The American Indian College Fund honored 35 tribal college and university students with a Student of the Year scholarship. Students were chosen for the award by their tribal colleges for their academic achievements and contributions to their communities. Each scholar will receive a $1,200 scholarship to attend their respective institutions at a reception in Billings, Montana. The program is sponsored by the Adolph Coors Foundation.
The 35 2018-19 Students of the Year are:
- Aaniiih Nakoda College, KateLyne Goes Ahead Pretty
- Bay Mills Community College, Alyssa Graham
- Blackfeet Community College, Tessa Tatsey
- Cankdeska Cikana Community College, Carmencita Leaf
- Chief Dull Knife College, Joe Bahr
- College of Menominee Nation, Jasmine Neosh
- College of the Muscogee Nation, Jackson Frye
- Diné College, Kayla Hanks
- Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Tami Boyd
- Fort Peck Community College, Orlonda Gray Hawk
- Haskell Indian Nations University, Lena MacDonald
- Ilisagvik College, Jacynthia Oprenov
- Institute of American Indian Arts , Elizabeth Evans
- Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College, Sophia Michels
- Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College, Gabrielle Kiggins
- Leech Lake Tribal College, William Bowstring
- Little Big Horn College, Naumie Shane
- Little Priest Tribal College, Jennifer Berridge
- Navajo Technical College, Darrick Lee
- Nebraska Indian Community College, Anthony Warrior
- Northwest Indian College, Alicia Fulton
- Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, Shayla Gayton
- Oglala Lakota College, Tada Vargas
- Red Lake Nation College, Jessilyn Spears
- Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College, Sydnee Kopke
- Salish Kootenai College, Brevin Holliday
- Sinte Gleska University, Leondra Blacksmith
- Sisseton Wahpeton College, Devin Tohm
- Sitting Bull College, Hoksila WhiteMountain
- Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, Letisha Mailboy
- Stone Child College, Kade Galbavy
- Tohono O’odham Community College, Warren Mattias
- Turtle Mountain Community College, Charlie Decoteau
- United Tribes Technical College, Kasa Hohenstein
- White Earth Tribal and Community College, Jacob McArthur
