LAURA J. STEELE AND TERRY THEIS
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
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2025 Scholarship Winners
Nick Maliwesky,
BISHOP WATTERSON HIGH SCHOOL
Nick attends Bishop Watterson High school and holds a cumulative 3.934 GPA.
Nick has bowled since 2013 when he was 6 years old and has participated in countless leagues and tournaments. He is a 4-year varsity member along with team MVP, and 2-year team captain for Watterson’s bowling team. Nick has a high sanctioned average of 217, high sanctioned series of 769, and a high sanctioned game of 279. He does have an impressive 300 game, but it was unsanctioned unfortunately. Nick has won 2 USBC National Youth Open Eagles and 6 USBC National team high game or team high series awards. Nick has won titles in JTBA, Great Lakes Junior Gold Tour, Future Stars Tour, AllieMo’s Next Gen Bowlers Tour, and YES Ball/RecruitUS events. His highest finish for Junior Gold was 17th place, and he was a bronze medalist at an SYC Las Vegas event. With our COUSBC Nick has a magnificent win count of 50 event wins between handicap and scratch results, including at least one win every year since 2013. Nick is quite the coach as well. He is a Silver Level coach at only 18 years old and has volunteered over 160 hours to coach at Sequoia Pro Bowl in their youth programs. Off the lanes, Nick is a member of Bishop Watterson’s marching and concert bands, playing the saxophone as his instrument. Nick was elected officer as the treasurer for his senior year. The marching band was very successful during Nick’s time with them. They marched in 2 Disney Christmas parades and were Mid-States Band Association Finalist qualifiers all four years.
Nick has committed to Trine University and plans on studying Mechanical Engineering, He will be a member of Trine’s bowling team, signing his letter of intent earlier this year. The mechanical engineering curriculum requires a substantial amount of math courses. Nick plans on taking a few additional courses that will be required so he can have a double major in Mathematics. For his specialty in mechanical engineering, he is leaning towards either the aerospace or automotive industries.
Congratulations Nick!
Nick has bowled since 2013 when he was 6 years old and has participated in countless leagues and tournaments. He is a 4-year varsity member along with team MVP, and 2-year team captain for Watterson’s bowling team. Nick has a high sanctioned average of 217, high sanctioned series of 769, and a high sanctioned game of 279. He does have an impressive 300 game, but it was unsanctioned unfortunately. Nick has won 2 USBC National Youth Open Eagles and 6 USBC National team high game or team high series awards. Nick has won titles in JTBA, Great Lakes Junior Gold Tour, Future Stars Tour, AllieMo’s Next Gen Bowlers Tour, and YES Ball/RecruitUS events. His highest finish for Junior Gold was 17th place, and he was a bronze medalist at an SYC Las Vegas event. With our COUSBC Nick has a magnificent win count of 50 event wins between handicap and scratch results, including at least one win every year since 2013. Nick is quite the coach as well. He is a Silver Level coach at only 18 years old and has volunteered over 160 hours to coach at Sequoia Pro Bowl in their youth programs. Off the lanes, Nick is a member of Bishop Watterson’s marching and concert bands, playing the saxophone as his instrument. Nick was elected officer as the treasurer for his senior year. The marching band was very successful during Nick’s time with them. They marched in 2 Disney Christmas parades and were Mid-States Band Association Finalist qualifiers all four years.
Nick has committed to Trine University and plans on studying Mechanical Engineering, He will be a member of Trine’s bowling team, signing his letter of intent earlier this year. The mechanical engineering curriculum requires a substantial amount of math courses. Nick plans on taking a few additional courses that will be required so he can have a double major in Mathematics. For his specialty in mechanical engineering, he is leaning towards either the aerospace or automotive industries.
Congratulations Nick!
Cameryn Gale, HILLIARD BRADLEY HIGH SCHOOL
Cameryn attends Hilliard Bradley High School and holds a cumulative 4.15 GPA.
Cameryn started bowling her freshman year of high school. Although she had a late start with bowling she quickly fell in love with the sport. She was moved from JV to varsity halfway through her freshman year and maintained that varsity spot her remaining three years of high school. Her senior year season started late due to a shoulder injury. Even while injured, Cameryn made sure to attend all team practices and turned her focus to coaching the JV players to help them improve. Once she was able to get back on the lanes for her senior year, as captain of the girls’ team she helped lead her team to an undefeated season, 3 first place tournament finishes, OCC Champions, and COHSBC Division C Champions. Hilliard Bradley girls tied for 6th place at Sectionals, took 2nd place for Districts and are State bound for 2025. Cameryn finished her senior year averaging 160.6.
When Cameryn isn’t putting in time on the lanes you can find her taking photos for the school yearbook or cheering on her best friend of 14 years at her theatre productions. Cameryn has volunteered around 200 hours working with the youth population as a student mentor. This includes volunteering in a special needs’ preschool classroom, tutoring in a fourth-grade classroom, and mentoring in a first-grade classroom. She has also assisted Columbus City Schools OT/PT department in creating movement mazes for their district.
