Craig "Swanny" Swanson Memorial Scholarship Fund

Craig Edward Swanson, a 1983 honors graduate of Frewsburg Central School, was tragically taken from us in September of 1991.

While at Frewsburg, Swanny, as he was always known, was a three-sport athlete; playing football, basketball and baseball. He was an all-league performer, especially talented in baseball, where he was awarded a baseball scholarship to Canisius College. Swanny played four years of baseball at Canisius, and graduated with a degree in Business. His career at Chase Lincoln was flourishing and Swanny continued to play baseball for the Frewsburg Legion semi-professional team.

Craig's family, loved ones, and friends wanted to see him remembered through an annual scholarship given to a senior athlete at Frewsburg, with preference to baseball, who most parallels Swanny's attributes of leadership, will to win, and gregariousness.

The first annual award was presented by Craig's former coach, William Hair, Sr., to Brian Nelson, a June 1992 graduate. Brian attended Baldwin-Wallace College where he played college level baseball. Brian was an honor student and a key member of the high school baseball team.

Taken from the Frewsburg Central School September 1992 newsletter.

Kim Garfield

Ricky Carlson

Alex Miller

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The Craig "Swanny" Swanson Memorial Scholarship committee is solely responsible for selecting the recipient(s) of the scholarship. The committee consists of:
William G. Hair, Sr.
William G. Hair, Jr.
Richal Hair
Mark Derby
Torie Swanson
Payment of the scholarship award would be in January of the following year for second semester reimbursement. It is understood that no award would be made until the student has provided the Community Foundation with proof of enrollment at college. All payments would be made directly to the student and not to the school.
The criteria for the scholarship would be that the scholarship would be awarded to one or more Frewsburg Central School college bound seniors who have participated in diamond sports and demonstrated scholarship and leadership abilities.
The award of the scholarship would be approximately $1,500 per year and would be awarded in accordance with the guidelines of the Community Foundation. The committee would determine the number of the awards and the amount. No application is needed.