Scholarship Recipients Each year at our May luncheon, the UWF scholarship recipients are announced by the UWF Scholarship Committee. The number of scholarships that are awarded varies each year. As of May 2023, UWF has awarded over 100 scholarships to high school graduates totaling more than $160,000. The scholarship recipients in May 2023 were Katelyn Telfer (Florida State University), Genesis Epstein (University of Florida), Lizelle Pear (University of Central Florida), Christina Nguyen (University of Central Florida), and Hailey Tucker (Wingate University). Each student received a scholarship of $3000 for the 2023-24 school year.