GRETCHEN WOLF SWARTZ SCHOLARSHIP FUND AWARDS $150,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SPORTSMANSHIP

The Gretchen Wolf Swartz Scholarship Fund has awarded another $150,000 in scholarship dollars.

The Susquehannock girls and Bermudian Springs boys were recognized as the Gretchen Wolf Swartz Sportsmanship Team Award winners at the conclusion of this year’s YAIAA basketball season. As a result, senior players from each program became eligible to apply for scholarships. The Fund Board divided the available scholarship dollars evenly among the two winning teams.

Susquehannock’s scholarship winners are Briley Jones and Georgiana Snyder, while the Bermudian Springs scholarship winners were Tyson Carpenter, Michael Diaz, Gabriel Kline, Austin Reinert, and Ethan Young.

The Susquehannock girls and Bermudian Springs boys were recognized as the Gretchen Wolf Swartz Sportsmanship Team Award winners at the conclusion of this year’s YAIAA basketball season. As a result, the senior players from each program became eligible to apply for scholarships. 

Members of the Gretchen Wolf Swartz Scholarship Fund board reviewed scholarship applications and interviewed applicants before determining scholarship winners and award amounts. 

The awards are presented in memory of Gretchen Wolf Swartz, who was a York County basketball official from 1981 to 1995. Following her untimely death from leukemia in 1997, her fellow York County officials created the memorial team awards and scholarship fund to promote and honor the sportsmanship she displayed throughout her playing and officiating careers. 

At the conclusion of each season, York area basketball officials vote to honor a YAIAA boys’ and girls’ program for sportsmanship after observing the season-long conduct of players, fans, faculty, students, managers, coaches, superintendents, ADs and cheerleaders from junior high to varsity. Each winning school receives a traveling trophy in recognition of its accomplishments.