Florida Tech Panthers Lacrosse Participant Karly Liebendorfer Named 2023 Astronaut Scholar

With a cumulative GPA of three.81, Liebendorfer is a rising senior and midfielder

The ASF was born in 1984 in honor of the Mercury Seven, a choose group of seven astronauts chosen in 1959, the identical yr during which Florida Tech was based.

BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – Karly Liebendorfer of Florida Tech girls’s lacrosse was named a 2023 Astronaut Scholar, as introduced by Astronautscholrship.org.

The scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Basis is awarded to these thought of amongst a few of “the most effective and brightest minds” in science, expertise, engineering, and arithmetic.

The Astronaut Scholarship is awarded yearly to varsity college students throughout the nation, who’re a junior or senior academically pursuing a level within the discipline of STEM and plan additional their schooling in STEM following the completion of their closing diploma.

Liebendorfer is considered one of two Florida Tech recipients this yr, and one of many 68 recipients nationwide, for the 2023 scholarship. Together with Florida Tech, different recipient colleges embody MIT, Purdue, Johns Hopkins, and Georgia Tech.

With a cumulative GPA of three.81, Liebendorfer, a rising senior and midfielder for the ladies’s lacrosse program, has been racking up tutorial awards all yr.

For the 2022-2023 tutorial yr alone, Liebendorfer has earned the title of Excellent Scholar of the 12 months by the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences Division of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering & Sciences, named to the 2023 Sunshine State Convention Spring Honor Roll and the Florida Tech Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

“I used to be tremendous excited after I was notified, I used to be an awardee,” stated Liebendorfer.

“Not solely is it considerably impacting my monetary assist, however it’s opening a door to an incredible community of individuals. I’m most excited concerning the new connections I’m going to make; the inspiration is a big household! I really feel extraordinarily blessed and grateful to be acknowledged amongst many different excellent candidates!”

This previous season, Liebendorfer performed in 14 video games, recording 10 targets and one help for 11 factors, with 17 floor balls, 4 precipitated turnovers, and 6 draw controls.

The ASF was born in 1984 in honor of the Mercury Seven, a choose group of seven astronauts chosen in 1959, the identical yr during which Florida Tech was based.

These seven astronauts, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton have been part of the Mercury program which represented NASA’s first human spaceflight program.

Every founding member was accountable for sponsoring a $1,000 scholarship and fundraising to help future scholarships to later be awarded to varsity college students pursuing a level in STEM. For the reason that creation of the scholarship in 1984, the ASF has awarded almost $8.3 million to almost 800 college students.

In 2023, every recipient is awarded a scholarship of as much as $15,000 in addition to the respect of being named an Astronaut Scholar, the chance to community and mentor astronauts, alumni, and business leaders, of their respective fields.

The scholarship additionally contains an opportunity to take part within the Michael Collins Household Skilled Improvement Program, and a paid journey to Orlando from Aug. 16-19 to attend ASF’s Innovators Week & Gala.

The gala will characteristic the Neil Armstrong Award of Excellence, which supplies a chance for Astronaut Students to current their analysis at a technical convention.

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