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Sports scholarships awarded at
LYIT
09.10.19
LETTERKENNY Institute
of Technology (LYIT) made New Entrant Sports
Scholarship award presentations to 16 students on
Monday, 7th October.
Those awarded the scholarship, which is worth €1,000
to each successful applicant, were selected from the
current academic group of new entrant students, in
recognition of their performance and achievement in
either GAA at Intercounty level or Soccer at League
of Ireland level. |
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LYIT New Entrant Sports Scholarships
Awards 2019 |
The winning New Entrant
Sports Scholarship students for this year are:
- Grainne O Neill, Swinford, Co Mayo, a Mayo U20
player
- Julie Trearty, Carrigart, a Donegal senior player
- Aaron Gillooley, Ballybofey, a Donegal U20 player
- Liam Jackson, Ardee, Co Louth, a Louth minor
player
- Mark McAteer, Letterkenny, a Donegal minor player
- Conor O Donnell, Carndonagh, a Donegal U20 player
- Joseph Greene, Annagry, a Donegal minor Hurling
panelist
- Thomas Hartnett, Dungloe, a Donegal minor Hurling
panelist
- Gabriel Aduaka, Letterkenny, Finn Harps U19 player
- Joel Bradley Walsh, Ballybofey, Finn Harps U19
player
- Conor Doherty, Ballybofey, Derry City U19 player
- Kieran Farren, Carndonagh, Finn Harps U19 player
- Jordan Gallagher, Manorcunningham, Finn Harps U19
player
- Corey McBride, Clonmany, Finn Harps U19 player
- Fionn McClure, Carndonagh, Derry City U19 player
- Lee McLaughlin, Carndonagh, Finn Harps U19 player
In presenting the awards, Billy Bennett, VP for
Academic Affairs and Registrar of LYIT,
congratulated the recipients and complimented the
GAA and Soccer club members in LYIT on having
maintained and enhanced the sporting standards over
the years. Billy commented that the development and
commitment each year, provides the basis for the
expanding sports programme. He also urged these
students to be aware of their academic commitments
and to establish a balance between their sports and
studies in the year ahead. |
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