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Holy Rosary Credit Union presented 18 scholarships in 30th year of supporting student success.
Holy Rosary Credit Union presented 18 scholarships in 30th year of supporting student success.
Holy Rosary Credit Union recently announced a record 18 recipients of its 2025 HRCU Annual Scholarship.
The students, including one Spaulding High School Banking and Financial Services program scholar, were awarded their scholarships at a ceremony at HRCU’s Rochester branch on Monday, June 16.
“Awarding some of our youngest and most deserving members has been a proud tradition dating back 30 years,” said HRCU President and CEO Brian Hughes. “We believe that investing in our youth is an investment in our community and our Annual Scholarship program is just one of the many ways in which we do that.”
The scholarships were presented to recipients in four award categories, including high school or college students, employee children and participants of the HRCU Banking and Financial Services Program at the R.W. Creteau Regional Technology Center. To be eligible, applicants must be HRCU members and meet certain criteria. All applications were completed through a new online portal.
HRCU has awarded 296 scholarships totaling over $300,000 since the program’s inception. The 2026 scholarship application will be available online January 2026 at HRCU.org.
2025 HRCU Annual Scholarship recipients include:
High school students
• Daniel Pack, Virtual Learning Academy ‘25, Attending Liberty University
• Simon Grandmaison, Logos Online School ‘25, Attending Cedarville University
• Brooke Blaisdell, Spaulding High School ‘25, Attending University of New Hampshire
• Olivia Annunziata-Blaisdell, Portsmouth High School ‘25, Attending Cornell University
• Abigail Baker, Dover High School ‘25, Empire Beauty School
College students
• Sebastian Gannon, St. Thomas Aquinas ’23, Emory University
• Katy Gregoire, Spaulding High School ’22, University of New Hampshire
• Zoe Farrington, Spaulding High School ’23, University of New Hampshire
• Ryan Hilliard, Somersworth High School ’23, University of New Hampshire
• Jack Hatfield, Portsmouth Christian Academy ’23, Liberty University
• Erick Angwenyi, Portsmouth Christian Academy ’24, University of New Hampshire
• Aidan Thompson, Kingswood Regional High School ’23, Fitchburg State University
• Andersen Pickard, Berwick Academy ’23, Rice University
• Ruby Leonard, Berwick Academy ’22, George Washington University
• Anilise Brooks, Dover High School ’23, University of New Hampshire
• Alayna Reeves, Spaulding High School ’24, Keene State College
SHS Banking & Financial Services Scholarships
• Zander Phachanh, Spaulding High School ’25, Great Bay Community College
Employee children
• Ethan Stokes, Noble High School ‘25, University of Maine Farmington
To learn more about HRCU’s Annual Scholarship Program, visit: https://www.hrcu.org/youth/annual-scholarship-program/
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