Scholarship Foundation
Murphy Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Program
Mission Statement: The Murphy Chamber of Scholarship Foundation was founded as a 501 (c) (3) Non-Profit Corporation in 2006. Our mission is to award graduating Murphy resident seniors scholarship monies to further their education, and to date has awarded $151,200 to 96 Murphy students.
The Murphy Chamber of Commerce was formed in April 2003. The Chamber, wanting to give back to Murphy, awarded scholarships of $1000 each to one Murphy resident graduate in the two school districts serving Murphy, PISD and WISD for the next few years. In 2006, the Scholarship Foundation was formed as a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization within the Chamber and awarded two $1000 Foundation scholarships in 2007. Jon Lashbrook served as Chairman from the inception and continued through 2018, during which time the Foundation increased both the Foundation dollar amounts of the award, along with the number of awards presented.
2019 brought new changes to our Scholarship Foundation Program. Jon Lashbrook will continue to serve as Chairman Emeritus with new Chair, Steve Dault. Unlike in previous years, the scholarship awards were not ISD boundary based. 2021’s six awards of $1500 were open to all Murphy resident students who graduated the end of the 2020-21 school year, including CTE (Career and Technical Education) students, home-school and private school students, along with our PISD and WISD college bound Murphy resident seniors.
In recent years, the Murphy Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Foundation has awarded six (6) $1,500 scholarships to Murphy seniors. However, last year, thanks to generous donations we were able to award eight scholarships! Even better news, this year we have upped the amount and will be awarding eight scholarships in the amount of $1,700 each.
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Meet our Murphy Chamber of Commerce 2024 Scholarship Recipients
Ella Hawkins has lived in Murphy 11 years. She attended Plano East Senior High. Will attend the University of Texas at Austin in the fall and major in Communications and Leadership at Moody College of Communications. Her favorite memory in Murphy is going to Maize Days with her family and doing the pumpkin slingshot with her dad.
Emily Rice has lived in Murphy her entire life. She attended Plano East Senior High School. She will be attending Abilene Christian University in the Fall. She will be majoring in Psychology and minoring in German. She plans to become a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist and study abroad in Germany in the future. She will also be participating in the ACU choir. Her favorite Murphy memory is going to Maize Days every year.
Liv Lambert has lived in Murphy for eighteen years. Attended Wylie High School. Will be attending University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, where I will be majoring in Biochemistry, while running on the women’s Cross Country and Track team. She has also been accepted into the UCCS Honors Program. Her favorite Murphy memory is riding my bike to the Travis Farm Park with my dad and playing on the playground.
Aamina Aslam Has have lived in Murphy for about 8 years. Attended Wylie High School. Will attend the University of Texas at Dallas in the fall and major in Neuroscience. Her favorite Murphy memory is going to Murphy Maize Day with my friends and family.
Caden Warner has I have lived in Murphy for 9 years. He attended Plano East Senior High School. Will attend the Canfield Business Honors Program at the University of Texas at Austin in the fall and plan to double major in business honors and finance with a minor in economics. My favorite Murphy memory is going to Murphy Maize Days with my family and playing the carnival games.
Madison Brown has lived in Murphy for 7 years. She attended Plano East Senior High School and plans on pursuing software engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas for her first year, and later continue at Texas A&M or the University of Texas. Her favorite Murphy memories are cheering at football games at Kimbrough stadium and coaching kid’s cheer and gymnastics teams.
Varun Kudva has lived in Murphy for 9 years. He attended Plano East Senior High School. He will attend the University of Texas at Austin in the fall and plans to major in business. His favorite Murphy memories are going to Maize Days with his family and performing with his school’s orchestra at the Murphy Amphitheatre.
Madison Malson has lived in Murphy for 4 years now, but have been visiting since before she can remember. Madison attended Richland Collegiate High School. Will be attending The University of Texas at Dallas and will be majoring in Healthcare Studies. Her favorite Murphy memory is exploring all the local restaurants weekly.
Meet the Previous Years’ Scholarship Recipients
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