Toledo Junior Golf Association

Paul Szymanski Spirit Award Scholarship

This endowed fund provides a $5,000 post secondary education scholarship. The application deadline date for this year is June one 5th, 2022 at all 5:00 pm (EST).

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2022 APPLICATION

The Toledo Junior Golf Association has created the Paul Szymanski Spirit Award to honor the TJGA member who embodies Paul’s love of life as well as the game of golf yet may have dealt with an obstacle in their life.

  • Paul was the president of the Toledo Junior Golf Association from 1998 – 2001 and a board member until 2009.
  • He was also the 1981 Toledo District Golf Association Junior Match Play champion.

Paul’s contributions to Toledo Junior Golf are immeasurable and we owe much of our organization’s success to him. Paul was diagnosed with brain cancer in 1995 yet never allowed his medical condition to dampen his love and commitment for junior golf. Although his condition was deteriorating, Paul still played in the 2010 Chili Open which benefited the Toledo Junior Golf Association. Paul Szymanski passed away on July 3, 2010.

In honor of Paul, the Toledo Junior Golf Association has also established the Paul Szymanski Spirit Award Fund at the Toledo Community Foundation. This endowed fund will provide a $5,000 post secondary education scholarship to the recipient each year, who will be selected by a committee which includes a member of the Paul Szymanski family, as well as several TJGA board members.

The award winner of the scholarship for 2022 Claire Recker from Findlay, Ohio.

Her character and resume showed the scholarship committee that she more than deserved this award. Congratulations Claire!


  

2011

  • Recipient: Brandon Snell
  • High School: Maumee High School
  • College: Trine University
  • Award Amount: $1,000

2012

  • Recipient: Lucas Kehoe
  • High School: Anthony Wayne High School
  • College: Ohio State University
  • Award Amount: $1,000

2013

  • Recipient: Jacob Gebers
  • High School: Napoleon High School
  • College: Ferris State University
  • Award Amount: $2,000

2014

  • Recipient: Benjamin Dayton
  • High School: Ottawa Hills High School
  • College: Miami University
  • Award Amount: $2,000

2015

  • Recipient: Morgan Hazzard
  • High School: Port Clinton
  • College: Bellevue University
  • Award Amount: $2,000

2016

  • Recipient: Andrew Beattie
  • High School: Northview High School
  • College: Eastern Kentucky University
  • Award Amount: $2,000

2017

  • Recipient: Micayla Moldenke
  • High School: Whitmer High School
  • College: LeMoyne College
  • Award Amount: $3,000

2018

  • Recipient: Kathryn Roth
  • High School: Notre Dame Academy
  • College: University of Toledo
  • Award Amount: $3,000

2019

  • Recipient: Francesca Sberna
  • High School: Perrysburg High School
  • College: Walsh University
  • Award Amount: $4,000

2020

  • Recipient: Paige Zolciak 
  • High School: St. Ursula Academy
  • College: Eastern Michigan University
  • Award Amount: $4,000

2021

  • Recipient: Paige Reece
  • High School: Notre Dame Academy
  • College: TBD
  • Award Amount: $4,000

2022

  • Recipient: Claire Recker
  • High School: Findlay High School
  • College: TBD
  • Award Amount: $5,000