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MGHCA Charlie Stryker Scholarship

Charlie Stryker Memorial Scholarship


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:

  • 2022 Dana Jones, Cloquet-Esko-Carlton
  • 2021 Terah Skilling, Mahtomedi HS
  • 2020 Lindsay Maloney, Lakeville South HS
  • 2019 Rachel Bielenberg, Northfield HS
  • 2018 Rachel Lentner, Blaine Bengals
  • 2017 Kirsten Ziegler, Blaine Bengals
  • 2016 Laura Stehler
  • 2015 Marina Chapman, North Wright Cty Riverhawks
  • 2014 Kit Reudy,
  • 2013 Emily Grace Olson, Roseau High School
  • 2012
  • 2011 Beth Olson, Warroad High School
  • 2010  Laurel Miller, Totino-Grace HS, Fridley, MN
  • 2009  Nicole Neumann, Bloomington Jefferson HS
  • 2008  Sinead Murphy, Rochester Mayo
  • 2007  Colleen Krmpotich, Academy of Holy Angels
  • 2006  Megan Lahr, St. Cloud Icebreakers (St Cloud Cathedral HS)


 

CHARLIE STRYKER SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS DUE JANUARY 22, 2024

NO LATE OR INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED!!!

EMILY GRACE OLSON NAMED 2013 STRYKER SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT


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 Named 2010 Stryker Scholarship Recipient


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 Named 2011 Charlie Stryker Scholarship Recipient


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 Named 2009 Stryker Scholarship Recipient


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.

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