Austyn O’Connor, Naomi Ruley and Taryn Spearman June 20 were awarded the 2024 Kevin Fannon Memorial Scholarship by the Lower Loudoun Girls Softball League.
All three girls recently graduated from Dominion High School.
Created in 2022, the Kevin Fannon Memorial Scholarship honors a beloved LLGSL coach who passed away in 2020. Fannon was known for his exuberance on and off the field, his focus on sportsmanship, and his love of the game. LLGSL continues his legacy by rewarding young women for their outstanding team spirit with financial support as they graduate high school and continue their education.
O’Connor plans to attend Longwood University. Ruley is heading to Virginia Tech. Spearman will attend James Madison University.
“LLGSL is pleased to award our third round of Kevin Fannon Memorial Scholarship recipients,” LLGSL president Jodi Sweeney said. “These young women have bright futures in front of them, not only because of the lessons they learned in the classroom, but also because of those they learned on our fields. We’re grateful that each year we can again reminisce about Coach Fannon and honor his memory by supporting the players of the game he loved.”
Applicants must have participated in at least three seasons of LLGSL house league softball and/or two years of LLGSL travel softball; expect to graduate from high school the year of the award; and plan to further their education by attending a college, university, or trade or vocational school within six months of the award. Applications are accepted in May of each year with awards being announced in the summer.
For more than 30 years, LLGSL has been operating in eastern Loudoun providing young women an encouraging league to learn and play softball. Learn more at LLGSL.org.
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Sports provide a great education to kids. This includes team work, winning and losing with class, the reality that you won’t always be the best or worst at something, and what I always found most important is respect for your teammates and opponents.
Nice! My daughter played softball for 10 years – through high school. The lessons she learned as being part of a team have served her well in her engineering career.
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