The Joshua L. Foundation has selected 15 new scholarship recipients from 13 different high schools in northern Nevada and each recipient will receive a $5,000 scholarship.
The 2024 recipients include local student/athletes Maddison McClure (Lowry High School) and Madyson Grenz from Pershing County High School in Lovelock.
The other recpients include Joseph Czyz (Galena High School), Maleia Daley (Smith Valley High School), Lucas Glass (Damonte Ranch High School), Reece Hutchings (Churchill County High School), Danyel Micheli (Carlin High School), Kameron Reed (Carson High School), Eneyde Rios (Oasis Academy College Prep), Luke Sala (Reno High School), Aaron Tekansik (Douglas High School), Talia Tretton (Douglas High School) and Michael Zito (Reed High School).
The Joshua L. Anderson Foundation also awarded the Larry Menante Memorial Scholarship to Samantha Ramsey from McQueen High School and the Dan Rechenmacher Memorial Scholarship to Kiley Wallace from Churchill County High School.
For 32 years, the Joshua L. Anderson Memorial Foundation has been awarding college scholarships to Northern Nevada student athletes who played high school baseball or softball, while achieving academic excellence and maintaining a high level of community and school activities.
The Foundation has awarded $1,240,500 in scholarships to 380 students/athletes from 35 different high schools since its inception in 1992.
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.