The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation (PPF) have selected 10 high school graduates to honor with 2024 Penguins Foundation Scholarships. The program includes all Pittsburgh Public Schools and Allegheny County.
This year, PPF supported six different scholarship programs, awarding $109,000 to 37 Pittsburgh-area students. This includes 27 first-year awards plus 10 of the PPF 2023 Scholarship Second-Year awards.
In partnership with UPMC, the Penguins Foundation has awarded its education/community-based scholarships since 2014. Over the past 10 years, the Penguins Foundation has awarded a total of 168 first-year PPF scholarships.
To be eligible, students must attend a Pittsburgh Public School or an Allegheny County high school that provides substantial aid to students for reduced-cost or free lunch programs per the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), which is administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education – Division of Food and Nutrition.
Each PPF scholarship is valued at $3,000 for the student’s first year of college, and an additional $2,000 is awarded for the student’s second year of college if a 3.0 GPA is maintained and a minimum of 24 credit hours are earned.
Penguins Foundation scholarship recipients for 2023—2024 are as follows:
Ava Rose Waleko, Pittsburgh Science & Technology, American University
Ethan James Bell, Pittsburgh Science & Technology, University of Pittsburgh
Christian Cole, CAPA, Gannon University
Isabel Concepcion, Woodland Hills, University of Pittsburgh
Marjani Howze-Jetter, Pittsburgh Obama, Temple University
Elena McCutcheon, Allegheny Valley, Penn State University
Caroline McDevitt, Penn Hills, Penn State Behrend
Kendall McKelvey, Northgate, Oberlin College
Leah Spencer, Cornell, Staffordshire University @ UK
Isabella Ruston, Steel Valley, Penn State University
