Scholarship Winners

When the Ridgefield Old Timers Association was organized in 1992, one of its primary goals was to honor athletes, scholars, and notable Ridgefielders of the past by establishing a scholarship endowment for RHS graduates of the future. One year after our first Old Timers’ banquet at the Italian American Club, Thomas Gareau was awarded the first ROTA stipend for college study.

In 1997, the association began awarding two stipends, one to a senior girl and another to a senior boy. Since then several deserving RHS graduating seniors received the association’s annual scholarship awards for those deserving and have contributed greatly to our community. 

In 2015, an additional Memorial Scholarship was created to remember individuals who were involved with the Ridgefield Old Timers Organization. This includes Tom Belote and George Hanlon. 

Pictured are the 2024 Ridgefield Old Timers Association Scholarship Winners: Aveline Pomposello and Steven Hergenrother. Abigail Seal and Luke Pereira received the Ridgefield Old Timers George Hanlon Memorial Scholarship.