For twenty-one years, the Joshua L. Anderson Memorial Foundation has been awarding college scholarships to Northern Nevada students who played high school baseball or softball, while achieving academic excellence and maintaining a high level of community and school activities. The Foundation has just selected 10 new recipients for 2013.
The 2013 recipients are: Larissa Sanchez from Spring Creek High School; David DeAndreis from Battle Mountain High School; Emily Harris from Whittell High School; Amanda Harris from Whittell High School; Bailey Oos-Johns from Fernley High School; Graham Macmillan from Reno High School; Shannon Wessel from Galena High School and Dalton Ridgway from Elko High School. Each scholarship award is $2,500.
The Joshua L. Anderson Foundation also awarded the Larry Menante Memorial Scholarship to Nathaniel Nolan from Damonte Ranch High School and the Dan Rechenmacher Memorial Scholarship to Jared Jensen from Pershing County High School. Both scholarships are given to students who have overcome great odds making it into college.
The Foundation has awarded $697,500 in scholarships to 229 students/athletes from 33 different high schools since its inception in 1993.
Josh Anderson was a 1991 graduate of Reno High School. He played baseball at Reno National Little League, Reno West Babe Ruth, Reno High School, Reno Knights American Legion and DeAnza College in Cupertino, California. Anderson died on June 25, 1992, of Sudden Death Syndrome shortly after pitching in the University of Nevada, Reno summer baseball tournament.
