9/18/2011
New Video from PCA-Houston Scholarship Ceremony
PCA-Houston proudly presents this video summary of the Triple-Impact Competitor® Scholarship Awards Ceremony presented by Deloitte LLP, September 10 at the Omni Hotel.
These 10 Houston-area high school student-athletes each received $2,000 college scholarships:
- Ellen Anderson, Memorial High School (Houston)
- Patrick Bailey, Episcopal High School (Houston)
- Douglas Berkman, St. John’s School (Houston)
- Jenna Dunn, Deer Park High School (Deer Park)
- Romina Jara, Westchester Academy for International Studies (Houston)
- Aaron Lavergne, Booker T. Washington High School (Houston)
- Alyson Ludeke, Pasadena High School (Pasadena)
- Kaitlin Noser, BF Terry High School (Rosenberg)
- Alfredo Ponce, Galena Park High School (Galena Park)
- Brooks Taylor, Memorial High School (Houston)
The event featured guest speaker Sam Hinkie, Houston Rockets Vice President of Basketball Operations, who also won the PCA Triple-Impact Professional Award. Also honored at the ceremony were Scott Disch of Grady Middle School, who won the inaugural Scotty Zornes Coach Award, given to a youth sports coach with less than five years' experience, and PCA Double-Goal Coach® Award recipients Angie Kensinger, St. John’s School (Houston); and Dave Roberts, Spring Branch Middle School (Houston).
The ceremony was marked by a motivating speech from Hinkie, who encouraged all the high school student-athletes to focus on activities they enjoy and to put the necessary time into achieving success.
Deloitte partner and PCA-Houston Board member Troy Falterman added, “The 25 finalists are not only outstanding athletes, but even better people. Their outstanding work ethic and commitment to excellence was evident throughout the selection process. We, at Deloitte, could not be more excited to be associated with this wonderful event and look forward to another successful event next year.”
The student-athlete winners earned their $2,000 scholarships for exemplifying Positive Coaching Alliance’s model of the Triple-Impact Competitor:
• Personal Mastery -- Making oneself better
• Leadership -- Making one’s teammates better
• Honoring the Game -- Making the game better.
Scholarship donors included Deloitte, Robert Snell Family and Friends, StarTex Power and Comerica Wealth Management.