Sarasota Area Sports Alliance Scholarships Announced
SASA Honors 2012 Scholarship Recipients.
The Sarasota Area Sports Alliance (SASA) presented its annual 2012 college scholarship awards, featuring nationally recognized communication and character development expert Steve Shenbaum.
The graduating High School student-athletes receiving scholarship awards were:
Kelli Ahles, Sarasota High School – cheerleading
Connor Baldwin, Lakewood Ranch High School – golf
Tessa Bartges, Southeast High School – volleyball
Jazmine Brown, Booker High School – softball
Victoria Graham, Pine View School – golf/crew/softball
Zach Hoppe, Out-of-Door Academy – baseball/football
Doug Mulhollen, Sarasota High School – football/track
Erin Silverthorne, North Port High School – volleyball/softball
Eric Traver, Riverview High School – basketball
Kelly White, Venice High School – cross country/soccer/track
The prior year scholarship award recipients renewed for 2012 were:
Chad Chamard, currently attending State College of Florida
Oleg Desyatnika, currently attending University of Florida
Emily Forrest, currently attending University of Minnesota
Katelynn Hatfield, currently attending Santa Fe College – UF
Jason Hodge, currently attending University of South Florida
The following organizations were donors for the scholarship awards: Sarasota Area Sports Alliance (SASA), New Balance Sarasota, New York Yankees, George Oberle Fund Havener Financial Group, Frank Cassata Family Fund, Iberia Bank, US Road Sports and Sara Bay Classic – Symetra Tour Road to LPGA Tour.