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Batten Scholars
Batten Scholars
The Batten Scholars program provides scholarships for exceptional students admitted to Darden's Full-Time, Part-Time, and Executive MBA programs. This highly competitive program is sponsored and administered by the Batten Institute, a Darden center of excellence focused on entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology. In addition to substantial scholarship awards, the cohort-based program has multiple components to help Scholars pursue their purpose and goals, such as enrichment opportunities, curated conversations, special events, and connections to fellow Scholars, alumni, staff, and faculty. Additional information on the application process is available on the scholarship webpages for Darden's Full-Time, Part-Time and Executive MBA formats.
Class of 2026
![Rotunda](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2024-07/Rotunda-icon.png?itok=xNe2binb)
Mehak Bhatia
Batten Innovation Scholar
![Tianyi Cheng](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2024-07/Tianyi%20Cheng%20Headshot.jpg?itok=Ks0pDfL9)
Tianyi Cheng
Batten Innovation Scholar
![Vasil Gubadze](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2024-07/Dachi%20Gubdze%20Headshot.jpeg?itok=fP5KrU6i)
Vasil Gubadze
Batten Entrepreneurial Scholar
![Surbhi Guha](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2024-07/Surbhi%20Professional%20Headshot_Square%20frame.jpeg?itok=jem5TWOL)
Surbhi Guha
Batten Entrepreneurial Scholar
![Aileen Helsel](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2024-07/Aileen%20Helsel%20Headshot.jpg?itok=1TnloFdw)
Aileen Helsel
Batten Innovation Scholar
![Faizan Khwaja](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2024-07/Faizan%20Khwaja%20Headshot.jpg?itok=RiYj7f2V)
Faizan Khwaja
Batten Innovation Scholar
![Collen Masunda](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2024-07/Masunda-Collen3.jpg?itok=CbPAnrtA)
Collen Masunda
Batten Scholar
![John Murphy](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2024-07/John%20Murphy%20headshot.jpg?itok=Bhyi70S7)
John Murphy
Batten Technology Scholar
![Oladimeji Ojo](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2024-07/Oladimeji%20Ojo%20headshot.jpg?itok=WuIZXRaY)
Oladimeji Ojo
Batten Entrepreneurial Scholar
![Rotunda](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2024-07/Rotunda-icon_0.png?itok=um48U5-M)
Mauricio Salinas
Batten Entrepreneurial Scholar
![Rotunda](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2024-07/Rotunda-icon_1.png?itok=W4CdE1__)
Harry Singh
Batten Technology Scholar
![Ana Soule Swagler](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2024-07/A%20Soule%20Swagler-%20Headshot.jpg?itok=sZBBw6QS)
Ana Soule Swagler
Batten Innovation Scholar
![Hongyu Charlie Wang](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2024-07/Charlie%20Wang_headshot.jpeg?itok=uk72GRvY)
Hongyu Charlie Wang
Batten Entrepreneurial Scholar
Class of 2025
![Toshe Ayo-Ariyo](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2023-09/Toluwaloshe%20%28Toshe%29%20Ayo-Ariyo_Batten%20Scholar%2025-2.png?itok=ODVvuBW0)
Toshe Ayo-Ariyo
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar
![Matt Au](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2023-09/Matt%20Au_Batten%20Scholar_2025-2.jpg?itok=4TgX84ve)
Matt Au
Batten Innovation Scholar
![Saahil Dama](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2023-09/Saahil%20Dama_Batten%20Scholar%202025.png?itok=PNcnhffN)
Saahil Dama
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar
![Victoria Ejimofor](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2023-09/Victoria%20Ejimofor_Batten%20Scholar%202025-3.jpg?itok=1uwiJFa4)
Victoria Ejimofor
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar
![Danny Holloway](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2023-09/holloway-danny.jpeg?itok=Jiulo3Df)
Danny Holloway
Batten Scholar
![Ugochukwu Ibecheozor](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2023-09/Ugochukwu%20Ibecheozor_Batten%20Scholar%202025-2.jpg?itok=qdx0NF33)
Ugochukwu Ibecheozor
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar
![Jade Kimpson](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2023-09/kimpson-jade2.jpg?itok=7dHrstVa)
Jade Kimpson
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar
![James Linville](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2023-09/linville-james.jpeg?itok=8Aeu_eTt)
James Linville
Batten Entrepreneurial Scholar
![Chantal Mekhail](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2023-09/Chantal%20Mekhail_Batten%20Scholar%20EMBA%202025.jpg?itok=0iutYxTE)
Chantal Mekhail
Batten Scholar
![Hannah Mendoza](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2023-09/Hannah%20Mendoza_Lert%20Scholar%202025.jpg?itok=YPpd8lJC)
Hannah Mendoza
Lert Scholar
Stewart Neifert
Batten Scholar
![Ashutosh Pandey](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2023-09/Ashutosh%20Pandey_Batten%20Scholar%202025.jpg?itok=G8uZ8qxs)
Ashutosh Pandey
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar
![Sadman Safat](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2023-09/Sadman%20Safat_Batten%20Scholar%202025.jpg?itok=AxUQCBUX)
Sadman Safat
Batten Technology Scholar
![Chris Sanders](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2023-09/Chris%20Sanders_EMBA%20Batten%20Scholar%202025.jpg?itok=W-RdLGlc)
Chris Sanders
Batten Scholar
![Isaac Yassky](/sites/default/files/styles/simple_profile_image_200px_1_1_/public/2023-09/Isaac%20Yassky_Batten%20Scholar%202025-2.jpg?itok=PG6a_ibq)
Isaac Yassky
Batten Technology Scholar
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Batten Scholars - Class of 2024
Agam Singh-Bajaj
Batten Technology ScholarBeza Bisrat
Batten Entrepreneurship ScholarCurie Chang
Batten Technology ScholarAmelia DeSorrento
Batten ScholarAngus Jackson
Batten ScholarCharlie Krouse
Batten Innovation ScholarShuangyi (Hao) Li
Batten Entrepreneurship ScholarDaniel Maclean Vernic
Batten Entrepreneurship ScholarChelsea (Thao) Nguyen
Batten Innovation ScholarVictoria Ondieki
Batten Entrepreneurship ScholarSiddharth Parekh
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar -
Batten Scholars - Class of 2023
Dan Bierenbaum
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar
Nate Carlson
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar
Jason Hsu (Xu)
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar
Nikhil Jain
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar
Andrea Key
Batten Technology Scholar
Lorenzo Mosig
Batten Innovation Scholar
Lewis Salas
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar
Kelcie Schofield
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar
Issa Sylla
Batten Innovation Scholar
Christian von Hassell
Batten Innovation Scholar -
Batten Scholars - Class of 2022
Yang (Jeff) Gao
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar
Adam Gordon
Batten Technology Scholar
Anshini Jhaveri
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar
Stanley Lu
Batten Technology Scholar
Beau Muniz
Batten Innovation Scholar
Brett Pearce
Batten Innovation Scholar
Drew Pearson
Batten Technology Scholar
Cecilia Rios Murrieta
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar
Edmi Vazquez Ramos
Batten Innovation Scholar
Joshua Rombach
Entrepreneurship Scholar
Sashreek (Sash) Shrestha
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar
Takim Williams
Batten Innovation Scholar
Huan Zheng
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar