CSGA
Scholarship Fund
In Honor of Widdy Neale
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N ITS SIXTY-FIRST YEAR, the
CSGA Scholarship Fund in honor
of Widdy Neale has reached a new
milestone of achieving $100,000 in annual
contributions. For the 2014-15 academic
year, a total of fifty students are eligible
recipients of Widdy Neale scholarships.
They include sixteen college seniors, ten
juniors, twelve sophomores, and twelve
freshmen. The average grant is over $2,000
per year for four years with the largest
awards of $3,500.
The scholarships are given in
honor of its long-time CSGA Executive
Director William “Widdy” Neale and
eligibilit y for a Widdy Neale Scholarship is
based on the recommendations of CSGA
member clubs of young men and women
who have worked at their clubs for at
least two years. The program recognizes
graduating high school seniors who work
at CSGA member golf clubs in positions
serving the golf program and/or serving
golfers and who are enrolling in four-year
colleges and universities. Scholarships
are awarded by a Selection Committee
considering the academic performance,
school and community service, leadership
activities, and financial needs of the
nominees.
The Fund is supported primarily
by a major financial commitment
from the CSGA. Other significant
contributors include the Bob Pryde
Endowment administered by The
Community Foundation for New
Haven, the Connecticut State Seniors
Golf Association, the Senior Golfers
of Connecticut, and the New England
Senior Golfers’ Association. Increasingly
important are the contributions of
individual golfers through the CSGA
donors recognition program. Since
1954, the program has awarded over
$2.84 million in scholarship aid to 529
graduating high school seniors. Unlike
many other scholarship programs, the
CSGA scholarships are four-year awards.
“This year’s recipients are all
outstanding young people with excellent
academic records who have been leaders
in their schools and who have completed
extensive community service,” said
Dick Zanini, CSGA Scholarship Fund
Managing Director. “Their fields of
interest for college study are diverse
and include civil engineering, business,
finance, accounting, broadcast journalism,
medical-biological science, psychology,
digital media and design, and business
law.”
Below: Scholarship Managing Director and CSGA Past
President Dr. Richard Zanini has been instrumental in the
growth of the scholarship fund.
SCHOLARSHIP DONORS
PLATINUM SPONSORS ($5,000 or more) Robert D. Pryde Endowment, Connecticut State Senior Golf
Association, Connecticut State Golf Association
GOLD SPONSORS ($1,000 TO $4,999) Edward Detmer, James Healey, Stan McLennan, PGA, Jane Moraghan, Mike
Moraghan, Sarah Moraghan, William Wallace, Dick & Lucille Zanini, George Post Memorial, NE Sr. Golfers Assoc.,
Sr. Golfers of CT, Wethersfield Country Club
SILVER SPONSORS ($200 to $999) Janet Berlet, Chris Butler, Steve Chevalier, Ron & Pat Drapeau, Raymond Floyd, Jr., David
French, Jon Groveman, Travelers Championship, Sheldon Guyer, Dale & Priscilla Hammond, Tim Heaney, Martha Jablow, Bret
Lawrence, Bob Leftwich, Scott Newman, Mark Powers, Harry Sanders, Shorehaven GC, Edward Silver, John Walsh, Jeff & Jane
Witherwax
BRONZE SPONSORS ($100 to $199) Airways Golf Course, Mark Bialobrzeski, PGA, Dennis Bongiovanni, Greg Boulanger, Paul Bozzuto, Jack
Bracken, Marshall Breiner, Jonathan Bruno, Robert Cannon, Elizabeth Caron, Chuck Claffey, Martin Courneen, Bill Cremins, Ed Cronin,
Gordon Daring, John Doheny, Frank Dranginis, Ron Eppert, Mark Fries, James Gallagher, Tim Gavronski, Frank Geiger, Tom Gorman, Ken
Green, Brendan Hallisey, Jim Hathaway, Michael Herlihy, Len Horvath, Joe Kane, Seth Jainchill, Sean Kaiser, David Kaye, Robert Kemp,
Tom Lane, William Lanzoni, EJ Laux, Ryan Leahey, Shawn McLoughlin, David Monti, Sr., Blake Morris, Chandler Morris, Brian Murphy, Peter
Nance, Connor O’Brien, William & Mary Clare Quirk, Sam Rio, Marsha Rupp, Tyler Sands, John Snellman, Shep Stevens, Rob Tedoldi, Chris
Tohir, Raymond Underwood, Mark Vasington, Mark Vassalotti, Mark Wertheim, Rich Wilczeski, Steve Worley
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Connecticut State Golf Association 2014
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