Scholarship

2026 GCAW Bob Sullivan Memorial Scholarships

2026 GCAW Bob Sullivan Memorial Scholarships Registration

The Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin is again offering scholarships to Wisconsin high school golfers, both those who play in the fall high school season and those who play in the spring high school season. Depending on the applications we receive, our hope is to award two scholarships in the amount of $2,500, granting one to our top fall player applicant, and giving the same to our top spring player applicant. Depending on the quality of the applications and then the decisions of the committee and the association board, we may also award runner up scholarships to both fall and spring player applicants. These runner up awards could range from $500 to $1,000, depending on how many applications are chosen as winners. In 2025 we awarded a total of $15,500 in scholarships. Each applicant must meet the following requirements:

  1. A member of a high school golf team for four years.
  2. Must be a senior in high school, graduating in the spring of 2026.
  3. Must attend a college, university, or technical school in the fall semester, immediately following graduation.
  4. The coach of the applicant’s high school golf team must be a member of the Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin. A letter of recommendation from your golf coach is an important part of this application.
  5. Must have at least a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.75 based on an unweighted grading system. Students with an official IEP may be exempt from this requirement upon proof of disability.

The GCAW Scholarship Committee will be looking for proof of:

  • Dedication, commitment, and work ethic.
  • Excellence in areas of service, citizenship, character, and leadership.
  • Excellence in academics and depth of curriculum. Please note that the GCAW will not discriminate based on race, religion, ethnicity, disability, or any other protected class. The GCAW will maintain case histories of all applicants and all recipients, which will include names, addresses, selection committee names, and relationships (if any) to our GCAW officers or donors.

*This scholarship is not in any way based on high school golf performance or potential for future golf success.
*No student who is an immediate relative of a member of the Board of the GCAW will be eligible for the scholarship award, regardless if he or she meets all of the requirements.
*If the winner of this scholarship is attending college on any form of a golf scholarship, they will need to
check with their college coach and the NCAA for approval before accepting this scholarship

Please note that the application, along with all other required information, should be submitted no later than June 5, 2026. The winners of the scholarship will be announced on or just after June 23. Scholarship winners will be informed via email, and winners will also be posted on the GCAW website, and announced via Twitter @GCAOWI .

Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin

Scholarship Award Recipients

Recognizing Excellence in Student Golf · 2013–2025

2025
Scholarship Recipients
Overall Winners$2,500 each
First Runners Up$1,000 each
Fall

McKenna Lowe

Kaukauna · Coach Andy Benson

Southern Indiana U
Fall

Ally Saloun

Portage · Coach Maddison Williams

UW Madison
Spring

Jonas Fechner

Port Washington · Coach Rory Palubiski

UW Madison
Spring

Jonah Gentry

Xavier · Coach Ross Visocky

UW La Crosse
Spring

Drew Misiak

Menomonee Falls · Coach Shane Cox

UW Platteville
Spring

Henrik Thompson

Mosinee · Coach Donald Winter

UW Madison
Second Runners Up$750 each
Fall

Macy Clegg

Brookfield East · Coach Mike Serath

U of Notre Dame
Fall

Amelia Eiting

Little Chute · Coach Stephanie Burry

UW Madison
Fall

Gillian Herrala

Seymour · Coach Mick Herrala

U of Iowa
Fall

Danika Knuteson

Mukwonago · Coach Erin Bartlett

UW Madison
Fall

Annika Searles

Neenah · Coach Adam Hendrickson

St. Olaf College
Fall

Elizabeth Vanderhei

Mukwonago · Coach Erin Bartlett

UW Whitewater

2024
Scholarship Recipients
Overall Winners$2,000 each
First Runners Up$1,000 each
Fall

Payton Schmidt

Jefferson · Coach Jeff Schmidt

Spring

William Schlitz

Eau Claire Memorial · Coach Tom Savaloja

Second Runners Up$750 each
Fall

Katelyn Scannell

Kewaskum · Coach Casey Scheel

Fall

Kaitlyn Bohl

Bloomer · Coach Mark Dachel

Fall

Krista Longden

Pewaukee · Coach Neil Scannel

Spring

Andrew Carlson

Mosinee · Coach Donald Winter

Spring

Carter Vrieze

SPASH · Coach Mark Lesinski


2023
Scholarship Recipients
Overall Winners$2,000 each
First Runners Up$750 each
Fall

Paige Lolwing

Lancaster · Coach Brooke Marcue

Fall

Madeline Allen

Freedom · Coach Jay Abitz

Spring

Lukas Paulson

Clear Lake · Coach Jan Monson

Spring

David Eapen

Heritage Christian · Coach Thomas Sells

Second Runners Up$500 each
Fall

Brin Neumann

Tomah · Coach Tonya Gnewikow

Fall

Josie Clegg

Brookfield East · Coach Mike Serath

Fall

Lily Schick

Brookfield East · Coach Mike Serath

Fall

Claire Pommier

St. Croix Central · Coach Logan Kimberly

Spring

Alex Weiss

Edgewood · Coach Jordan Brown

Spring

Drew Albert

Tomahawk · Coach Garth Gerstenberger


2022
Scholarship Recipients
Overall Winners$2,000 each
First Runners Up$750 each

Grace Benish

Reedsburg · Coach Jesse Monte

UW Madison

Kendall Callery

Superior · Coach Ed Willie

UW Madison
Second Runners Up$500 each

Nolan Ahler

Elkhorn · Coach Brett Weber

UW Madison

Reed Christianson

Wabeno · Coach Tyler Anderson

Carthage College

Noah Gage

Marathon · Coach Luke Jacobson

Marquette University

Carly Lois

Westosha · Coach Ryan Dahl

UW Madison

Kathleen Steiner

Tosa East · Coach Steve Gastrau

UNLV

2021
Scholarship Recipients
Overall Winners$1,000 each
Runners-Up$500 each

Brett Elkin

Chippewa Falls · Coach Chris Kolinski

Natalie Hoege

Waunakee · Coach Paul Miller

Eve Ihlenfeld

Slinger · Coach Michael Hamm

Madilyn Kaiser

Pulaski · Coach Sarah Koehls

Connor Keenan

Waunakee · Coach Betsy Zadra

Brittany Koeberl

Bay Port · Coach Jeff Johnson

Will Meganck

Waunakee · Coach Betsy Zadra

Hunter Neumann

Tomah · Coach Randy Neumann

Reagan Stuke

Kettle Moraine · Coach John Sams


2020
Scholarship Recipients
1st Place$1,000 each
1st Runners Up$750 each
Fall

Lauren Bonetti

Green Bay Preble · Coach Ray Johnson

Spring

Josh Teplin

Homestead · Coach Steve O’Brien

2nd Runners Up$500 each
Fall

Makenzie Hodson

Middleton · Coach Becky Halverson

Fall

Samantha Krutz

Brookfield Central · Coach Brian Scrobel

Fall

Annika Tordsen

Wausau West · Coach Lisa Peck

Spring

Nathan Busch

Platteville · Coach John Sponslor

Spring

Alec Nicholson

Plymouth · Coach Jeremy Ross

Spring

Brandon Wilde

Palmyra-Eagle · Coach Duane Wilde


2019
Scholarship Recipients
Overall Winner$2,000
1st Runners-Up$1,000 each

Jack Anderson

Brookfield Central · Coach Brian Scrobel

Bradley Buechel

Kewaskum · Coach Casey Scheel

Courtney Koeberl

Bay Port · Coach Jeff Johnson

Bonnie Jin

Brookfield Central · Coach Brian Scrobel

2nd Runners-Up$500 each

Annie Balduzzi

La Crosse Aquinas · Coach Andy Foley

Isabella Dory

Menomonee Falls · Coach Tony Pritchard

Karleigh Wolf

Little Chute Career Pathways Academy · Coach Kevin Pratt


2018
Scholarship Recipients
1st Place$1,000 each
1st Runners-Up$750 each

Shealyn McCoy

La Crosse Aquinas — Girls

Payton Nelson

Medford — Boys

2nd Runners-Up$500 each

Emily Balding

Brookfield Central — Girls

Erin Ericson

Onalaska — Girls

Grace Pugh

Franklin — Girls

Rory Gierhart

Madison Edgewood — Boys

Hans Meganck

Waunakee — Boys

Garrett Schultz

Sheboygan North — Boys


2017
Scholarship Recipients
1st Place$1,000 each
1st Runners-Up$750 each

Jessica Kuzniewski

Waukesha West — Girls

Peter Dorward

Cedarburg — Boys

2nd Runners-Up$500 each

Brooke Marcue

Lancaster — Girls

Megan Russell

New Berlin Eisenhower — Girls

Reagan Beyer

Oshkosh West — Girls

Jason Jaworski

Wausaukee — Boys

Jacob Michel

Lodi — Boys

Alex Brandt

Chilton — Boys


2016
Scholarship Recipients
1st Place$1,000 each
Runners-Up$500 each

Rachel Anderson

Waunakee — Girls

Amanda Egbert

Kohler — Girls

Heather Hammil

Milton — Girls

Bailey Schmidt

Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau — Girls

Hunter Gage

Marathon — Boys

Mathew Pamperin

Onalaska Lutheran — Boys

Stephen Quakkelaar

Mukwonago — Boys

Taylor Thomas

SPASH — Boys


2015
Scholarship Recipients
1st Place$1,000 each
Runners-Up$500 each

Abigail Chase

Beaver Dam — Girls

Riley Gulbronson

Kaukauna — Girls

Kayla Priebe

Fox Valley Lutheran — Girls

Rachel Thornton

Middleton — Girls

Jackson Eversoll

McFarland — Boys

Ryan Frank

Fox Valley Lutheran — Boys

Nick Shortreed

Mukwonago — Boys

Samuel Soda

Princeton — Boys


2014
Scholarship Recipients
1st Place$1,000 each
Runners-Up$500 each

Arianna Day

Platteville · Coach John Sponsler — Girls

Marissa Ellner

Pulaski · Coach Sarah Kohls — Girls

Amanda Fiorentino

West Bend · Coach Andrea Rodenkirch — Girls

Zach Hentrich

Lancaster · Coach Brad Sturmer — Boys

Jacob Linse

Jefferson · Coach Jeff Schmidt — Boys

Robert Shlimovetz

Portage · Coach Ed Carlson — Boys


2013
Scholarship Recipients
$1,000 Scholarship
$500 Scholarship

Carly Vanderheyden

Notre Dame Academy · Coach Brian Bobinski — Girls

Mitch Toso

Monona Grove · Coach Mark Esch — Boys

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