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  ShareIncoming McGill Recruit Earns Prestigious Tewaaraton Scholarship2019-06-03
 McGill recruit Isaiah Cree Storm has won the Tewaaraton Native American Scholarship.Story courtesy Earl Zukerman, McGill Athletics
Isaiah Storm Cree, an incoming McGill University men's lacrosse recruit from the Akwesasne Mohawk Reservation in upstate New York, is among three recipients of a Tewaaraton Native American Scholarship, presented by US Lacrosse. The announcement was made by the Tewaaraton Foundation on May 24.
Awarded for the 14th consecutive year, the scholarship honors male and female high school students of Haudenosaunee / Iroquois heritage who exemplify high character, leadership and academics, both on and off the lacrosse field. Each recipient is awarded $10,000 (U.S.) for education, spread over their first two years in college.
Cree, a member of the Wolf Clan who is enrolled in the McGill faculty of Arts for the 2019 fall semester, transferred from Massena Senior High School in his junior year to attend Sierra Canyon High School, near Los Angeles. Despite living on the west coast for the past two years, the six-foot, 210-pound midfielder/attackman has placed a great emphasis on public service in his home community back east, having served his people as an academic tutor and, most recently, as a camp counselor for the St. Regis Mohawk School's Johnson O'Malley summer camp program in 2018. He plans to continue giving back to the community and hopes someday to be an ESPN broadcaster that can serve as a positive role model for Native American youth.
"My mother always told me that education is more important than athletics and with the opportunity of attending McGill, I just had to take it," Cree recently told TopLaxRecruits.com.
The two other scholarship recipients announced are siblings Jacelyn and Mirabella Lazore, also from Akwesasne and members of the Wolf Clan. Jacelyn, the older sister, will attend Virginia Tech in the fall, while Mirabella is headed for Dartmouth College. All three award winners are citizens of the Mohawk Nation.
"We're proud of our longstanding partnership with the Tewaaraton Foundation, as well as the opportunity to provide college scholarship support to high school players of Haudenosaunee descent," said Steve Stenersen, CEO of US Lacrosse, which has made a 10-year commitment to the scholarship program and has a goal to honour the sport's Native American roots. "Jacelyn, Mirabella and Isaiah are outstanding student-athletes who represent the sport and its Native American heritage with distinction."
The Tewaaraton Award Ceremony will take place on May 30 in Washington, D.C. More information on the Award and previous scholarship winners can be found online.
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