NYPL Hudson Valley Renegades

NYPL Charitable Foundation Announces 2010 Scholarship Program Winners

Published on August 23, 2010 under New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Hudson Valley Renegades News Release


ST. PETERSBURG, FL - The Class-A Short-Season New York-Penn League today announced the winners of over $10,000 in scholarships awarded to graduating high school seniors by the league's philanthropic arm, the New York-Penn League Charitable Foundation, as part of its 2010 Scholarship Program.

14 finalists - one from each NYPL market - were competing for one of three (3) $2,500 grand-prize scholarships. One grand-prize scholarship was awarded for each of the league's three divisions - McNamara, Pinckney, Stedler.

$2,500 Grand Prize Scholarship Recipients

McNamara Division Winner Pinckney Division Winner Stedler Division Winner

Victoria Gurrieri Nathan Weber Brendan Blendell

Notre Dame Academy H.S. Williamsport Area H.S. The Doane Stuart School

Staten Island, NY Williamsport, PA Albany, NY

NYPL Club: Staten Island Yankees NYPL Club: Williamsport Crosscutters NYPL Club: Tri-City ValleyCats The 11 other finalists will each receive $250 awards for books. Finalists are listed below.

Club $250 Winner High School

Aberdeen IronBirds Ryan Seibert Lancaster Mennonite High School (Lancaster, PA)

Auburn Doubledays Anthony Spinelli Auburn High School (Auburn, NY)

Batavia Muckdogs Melissa Levins Batavia High School (Batavia, NY)

Brooklyn Cyclones Conner Quinn High School of Sports Management (Brooklyn, NY)

Connecticut Tigers Nicholas Ritacco Norwich Free Academy (Norwich, CT)

Hudson Valley Renegades Nicholas Boncek Pine Bush High School (Pine Bush, NY)

Jamestown Jammers Kyle Brey Frewsburg Central School (Frewsburg, NY)

Lowell Spinners Akira Sembommatsu Andover High School (Andover, MA)

Mahoning Valley Scrappers Jay Rowland Warren G. Harding High School (Warren, OH)

State College Spikes Jessica Henry Lewistown Area High School (Lewistown, PA)

Vermont Lake Monsters Rebecca Evans Colchester High School (Colchester, VT)

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. In 2009, the total contributions by the League and its clubs exceeded $827,000. Those contributions included cash, food, game tickets, merchandise, and other goods and services.




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