Abigail Rawling of Rochester High School and of Lake Orion High School were honored as recipients of Michigan High School Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete Awards at the 2012 MHSAA Boys Basketball Finals at the Jack Breslin Student Events Center in East Lansing on March 24.
Shown with them are: (far left) Jim Robinson, executive vice-president of Farm Bureau Insurance; and John E. "Jack" Roberts, executive director of the MHSAA. Rawling and Schrauben each will receive a $1,000 scholarship from Farm Bureau Insurance to be used at the institution of higher learning they attend this fall. Farm Bureau Insurance awarded 32 scholarships, proportionately by school classification to students with a 3.50 or higher (on a 4.0 scale) grade point average who have previously lettered in at least one sport in which postseason competition is sponsored by the MHSAA.
The MHSAA is a private, not-for-profit corporation of voluntary membership by over 1,600 public and private senior high schools and junior high/middle schools which exists to develop common rules for athletic eligibility and competition. No government funds or tax dollars support the MHSAA, which was the first such association nationally to not accept membership dues or tournament entry fees from schools. Member schools which enforce these rules are permitted to participate in MHSAA tournaments, which attract approximately 1.6 million spectators each year.
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