
Kelsy Holbert Named FSL Scholarship Winner
August 12, 2015 - Florida State League (FSL1)
Tampa Yankees News Release
Tampa, FL. - The Tampa Yankees, in conjunction with the Florida State League and the Miami Marlins, are pleased to announce Kelsy Holbert as their 2015 scholarship award winner. The Florida State League Scholarship committee award 12 individuals with educational scholarships. The committee approved the awards after a review of the applications submitted by all the Florida State League teams.
Kelsy Holbert is a graduate of Steinbrenner High School. She will begin her college career at Florida Gulf Coast University with a major in exercise science. Kelsy is an avid golfer playing for both her high school team and college team. In high school, she made it to States three out of four years, made the all county team and won the district championship. Her golf goal for college is to be in the top three on the team.
Kelsy was honored at the Tampa Yankees home game on August 8th at George M. Steinbrenner Field. In addition, she will be introduced during a pre-game ceremony at the Miami Marlins game on Sunday, August 23rd along with the other Florida State League teams' award winners.
The Miami Marlins/Florida State League scholarship program is awarded to students that are an employee of, or the child or grandchild of an employee of the participating club and must be at least a high school junior by the 2015 fall term. The Miami Marlins have sponsored this program for the past sixteen years and have contributed over $160,000 to the Florida State Program.
The Tampa Yankees are the Single-A Advanced affiliate of the New York Yankees. For more information on the Tampa Yankees visit www.tybaseball.com or call (813) 673-3055.
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