The Racine Raiders are again pleased to award scholarships to four graduating seniors selected from Racine County’s ten high schools. Applications were judged based on the student’s academic achievement, involvement as an athlete, manager, youth coach or cheer team member, community service participation, and future educational goals. The recipients will each receive a one-time $500 scholarship to put towards their college education.
Receiving the Len Ziolkowski scholarship is William Klaus of Union Grove. Growing up with the game of golf, he played junior varsity his freshman year. The COVID-19 pandemic caused him to lose his sophomore season, but he came back to play varsity in his junior year. Last year, he was recognized by the Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin as an Academic All-State honoree. He plans on attending the University of Arizona in pursuit of a degree in business.
Emily Monosa of St. Catherine’s was named the recipient of the Jean Mooney scholarship. While playing soccer for the Angels in her freshman year, she suffered a torn ACL. After surgery and physical therapy, she was able to go back to playing and was a three-sport varsity player in her senior year, participating in soccer, volleyball, and basketball. She’ll be attending the University of Wisconsin-Parkside taking pre-med with plans to continue on to medical school.
The Gary Suhr scholarship went to Calahan Miles from Burlington Catholic Central. Calahan was a three-sport athlete for the Hilltoppers playing baseball, football, and basketball for all four years at Central. He was named all-conference in all three sports for two years, and all-county in football for one year. Calahan will be attending the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse working towards a degree in Sports Management.
Drew Stutzman of Burlington High School received the Herb Hoppe scholarship. Drew participated in junior varsity baseball, track, and tennis. His concentration was on soccer for the Demons. He was a varsity starter in his freshman year and named captain in his junior and senior years, leading to a three-year varsity letter in soccer. He was name second team all-conference and varsity most valuable player for both 2020 and 2021 and all-county second team in 2021. Drew graduated Summa Cum Laude at Burlington and will be attending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater majoring in business.
The Racine Raiders scholarship program is a part of the Raiders organization mission of giving back to the communities from which they have gotten so much support. It also recognizes the outstanding athletic and academic achievements of Racine County high school athletes.
