In honor of Meghan Strathman ’03, the 15th annual Megs™ Doubles clinic will be held on Sunday, October 14, at the Antone Center Tennis Courts on Leroy Avenue. Registration begins at 8:45 a.m.
Photo album from Megs™ Doubles – CLICK HERE.
Parents/guardians may download a registration form (.pdf) on the Salve Regina University women’s tennis website.
The event has been established to connect the two passions that Meghan Strathman held so dearly … tennis and children. Strathman, an outstanding member of the Seahawk women’s tennis team for three years, earned recognition for her commitment to academic and athletic excellence, and her contributions to the overall development of the athletics program, with the Brother Michael Reynolds Award in 2002. She died in a car accident in April 2003 – one month before her graduation.
An award in honor of Meghan Strathman was established by the Salve Regina athletic department the following year. In addition, when the news of Meghan’s tragic death hit the campus community, her roommates and friends, Kristy Tringali ’04 and Barbara Palmer ’03, organized a spaghetti dinner to raise money for a scholarship fund in her honor. Now, on the 15th anniversary of Strathman’s death, her scholarship fund has benefitted many students.
Strathman had been a student-teacher at the Coggeshall School in Newport before her untimely death. Students from Coggeshall and other area schools have attended previous Megs™ Doubles clinics. Participants are asked to wear athletic clothing including sneakers. Youth racquets are available (courtesy of Wal*Mart) and participants may bring their own.
Anyone interested in making a donation to the Meghan E. Strathman ’03 Memorial Scholarship Fund may contact Katherine Horoschak, Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving, at (401) 341-2438, or by email at katherine.horoschak@salve.edu.
