Updates on Max Finney Foundation Scholarship
2020 Recipients
The Max Finney Foundation is excited to give you an update on our second set of scholarship recipients now that they are high school graduates! We are so proud of what these two young men have accomplished and the great example they have both been as Max Finney scholars.
Class of 2023 High School Graduates
FEDERICO
Receiving the Max Finney Foundation Scholarship has been the greatest honor I have had in my 4 years at Strake Jesuit. I have carried the responsibility entrusted to me by the foundation every day as I worked to strengthen my relationship with God. The Max Finney Foundation Scholarship helped me and my family financially during a time of uncertainty, thus allowing me to attend Strake Jesuit where I was taught to live my life, not only for myself, but for others as well. The Foundation has also introduced me to many amazing people along the way; getting to know the Finney family and other recipients of the scholarship through book discussions and events is something of immense value to me and will help shape the person I continue to become. The book discussions organized by the Finney family have taught me essential values like determination, discipline, and compassion that I will forever lean on. I am eternally thankful for the support, motivation, and experiences that the Scholarship has provided to me throughout my high school career. After graduation, I am planning to move to UT Austin to study Civil Engineering. I am aware that it will be a new and challenging experience, but I feel ready for it thanks to the Foundation's and the Finney’s continual support. As I move on in my life, I will not forget the impact that the Foundation has had on me and on my search for meaning. I plan to stay in contact with the Foundation and to continue to participate in its activities providing my support and contribution to its growing legacy.
I will be attending The University of Texas at Austin majoring in Civil Engineering
COLLIN
Receiving the Max Finney Scholarship is not so much a life transforming experience, but a life-conforming one because I have grown in the positive qualities that Max exhibited while he was still on earth. The Max Finney scholarship allows Max's zest for life to live on in others through the annual LAX to the Max tournament, the scholarship program, and the community of young men seeking to grow in faith, fellowship, and knowledge through the biannual book study. I can truly say that without the Max Finney Foundation and its generous donors, I would not be the man I am today. I never knew that being chosen to receive financial gifts would be synonymous with being chosen to receive a familial gift because now my family is also the Finney family, my fellow brother awardees, and hopefully Saint Max Finney!
I am planning on attending the University of Texas at Austin for Plan II Honors and Philosophy.