scholarships & awards
Andrew Scott Johnson Memorial Scholarship Foundation
Distinguished Recipient- HIGH SCHOOL
Earning a 4.9761 weighted GPA, Jack Matthew Linkhorst is this year’ s distinguished high school recipient of the Andrew Scott Johnson Memorial Scholarship Foundation’ s $ 7500 scholarship. Jack is a recent graduate of Jupiter High School and is enrolled at the University of Florida Honors College summer term. He is the son of Adam and Malinda Linkhorst, both attorneys at Linkhorst & Hockin, P. A.
Graduating in the top 5 percent of his class, number 32 out of 777 students, Jack’ s academic honors include AICE Diploma, Jupiter Environmental Academy Diploma, National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, National Science Honor Society, National Social Studies Honor Society, LAMP of Knowledge Award for maintaining a 3.5 + GPA, and Order of the Arrow, an athletic and GPA recognition award. Not just a bookworm, Jack also participated in Junior Varsity Cross County( 10th grade), Junior Varsity Lacrosse( 9-10th grade), and Varsity Lacrosse( 11-12th grade), bringing home the state championship his senior year. Jack also found time to play lacrosse with the Palm Beach Revolution Club Lacrosse Team.
Teachers describe Jack as“ the total package.” He is described as intelligent, mature, polite, a hard worker, and a role model for his classmates. As his AP History professor stated, Jack is known for bringing excellence to the classroom, the school and the lacrosse field.
Outside of the classroom, Jack demonstrated leadership skills and was an active member for four straight years in Key Club and Sara’ s Smiles, raising funds for kid’ s activities for children with cancer. Other extracurricular activities, most with a focus on community service, include: MANG Internship, planting mangroves for an environmentally-conscious company; Stand With Us, Jewish leadership internship; participating in Leadership Development Course, U. S. Army Airborne Ranger Training Brigade; coaching youth lacrosse; mentoring special needs children thru Top Soccer; mentoring campers at Camp Chateauguay and founding the Jupiter Religious Coalition, a club that fosters religious acceptance. Jack also found time to volunteer with Playing it Forward, collecting used sporting goods for underprivileged adults and children and he worked with the Jupiter High School Athletic Boosters to clean up practice fields.
To supplement his academic experience, Jack has previously labored as a pool attendant and camp counselor, a private-instruction lacrosse coach, and as a file clerk for his parents’ law firm for the past three years. When not studying, serving the community or playing lacrosse, Jack enjoys sports and Gator athletics.
28 DITCHMEN • AUGUST 2018