The College of Idaho has a higher percentage of alumni who have earned national scholarly awards than nearly any other college in the nation, including seven Rhodes Scholars.
RHODES SCHOLARS
- Erling Skorpen (1954)
- Ted Wills (1960)
- Tom McFadden (1968)
- Jim Roelofs (1969)
- Michael Woodhouse (1987)
- Adam Rindfleisch (1993)
- Amanda Frickle (2012)
RHODES SCHOLAR FINALISTS
- Steven Maughan (1985)
- Heidi Bendorf (1995)
- JuNelle Harris (1996)
- Warren Withers (1990)
- Barry Fujishin (1972)
- Taylor St. John (2007)
- Derek Erstad (2009) - finalist in 2008
- Colleen Smith (2011)
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS
- Michael Neville (1973)
- Patrick Thompson Gillespie (1976)
- Stanley Freeman (1977)
- Zoe Ellen Rayborn (1982)
- Tad Martin (1984)
- Dan Semmens (1985)
- Sarah Wallace (1985)
FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS
- Janean Walsh Wilske (1956)
- Loy Maugh Vail (1958)
- James Weed (1960)
- Margaret Burk Dietrich (1962)
- Kathleen Von Bargen (1965)
- Jane Gregory (1989)
- Derek Schultz (1990)
- Jana Bunderson (1992)
- Kelly Bean (1993)
- Stephen Lowman (2007) - awarded 2011
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FELLOWS
- Rose Marie Holt McFarland (1977)
- Kent Holsinger (1978)
- Robert Cordova (1979)
- Aimee Betts (1995)
- Byron Shock (1997)
MELLON FELLOW IN THE HUMANITIES
Steven Maughan (1985)
MARSHALL SCHOLARS
- Nancy Miller Okimoto (1964)
- Barry Fujishin (1972)
- Taylor St. John (2007)
DANFORTH FELLOWS
- Elden E. Jacobson (1958)
- Jonathan W. Perry (1961)
- Charles Rearick (1964)
- Brent Fry (1973)
GOLDWATER SCHOLARS
- Byron Shock (1992-93)
- Virginia Garber (1994)
- Karla Walker (1995)
- David Muller (1996)
- Aimee Betts (1996)
- Joseph Rule (2000)
- Derek Erstad (2009) - awarded 2007
WOODROW WILSON SCHOLAR
Robert Snider (1959)
TRUMAN SCHOLARS
- Varina Van Veldhuizen (1984)
- James J. Wonacott (1993)
- Tyler Hatch (2013) - awarded 2012
NATIONAL HISPANIC SCHOLAR
Salomon Gomez (1985)
WHITTENBERGER SCHOLAR
Arzhang Fallahi (2000)
HERTZ SCHOLAR
Greg Mills (1993)
HAROLD BROWN FELLOW
Darcy Brown (1992 & 93)