The Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of our
2025 Lawrence D. Schaffer Endowed Scholarships for non-members.
The Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation offers scholarships for children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of ΣAM alumni and for daughters of fratres. We also have scholarships for high school seniors involved with BBYO, USY or NFTY planning to attend college. For a complete list of scholarships available, go here.
All Scholarship Recipients need to complete the online
2025 Scholarship Acceptance Agreement
before any check is disbursed--Go here!
James Alexander NFTY Scholarship $1000
Carly Sharmat, North Miami FL
Hanno Mott USY Scholarship $1000
Yoni Zacks, Plymouth MN
Sigma Alpha Mu Alumni BBYO Scholarship $1000
Matthew Gelb, Agoura Hills CA
Larry Berman Beta Delta Alumni Scholarship $2,000
Jake Kuch, son of Jeff Kuch (Beta Delta/San Jose State '91) attending San Jose State University
Nu Legacy Scholarship $1,000
Charlie Getz, son of Michael Getz (Nu/Buffalo '95) and grandson of Irvin Raffman (Nu/Buffalo '53). Charlie is attending Univ of Maryland where he has joined the Sigma Alpha Mu Sigma Chi chapter.
Ron Rapchik Mu Phi Memorial Scholarship $1,000
Aidan Gurvitch, grandson of Max Gurvitch (Mu Phi/Long Island Univ '66). Aidan is attending Syracuse University where he has joined the Sigma Alpha Mu Eta chapter.
Helen Sieczkowski Memorial Scholarship $1,000
Jordyn Hirsch, Attending University of Colorado and a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority
Jordyn is the daughter of Michael Hirsch (UCLA '89)
Weiss Brothers & William P. Schwartz Daughters of Fratres Scholarships
William P. Schwartz Scholarships $2250
Cassidy Patterson, Attending University of Nebraska at Kearney and a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority
Cassidy is the daughter of Jared Patterson (Nebraska, '94)
and
Allie Sherman, Attending Univ of Texas Austin and a member of Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority.
Allie is the daughter of Matthew Sherman (Theta/Univ Pennsylvania '96) and the sister of Ben Sherman (Sigma Theta/Texas '24)
Weiss Brothers Scholarship $1000
Jesse Schorr Attending Univ of South Carolina and a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority.
Jesse is the daughter of Jason Schorr (UMass/Beta Epsilon '91), and the sister of Cooper Schorr (Sigma Theta/Texas '24) and Ethan Schorr (Sigma Theta/Texas '19)
Harv Weisblat Aviation Scholarship $5,000
Joshua Sirkin, Attending Indiana State Univ
Joshua is the son of Marc Sirkin (Miami OH '89)
Girson Family Scholarship $1,000
Ava Horn, attending Lakeview High School and attending Western Michigan University