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    In Honor & In Memory

    Army 1st Lt. Mark H. Dooley Memorial Scholarship

    Lt. Mark Dooley

     

     

    ***Dooley Scholarship Applications will be available in February. Essays due to Coach Gravelle by March 1st. Anyone interested in the Lt. Dooley Race of Honorapplications are available at www.southernulsterrotary.org

     

    Mark Dooley attended Wallkill High School and graduated in 1997. He ran under Coach Leo Sladewski and XC/Outdoor Coach Eric Mclaud. Mark was killed on September 19th, 2005 in Ramadi, Iraq when his humvee was hit by an undetected road side bomb.

    Coach McLaud re-named The Will to Win Award to the Lt. Mark Dooley Will to Win award as a tribute to Dooley and his passion for running, both in High School and throughout the remainder of his life.

    Coach Sladewski and Coach Gravelle were very close friends with Mark. Mark often came back to visit them at Plattekill and would come to practices to get a work out with his former coach and friends. Dooley often spoke to the athletes about life, lessons learned and his desire to succeed at his career as well as a runner. Both Gravelle and Sladewski work hand in hand with the Southern Ulster Rotary in planning/organzing/working the Race of Honor held each spring.

    Jennifer Gravelle heads the Mark Dooley Scholarship committee each spring. She and Sladewski choose an athlete or athletes to receive the scholarship. The nominations are then taken to Mark's parents, Peter and Marion Dooley, and the Rotary for final approval.


    Lt. Mark H. Dooley Scholarship Winners:

    2006 Scholarship Winners Brianne Genter and Chris Terrizzi
    Brianne continues to Run for Albright College in PA

    2007 Scholarship Winner Zach Henke
    Zach plays Division 1 Lacrosse at Virginia Military Institute, upon graduation Zach entered Flight School for the US Army as a 2nd Lt.

    2008 Scholarship Winners Jillian Tompkins and Eric VanAernam
    Eric will continue to Pole Vault at Binghamton University in the fall

    2009 Scholarship Winners Arsenia Fuentes and Michael Corrado
    Michael will be running for the College of St. Rose
    And Arsenia be playing soccer/running track for SUNY Ulster

    2010 Delia O'Donnell and Ian Brink
    Ian runs at Mount Saint Mary and both are still avid Race Day Competitors

    2011 Alyssa Crinieri and Pat Boyle

    2012 Erica Maisonet and Colin Chateau
    Erica will play soccer at SUNY IT in the Fall

    2013 Hannah Kelly and Isaiah Berrios Smith
    Isaiah plays football at Western New England College
     
    2014 Ciarra Holmes and Tyler Owen
     
    2015 Victoria  Foti and Ryan Condello
     
    2016 Katherine Walton and Eddie Moran
     
     
    2017 Shannon McElligott and Richard Samuels
     
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • ***Dooley Scholarship Applications will be available in February. Essays due to Coach Gravelle by March 1st. Anyone interested in the Lt. Dooley Race of Honor applications are available at www.southernulsterrotary.org

  • Mark Dooley attended Wallkill High School and graduated in 1997. He ran under Coach Leo Sladewski and XC/Outdoor Coach Eric Mclaud. Mark was killed on September 19th, 2005 in Ramadi, Iraq when his humvee was hit by an undetected road side bomb.

    Coach McLaud re-named The Will to Win Award to the Lt. Mark Dooley Will to Win award as a tribute to Dooley and his passion for running, both in High School and throughout the remainder of his life.

    Coach Sladewski and Coach Gravelle were very close friends with Mark. Mark often came back to visit them at Plattekill and would come to practices to get a work out with his former coach and friends. Dooley often spoke to the athletes about life, lessons learned and his desire to succeed at his career as well as a runner. Both Gravelle and Sladewski work hand in hand with the Southern Ulster Rotary in planning/organzing/working the Race of Honor held each spring.

    Jennifer Gravelle heads the Mark Dooley Scholarship committee each spring. She and Sladewski choose an athlete or athletes to receive the scholarship. The nominations are then taken to Mark's parents, Peter and Marion Dooley, and the Rotary for final approval.

  • Lt. Mark H. Dooley Scholarship Winners:

    2006 Scholarship Winners Brianne Genter and Chris Terrizzi
    Brianne continues to Run for Albright College in PA

    2007 Scholarship Winner Zach Henke
    Zach plays Division 1 Lacrosse at Virginia Military Institute, upon graduation Zach entered Flight School for the US Army as a 2nd Lt.

    2008 Scholarship Winners Jillian Tompkins and Eric VanAernam
    Eric will continue to Pole Vault at Binghamton University in the fall

    2009 Scholarship Winners Arsenia Fuentes and Michael Corrado
    Michael will be running for the College of St. Rose
    And Arsenia be playing soccer/running track for SUNY Ulster

    2010 Delia O'Donnell and Ian Brink
    Ian runs at Mount Saint Mary and both are still avid Race Day Competitors

    2011 Alyssa Crinieri and Pat Boyle

    2012 Erica Maisonet and Colin Chateau
    Erica will play soccer at SUNY IT in the Fall

    2013 Hannah Kelly and Isaiah Berrios Smith
    Isaiah plays football at Western New England College
     
    2014 Ciarra Holmes and Tyler Owen
     
    2015 Victoria  Foti and Ryan Condello
    2016 Katherine Walton and Eddie Moran
    2017 Shannon McElligott and Richard Samuels