact Scholarship Gifted by Maureen & Robert Barbieri
• Allison Lin — Lincroft — Communications High School — Count Basie Center Arts Impact Scholarship Gifted by the 2024 Count Basie Center Golf Outing
• Katherine Doerrler — Manalapan — Colts Neck High School — Robert C. Garrett Hackensack Meridian Health Arts Impact Scholarship
• Charlotte Gagliardi — Rumson — Rumson‑Fair Haven High School — Yvonne Lamb Scudiery Arts Impact Scholarship
• Daniel Lanza — Howell — Freehold Township High School — Count Basie Center Arts Impact Scholarship Gifted by the 2023 Count Basie Center Golf Outing
• Olivia Williams — Freehold — Freehold Township High School — Turner Family Arts Impact Scholarship
• Mia Portelli — Belford — Middletown High School North — Count Basie Center Arts Impact Scholarship Gifted by Michael Parent
• Mia Santiago Lorenzo — Neptune — Neptune High School — Count Basie Center  Arts Impact Scholarship Gifted by The Sivo Family, in memory of Nella Pugliese
• Joshua‑Zander Lopes — Marlboro — Howell High School — Count Basie Center  Arts Impact Scholarship Gifted by the 2022 Count Basie Center Golf Outing