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.
Ajay Shenoy
University of California, Berkeley
"A scholarship from the Swim with Mike Foundation means the world to me because it not only allows me to take that crucial first step towards reaching my career goals, but it also validates the past five years of self-improvement."
Read More"I have learned to accept what happened and turn it into something beautiful that can help others overcome what I and many other have had to overcome."
Gabriela Durgin
California State University, Sacramento
"I have learned to accept what happened and turn it into something beautiful that can help other overcome what I and many other have had to overcome."
Read More"I would not be where I am today without the optimism of those sharing similar struggles."
Education 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.
