Hartwell Scholarship Winners

We are happy to award the $1,000 Hartwell scholarships to Kelsey Foster and Brian Carvalho.

Kelsey Foster

Kelsey started playing Hartwell soccer in 1st grade and continues to play in our High School program today. She is also currently coaching a team and reffering both travel and recreation games while continuing to mentor athletes with disabilities in our TOPS Soccer program. Equally impressive has been her work in the classroom where she received a National Merit Scholarship Program Commendation, an AP Scholar with Honor Award, and Book Award for excellence in Writing. Her experience in the Hartwell program has taught her to collaborate with others and give back to the community where she continues to do so today as captain of the GHS First Robotics team and co‐founder of the GHS Rocketry team. She plans on studying Mechanical Engineering with a focus on renewable energy and has a bright future ahead.

Brian Carvalho

Brian Carvalho also started playing Hartwell soccer in 1st grade and helped coach a travel team for 3 years and continues to be a referee in our program. His academic career is equally impressive as his soccer career at GHS where he has won an unpresented and unthinkable 3 consecutive state championships. He has been able to achieve High Honor Roll every year and be named an All‐Academic on the GHS Varsity Boys soccer team all four years. His high school coach, Mark Landers, noted: “With his resolute attitude, he has worked to balance the demands of his academics, athletics and employment. As a result of competing demands, Brian has learned to be adaptable and pragmatic, especially when time is tight. Throughout it all, his efforts never waned and he remains on the top of his class”. As the first generation born in this country Brian has witnessed the hard work it take to achieve goals. He plans to go on and study medicine and help bring better health care to immigrant communities.