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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

Mehak Bhatia

Batten Innovation Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Tianyi Cheng

Batten Innovation Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Vasil Gubadze

Batten Entrepreneurial Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Surbhi Guha

Batten Entrepreneurial Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Aileen Helsel

Batten Innovation Scholar, Executive MBA

Faizan Khwaja

Batten Innovation Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Collen Masunda

Batten Scholar, Part-Time MBA

John Murphy

Batten Technology Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Oladimeji Ojo

Batten Entrepreneurial Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Mauricio Salinas

Batten Entrepreneurial Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Harry Singh

Batten Technology Scholar, Part-Time MBA

Ana Soule Swagler

Batten Innovation Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Hongyu Charlie Wang

Batten Entrepreneurial Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Class of 2025

Matt Au

Batten Innovation Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Toshe Ayo-Ariyo

Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Saahil Dama

Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Victoria Ejimofor

Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Danny Holloway

Batten Scholar, Executive MBA

Ugochukwu Ibecheozor

Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Jade Kimpson

Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar, Full-Time MBA

James Linville

Batten Entrepreneurial Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Chantal Mekhail

Batten Scholar, Executive MBA

Hannah Mendoza

Lert Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Stewart Neifert

Batten Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Ashutosh Pandey

Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Sadman Safat

Batten Technology Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Chris Sanders

Batten Scholar, Executive MBA

Isaac Yassky

Batten Technology Scholar, Full-Time MBA