Recognition

Charles Perez, Jr. Wrestling Scholarship Fund, Inc.
A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation

• Summary
• 2007 Application: PDF | Microsoft Word
• 2005 Award Winners

The Charles Perez, Jr. Wrestling Scholarship Fund, Inc (CPWSF) is an organization, founded in 2003. Our mission is to provide scholarships to student athletes participating in the sport of wrestling at high schools in Monmouth, Middlesex, and Ocean County.  CPWSF will offer the same support, dedication and positive attributes that Charles carried with him everyday.  We will seek to enhance communication between CPWSF and the wrestling programs in Monmouth, Middlesex, Somerset, Mercer, Hunterdon and Ocean counties.

Plans call for scholarships to be awarded annually, the amount of the scholarship will depend upon the amount of funds available.  This year’s awards will go to students in Regions 5 and 6, from Monmouth, Ocean, Middlesex Somerset, Mercer and Hunterdon counties.  The Corporation has also established a scholarship fund for Charles’ daughter, Candace and his son, Nick.

The CPWSF will be awarding scholarships (essay contest) to high school seniors in the 2007 graduating class.  Each scholarship award will be in the amount of  $500.00 and will be presented at our annual wrestling pre-season banquet, to be held on a Sunday afternoon in Mid-October 2006.  All proceeds from this banquet will go towards the scholarships.

Please take the time to commit and dedicate yourselves to this cause as Charlie Perez dedicated everything in his life, to his family, various wrestling programs and community.  Charlie was always there for everyone’s wrestling program at any time, we depended on him constantly and never did he let us down.  Please be there for Charlie and his family as it is now Charlie’s turn to depend on us.

The Application enclosed is self-explanatory.  It is to be given to the wrestler awarded the 2006 Charlie Perez Jr. Award for your wrestling team. It should be a current wrestler who will be a member of the 2007 Senior Class.  Applications must be postmarked September 30, 2006.  All applicants must have the scholarship application signed by their varsity wrestling coach.  The scholarship will be paid directly to the institution the applicant will be attending, to be applied directly to tuition costs.

Criteria

1) High school senior in the 2007 graduating class from a Monmouth, Ocean or Middlesex, Somerset, Mercer or Hunterdon County High School.

2) Participate in the school’s wrestling program.

3) Overall passing average or higher.

4) Will and/or have applied or been accepted to a vocational, 2 or 4 year college program leading to a skill, trade or profession.

All applications will be given a number for identification by the CPWSF Board of Directors.  The application will then be forwarded to the scholarship committee anonymously.  The scholarship committee will choose the winner with only knowing the application identification number.  The CPWSF President will then identify the applicants chosen by the scholarship committee.

Application Guidelines

Applications and Student Essay must be post marked by September 30, 2006.

1) Complete the enclosed application form.

2) Varsity wrestling coach signs the Scholarship Application Form.
(Optional:  The applicant may include a coaches’ endorsement letter.)

3) Write an essay addressing the following:
What is your fondest wrestling memory or experience that you can describe that really embodies and defines what the sport of wrestling is all about?  What special qualities or characteristics do you think wrestling has instilled in you?

Essay must be typed with a minimum of one page and a maximum of three pages.