Graham Morin Memorial Scholarship Committee announces the 2008 recipients.

The Washington State Wrestling Coaches Association and the family of Graham Morin are very pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Graham Baker Morin Memorial Scholarship Awards. Friends, family, and coaches established this annual scholarship in order to provide assistance to the wrestlers that excel in the classroom, as leaders, and on the mat.  Both of our winner’s demonstrated outstanding academics while juggling very active high school schedules which include athletics, community service, and other extracurricular activities.

This years winners are:

Clete Hanson
Clete is a senior at East Valley High School in Spokane and plans on wrestling for Simon Fraser University in the fall.  His list of accomplishments includes: ASB President, 3.7 GPA, WIAA State Champion, USA Wrestling All- American, GSL Winter Scholar Athlete, and the Sportswriters and Broadcasters Sportsmanship Award.

Brad Perry
Brad is a senior at Snohomish High School and plans on wrestling for Boise State in the fall.  His list of accomplishments includes: ASB vice-president, 4.0 GPA, WIAA State Champion, and 2 time Academic State Champion.

Please join the wrestling community in congratulating these winners and their parents. We are proud of their accomplishments and look forward to hearing about their future successes.  The Scholarship Committee wants to convey the difficulty of arriving at this final decision given the number of worthy applicants. The competition was particularly close and we proud of all the all applicants for their accomplishments. Graham Morin has inspired many young wrestlers to greatness and in his memory this scholarship will continue to do the same.

If you are interested in helping to grow the scholarship fund, so that future wrestlers might benefit, please refer to our website at <http://www.washingtonwrestling.com/scholarship/index.htm>