MANCHESTER, NH (July 6, 2022) — St. Mary’s Bank, the nation’s first credit union, recently announced the winners of its scholarship awards for the 2022-2023 academic year. Fifteen outstanding applicants received scholarships of $1,000 each.

St. Mary’s Bank increased the scholarship program this year from $12,000 to $15,000, helping more students. 

“We are proud to recognize the hard work and accomplishments of all of our scholarship recipients,” said Ron Covey, St. Mary’s Bank CEO. “I am so impressed by the winners. We wish them the best as they move forward with their education.”

St. Mary’s Bank received over 100 applications, and the scholarship committee made their choices based on school and community involvement, work experience, and applicant responses to essay questions. All scholarship winners are either St. Mary’s Bank members or children of employees.

Recipients of the scholarships were honored in June at a reception at the St. Mary’s Bank headquarters. 

Below is the list of recipients and the schools they currently attend or plan to attend this fall. 

• Aidan Connolly, Worchester Polytechnic Institute
• Alexander Haley, LeTourneau University
• Autumn Simoneau, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Darianna Moschetto, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Services
• Eilish Gunther, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Erin Cayer, Granite State College
• Gayatri Deshmukh, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Services
• Hannah Desmarais, DePaul University
• Jake Silva, Wentworth Institute of Technology
• Jilian Jones, University of New Hampshire
• Jonathan Stodolski, Curry College
• Kyra Defosses, College of William and Mary
• Lauren Cardow, University of New Hampshire
• Trista Voisine, University of New Hampshire
• Van Vong, Southern New Hampshire University

 
Pictured Back Row (left to right): Ken Senus COO, Erin Cayer, Hannah Desmarais, Van Vong, Alexander Haley, Jonathan Stodolski, Ron Covey CEO
Pictured Front Row (left to right): Trista Voisine, Autumn Simoneau, Eilish Gunther, Darianna Moschetto

About St. Mary’s Bank Scholarship Program
Applicants must be enrolled at least half time in a degree-granting community college or public or private college or university for the upcoming school year and may apply every year attending school. Applicants must be a member of St. Mary’s Bank in good standing for at least six months prior to the scholarship submission deadline to be eligible for consideration. The credit union also has an additional scholarship program it offers to employees and to their family members. In 2022, ten scholarships were awarded in the general program, and five were awarded in the employee program. Details and application deadlines are announced on the credit union’s website every spring.

About St. Mary’s Bank
Founded in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1908, St. Mary’s Bank is the first credit union in the nation. It makes progressive financial products and services available and affordable to consumers and businesses. Members enjoy excellent service, competitive rates, low fees, and state-of-the-art banking services. Headquartered in Manchester, New Hampshire, St. Mary’s Bank has eleven branch locations in Manchester, Hudson, Londonderry, Milford, Nashua and Portsmouth, and a mortgage center in Concord. For more information, call 1-888-786-2791 or visit www.stmarysbank.com.