Graham Morin Memorial Scholarship Committee announces the 2010 recipient.

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.  This year the committee and Morin family have increased the award to $5,000 awarded over a two year period.  They have also added two community college scholarship awards in the amount of $500 each to both Highline and Yakima Valley.

This years winner is:

Mitch Steed Mitch is a senior at Emerald Ridge HS and plans on attending Oregon State University next year. Some of his accomplishments are as follows: Three advanced placement courses Volunteer with many youth activities (school clubs, youth wrestling, church events, etc.) Honorable GPA (All State Academic @ 189 pounds – WIAA) 3X State participant 2X 4A State placer 2X Washington State Freestyle champion Club wrestler and Judo student

Please join the wrestling community in congratulating Mitch Steed and his parents, Denise and Jeff. We are proud of his accomplishments and look forward to hearing about his 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.

2010 Washington Junior College Recipients:
Highline CC: Travis Metcalf
Yakima Valley CC: Ricarda Garcia

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>