The University of New Mexico Alumni Lettermen’s Association will award 24 scholarships for the 2009-10 academic year. The George Brooks Fifth-Year Scholarship, renamed after former UNM ski coach and letterman George Brooks, and the Ralph C. Youngberg Memorial Scholarship will assist athletes to complete their undergraduate education at UNM.
The primary purpose of the UNM Alumni Lettermen’s Association is to provide scholarships to fifth-year student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility but need to complete their undergraduate education. The following student-athletes will receive financial assistance to earn their degrees from UNM:
* Mike Brownstein, Clinton Cox, Daniel Grubbs, Dane Hamilton, Jon Hesketh and Will Kerr, baseball
* Guillermo Chavez and Steve Saunders, men’s golf
* Casey Dyck, men’s skiing
* Chris Wright, men’s soccer
* Miles Bugby, Graeme Kassautzki and Johnny Parkes, men’s tennis
* Anthony Fairbanks, men’s track
* Samantha Hughes, softball
* Jeanne Fairchild and Sarah Kwasigroch, volleyball
* Mikaela Backstedt and Morgan Grantham, women’s golf
* Karin Ohlin, women’s skiing
* Hannah Hand, Kaci Paetz and Krista Peterson, women’s soccer
* Maria Sotirchos, women’s tennis
“The UNM Alumni Lettermen’s Association is proud to be in a position to offer awards annually. Thanks to all our dues paying members, we will award 24 scholarships. We are proud of the accomplishments of the student-athletes at UNM; they embody the ideal student-athlete,” said Rick Ronquillo, Chair of the Scholarship Committee.
Posted by scarr at July 17, 2009 01:40 PM