Charlie Stryker Scholarship
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:23 pm
PRESS RELEASE
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Minnesota Girls Hockey Coaches Association (MGHCA) Awards Second Annual Charlie Stryker Scholarship to Colleen Krmpotich of Holy Angels
The Minnesota Girls Hockey Coaches Association (MGHCA) has selected Colleen Krmpotich, student at the Academy of Holy Angels (Richfield, MN) and senior defenseman for the Stars, as recipient of its 2007 Charlie Stryker Scholarship. David Laliberte, Co-Chair of the MGHCA’s Stryker Scholarship Committee, and Nathan Stryker, son of Charlie Stryker, officially presented Colleen the scholarship at the Stars’ end-of-season banquet held at Holy Angels High School on the afternoon of Sunday, March 18, 2007. "We are delighted to have Colleen Krmpotich receive this year’s Charlie Stryker Scholarship," report Laliberte and Stephanie Sustercich, the Scholarship Committee’s Co-Chairs. "Colleen gave excellent examples of her commitment to sportsmanship and team play in her application, and her letters of recommendation spoke quite highly of her character. Our Scholarship Committee is confident that Colleen’s well-deserved selection sets very high standards for future recipients while building upon Charlie Stryker’s legacy of integrity."
2007 marks the second year the Charlie Stryker Scholarship has been awarded. A Selection Committee composed of 5 current girls high school hockey coaches and the Stryker family fielded 14 total applications representing teams from across the state, including White Bear Lake, Prior Lake, Rochester Lourdes, Robbinsdale Armstrong, Fergus Falls, Dodge County, Rochester Century, Benilde-St. Margaret’s, and Austin. Committee members evaluated 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. Charlie’s involvement in establishing girls’ hockey in Minnesota led to the creation of the Minnesota Girls Hockey Coaches Association (MGHCA) and two of its premier events, the Junior Festival and the Senior Classic. 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:
2007—Colleen Krmpotich, Holy Angels
2006—Megan Lahr, St. Cloud Icebreakers
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Minnesota Girls Hockey Coaches Association (MGHCA) Awards Second Annual Charlie Stryker Scholarship to Colleen Krmpotich of Holy Angels
The Minnesota Girls Hockey Coaches Association (MGHCA) has selected Colleen Krmpotich, student at the Academy of Holy Angels (Richfield, MN) and senior defenseman for the Stars, as recipient of its 2007 Charlie Stryker Scholarship. David Laliberte, Co-Chair of the MGHCA’s Stryker Scholarship Committee, and Nathan Stryker, son of Charlie Stryker, officially presented Colleen the scholarship at the Stars’ end-of-season banquet held at Holy Angels High School on the afternoon of Sunday, March 18, 2007. "We are delighted to have Colleen Krmpotich receive this year’s Charlie Stryker Scholarship," report Laliberte and Stephanie Sustercich, the Scholarship Committee’s Co-Chairs. "Colleen gave excellent examples of her commitment to sportsmanship and team play in her application, and her letters of recommendation spoke quite highly of her character. Our Scholarship Committee is confident that Colleen’s well-deserved selection sets very high standards for future recipients while building upon Charlie Stryker’s legacy of integrity."
2007 marks the second year the Charlie Stryker Scholarship has been awarded. A Selection Committee composed of 5 current girls high school hockey coaches and the Stryker family fielded 14 total applications representing teams from across the state, including White Bear Lake, Prior Lake, Rochester Lourdes, Robbinsdale Armstrong, Fergus Falls, Dodge County, Rochester Century, Benilde-St. Margaret’s, and Austin. Committee members evaluated 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. Charlie’s involvement in establishing girls’ hockey in Minnesota led to the creation of the Minnesota Girls Hockey Coaches Association (MGHCA) and two of its premier events, the Junior Festival and the Senior Classic. 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:
2007—Colleen Krmpotich, Holy Angels
2006—Megan Lahr, St. Cloud Icebreakers