David
Pickeral Memorial Scholarship Fund Launched
$1,000
scholarship will be awarded each year from the Williamsburg Soccer Club
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The
total amount presently raised for the David Pickeral Memorial
Scholarship Fund is $27,026. Donations have been received from
individuals, teams, clubs and leagues. The Williamsburg Soccer Club
(WSC) Board of Directors has decided that the fund will be invested in
an endowment fund that the Board of Directors will oversee. Each year a
$1,000 scholarship will be awarded in David’s name to a Williamsburg
Soccer Club high school senior intending to continue their
studies at college. The applicant may be male or female but must
have played with the WSC for at least three years. The Board
of Directors and Richard Butler, Director of Coaching, have developed an
application process that is now available on line at the club’s
official website at www.williamsburgsoccer.com.
A review committee that will include David’s parents, Robin
and Dennis, will award the scholarship. The money must go towards
tuition, fees, housing or books. In order to continue to fund the
scholarship in perpetuity a percentage of income from the Virginia Club
Champions League Showcase for boys will go directly into the fund. The
Showcase will be renamed the David Pickeral Memorial College
Showcase.
“The
soccer community has shown its combined strength with the creation of
David’s fund. We have received a huge outpouring from player, parents,
teams and leagues over the past 3 months”, said
Butler
. “David was a great person who just absolutely loved soccer. This
scholarship and the naming of the
boys
College
Showcase after him will ensure that his name lives on in perpetuity.
This has been a tough time for many of us here at the club and I think
that this and a few other memorials that are in the planning stage will
help us all heal a little at a time”.
The
club will continue to accept donations at www.williamsburgsoccer.com
or Williamsburg Soccer Club,
PO Box 296
,
Williamsburg
VA
23187
. The Williamsburg Soccer Club is a non-profit 501(c) 3
