Neshaminy Seniors Receive LSAA Scholarship

The Lower Southampton Athletic Association, in conjunction with the Feasterville Business Association, presented the Eric Hanson Scholarship to three Neshaminy High School seniors.

According to LSAA secretary Sue Roberts, David Fink, Megan McArdle and Breanna Spector, all of Feasterville, were selected as this year's recipients of the Eric Hanson Scholarship, each receiving $500.

In the fall, Fink will be attending Kutztown University, McArdle will be attending  Penn State University Park and Spector will attend Penn State Main Campus.

, applicants have to be currently involved in a sports activity, either at the high school or club level, or be performing volunteer work for the LSAA. In addition, they must have played in LSAA programs or the GALS softball program for at least three years.

The applicants also have to be a senior in the top half of his or her high school graduating class and be able to substantiate his or her ability to be a leader on the field.

The winners were selected by the Feasterville Business Association.

The Eric Hanson Memorial Scholarship was awarded from 1994 until about 1998, and LSAA and the FBA decided to bring the scholarship back last year, former LSAA president Joe Olenski said.

Olenski said that he asked the LSAA board, including current President Tony Crooks, if they could bring back the scholarships last year. The board unanimously agreed and Olenski offered to organize the effort.

Eric Hanson, who the scholarship fund is named after, was tragically killed in a car accident on Brownsville Road in Trevose in 1991, Olenski said. His parents were heavily involved in the LSAA before his death, Olenski explained.