Lehigh Valley Road Runners scholarship committee members along with LVRR Board members celebrated the Class of 2022 recipients with their family, friends and coaches, recently.

While the specific criteria varies for each scholarship, scholarships are awarded based upon academic excellence, athletic performance, extracurricular activities, community involvement, personal essays, and letters of recommendation, according to their website.

This year had the largest application pool of 36 applications across 14 high schools with intended majors mostly in Engineering, Sciences, Medical or Business-related. LVRR increased their committee size to accommodate the growth. LVRR sent a huge thank you to the Scholarship Committee for the countless volunteer hours they dedicate to this distinguished process.

LVRR looks forward to the scholarship ceremony each year and are so proud to “pass it on” as each scholarship is funded by our race proceeds.

Recipient of the 2022 Nicole Reinhart Memorial Scholarship is:

• Isabella Lees (Emmaus High School) attending Boston College for Accounting

Recipient of the 2022 Ed Thompson Memorial Scholarship is:

• Matthew Norton (Emmaus High School) attending Belmont University to major in Music Business

Recipient #1 of the 2022 LVRR Scholarship is:

• Gianna Dowling (Freedom High School) attending University of Delaware to major in Biomedical Engineering

Recipient #2 of the 2022 LVRR Scholarship is:

• Ezekiel Coyler (Northampton Area High School) attending Messiah University to major in Finance

Recipient #3 of the 2022 LVRR Scholarship is:

• Alexander Lyon (Southern Lehigh High School) attending Colby College to major in Biology with concentration in Neuroscience

Recipient #4 of the 2022 LVRR Scholarship is:

• Emma Szydlow (Saucon Valley High School) attending University of Delaware to major in Biomedical Engineering for Pre-Med

Recipient of the 2022 Tom Illick Memorial Scholarship is:

• Ben Lees (Emmaus High School) attending Loyola University to major in Accounting