Mike Getz Scholarship

Mike Getz was a 1971 graduate of Sullivan County High School. He was an accomplished high school and college athlete - playing golf, soccer, basketball, and track. Besides sports, Mike was active in theater, various clubs and was a social butterfly known for being the life of the party. Mike went to Penn State University and had a successful career in real estate before passing away in 2022. Known for talking about “Griffin Fever”, Mike was passionate about Sullivan County High School and its sports programs – as a player, fan, and coach. Mike’s friends and family have established this scholarship to assist a male and female student athlete from Sullivan County High School attend an accredited two-or four-year college.

Amount Available: $6,000 for 2 scholarships

• Graduating senior from Sullivan County High School.
• Accepted into an accredited two- or four-year technical school, college, or university.
• This scholarship prefers students that have received at least two varsity letters
• Have a GPA of 80% or higher.
• Please provide a list of school-based activities (including leadership positions, clubs and athletics) as well as community volunteer activities and the number of months or years.
• During his basketball coaching career, Mike told his teams to do three things each day – “Have fun, play hard and be friends”. Please provide a 200-to-250-word essay that describes how your Sullivan County academic, extracurricular and athletic career embodied these three things.
• This scholarship is a merit-based scholarship