Lilly Kairewich has been selected as the 2022 recipient of both the Curt Greene Memorial Scholarship and the Sweet Karen Scholarship, administered by the Harness Horse Youth Foundation (HHYF).

Kairewich is the daughter of Matt and Haylee Kairewich from Chittenango, New York. She has begun her freshman year at SUNY Morrisville in and is pursuing an associate’s degree in nursing.

“The selection committee immediately recognized the aptitude of Lilly," explained Ellen Taylor, HHYF Executive Director. "While not from a racing family, Lilly will always love harness racing and appreciate what her HHYF experiences taught her which will help both in her collegiate efforts as well as in life."

The Greene Memorial Scholarship is named in honour of the late Communicator’s Corner Hall of Famer Curt Greene, whose passion for harness racing ran deeply. The Sweet Karen Scholarship is named after the HHYF trottingbred, whose patience allowed many young people hands-on harness racing experiences.

Due to the generosity of the David Snyder and International Sound, the following students are the 2022 recipients of the inaugural Harold and Marcia Snyder Memorial Scholarships:

• Kelly Weigle from East Berlin, Pennsylvania will receive $7,500 to pursue her veterinary medicine degree from Lincoln Memorial University;
• Landon Blumenfeld from Winter Park, Florida will receive $3,500 to pursue his mathematics/statistics degree from Arizona State University; 
• Victoria Moore from Washington Court House, Ohio will receive $2,000 to pursue her degree in social work/occupational therapy from Wilmington College;
• Jonas Scott from Warwick, Maryland will receive $2,000 to pursue his degree in computer science/engineering from Bucknell University.

“My family and I are very pleased with the selections of the recipients for the scholarship named in honour of my parents. It is our hope that the financial assistance will help these students continue their educational goals and, hopefully, stay connected to our wonderful horse racing industry,” said David Snyder. “We are also excited to have HHYF administering this effort going forward which helps keep our memories of Stan Bergstein and his immeasurable HTA impact alive as well.”

For more scholarship information, visit hhyf.org or call the HHYF office at 317-908-0029. 

(With files from HHYF)