Congratulations to all scholarship recipients and applicants on your tremendous accomplishments! Over two Wednesday evenings in July, we welcomed the newest scholarship recipeints into the LVRR family. Scholarship committee members along with LVRR Board members celebrated our Class of 2022 recipients with their family, friends and coaches.
While the specific criteria varies for each scholarship, scholarships are awarded based upon academic excellence, athletic performance, extracurricular activities, community involvement, personal essays, and letters of recommendation.
This year had the largest application pool of 36 applications across 14 high schools with Intended majors mostly in Engineering, Sciences, Medical or Business-related. We also increased our committee size to accomodate the growth. A huge thank you to the Scholarship Committee for the countless volunteer hours they dedicate to this distinguised process.
We look forward to the Scholarship ceremony each year and are so proud to “pass it on” as each scholarship is funded by our race proceeds and by you, are club members and runners. Thank you for enabling us to continue this prestigous tradition for almost 30 years.
Select each recipient name to read their Q&A with LVRR.
Recipient of the 2022 Nicole Reinhart Memorial Scholarship is:
• Isabella Lees (Emmaus High School) attending Boston College for Accounting
Recipient of the 2022 Ed Thompson Memorial Scholarship is:
• Matthew Norton (Emmaus High School) attending Belmont University to major in Music Business
Recipient #1 of the 2022 LVRR Scholarship is:
• Gianna Dowling (Freedom High School) attending University of Delaware to major in Biomedical Engineering
Recipient #2 of the 2022 LVRR Scholarship is:
• Ezekiel Coyler (Northampton Area High School) attending Messiah University to major in Finance
Recipient #3 of the 2022 LVRR Scholarship is:
• Alexander Lyon (Southern Lehigh High School) attending Colby College to major in Biology with concentration in Neuroscience
Recipient #4 of the 2022 LVRR Scholarship is:
• Emma Szydlow (Saucon Valley High School) attending University of Delaware to major in Biomedical Engineering for Pre-Med
Recipient of the 2022 Tom Illick Memorial Scholarship is:
• Ben Lees (Emmaus High School) attending Loyola University to major in Accounting
Belle Lees and Scholarship Committee member Barb Deffley 
Matt Norton and Scholarship Committee member Barb Deffley 
Zeke Coyler and Scholarship Committee member Lisa Bellito 
Gianna Dowling and Scholarship Committee member Jackie Karpow 
Alex Lyon and Scholarship Committee member Jackie Karpow 
Emma Szydlow and Scholarship Committee member Barb Deffley 
Ben Lees and 2022 Scholarship Committee member, Barb Deffley