Foundation also Supports Four Additional Scholarship Programs that Benefitted 27 Students in 2024

 

The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation (PPF) have selected 10 high school graduates to honor with 2024 Penguins Foundation Scholarships.  The program includes all Pittsburgh Public Schools and Allegheny County.

 

This year, PPF supported six different scholarship programs, awarding $109,000 to 37 Pittsburgh-area students.  This includes 27 first-year awards plus 10 of the PPF 2023 Scholarship Second-Year awards.

 

In partnership with UPMC, the Penguins Foundation has awarded its education/community-based scholarships since 2014.  Over the past 10 years, the Penguins Foundation has awarded a total of 168 first-year PPF scholarships.

 

To be eligible, students must attend a Pittsburgh Public School or an Allegheny County high school that provides substantial aid to students for reduced-cost or free lunch programs per the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), which is administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education – Division of Food and Nutrition.

 

Each PPF scholarship is valued at $3,000 for the student’s first year of college, and an additional $2,000 is awarded for the student’s second year of college if a 3.0 GPA is maintained and a minimum of 24 credit hours are earned.

 

Penguins Foundation scholarship recipients for 2023-2024 are as follows:

 

	PPF Scholarship – Student	High School	University
1	Bell, Ethan James	Pittsburgh Science & Technology	University of Pittsburgh
2	Cole, Christian	CAPA	Gannon University
3	Concepcion, Isabel	Woodland Hills	University of Pittsburgh
4	Howze-Jetter, Marjani	Pittsburgh Obama	Temple University
5	McCutcheon, Elena	Allegheny Valley	Penn State University
6	McDevitt, Caroline	Penn Hills	Penn State University @ Erie
7	McKelvey, Kendall	Northgate	Oberlin College
8	Spencer, Leah	Cornell	Staffordshire University @ UK
9	Ruston, Isabella	Steel Valley	Penn State University
10	Waleko, Ava Rose	Pittsburgh Science & Technology	American University @ DC

 

In addition, the Penguins created a new Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) All-Stars NEED Scholarship in 2023 with seven students earning awards.  The 2024 NEED Scholarship winners are as follows:

 

	PPS NEED Scholarship – Student	High School	University
1	Harris, Mariah	CAPA	Lincoln University
2	Gray, Saniyah	Pittsburgh Obama	Morgan State University
3	Sipope, Karl C.	Brashear	Penn West Edinboro
4	Gbedevi, Steven	Brashear	Duquesne University
5	Terry, Timya L.	Brashear	CCAC
6	Simmons, GI’Onna	Pittsburgh Obama	Penn State University
7	Suzensky, Aiden J.	Taylor Allderdice	University of Pittsburgh

 

The Penguins organization also supports two scholarship programs focusing on athletics and hockey – the Penguins/Bob Johnson Memorial Scholarship and the Penguins Alumni Scholarship.  Both are joint efforts with the Penguins Booster Club and the team’s Alumni Association respectively.  Both scholarships are valued at $5,000.

 

	Johnson Memorial Scholarship – Student	High School	University
1	Wateska, Joseph	Peters Township	University of North Carolina @ Chapel Hill

 

	Penguins Alumni Scholarship – Student	High School	University
1	Hinds, Luke	Chartiers Valley	Ohio State University

 

Two new scholarship programs, created this year, are the Mike Lange Scholarship presented by S&T Bank and the Judge Ron Arnoni Leadership-in-Action Scholarship.  The 2024 recipients for each scholarship are listed below.

 

	Mike Lange Scholarships presented by S&T Bank – Student	High School	University
1	Wester, Lucas	Pittsburgh Science & Technology	Point Park University
2	Altfather, Sydney	Highlands	Chatham University
3	Magill, Isabella	Pine-Richland	University of Pittsburgh
4	Timpani, Isabella	Hopewell	Robert Morris University
5	Palmer, Miranda	Ligonier Valley	Penn West California

 

 

	Judge Ron Arnoni Leadership-in-Action Scholarships – Student	High School	University
1	Cedar, Julia	Upper St. Clair	Case Western Reserve University
2	Gizzi, Annabella	Peters Township	Point Park University
3	Hertzel, Lucas	Bethel Park	Johns Hopkins University

 

The Penguins and the Penguins Foundation put an emphasis on supporting local youth; and they value education as one of the Foundation’s four pillars.

 

The Penguins organization congratulates all of the awardees on their achievements to date; and, wishes them continued success as they embark upon their college careers.