For 27 years, the Joshua L. Anderson Memorial Foundation has been awarding college scholarships to Northern Nevada students who played high school baseball or softball, while achieving academic excellence and maintaining a high level of community and school activities.
The Foundation has announced 12 new recipients, awarding $45,000 in scholarships for 2019.
The 2019 recipients are: Brian Baker from Galena High School, Johnathan Barry from Reno High School, Sruti Bhakta from Battle Mountain High School, Lorena Castaneda from Elko High School, Rhys Finnigan from Damonte High School, Jake Madson from Dayton High School, Shelby Marquardt from Reed High School, Sloane Niccoli from Douglas High School, Andrew Rangel from Douglas High School and JonMikel Ugalde from Manogue High School. Each scholarship award is $3,500.
The Joshua L. Anderson Foundation also awarded the Larry Menante Memorial Scholarship ($5,000) to Joshua Menante from Manogue High School and the Dan Rechenmacher Memorial Scholarship ($5,000) to Kade Quintana from Battle Mountain High School.
The Foundation has awarded $932,500 in scholarships to 309 students/athletes from 33 different high schools since its inception in 1993.
Josh Anderson was a 1991 graduate of Reno High School. He played baseball at Reno National Little League, Reno West Babe Ruth, Reno High School, Reno Knights American Legion and DeAnza College in Cupertino, California.
Anderson died on June 25, 1992, of Sudden Death Syndrome shortly after pitching in the University of Nevada, Reno summer baseball tournament.
