2024–2025
Scholarship Recipients
A Beacon of Light and Hope
Pursuing education is a roadmap for recovery after traumatic injury. It is a chance to pursue a new chapter, offering student-athletes who are driven and competitive by nature, a sense of purpose, independence, and well-being. Completing a degree and excelling in the classroom is up to the individual—a path forward. We welcome you to meet our current recipients and learn more about their triumphant stories.
"Swim with Mike has been a pillar I can rely on every semester..."
Josh Brewer
University of Texas Arlington
"Through the ups and downs of my educational journey, Swim with Mike has been a pillar I can rely on every semester. Thank you Swim with Mike!"
Read MoreAlex Uppenkamp
San Diego State University
"I feel very fortunate to have the Foundation's support. School has always been something that I have found pleasure in as I enjoy the challenges of learning new things and applying those to life. I am looking forward to achieving my academic goals and helping other newly injured athletes along this journey."
Read More"Thank you to the Swim With Mike Family!"
Ella Ivie
Lousiana State University
"The Swim With Mike scholarship has opened the door to academic opportunities that I never thought would be possible after my injury. Not only did they provide me with the financial means to attend Louisiana State University, but they have blessed me with the inspiration and connections that will help me pursue even my biggest academic and professional dreams. Thank you to the Swim With Mike Family!"
Read More"Because of my scholarship, I can focus all my attention on academics and swimming."
Jack O'Neil
University of Wyoming
"As a swimmer, I experience the ripple effect every day. One small positive action can set off a continuation of much larger positive actions within myself or my teammates. As a Swim with Mike scholarship winner, I am committed to creating a ripple effect within my team and the NCAA. As the first swimmer with a disability on the University of Wyoming Men’s Swim Team, I hope to have a greater impact on the inclusion of disabled athletes across the NCAA. I may be the first, but I hope to create a ripple effect so large that in the future, all teams are recruiting disabled athletes and the NCAA will create equal competition opportunities for those athletes. Because of my scholarship, I can focus all my attention on academics and swimming, and I am so thankful for the support from Swim With Mike."
Read MoreEducation is the Great Equalizer:
A Path Forward for Student-Athletes to
Realize New Opportunities
The impact of an educational scholarship is two-fold: it develops the individual and it illuminates a new path after a catastrophic, life-altering event. Beginning an undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral program levels the playing field and allows scholarship recipients to reimagine their future and reshape themselves as individuals. The positive energy and challenges faced in the classroom builds self-esteem, self-reliance, and the ability to achieve great success as an independent person. The university experience offers the fundamental building blocks to pursue professional passions, stimulate innovation, and move their life forward.
As student-athletes, Swim with Mike Foundation scholarship recipients are challenged to push through life-altering obstacles and serve as pillars of courage and hope for those that follow in their wake.
By supporting a campaign, you are enabling current recipients to ride the wave of the Ripple Effect where they can raise money to help future student-athletes achieve success through an academic scholarship.
