DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) – The Quad Cities River Bandits now have a scholarship honoring the late Quad City Times sports reporter, Steve Batterson.
The Steve Batterson Memorial Scholarship is a $1,000 scholarship awarded annually to a student within the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication program and writes for the Daily Iowan.
The River Bandits and the Daily Iowan announced junior Brad Schultz is the inaugural recipient of the scholarship.
“Working in professional baseball is something that I’ve wanted to do for a long time,” Schultz said. “But the fact that I get to honor a great person and a great writer like Steve Batterson really means the world to me, and I’m so thankful to everybody who’s supported me over the years.”
Schultz is awarded a paid summer internship with the River Bandits to help continue to tell the stories of young athletes across Eastern Iowa.
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