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$5,000 College Scholarships Announced By Dipsea Race Foundation

The Dipsea Race Foundation plans to award several $5,000 scholarships to students graduating from high school this year who have participated in or volunteer for the Annual Dipsea Race and are attending college this fall. Scholarship winners planning to enroll in a two year program will receive $2,500.

Financial need, the sincerity and quality of an essay, community service, leadership, athletic performance and academics are the criteria by which the candidates will be judged, and each category is weighed equally. Students who score high in all areas will be the likely winners. We want to encourage and support well-rounded individuals.

Applications are here: Word format, HTML.

The self-discipline required to train for a difficult cross country race and the sense of community responsibility that's demonstrated by volunteering to stage a local event are virtues that can be transferred to other aspects of life. That is why the Dipsea Race Foundation offers scholarships to outstanding young men and women who have participated in the Annual Dipsea Race and are residents in California.

As donations are received and the scholarship fund is increased, the board intends to widen the number of students who receive the grants and increase the size of the awards.

Previous Dipsea Scholarship winners:

Year

 

1997

Brad Hansen, Nicole Calmels

1998

Matt Cover

1999

Adam Greenfield, Bonnie Hanks

2000

Brian Larson

2001

Chris Johnson, Eva Gut

2002

Margaux Joffe

2003

Cameron Lochte, Nicole Fish

2004

Elizabeth Gill, Simone Oppen

2005

Lucy Gibbs, Grace Hunter, Robert Kuslits, Emma Oppen

2006

Allie Lomax, John McGrath, Ian Randolph, Drew Thayer, Briana Van Epps

 2007

 Gabrielle Joffe, Ford Nickels

 2008

 Cody Chapman, Samantha Creath

 2009

 Mark Berry, Reed Thayer

2010

Max Perrey, Lily Spitz, Reed Bunnell, Vincent Fausone, Spencer Hall, Jamie Kent

2011

Hannah Berman, William Cooney, Daniel Milechman, Rachel  Skokowski, Benjamin Vogensen

In 2005, friends and family of Wyby Mercer funded a $2,500 scholarship in his memory.

In 2011, an annual scholarship fund was established in the name of Bill Patterson - a great lover of the Dipsea. The fund is perpetual. The first scholarship in the amount of $5000 was awarded at the Dipsea Foundation Dinner in 2011.