The Kenya Scholar-Athlete Project helps gifted, needy high school graduates from a
neglected region of Kenya gain admission to elite colleges in the United States.
What is KenSAP?
The Kenya Scholar-Athlete Project helps bright, needy students from an underserved region of Kenya gain admission to elite colleges in the United States. Begun in 2004 as an informal effort on the part of its two founders, Mike Boit and John Manners, the Project has thus far helped place 89 students
Harvard (10)
Yale (7)
Amherst (6)
Penn (5)
Princeton (4)
Brown (4)
Williams (4)
Middlebury (4)
Hamilton (4)
Smith (3)
Lehigh (3)
MIT (2)
Cornell (2)
Bowdoin (2)
Bates (2)
Wesleyan (2)
Mount Holyoke (2)
Bryn Mawr (2)
Brandeis (2)
Tufts (2)
Columbia (1)
Dartmouth (1)
Stanford (1)
Duke (1)
Wellesley (1)
Barnard (1)
Pomona (1)
Swarthmore (1)
Carleton (1)
Colby (1)
Connecticut College (1)
Oberlin (1)
Kenyon (1)
Gettysburg (1)
St. Lawrence (1)
Wooster (1)
KenSAP Students
Billy Sawoyo Sankei
Stanford University
Class of 2015
Home village: Oronkai, Narok County
Damaris Waithera Kimani
Cornell University
Class of 2015
Home village: Londiani, Kericho County
Elvis Terigin
Harvard College
BA Economics, 2010
Post graduation: Analyst, JP Morgan Chase, Johannesburg
Home village: Kong’asis, Uasin Gishu County
Viona Shina Leboo
Harvard College
Class of 2016
Home village: Oloitokitok, Kajiado County
James Kandie Rotich
MIT
BSc Computer Science, 2011
Post graduation: Application developer, Oracle, Redwood Shores, CA.
Home village: Bartolimo, Baringo County
Samuel Maritim
Wesleyan University
BA Chemistry, 2010
MA Chemistry, 2011
Post graduation: Researcher, drug delivery and molecular imaging, Yale University School of Medicine
Home village: Kiptenden Village, Nandi County
Peter Kosgei
Hamilton College
BA Chemistry, 2011
Post graduation: MSc/PhD candidate, Analytical Chemistry, SUNY Binghamton
Home village: Kaptilol, Nandi County
Javan Oluoch
Yale University
Class of 2016
Home village: Onyinjo, Kisumu County
Kipyegon Amos Kitur
Harvard College
BA Chemistry, 2009
Post graduation: Ph.D. candidate, Pharmacology, Columbia University
Home village: Kamureito, Bomet County
Eric Kipkemboi Kuto
Princeton University
BA Computer Science, 2012
Post graduation: Software engineer, Ashoka (NGO), Washington DC.
Home village: Iten, Elgeyo-Marakwet County