2024 - 2025 Scholarship Application

DOLLARS FOR STUDENTS (Established 1966) High School Recipients:
Gianna Rojas – $1500 (Eleanor Kramps) – Rutgers University – Human Resources
Lily Gaulin – $1500 (Joseph Nagy) – University of Florida – Health Sciences, Pre-Occupational Therapy Track
Jimmy Blundo – $1500 (Henry Schwiering) – Montclair State University – Computer Science
Katie Fitzgerald – $1000 (John Lawson) – James Madison University – Exercise Science
Grace Sweeney – $1500 (Lee Stein) – TCNJ – Humanities and Social Science

College Recipients:
Bridget Hernandez – $1000 (Alumni Funded) – University of Arizona
William Felcone – $1500 – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Katelyn Gaulin – $1500 – The College of New Jersey
Emily Friscia – $1500 – University of Delaware
Anna Sicoli- $1500 – University of Florida
Emily Sicoli- $1500 – University of Florida
Daniel O’Brien – $1500 – Rowan University
Shruti Khandelwal- $1000 – Rutgers University
Andrew Bartley – $1500 – Virginia Tech University
Lindsay Edelman- $1500 – Penn State University
Evelyn Liang – $1500 – Rutgers University

DAVID E. RINGLE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS (Rotary Garbe):
Valedictorian: Daniel Wong – $750 – Northeastern University-Computer Science
Salutatorian: Diti Nainwal – $500 – University of Illinois- Physics

ADRIAN ANDREWS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2013)
Billie Rose Sherratt – $2000 – University of Kentucky – Psychology

BESSON FAMILY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS (established 1992)
Ryan Enayati – $2500 – University of Connecticut – Psychology
Alana Bolden – $2500 – Howard University – Political Science

COACH BREZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2020)
Graham Kois – $1000 – Rutgers University – Finance
Jasmine Gutierrez- Solana- $1000 – UC Santa Barbara – Biology, Pre Med

THE DORIS and GEORGE BRYAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP & AWARD (selected by the SPFHS guidance department)
Colin Widder – $3000 – Rowan University – Undecided

DOROTHY ANNE BUTLER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Katelyn Lester- $2500 – University of Texas at Austin – Nursing

PHILIP CAPPIO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2019)
Elizabeth Diamond – $2000 – SUNY New Paltz – Psychology

FRED CHEMIDLIN, JR. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2019)
Keira Baerson – $2000 – Boston University – Psychology

CAROL B. CHOYE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2021)
Saidy Bober- $2500 – Rutgers University, Honors College– Undecided

THE CLASS OF 1967 – FIRST TO RECEIVE, FIRST TO GIVE BACK (established 2019)
Joshua Citarella- $1000 – Liberty University – Electrical Engineering

THE CLASS OF 1960 MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2017)
2022 Camila Cabrera – Rutgers University
2021 Lindsey Bartley – Rutgers University

JJ CUNNINGHAM MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP– (established 2020)
Noah Tamayo – $2000 – Rutgers University, Marine Science
Abigail Elliott – $2000- University of Connecticut, Elementary Education, Pre Teaching

DAIDONE FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP (established 2020)
Rebecca Sohmer – $3000 – Georgia Tech University – Civil Engineering

MAURO and RULENE DiFRANCESCO SCHOLARSHIP AWARD (established 2014)
Cole Chludzinski – $1500 – Pending information from Counseling office

MAURO and RULENE DiFRANCESCO SAINT BARTHOLOMEW STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP (established 2017)
Lorenzo Modica – $1500 – Ithaca College- Exercise Science

ROCCO & CAMILLE DINIZO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2018)
Aurora Rotondi – $1000 –Kean University – Early Childhood Education with disabilities

THE DR. RICHARD W. DOBYNS ROTARY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (selected by the SPFHS guidance dept)
Ryan Enayati – $1000 – University of Connecticut – Psychology

KAREN and JOSEPH FRANZONE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2001)
Aurora Rotondi – $1000 –Kean University – Early Childhood Education with disabilities

FRANK FUMOSA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2017)
Elorie Howell – $1500 – Hofstra University- Pre-Health, Forensic Science

MARCO M. GIASULLO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2019)
Ryan Quinones – $2500 – James Madison University- Pre-Law, Justice Studies

GIRL SCOUT SCHOLARSHIP (established 2011)
Julianna Compierchio – $1280 – University of Delaware, Nursing
Lauren Cunningham – $1280 – Drew University, Biology

CHESTER JANUSZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2024)
Jake Pinsky – $1000- University of New Haven – Forensic Science
Lauren McNulty – $1000- University of Albany- Double Major Psychology & Criminal Justice

DORIS KOUES MEMORIAL NURSING SCHOLARSHIP (established 1995)
Spencer Doran – $400 – University of Rhode Island- Nursing

ROBERT H. KRAUS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2010)
David Cooper – $3000 – Rutgers University –Rutgers University- Finance

GEORGE KUREK MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2020)
Julianne Friedson – $1500 – Purdue University – Food Science

