Here For Coaches

By Patrick O’Neil

As many of you know, the primary mission of the PS Foundation is to assist coaches and performing skaters with educational scholarship opportunities and at times when they find themselves in financial need due to illness or disability.

This year, I am happy to report that the Foundation received 28 applications for the Walter and Irene Muelbronner Scholarship (WIM), 5 applications for the Don Laws Scholarship, and 1 application for the David Shulman Leadership Scholarship. This is a marked increase in the number of applications we have received in the past. Additionally, The Foundation has provided over twenty thousand dollars in assistance to coaches who were experiencing illness during the fiscal year.

The Foundation is proud to support the coaching community and, while we look for donations from many places, we depend directly upon the generosity of the same coaching community that The Foundation seeks to support. If you or your business currently support The Foundation, THANK YOU! Your colleagues are grateful for your donation, no matter the dollar amount. If you have never made a donation to The Foundation, please consider doing so. Reaching into your local skating community and ice rinks and asking them to support our mission is another way skating coaches can contribute to The Foundation.

Congratulations to all who have received educational scholarships from the PS Foundation!

2020 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

David Shulman Leadership Scholarship

Ashley Wyatt

Don Laws Apprentice Scholarship

Odetha Hill

Meredith Longoria

Shawnee Smith

Walter and Irene Muehlbronner Scholarship

Linda Blount

Tracy Dedrick

Trista DeMuth

Tara Denkers

Kathleen Gazich

Lisa Geltz-Perri

Angela Johnstad

Andria Kelling

Jessica Mills Kincade

Amy Ladogana

Joey Millet

James Morgan

Karri Nachtigal

Madeleine Newby-Estrella

Grace Orpiano

Abby Peschges

Dawn Piepenbrink-McCosh

Caitlin Ramsey

Sara Robertson

Megan Schultz

Tracey Seliga-O’Brien

Dana Tang

Stacey Tiggard

PROFESSIONAL SKATERS FOUNDATION