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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 2027

Galen Beyea
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Malorie Black
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Chris Clark
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar, Global Executive MBA

Celestina Egyir
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Weishuo Huang
Batten Technology Scholar, Executive MBA
Yunus Ibrahim
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Jayme Katis
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar, Executive MBA

Jack Limongelli
Batten Entrepreneurship Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Brandon Morgan
Batten Innovation Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Olivia Okafor
Batten Innovation Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Justin A. Powers
Batten Innovation Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Grace Rotondo
Batten Technology Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Kriti Sahu
Batten Technology Scholar, Full-Time MBA

Emily Steele
Batten Technology Scholar, Full-Time MBA
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
