Julianna Bates has been awarded a Carper Foundation, Orcas Island High School Scholarship for the 2012-2013 academic year at Eastern Washington University.

Bates graduated in 2009 from Orcas Island High School, where she was a member of the Orcas Island Rowing Association and the dance committee. She is currently pursuing a degree in sociology as a junior at EWU, and is a member of Alpha Omicron Pi.

Julianna is the daughter of Ted and Joanne Schlund of Friday Harbor.