Doug Williams Memorial Scholarship
Doug Williams Memorial Scholarship
We are very pleased to be awarding the Doug Williams Memorial Scholarship again in 2024 to recognize two deserving college bound seniors at Montclair High School who have been outstanding in track and field / cross country while demonstrating academic excellence, leadership and community service. This will be the 13th year we have awarded the scholarship. Doug was a graduate of Montclair High School and a beloved member of the Essex Running Club when he was killed by a hit and run driver on Upper Mountain Ave in October 2011. He would have been 62 on May 22 this year.
Doug Williams MemoriaL RUN
Join us at Fleet Feet Montclair on Sunday, May 26 or complete the event virtually!
We will be holding an in person fun run at Fleet Feet Montclair on Sun, May 26 at 7:30 am to help raise money for the scholarship or you can complete the event virtually. There is a special 8 mile memorial route passing by several landmarks in remembrance of Doug or two shorter routes (5K and 10K).The cost is only $10 per person or you can make a donation to support the scholarship if you are unable to run. There will be some light refreshments back at Fleet Feet after the run.
Click on the link below to register for the event or to make a donation. Everyone who registers or makes a donation will be entered in a raffle for a $50 Fleet Feet gift card. All of the proceeds from the event will go towards the scholarship.
PAST WINNERS
This will be the 13th year we have awarded the scholarship and these are all the past winners with the colleges they attended.
2023 - Ava Butler (Ithaca College) and Richard Fortune (New Haven University)
2022 - Kiya Lawson (Howard University) and Reuven Frye (Bates College)
2021 - Stephanie Webb (Lehigh University) and Jessie Legister (Northeastern University)
2020 - Evelyn Battleson-Gunkel (University of Chicago) and Aidan Ward (Wesleyan University)
2019 - Matilda Ferguson (Swarthmore College), Eleanor Keating (Haverford College) and Stefan Urquidi (Jefferson University)
2018 - Elizabeth Cummings (Towson University) and Dale Ross (Wesleyan University)
2017 - Amelia Lufrano (Dickinson College) and Benjamin Cahill (Wesleyan University)
2016 - Lia Schattner (Washington University) and Grant Van Inwegen (Wesleyan)
2015 – Stephani Hayes (Lehigh University) and Connor O’Brien (Rutgers University)
2014 – Eliana Tyler (Vassar College) and Henry Whipple (Hamilton College)
2013 – India Hill (Widner University) and Jackson Brietzke (West Point)
2012 – Carole Johnson and Henzley Meghie