The Alice Wood Memorial Scholarship

2007 Highlights

Lindsey Sprague is the recipient of the 2007 Alice Wood Memorial Scholarship.  Lindsey will attend Seattle Pacific University.

2006 Highlights

Dan Weedin presents 2006 Alice Wood Memorial Scholarship to Jessie Eadie

The third annual Alice Wood Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Jessie Eadie.  Jessie was a two-year varsity letter winner, was voted Most Improved Player by her teammates in her junior year and Most Inspirational in her senior year.  In addition, she received the “Coaches Award” because of her responsibility, loyalty and overall commitment to her team and the school.  Jessie is attending Olympic College.

Nearly $4,000 has been raised through 2006.  Our goal is to establish an endowment of $10,000.  Please contact the NKEF if you would like to donate to this scholarship.

Alice Wood

                      Alice Wood

The Alice Wood Memorial Scholarship was started in 2004 in memory of our friend, teammate, and student-athlete, Alice Wood.

 Alice was a member of the North Kitsap Class of 2001 and was active in Girls Basketball, Volleyball, Fastpitch, and Athletic Medicine.  She was named the 2001 Joe Shandera Award Winner as Outstanding Female Athlete.

 Halfway into her Freshman year in college, Alice was diagnosed with an aggressive form of Krohn’s  Disease.  She battled the disease valiantly, however contracted an infection after hip replacement surgery, and died in the spring of 2003.

 Alice Wood was a great person, teammate, and friend.  Her unselfish nature and strong leadership skills were significant in her role as a team player.  Her caring and fun-loving nature made her a friend to all who knew her.

 The 2003-04 North Kitsap Girls Basketball team initiated the scholarship to honor Alice and carry on her spirit in the program.  The Girls Basketball program has established a scholarship/endowment of $500 to be given annually to a girl basketball player.  The North Kitsap Education Foundation (NKEF) is administering the scholarship.  A player is nominated by her teammates for the following attributes:  Leadership, Unselfishness, Team Player, Work Ethic, and Friendship.  These were the attributes Alice contributed to the NKHS Girls Basketball Program.

Previous Recipients

Katie Swanlund (left) and Molly McCluskey were the first two Alice Wood Memorial Scholarship recipients.

In 2004, the scholarship was awarded to Katie Swanlund, a junior and two-year letter winner in the North Kitsap High School Girls Basketball program.  The 2005 scholarship was awarded to senior, Molly McCluskey, a three-year varsity letter winner and multi-sport athlete.