Women's soccer midfielder Sheila Menz is one of 35 SU Remembrance Scholars.
Three Syracuse Student-Athletes Among 35 Remembrance Scholars
5/20/2005 12:29:37 PM | Women's Soccer
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholars selection committee has named the 35 students who will be the 2005-06 Remembrance Scholars and the list includes three student-athletes, Brien Flewelling (track and field, high jump), Kevin Kopko (football, long snapper) and Sheila Menz (soccer, midfield).
The scholarships, among the most prestigious scholarships awarded by the University, were founded as a tribute to, and means of remembrance for, the 270 people who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. Thirty-five SU students were aboard the flight, returning to the United States from a semester of study abroad.
Flewelling, an aerospace engineering major, finished second in the high jump at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championship. The Unity, Maine native carries a 3.809 GPA and is a six-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
Kopko carries a 3.882 GPA in bioengineering. Kopko of Collegeville, Pa., made the football team as a walk-on in 2002 and has been a member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll all six semesters.
Menz, a political science major and newspaper journalism minor, holds a 3.955 GPA. The Webster, N.Y. native is also a six-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and she saw action in 12 games last fall and started one.
The scholarships are funded through an endowment supported by gifts from alumni, friends, parents and corporations. Significant support for the Remembrance Scholarships has been provided by C. Jean Thompson ’66 and Richard L. Thompson G’67 in memory of Jean Taylor Phelan Terry ’43 and John F. Phelan, Jean Thompson’s parents; and by the Fred L. Emerson Foundation.
Remembrance Scholars are chosen in their junior year through a rigorous and competitive process. Applicants for the $5,000 Remembrance Scholarship were asked to highlight their University activities, including community service. They also wrote an essay and were interviewed by members of the selection committee.
“We had a particularly strong group of applicants this year. We are seeing many students who are volunteering for Habitat for Humanity, working with disabled children and undertaking a variety of on-campus tasks, such as U-100, Student Association, resident advisor duties, and so on,” says David M. Rubin, dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and chair of the Remembrance Scholars selection committee. “In addition, they did considerable research into the background of the terrorist attack, and they thought about its implications in our current threatening environment. We believe this group will increase knowledge and understanding of the Pan Am 103 bombing across the campus in the next academic year.”
The 2005-06 Remembrance Scholars will be recognized at convocation in Hendricks Chapel in the fall.
For a complete list of the 2005-06 Remembrance Scholars click here.
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