Charlie Stryker
2023 marks the 19th year the Charlie Stryker Scholarship has been awarded. A Selection Committee composed of current girls high school hockey coaches and the Stryker family will field applications representing teams from across the state. Committee members evaluate applications based on two criteria established by the Stryker family: sportsmanship and team play. The MGHCA will continue to award the scholarship annually in the form of a $1,000.00 one-time gift to the future college of the selected recipient.
The Charlie Stryker Scholarship honors the memory of former St. Paul United coach and girls’ hockey advocate Charles P. Stryker. A standout hockey player at St. Paul Academy and later Williams College, Charlie coached high school boys’ hockey at St. Paul Academy, and served as head coach of the St. Paul United girls’ high school hockey team from 1997 until his sudden death of a heart attack in 2003. He was an early leader with the Minnesota Girls Hockey Coaches Association having served as the Executive Secretary and as the co-founder and developer of what was the H.S. Junior Festival. A man of compassion and integrity, Charlie highly valued the traits of sportsmanship and team play in hockey, and this Scholarship strives to recognize these values as displayed by Minnesota girls’ high school hockey players in honor of his memory.
Previous Charlie Stryker Scholarship Recipients:
Emily Grace Olson
This scholarship, named in honor of the longtime girls hockey coach and advocate, Charlie Stryker is based on two criteria established by the Stryker family: sportsmanship and team play. The MGHCA will continue to award the scholarship annually in the form of a $1,000.00 one-time gift to the future college of the selected recipient. The winner of the Charlie Stryker Scholarship for 2012-2013 was Emily Olson of Roseau High School. Emily, a 3.94 student in high school is attending Concordia College in Moorhead where she is pursuing a degree in Education and will play for the Cobbers.
Laurel Miller- Totino-Grace HS
Laurel Miller from Totino-Grace High School in Fridley was the recipient of the 2010 Charlie Stryker Scholarship Award. She is now attending the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Beth Olson - Warroad High School
Beth Olson from Warroad High School was named the 2011 Charlie Stryker Scholarship recipient. She is currently enrolled at Gustavus Adolphus College.
Nicole Neumann - Bloomington Jefferson HS
Nicole Neumann from Bloomington Jefferson High School was named the 2009 Charlie Stryker Memorial Scholarship recipient. Nicole is currently enrolled at the St. Thomas University in St. Paul.