Spinners to Award up to $2,500 NYPL Scholarship to Graduating Senior
Published on May 2, 2012 under New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Lowell Spinners News Release
LOWELL, MA - The Lowell Spinners and the New York-Penn League today announced that the league's philanthropic arm, the New York-Penn League Charitable Foundation, will once again sponsor a scholarship program allowing area high school seniors the opportunity to compete for one of three $2,500 grand-prize awards.
The 2012 NYPL Scholarship Program is open to any graduating senior from a public or private high school, who has been accepted at any two or four-year college or university, vocational or technical education institution or program. Applicants will be judged based on academic performance, volunteer and extracurricular activities, and the impact the Spinners and Minor League Baseball have had on their lives.
"Working in sports, we are competitive by nature," said Spinners President and General Manager Tim Bawmann. "We not only want to win on the field, but we want to win off it. We are looking for a candidate who has the credentials to not only win the Spinners portion of the Scholarship, but take home the $2,500 Stedler Division award as well."
The Scholarship Program will consist of two stages - a local round and a divisional round. In the local stage, applicants from throughout the Spinners' home market will compete against each other to determine one winner who will represent Lowell in the final round. At the divisional stage, the Spinners' representative will compete against the winners from the Connecticut Tigers, Tri-City ValleyCats and Vermont Lake Monsters for the Stedler Division's $2,500 award. Any finalist who does not win the top scholarship will receive a $250 book award.
In total, the New York-Penn League Scholarship Program will award $10,250 in scholarships this summer to deserving high school graduates from the NYPL's 14 markets.
"The New York-Penn League Charitable Foundation initiated the scholarship program in 2009 as a way to assist high school seniors from within our league's footprint who not only meet and exceed traditional scholarship criteria, but have also demonstrated the positive benefits their local NYPL club has had on their life," said Ben J. Hayes, President of the New York-Penn League. "The Foundation is pleased to have this scholarship program in place and to support our 14 member clubs in their year-round community outreach efforts."
Scholarship applications are available by contacting the Spinners at (978) 459-2255 or by visiting the official website of the New York-Penn League, www.newyork-pennleague.com. The deadline to submit applications is June 22 2012 and finalists will be selected in late July and honored at an August home game.
The New York-Penn League and its 14 member clubs created the New York-Penn League Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, in 2003. The mission of the Foundation is to provide focus and support for the collective and individual charitable and community efforts of the New York-Penn League, its Clubs, and their staff.
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