
UICC Leo T. Walsh Scholarship Program
Applications for the Leo T. Walsh 2023 Scholarship Program are available here.
Completed applications are due March 17, 2023.
Eligible applicants are 8th graders continuing to high school and high school seniors entering a university or college in the fall of 2023. Applicant’s chosen school must require tuition and/or fees as awards are only payable to the institution. Please note that California Community Colleges are ineligible. All scholarship awards must be used by March 17, 2024.
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UICC Leo T. Walsh Scholarship Program
2700 45th Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94116
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2022 Leo T. Walsh Scholarship Finalists
~ High School $1,000 Scholarship ~
Leo T. Walsh Memorial Scholarship (3)
Abby O’Brien – Mercy High School – University of Mississippi
Connor Mcilvain – Bellarmine Preparatory – University of Notre Dame
Kathleen Ferry – Mercy High School – University of Nevada, Reno
Mike & Nancy Walsh Scholarship (3)
Mary Rose Canniffe – Burlingame High School – University of California, Davis
Katie Page – Marin Catholic High School – University of California, Berkeley
Thomas Murphy – Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory – University of California, San Diego
Sean Noonan Moylan Memorial Scholarship (2)
Maura Baglin – Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory – University of Arizona
Colin Spear – Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory – University of Nevada, Reno
Jim & Sheila Lucey Family Memorial Scholarship (2)
Brendan Cassidy – Marin Catholic High School – Fordham University
Molly O’Connell – St. Ignatius College Preparatory – University of California, Santa Barbara
Margaret Keohane Memorial Scholarship (2)
Nicholas Mibach– Archbishop Riordan High School – University of Portland
Aidan Ring – Archbishop Riordan High School – California State University, Long Beach
Thomas J. Donohoe Memorial Scholarship
Noelle Hurley – St. Ignatius College Preparatory – University of Portland
Ryan Carney – Sacred Heart Preparatory – University of Notre Dame
Kolping Society Of San Francisco Scholarship
Zita Forde – Gateway High School – University of California, Santa Cruz
Anne Giovannelli – Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory – Portland State University
Joseph P. Driscoll Memorial Scholarship
Will Haskell – Archbishop Riordan High School – Chapman University
Lynch McGuire Irish American Scholarship
Ava Maguire – Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory – Boise State University
Mary Looney Memorial Scholarship
Shane Gavney – St. Ignatius College Preparatory – University of Colorado Boulder
Kathleen Cummins Gargano Memorial Scholarship
Caroline Cooper – Archbishop Riordan High School – Grand Canyon University
Kathleen “Katie” Engler Winter Memorial Scholarship
Aidan Noland – De La Salle High School – Gonzaga University
Tom & Patricia Hayes Family Scholarship
Barry Cahalane – Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory – Sonoma State University
San Francisco Youth Gaelic Athletic Association Scholarship
Matthew Duggan – St. Ignatius College Preparatory – University of San Francisco
Thomas J. & Felipa Cahill Memorial Scholarship
Samantha Laffey – Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory – Boise State University
Lynn & Rodger Burkart Family Scholarship
Thea Falvey – Marin Catholic High School – Pepperdine University
Tom & Peggy Mylett Family Scholarship
Deirdre Smith– Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory – University of Mississippi
Martin & ElizabethHoran Family Scholarship
Allison Madden – Terra Linda High School – Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
John Patrick Brosnan Jr. & Daniel Jeremiah Brosnan Memorial Scholarship
Michael McDonough– St. Ignatius College Preparatory – University of Arizona
Ray & Mary Toolis Memorial Scholarship
Gavin Haskell – Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory – Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Nancy & Tom McGarvey Family Scholarship
Aisling Brady – Gateway High School – University of Portland
Michael McKeon – St. Ignatius College Preparatory – St. Mary’s College
~ 8TH Grade $750 Scholarship ~
Nancy & Tom McGarvey Family Scholarship (4)
Clare Walsh– Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Mercy High School
Dara Murphy – St. Gabriel School – Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory
Francesca Zogaric – St. Cecilia School – Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory
Elena Aguilar – St. Cecilia School – Convent of the Sacred Heart
John Francis Corry Memorial Scholarship (2)
Thomas Wachowicz – St. Cecilia School – St. Ignatius College Preparatory
Chloe Lucey – St. Cecilia School – St. Ignatius College Preparatory
Lynch McGuire IrishAmerican Scholarship
Liam Finnerty – St. Phillip the Apostle School – St. Ignatius College Preparatory
Mary & Jerry Lucey Family Scholarship
Isabel Merriman – St. Brendan School – Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory
David J. O’Connor Memorial Scholarship
Jane Kelly – St. Cecilia School – Archbishop Riordan High School
Ian McGrew Memorial Scholarship
Bridget Maguire – St. Gabriel School – Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory
Diarmuid & Maryann Philpott Scholarship
Caoimhe Cudden – St. Philip the Apostle School – St. Ignatius College Preparatory
Bud & Madeline Duggan Family Scholarship
Margaret Buchholz– St. Cecilia School – Lick-Wilmerding High School
Duggan’s Serra Mortuary Scholarship
Mathew Barden – St. Philip the Apostle School – Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory
Jim& Helen FitzpatrickMemorial Scholarship
Boyd Killion – St. Cecilia School – St. Ignatius College Preparatory
John & Catherine Ring Family Scholarship
Ashling Greene – St. Cecilia School – Archbishop Riordan High School
Steve & Adriene Roche Family Scholarship
Riley Hartnett– St. Cecilia School – St. Ignatius College Preparatory
San Francisco Youth Gaelic Athletic Association Scholarship
Thomas McKeon – St. Cecilia School – St. Ignatius College Preparatory
Joan Kiernan Coyne Memorial Scholarship
Aoibhinn Reidy – St. Cecilia School – Convent High School
Lynn & Rodger Burkart Family Scholarship
Oliver Pailhe – Our Lady of Loretto – St. Ignatius College Preparatory
William “Bill” Kelleher Memorial Scholarship
Fiona Guiney – St. Gregory School – Notre Dame Belmont High School
Kathleen Daly Scholarship
Lily Maguire – St. Cecilia School – Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory
See the 2022 Scholarship Ad in the Irish Herald
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