1st Place Essay Winner Of The 2020 Helping Hands Scholarship
Congratulations to our 1st place Winner for this years’ Helping Hands Scholarship award - Jack Carscadden
Jack has committed to Michigan State University on a hockey scholarship – Business – Preference (with Computational Mathematics as secondary major)
Due to COVID-19, unfortunately the hockey season was cancelled and so was his scholarship. Jack has shown tremendous adversity and shares his thoughts with us in his essay below on how he will carry forward living through this pandemic with his passion in sight.
“Throughout my life, I have learned many lessons from the various experiences I’ve had. Through sport, I learned the importance of team, work ethic, leadership, and working towards a common goal alongside others. Through the education system, I was shown the importance of kindness, preparedness, and positivity. Through volunteerism, I learned the importance of putting others ahead of your own motivations to better a community, not strictly oneself. And through work, I’ve learned the importance of treating all with respect, while maintaining composure through difficult times. Here I will illustrate where I learned some of these lessons, how I got to where I am today, and my goals and aspirations for the future.
Since I was two, I have been skating across frozen ice surfaces with a stick in my hand chasing a puck. I have felt the high of winning a provincial championship as a team captain, and the low of being cut from a team. Through this, I learned the value of the hard work and dedication it takes to succeed, and how to deal with adversity to come out a better, stronger person. This past season, I was fortunate enough to be named the captain of my hockey team, where I built on my leadership qualities and set an example for those around me. I attribute hockey to many of the key characteristics that make me who I am today; without it, I would not have the work ethic, drive, and dedication I take to whatever task stands in my way….”
Read Jack’s complete essay below!
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