Multnomah Athletic Foundation 2013 scholarship recipients and MAF officials include, from left, Eryka Island, Foundation President Julie Vigeland, Greg Marshall, Taylor Trujillo and Foundation Scholarship Chair Agnes Hoffman.
Multnomah Athletic Foundation Supports Student Athletes with Loprinzi Scholarhips
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ach year the Multnomah Athletic Foundation has the privilege of awarding the Joe Loprinzi scholarships. Here are the outstanding individuals who are pursuing their dreams in college this fall thanks to support from MAC members.
Greg Marshall - $9000 scholarship award Greg is a graduate of Beaverton High School, where he maintained a 4.129
Members’ Support Helps Change Lives Because of members’ generous support, the Multnomah Athletic Foundation continues to grow our grants and scholarships! On behalf of the Foundation Directors, thank you for your recent contribution via MAC billing. We have an increasing number of grant requests in part due to the word spreading through MAC members and staff. You help us to meet those requests. The Foundation supports Portland metropolitan area nonprofits and students Continued on page 20
GPA. He is the son of Steve and Malinda Marshall. Greg is attending the University of Chicago in the fall to pursue a degree in biochemistry. His goal is to continue on to medical school and then return to Portland. Greg participated in football and track for Beaverton High School. His football awards include three varsity letters, twice being named all-league linebacker and being team captain. Greg has been named to the academic all-league team twice for football and twice for track. Greg was part of a four-person team that created and presented an anti-bullying program for Highland Park Middle School. He attended the school and wanted to give back in a meaningful way. He also is certified to officiate youth and high school soccer. Greg was a 2011 MAC Scholar Athlete.
Taylor Trujillo - $6000 scholarship award Taylor is a graduate of Benson Polytechnic High School with a GPA of 3.43. She is attending University of Oregon in the fall to pursue a degree in sports marketing. Her dream is to work with athletes, promoting clothing lines or
shoes, and to graduate from college in the minimum amount of time. Taylor played basketball and soccer for all four years at Benson. She also played softball for three years. She was a captain for several years in all three sports. Taylor has been involved in planning the school’s homecoming activities and school assemblies. She took the initiative to find ways to help recruit eight grade students to get involved at Benson. She tackled many questions with honesty and sincerity while talking to students, including queries on tough topics like bullying.
Eryka Island - $6000 scholarship award Eryka is a graduate of Jefferson High School, where earned a 3.62 GPA. She is the daughter of Robyn Harris. Eryka is attending University of Oregon in the fall, majoring in sports business. Eryka played varsity basketball and volleyball throughout high school. She was the captain of the basketball and volleyball teams at Jefferson. She earned PIL honorable mention honors in volleyball in 2011. Continued on page 20 AUGUST 2013
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