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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
