Scholarship Recipients

Every year the House of Gordon USA awards a minimum of three scholarships through our Charles O. Gordon Memorial Scholarship. These are awarded to help the young, and even the young at heart to further their studies in the Scottish Arts. Areas include but not limited to: piping, highland drumming, highland dance, fiddle, heavy athletics, and Gaelic language study. It is our great pleasure to announce our 2025 recipients!!!

The Executive Board awarded $500 Scholarships to:

• Charlotte Stone, a highland dancer from Burlington, Vermont
• Malia Gary, an Intermediate highland dancer from Manvel, Texas
• Savanna Patterson, a heavy athlete from Enterprise, Alabama

We also awarded $250 Scholarships to:

• Andrea Damewood, a Gaelic student from Knoxville, Tennessee
• Ari Brunner, a Premier level highland dancer from Clearwater, Florida
• Nicole Dollins, a bagpiper from Coffee Springs, Alabama
• Shay O’Connor, a Premier level highland dancer from Palm Harbor, Florida

Due to unfortunate circumstances, we have not been able to obtain the name of the winner for Grade 4 Piper of the Day Award at the 2024 Grandfather Mountain Highland Games. If anyone is aware of the winner and knows how to contact him or her, please reach out to: scholarship@houseofgordonusa.org.

A special thanks to our Executive Board Members for their time and service to the Scottish Highland community in making this process a success. Thanks to every House of Gordon USA Member who contributes to this fund. You are the bloodline in supporting our youth. Thank you to all the fine applicants who applied, we wish you all the best in your endeavors and invite you to apply again next year!!!!