Cameryn plans to attend Baldwin Wallace University in the fall where she plans to obtain a dual degree, majoring in Special Education and General Education for preschool through 5th grade. She does plan to bowl for Baldwin Wallace on their D3 varsity bowling team. Fun fact, Cameryn was coached by Dave Johnson while in HS and now she will be coached again by him at the collegiate level. Upon receiving her degrees, Cameryn hopes to get a job in her local school system, working in a moderate-intensive special education room. She hopes to later obtain her master’s degree as well.
Congratulations Cameryn!
Cameryn started bowling her freshman year of high school. Although she had a late start with bowling she quickly fell in love with the sport. She was moved from JV to varsity halfway through her freshman year and maintained that varsity spot her remaining three years of high school. Her senior year season started late due to a shoulder injury. Even while injured, Cameryn made sure to attend all team practices and turned her focus to coaching the JV players to help them improve. Once she was able to get back on the lanes for her senior year, as captain of the girls’ team she helped lead her team to an undefeated season, 3 first place tournament finishes, OCC Champions, and COHSBC Division C Champions. Hilliard Bradley girls tied for 6th place at Sectionals, took 2nd place for Districts and are State bound for 2025. Cameryn finished her senior year averaging 160.6.
When Cameryn isn’t putting in time on the lanes you can find her taking photos for the school yearbook or cheering on her best friend of 14 years at her theatre productions. Cameryn has volunteered around 200 hours working with the youth population as a student mentor. This includes volunteering in a special needs’ preschool classroom, tutoring in a fourth-grade classroom, and mentoring in a first-grade classroom. She has also assisted Columbus City Schools OT/PT department in creating movement mazes for their district.
Cameryn plans to attend Baldwin Wallace University in the fall where she plans to obtain a dual degree, majoring in Special Education and General Education for preschool through 5th grade. She does plan to bowl for Baldwin Wallace on their D3 varsity bowling team. Fun fact, Cameryn was coached by Dave Johnson while in HS and now she will be coached again by him at the collegiate level. Upon receiving her degrees, Cameryn hopes to get a job in her local school system, working in a moderate-intensive special education room. She hopes to later obtain her master’s degree as well.
Congratulations Cameryn!
PREVIOUS SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS
2024 SADIE BASSITT, CARSON DEVER
2023 GARRETT DIXON
2022 KYLE NEELEY, TAYLOR SANZO
2021 LILU SMITH, NICK LAURO
2020 JADEN ERWIN, NATE MINZLER
2019 LEAH DEANER, BRANDON SHAW
2018 MADISON OSWIANY, MADISON STIFFLER, WILLIAM HRIVNAK
2017 KAYLEE JOSEPH, TREW CHAFFIN, DAVE DOWNEY
2016 ANTONIA PETER, ANGELA LEONE
2015 TORI PAPPAS, CARLY SCHOONOVER
2014 KELLY BISHOP, ANDY JOHNSON, NICK EVANS
2013 KELSEY FERGUSON, MORGAN WILES
2012 MARY WELLS, CONNER SARICH
2011 MAGGIE TAYLOR, JAMIE ROBINSON, KAITLIN MILBURN
2010 DASAN WILLIAMS, KEVIN GEARY
2009 BLAIR BLUMENSCHEID
2008 KATHERINE FISHER, ADAM ZINK
2007 MISTY GALLION, TRANG NGUYNEN
2006 ALLYSE HARRAH, ASHLEY STAHURSKI
2005 MICHELLE HOUSE, JENNIFER JAY
2004 TIFFANY THARP, JERRICA PATTON
2003 ANDRIA THOMPSON, TRISHA REID, MELISSA SHY
2002 CHAKA WILSON
2023 GARRETT DIXON
2022 KYLE NEELEY, TAYLOR SANZO
2021 LILU SMITH, NICK LAURO
2020 JADEN ERWIN, NATE MINZLER
2019 LEAH DEANER, BRANDON SHAW
2018 MADISON OSWIANY, MADISON STIFFLER, WILLIAM HRIVNAK
2017 KAYLEE JOSEPH, TREW CHAFFIN, DAVE DOWNEY
2016 ANTONIA PETER, ANGELA LEONE
2015 TORI PAPPAS, CARLY SCHOONOVER
2014 KELLY BISHOP, ANDY JOHNSON, NICK EVANS
2013 KELSEY FERGUSON, MORGAN WILES
2012 MARY WELLS, CONNER SARICH
2011 MAGGIE TAYLOR, JAMIE ROBINSON, KAITLIN MILBURN
2010 DASAN WILLIAMS, KEVIN GEARY
2009 BLAIR BLUMENSCHEID
2008 KATHERINE FISHER, ADAM ZINK
2007 MISTY GALLION, TRANG NGUYNEN
2006 ALLYSE HARRAH, ASHLEY STAHURSKI
2005 MICHELLE HOUSE, JENNIFER JAY
2004 TIFFANY THARP, JERRICA PATTON
2003 ANDRIA THOMPSON, TRISHA REID, MELISSA SHY
2002 CHAKA WILSON