The Andrew McMorris Foundation Awards its 2023 Grants, Scholarships and Spirit Awards

The Andrew McMorris Foundation is thrilled again to announce another record-breaking year for our scholarships, grants, and spirit awards.

In 2023, the Foundation received over 100 applications and thanks to the generosity of our donors and community, awarded:

  • 38 Scholarships to graduating high school seniors totaling over $20,000

  • 4 Honorable Mentions to high school seniors

  • 1 Eagle Scout Grant totaling $500

  • 1 Fine Arts Award $500

  • 2 Spirit Awards

We held our annual awards ceremony at the McMorris Lodge at Baiting Hollow Scout Camp.

Thank you to:

John Moore Troop 161 Scout for our photos and Amanda Vega & Robert Young of Zest Gourment Catering for providing our awards luncheon and Chase Hill of North Shore Party Rentals for our tent and tables. We of course couldn’t do any of this without volunteers like Dot Young from Suffolk County Boy Scouts and Jim Grimaldi and Staff from the Baiting Hollow Scout Camp.


Congratulations to our 2023 Scholarship Honorees:

Commack HS

Marissa Sklar


Half Hollow Hills West HS

Arissa Zheng


Hauppauge HS

Ryan Capece


Lynbrook HS

Ryan Emmy Benvenuto

Abbey McManus

Emilia Perri

Sofia Yaker


Miller Place HS

Kyle Fehling

Matthew Ierna-Petrie

Max Malawista

Ryan Suarez


Northport HS

Kyra Perles

Evan Johnson - HM


Riverhead HS

Robert Cronin

Abigail Heck

Jacob Scielzi


Rocky Point HS

Ashlee Coward

Lucy Clarke


Sayville HS

Sarah Blaskiewicz

Emily Kroll


Smithtown East HS

Michael Fallon

Holy Mary Zaher


St. Anthony's HS

Lindsey Yakaboski


Shoreham-Wading River HS

Jeremy Franco

Jack D'Andrea

Nadia Grosso

Eileen Sheridan

Jessica Nastasi

Ryan O'Shaughnessy

Lena Leo

Noah Parrinello

Catherine Donnelly

Kendall Van Houten

Sarah Alessi

Madison McQuade

Luke Gorman - HM

Gavin Trezza - HM

Sean Dany - HM

Ward Melville HS

Kevin Patrick Hanson

Lydia Cuff

John Heraghty


Westhampton Beach HS

Megan Sitzmann


Congratulations to our 2023 Eagle Scout Grantee:

April Haarke- building STEM Boxes

Congratulations to our 2023 Fine Arts Award Grantee:

Penelope Meyer – Theater Arts South Carolina

Congratulations to our 2023 Spirit Awards Honorees:

Nathan Schaefer & MacKenna Ryan

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