WILLIAM AND RUTH LINGE SCHOLARSHIPS (established 2006)
Daniel Urbina – $1500 – Rutgers University – Civil Engineering
Kelly Stewart – $1500- University of Connecticut- Nutritional Science, Honors program

JOHN and MARIE LOSAVIO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 1999)
Olivia Gomez – $500 – Northeastern University- Double major Music Industry & Political Science

LYGHT FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP (established 2020)
Aubrey Gulbin – $3000 – University Mount Saint Vincent- Biology
Sara Fevrier – $3000 – Williams College – Neuroscience, minor Political Science 

WILLIAM J. McGINN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2011)
Emily Cuccurullo- $2000 –University of South Carolina- Nursing

COURTNEY E. METZGER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2000)
Tia Culjak- $2500 – University of Tampa – Psychology, Honors- Pre-Med Track

MOORE-SKILLMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS (established 2018)
Tara Cino – $3000 – University of Tampa- International Business & Marketing

WILLIAM MULLIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (Rotary-Garbe; established 2010)
2024 Taylor Clement – $2000 for 4 years – University of Rhode Island- Animal Sciences
2023 Mikayla Mari – $2,000- Delaware Valley University
2022 Stephanie Brown – $2,000 – North Carolina State University
2021 Alexa Vierschilling – $2,000 – North Carolina State University

KATHERINE NEWCOMER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2016)
Spencer Doran – $1500 – University of Rhode Island- Nursing

CHARLIE NEWMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2021)
Sanaa Mahajan – $5000 – Rutgers University- Aerospace Engineering

NICK PALUMBO, M.D. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2022)
Matthew Arnold – $1800 – Colgate University – Environmental Studies

THE PATRICK’S DOWNTOWN RACE RACE TO SUMMER 5K SCHOLARSHIP, IN MEMORY OF PATRICK J. ALLOCCA (established 2022)
Emily Juckes – $2500 – Syracuse University- Information Management & Technology

ETHEL PERKINS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (Rotary-Garbe; established 2010)
2024 Catie Skwirut – $2000 for 4 years – University of Delaware- Pre- Veterinary Medicine
2023 Madison Diaz – $2,000– Brown University
2022 Chloe Howell – $2,000 – University of San Diego
2021 John Cristobal – $2,000 – NJIT

THE LAURIE PRUSIK MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (ESTABLISHED 2019)
Emersyn Teicher – $1000 – University of Delaware – Medical Diagnostics Pre-PA Track

DR. MURIEL H. RAMSDEN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 1991)
Hannah Baik – $1500 – Seton Hall University -Physician Assistant Dual Degree BS/MS

TERRY and ARLENE RIEGEL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2013)
Alexander Allegra – $5000 – University of Massachusetts – Psychology
Sairah Llano- $5000 – TCNJ – Civil Engineering

ROTARY-GARBE FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS (established 1987):
 

2024 Recipients
Rachel Lacerda – $2,500 for four years –Montclair State University- Child Advocacy & Policy
Maisie Shimko – $2,500 for four years – Cornell University, Plant science, Concentration in Genetics
Matan Goldstein – $2,500 for four years – Rutgers University – Civil Engineering
 

2023 Recipients
Eli Ware – $2,500 for four years – Liberty University
Jessica Gallagher – $2,500 for four years – TCNJ
Ava Mach – $2,500 for four years – Rutgers University
 

2022 Recipients
Victoria Solsky – $2,500 – Carnegie Mellon University
Maeve Kahora – $2,500 – Rensselaer Polytechnic University
Isabella Segarra – $2,500 – Brown University
 

2021 Recipients
Clare McGuinness – $2,500 – Fairfield University
Sabrina Ngu – $2,500 – Rutgers University
Dennis Gannon – $2,500 – NJIT Dean’s Scholar Program

DENTAL CARE ASSOCIATES ROBERT & JOANN SCALERA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2010)
Anastasia Berk – $1000 – Case Western University- Chemical Biology

LAVERNE SCHNELL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2016)
Evelyn Villar – $1500 – Savannah College of Art & Design- Fashion Marketing & Management

SCHOOL ONE RETIRED ELEMENTARY EDUCATORS and STAFF SCHOLARSHIP (established 2014)
Anthony Romano- $1000 – University of Alabama – Business

SCOTCH PLAINS RECREATION DEPARTMENT SCHOLARSHIP (established 2021)
Heather Sherman – $500– Marist College – Environmental Science & Policy, Honors
Kayla Fiore- $500- Ithaca College – Theater Studies

SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD FIELD HOCKEY SCHOLARSHIP (established 2021)
Elizabeth Chern – $1000 – University of Rhode Island – Undecided
Gabriella Rijo – $1000 – Syracuse University- 5-Yr Architecture program, Honors

SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD ICE HOCKEY SCHOLARSHIP (established 2015)
Joss Coppock- Huegel- $1000 – University of New Hampshire- Undecided

SPF- IU SCHOLARSHIP (established 2022)
Colin McAuliffe- $1500 – Indiana University- Finance

SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD LACROSSE CLUB SCHOLARSHIP and NICK MICELI SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP (established 2017)
Aidan Fairweather- $1000- Muhlenberg College- Business, honors program
Jack Merkel- $1000- Indiana University – Finance
Mackenzie Harmer – $1000- Penn State University – Marketing
Mia Delaney- $1000 – Villanova- Pre-Physician’s Asst/ Exploratory Arts
SPFHS MARCHING BAND SCHOLARSHIP (established 2022)
Anatasia Berk- $500 – Case Western University- Chemical Biology

SPFHS BLACK STUDENT UNION SCHOLARSHIP (established 2020)
Sequoia Pilgrim – $2000 – Emerson College- Media Arts Production
Jaden Reynolds – $2000 – Howard University- Psychology, Pre Med
NANCY HART SCHOTT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2019)
Lindsay Trela- $1500- Sacred Heart University- Nursing

JAMES R. SOCHAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2002)
Anthony Chrisostomides- $500 – Fairfield University – Accounting

FRANKLIN MAINE and HELEN McCONNELL SPOONER SCHOLARSHIP (established 2002)
Emily Colasanti – $2000- Bucknell University – Biology

JEFFREY SPRING MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 1995)
Anthony Chrisostomides – $1000 – Fairfield University – Accounting

LINA SURIANO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2016)
Michelle Nikolaev- $1500 – Northeastern University – Undecided

KERRI VILLANE SUNSHINE SCHOLARSHIP (established 2020)
Samantha Hagopian- $1000 – Elon University- Communications
Joe DeFrancesco – $1000 – Villanova University – Finance

MARY CAROLYN WERTS WOOD CLASS OF 1951 MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (established 2018)
Sophia Catalano – $2000 – Indiana University- Elementary Education

PTA SCHOLARSHIPS:BRUNNER
 

Dr. Albert DeSousa Memorial Scholarship
Bianca DeVizio – $1500 – Rutgers University- Biology
 

Brunner PTA Scholarship
Kyle Karyczak – $1500 – Boston College- Political Science
 

Brunner PTA Scholarship
Robert Lambert- $1500- Pending Information- Engineering

J. ACKERMAN COLES
 

Carol Patten Scholarship (established 2012)
Cameron Bloodgood – $1500 -University of Southern California- Architecture
 

Michelle Crisafulli Scholarship (established 2018)
Joseph Entin – $1500 – University of Michigan- Chemistry
 

Laurie Prusik Scholarship (established 2019)
Timothy Ennis – $1500 – University of California at Irvine – Undecided
 

Beth Mulvaney (established 2021)
Ava Levy – $1500 – University of Michigan- Physics

EVERGREEN
 

Dr.Beverlee Kaminetzky Memorial Scholarship
Grace Conklin – $1500- University of Rhode Island- Undecided
 

Kehs-Aakjer Memorial Scholarship
Maxine Novello – $1500 – University of Delaware- Business

Mary”Chickie” Giraud Memorial Scholarship
Jaden Carpien – $1500 – San Diego State University – Business/MarketingMcGINN
 

Mariana Cassidy Excellence Awards (established 1995)
Ryan Adams- $2000- University of Connecticut – Environmental Science
Lily Jayinski – $2000 – Brown University – Biomedical Engineering
 

SCHOOL ONE
 

James V. Cerasa Scholarship (established 1993)
David Gomez – $2000 – Musical and Dramatic Academy – Acting
 

Jeffrey Grysko Scholarship (established 2014)
Sarah Alnasseri – $2100 – Elon University – Biology, Pre MedNETTINGHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL
 

McTB Scholarship (established 1993)
Olivia Gomez – $1500 – Northeastern University – Double Major in Political Science and Music Industry
 

Dave Cilio Scholarship (established 2021)
Maria Vitoroulis – $1500 – Rutgers University – Psychology, Pre-LawTERRILL MIDDLE SCHOOL
 

John C. Foulks Scholarships (established 1994)
Hayley Blacker – $1500 – University of Wisconsin – Human Development & Family Studies
Graeme Daniskas $1500- Villanova University – Electrical Engineering

SCOTCH PLAINS FANWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
 

Robert Adams, Jr. Scholarship (established 1967)
Ethan Murray – $1500 – West Chester University – Business
 

Dr. Terry K. Riegel Scholarship (established 1999)
Rachel Levy – $1500 –University of Florida – Business
 

Dr. David Heisey Scholarship (established 2024)
Aidan Route- $1500- Montclair State University – Education

PTA COUNCIL

Manya Ungar Scholarship (established 1969)
Lindsey Midrano – $1500 – Emory University – Biochemistry
 

Dr. Margaret Hayes Scholarship (established 2019)
Ashley Steer – $1500 – Quinnipiac University – 6-yr Physician Assistant Program, Honors
 

Dr. Carol B. Choye Scholarship (established 2007)
Erin Kennedy – $1500 – Virginia Tech – Neuroscience
 

Dr. Joan Mast Excellence in Leadership Scholarship (established 2024)
Emily Park – $2500- Vanderbilt University – Engineering Science

SPF Super Sports Scholarship (established 2024)
Keira Kelly- $1500 – Providence College- Health Science & Biology