The Drazen Petrovic Memorial Scholarship
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Monday, December 23,2002 at 7:30 PM New Jersey Nets vs. Chicago Bulls Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.Is it just another NBA game in December ?
Nets were NBA finalists in 2002 playoffs. In 1993 they retired # 3,worn by Drazen Petrovic,the greatest Croatian basketball player ever.Drazen died in 1993 in a tragic automobile accident.His funeral in Zagreb was attended by more than quarter million people.Nets were represented by Hall of Famer Willis Reed,Chris Dudley,Chris Morris and NBA executives.On September 27,2002 Drazen Petrovic was inducted into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.In 1994 the New Jersey Nets established Drazen Petrovic Memorial Scholarship in honor of their fallen star. Every year since 1994 New Jersety Nets provide scholarship to Croatian-American student graduating from New Jersey high school who is accepted to a four-year accredited college in the United States.At half-time ceremony of the Nets - Bulls game on Monday, December 23,2002 this year's Drazen Petrovic Memorial Scholarship winner will be announced.So far, the New Jersey Nets have contributed over $!
120,000 to the Drazen Petrovic Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Drazen Petrovic Memorial Scholarship
The Drazen Petrovic Memorial Scholarship provides financial assistance to Croatian-American students who have graduated from New Jersey high schools and plan to attend four-year accredited colleges in the United States. The New Jersey Nets established the scholarship as a lasting memorial to Drazen Petrovic, the Nets star shooting guard who was tragically killed in an automobile crash in June 1993.
The $10,000 scholarship, payable over four years, is awarded annually to a deserving Croatian-American student who exhibits the same work ethic and will to succeed that made Drazen Petrovic such an intense competitor and unique symbol of Croatian spirit and pride.
YearScholar NameHometownCollege2001Janine BrownSaddle Brook, NJ Cornell University2000Petar CrnogoracBoonton, NJSouthampton College at L.I. University1999Marissa KelloggSummit, NJYale University1998Andrea BertolineRidgefield, NJUniversity of Pennsylvania1997Vedrana KaticWoodridge, NJ Georgetown University1996Sandra CvitanTowaco, NJRutgers University1995Robert GrgurevCliffside Park, NJColumbia University1994Josip GazicNorth Bergen, NJRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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