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PLYWOOD REGATTA SCHOLARSHIP Awarded to Two Local High School Seniors
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The 25th Annual Plywood Regatta he 2022 Plywood Regatta scholarships were awarded to two graduating faced unforeseen circumstances due to seniors, Andrew Price from Cooper inclement weather and had to cancel the City High School and Alex Valdes from Nova event to prioritize everyone’s safety, but High School, and the New River Middle the Marine Industries Association of South School Marine Magnet Program. Andrew Florida (MIASF) is proud to award the 2022 and Alex have both displayed outstanding Plywood Regatta Scholarship recipients. The academic achievements and desires to pursue annual scholarships contribute to Plywood marine industry careers after graduation. Regatta’s mission of ‘Building Boating’s Future… Post-graduation, Alex will be attending Today’ by supporting the educational goals the University of Florida for Mechanical and plans of deserving students. While the Engineering and Andrew will be attending scholarship recipients are typically recogPurdue University for Electrical Engineering. nized during the awards ceremony at the conclusion of the event, this year, members of the MIASF team visited the schools of the students to deliver the news and recognize their outstanding academic achievements in front of their peers. Noah Dermody, Director of Membership & Events at MIASF remarked, “Everyone involved was disappointed to have to cancel this year’s event. However, it was still incredibly important to us that we still awarded these scholarships to support the students’ educational goals as they are the
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future of our marine industry. We want them to know that we are proud of all they have accomplished and support them in their future endeavors.” The scholarship awarded to the New River Middle School Marine Magnet Program will directly support their educational efforts throughout the school year to expose their students to the marine industry in a plethora of ways. Katie O’Fallon, Magnet Coordinator, was overwhelmed to receive this award and says, “MIASF has always been a remarkable partner and supporter of our program at New River. We are so appreciative to receive this scholarship as it will go very far in funding our field experiences and resources needed to create hands-on learning experiences for our students. The Plywood Regatta is something my students look forward to every year and we all can’t wait to participate in next year’s event.”
