This year’s Thomas E. Anderson Scholarship recipient is awarded to Eze Odimba. Raised in Tacoma Washington, Eze Odimba began is musical instruction at the age of 10 on flute at Stewart Middle School, under Adam Morrell. He later transitioned to alto saxophone and continued his musical training at Giaudrone Middle School, under direction of Stephanie Sheppard, and Mount Tahoma High School, under direction of Leonardo Altamiranda. In 2016, Eze transferred to Puyallup School District and joined the Rogers High School band program, under the direction of Stephen Pickard.
Eze has won numerous music awards in each respective band program. Recently, he was appointed as principal saxophonist in the 2018-19 Northwest High School Honor Band at Pacific Lutheran University and qualified for state competition on his very first solo. In addition to being a saxophonist, he is also a drummer of nine years. Eze plans to double major in Physics and Music Performance at Central Washington University.