ENDOWED PROGRAMS & POSITIONS
Leroy M. Ball Colonial Leadership Academy
The Leroy M. Ball Colonial Leadership Academy (CLA) exists to provide an opportunity for student-athletes to lay the groundwork for a successful collegiate career and productive future post-graduation. Through engaging speakers, workshops, networking opportunities and a service-based capstone project, participants will develop and learn under three key pillars of study: Self-Discovery, Professional Development, & Servant Leadership. Mr. Leroy M. Ball, MBA ’97, is the President and CEO of Koppers and a member of the RMU Board of Trustees.
Pat Gallagher Endowed Men's Basketball Head Coach
The first head coaching endowment for the RMU Department of Athletics was made possible by courtesy of a generous gift from Patrick Gallagher, founder and CEO of PGT Trucking Inc., a former member of the RMU Board of Trustees and a longtime university donor. The first Pat Gallagher Head Men’s Basketball Coach is Andrew Toole, who has been head coach of the Colonials since 2010. Toole has led the Colonials to two NCAA Tournament appearances, two NIT appearances, including a historic 2013 victory over the University of Kentucky, and two appearances in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT).
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ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS
David E. Dick Endowed Scholarship
The David E. Dick Scholarship is awarded to a current student-athlete on the RMU men's golf team, with the largest award and preference given to outstanding incoming freshmen golfers. Members of the team who have caddied for a WPGA Club are given secondary preference. Mr. David E. Dick is co-chairman of Dick Corporation and a 1970 graduate of Robert Morris College.
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The Welling Fruehauf Endowed Scholarship
The Welling Fruehauf Scholarship is awarded to continuing junior student-athletes who maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average (GPA). Fruehauf ('63, M '06) is president and chief executive officer of Fruehauf Group Ltd. and was a long-time member of the RMU Board of Trustees. He is recognized as an Emeritus Trustee.
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Bryan Garvin Endowed Memorial Scholarship
The Bryan Gavin Memorial Golf Scholarship is designated for student-athletes with the men's golf program and is in honor of Garvin, who passed away in February of 2005.
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Tim Hall Memorial Endowed Scholarship
The Tim Hall Memorial Scholarship is awarded to either a junior or senior student-athlete with the RMU football program, with preference given to a minority. The student-athlete must maintain a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.50 to renew scholarship support. The scholarship was created in memory of the former RMU running back who was a sixth round draft pick of the Oakland Raiders in the 1996 NFL Draft. Tragically, in 1998, Tim was shot and killed in his hometown of Kansas City, Mo. Admired and respected by all those who came in contact with him, the Tim Hall Memorial Endowed Scholarship was established in his honor.
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The Hauck Family Endowed Scholarship
The Hauck Family Endowed Scholarship was established by Edward and Jo Ann Hauck to help ensure the financial stability of the RMU men's and women's NCAA Division I programs and to support RMU hockey student-athletes in their educational and athletic pursuits. The scholarship will be awarded to one male and one female student-athlete, who must maintain a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.00.
Susan K. Hofacre Endowed Scholarship
The Susan K. Hofacre Scholarship is awarded to a student-athlete with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.00. Hofacre served as the the Director of Athletics at RMU from 2000-2005 and during her tenure oversaw the development of six new athletic programs and the development of Joe Walton Stadium. She passed away in 2005.
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Brianne Morgan Memorial Endowed Scholarship
The Brianne Morgan Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a student-athlete with the RMU softball program who shows academic promise and maintains a cumulative grade point average of 3.00. The scholarship is named in memory of the former softball standout, an outstanding individual who played for the Colonials in the late 1990s before her tragic passing just days after playing in the 1998 NCAA Tournament. Her legacy has been honored through the scholarship that bears her name, as well as with the naming of the new softball locker room, the Brianne Morgan Memorial Locker Room, located inside the Student Recreation and Fitness Center at the North Athletic Complex.
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Joe Walton Endowed Scholarship
The Joe Walton Scholarship is awarded to an undergraduate student-athlete who demonstrates leadership and teamwork as deemed by the RMU head football coach. The first head coach in Robert Morris history, Walton was hired in 1993 to build the program from scratch and spent 20 years at the helm from 1994 to 2013. During his tenure, Walton led the Colonials to six Northeast Conference (NEC) championships, a pair of ECAC Bowl (1996, 1997) victories and the first NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoff berth in NEC history in 2010.
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Jeremy Wise Memorial Endowed Scholarship
The Jeremy Wise Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a post-graduate and/or a student coach for a four-year letterman that maintained a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.00. Wise was a former student-athlete with the football program and graduated from RMU in 2006. He unexpectedly passed away in 2013.
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