Earlier this year, the York Suburban Girls Basketball Team, recognized by the York-Adams League for their outstanding sportsmanship, were awarded the Gretchen Wolf Swartz Sportsmanship Award. This distinction made it possible for the team’s seniors to apply for scholarships available through the Gretchen Wolf Swartz Scholarship Fund. Mrs. Swartz refereed girls high school basketball from 1981-1995. Her fellow York County Interscholastic Athletic Association officials, set up a sportsmanship award and scholarship after her death in 1997 to honor Mrs. Swartz’s dedication and example of excellent sportsmanship on and off the court.
On Monday, May 21, representatives of the scholarship fund presented scholarships totaling $57,000 to five senior members of the team at the School Board of Directors Meeting. Kennedy McKee received a $15,000 scholarship and Briaunna Embrey-Banks was awarded a $12,000 scholarship. Gianna Batty-Harrison, Katherine Mooney, and Ali Reinecker each received scholarships worth $10,000.
