CSUB gets big boost from Kevin Harvick Foundation
By Wheel Thing
Kudos to Kevin Harvick for giving back to the community of Bakersfield in a big way by funding a full academic scholarship to one Cal State Bakersfield student-athlete per year for the next 12 years though the Kevin Harvick Foundation.
The value of the award is $151,200.
The North High grad and former Late Model champion at the old Mesa Marin Raceway (while he was still attending North), made the announcement this morning from Auto Club Speedway in Fontana where he will be racing in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race as he guns for his first series title.
Bakersfield’s Lauren Holderman was presented with the first scholarship.
Holderman is a 2009 graduate of Bakersfield High where she was all-league MVP for two consecutive years and was named Bakersfield's 2008 all-area player of the year. The sophomore is majoring in sociology and maintained a 3.35 GPA during her freshman year. She is also a coach for Bakersfield Club Jamba.
“I wanted this go to to a local student who has lived there and basically doesn’t have the money to go to school,” Harvick said. “Bakersfield has been a huge part of everything we’ve done and I felt it was important to let people know where the money is going.”
Harvick and his wife, DeLana, formed the Kevin Harvick Foundation (KHF) earlier this year to support programs that positively enrich the lives of children throughout the United States. Other programs supported by the KHF include a camper cabin at Victory Junction, Baptist Children's Homes of N.C., Boys & Girls Clubs and Kevin's Krew.
A dinner/auction and a golf tournament was held earlier this year in Bakersfield and Harvick said there will be another golf tournament and dinner here next year.
For more information about the Kevin Harvick Foundation, please visit kevinharvickfoundation.org
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