Patrick J. DiPaolo Memorial Scholarship Recipients Announced

The Patrick J. Memorial Scholarship Fund awarded ten $1,000 scholarships to Erie County student-athletes. These ten were selected out of over 100 applications.

Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, there will be no awards banquet this year to honor the winners.

Patrick J. DiPaolo passed away in 2013 at the ago of 44. He was a former football coach for Cathedral Prep and Central High School. In six years, $68,000 in scholarships have been awarded to 72 student-athletes.

Here is the list of 2020 recipients:

• Kaleigh A. Bucci                Northwestern High School                Kent State University
• Donnisha M. Carson         Mercyhurst Preparatory School        Slippery Rock University
• Rachel V. Daum                Fort LeBoeuf High School                 University of Pittsburgh
• Emma K. Easly                  Collegiate Academy                          University of Pittsburgh
• Cody P. Nikolai                 Erie High School                                 Penn St Behrend
• Michael C. Oblich            Cathedral Preparatory School          University of Notre Dame
• Caleb J. Sapienza            Cathedral Preparatory School           Gannon University
• Kaetlyn J. Testa                McDowell High School                       John Carroll University
• Julia S. Wheeler               Northwestern High School                 Allegheny College
• Lucas J. Wolf                    McDowell High School                       Penn St Behrend