The Edward Taylor Coombs Foundation Scholarship Committee reviewed 25 applications from the greater Philadelphia area as part of the 2021 scholarship awards. In all, $40,000 in total scholarships were awarded to 12 high school seniors. The largest annual scholarship award was earmarked for a freshman at Marist College, where Edward Coombs had been an exceptional player on the men\’s lacrosse team.
Since its inception in the fall of 2011, the Edward Taylor Coombs Foundation has awarded more than $600,000 in scholarships to dozens of high school graduates.
Of the 2021 candidates, the ETC Foundation chose the following standouts:
ETC Foundation Scholarships
Dean Millard (Germantown Academy) ETC Legacy Scholarship, $5,000
Lindsay Park (Hatboro-Horsham High School) ETC Scholarship, $3,500
Alexandra Vergara-Anglim (Hatboro-Horsham High School) ETC Scholarship, $2,500
Shanira Laws (People for People Charter School) ETC Scholarship, $2,500
Destiney Jackson (Belmont Charter High School) ETC Scholarship, $2,500
Margaret O\’Neill (Hatboro-Horsham High School) Commonwealth National Golf and Country Club Scholarship, $2,000
Book Awards
Tori Miller (Girard College) $1,000
Justice Johnson (Hatboro-Horsham High School) $500
Jameel Henry (Girard College) $500
Keenan Fortenberry (Archbishop John Carroll High School) Saeed & Michelle Book Scholarship for IT or Computer Science Book Award, $1,000 per year for 4 years
Kiernan Patrick (Hatboro-Horsham High School) Saeed & Michelle Smith IT Book Award, $1,000 for one year
Marist College incoming lacrosse freshman, $15,000
