The Vegas Vikings have awarded more than $30,000 scholarships to local Norwegian-American students pursuing a post-high school education.
2025 Scholarship Applications will be available after January 1, 2025
- Applicants must be of Norwegian descent, a legal resident of Clark County, Nevada.
- The student must maintain full-time student status to be eligible for this scholarship.
- Each scholarship must be used for post-high school studies.
- Please print or type all information on the application, which may be downloaded below.
- All questions must be answered or designated as N/A if not applicable.
- Failure to answer the questions on this three-part, three-page application may negatively affect its evaluation.
Applications should be mailed to the Vegas Viking Scholarship Committee, c/o Douglas Kittelson, 9866 Gray Sea Eagle Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89117-8424.
2024 Scholarship Recipients
Jenna Becker
Kasen Ana Christensen
Kasen Ana Christensen
Student, athlete, volunteer, and leader. Her interests include art, student government, cultural exploration, volunteering, and especially sports. She will be attending Augustana College in Indiana, where she will be playing for their softball team while earning a bachelor’s degree in art. Her goal is to become a professional artist working in multiple disciplines: graphic design, illustration, and painting. She also hopes to study abroad to explore her Norwegian roots and to continue supporting causes that are important to her, including serving as an ambassador for the Arthritis Foundation, where she shares her experiences as an athlete battling Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis with other kids and teens.
Kasen Ana Christensen
Kasen Ana Christensen
Kasen Ana Christensen
Graduate of Faith Lutheran High School, where she was a member of the Varsity Dance Team, the Musical Theatre Conservatory of the Fine Arts, DECA, the Honors Institute, and the National Honor Society. She will be attending University of Wisconsin-Madison as a Marketing major. She spends her summers working as a lifeguard and swim instructor at a local Las Vegas community pool. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, hiking, photography, and attending music festivals.
Melissa Een
Kasen Ana Christensen
Erik Edwin Lundervold
Third year of college at Brigham Young University, Melissa is majoring in communications with an emphasis in journalism and works as a student writer. She enjoys her involvement in BYU Women’s Chorus, as well as the American Folk Ensemble and has had the opportunity to tour with both of those groups to Germany and France respectively. Melissa is one-quarter Norwegian on her father’s side—and her family’s visit to Norway in 2022 piqued her interest in engaging with the beautiful culture and folk art of the country. She will continue to work hard and explore her Norwegian heritage.
Erik Edwin Lundervold
Erik Edwin Lundervold
Erik Edwin Lundervold
2024 graduate at Faith Lutheran High School, Erik will be attending California Baptist University in the fall of this year, where he will major in Psychology. A
musician, he plays the piano, alto saxophone and baritone saxophone while being a member of the Faith Lutheran Marching Band, Jazz Band, Praise Band, Concert Band, Pep Band, and Rock Band. He has served as Woodwind Captain and Chaplain in the Marching Band. He was the chapter President of the Tri-M Music Honors Society, he was a member of the Honors Institute and a visiting and International Student Ambassador as well, e enjoys reading, bicycling, hiking, traveling the world, and video games.
Cory Murphy
Erik Edwin Lundervold
Abigail Reed
2021 Graduate of Faith Lutheran High School, he participated in marching, concert, jazz, and percussion ensemble bands. He was also involved in extracurriculars such as Kenya Club, Honor Society, and Tri-M music honor society. After graduating in the Top 25 of more than 200 seniors in 2021, he enrolled at University of Nevada Reno majoring in Mechanical Engineering and minoring in Aerospace Engineering. He was a member of Wolfpack Racing his freshman year, helping design and build a race car for the BAJA competition in Rochester, NY. He has worked in a mechanical engineering lab as a research assistant for the past two years, gaining valuable experience under the mentorship of faculty and PhD students. This year he joined the university’s Aerospace Engineering Club, participating in research and design of aircraft and rocket components. He is also simultaneously working toward a Master’s Degree in Business Management through UNR’s accelerated MBA program for engineering students. Following graduation from UNR in 2025, he plans to pursue a Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering.
Abigail Reed
Erik Edwin Lundervold
Abigail Reed
Abby is a literature major and a lover of all things relating to the arts. From acting, to writing, and drawing, Abby pulls a lot of inspiration from her Norwegian roots and the culture she has happily shared with her family. She is about to start her senior year of college at Kentucky Wesleyan University.
Where are they now?
Abby was one of our scholarship winners and look where it got her! Composing and singing in Nashville! So proud that we could play a small part in her education