CHRIS KUGLER MEMORAIL SCHOLARSHIP TRUST

RYAN EIDSON, TRUSTEE

40007 N. 123rd Terrace

Kansas City, KS66109

913-721-3294

Chris Kugler, a 1992 graduate of PiperHigh School, was a six foot five Korean born American, who possessed the kind of presence that transformed the space in which he stood. Still, there was no one around him that was so small, so frail or so different not to be worth the time he took to show them that he genuinely cared about them. Chris died in a canoeing accident in Park City, Utah on March 25, 2001.

In Chris’s memory and in an effort to sustain his legacy in the classroom, athletics and his commitment to his community, a group of Chris’s friends, together with his parents, have created the Chris Kugler Memorial Scholarship Trust. The Trust provides annual scholarship grants to a graduating PiperHigh School senior. Each PiperHigh School graduating senior is qualified to submit a scholarship application, except students who are related to the Trust’s Trustee, Ryan Eidson, or any of its Directors, who are: Charles Kugler, Ryan Eidson, Adam Turley, Luke Folscroft, Steve Turney, James Turney, Brad Lightfoot, Jason Knetter, and Terry Eidson. The scholarship trust is primarily funded through an annual golf tournament in Chris’s name.

This year, the Trust is pleased to offer scholarship grants of $500 for eight semesters of college or university study ($4,000 total) to one graduating senior chosen by the Directors. The Directors will also choose an alternate student who will receive the grants if the original recipient does not enroll in a college or university for the first fall semester after being awarded the scholarship.

Each applicant’s name and any other identifying information will be removed from his or her application by the PiperHigh School guidance counselor, so the Directors will not know the identify of the applicants when they choose the grant recipient. The grant recipient and the Trust will enter into a scholarship contract that sets out the specifics of the scholarship grant. For more information, please refer to the “Description of the Trust” that is available from the PiperHigh School guidance counselor or discuss your question with the guidance counselor.

Do not contact the Trust’s Trustee or any Director regarding any scholarship matter.

If you are qualified and want to submit a scholarship application, please type (do not complete in handwriting) your answers to the questions on the following page and return your application to Mrs. Eckard by April 26, 2014. Attach additional typed pages, if necessary. The scholarship grant recipient will be announced in May at the Senior Breakfast.

CHRIS KUGLER MEMORIAL SCHOLARHIP TRUST

Scholarship Application

Answer the following questions, using as much space as needed.

  1. Please list any organizations/activities in which you have been a member of or involved in (academic, athletic, civic, religious, social, etc).
  1. Please tell us about your employment, volunteer, and internship experiences.
  1. Describe your future education plans.
  1. What is the approximate amount of income for both of your parents for the past year?

_____Under $25,000 _____$25,000 to $40,000_____$40,000 to $70,000

_____$70,000 to $100,000 _____Over $100,000

  1. Please list the ages of any siblings who live at home or are attending college at this time?
  1. Please explain why you believe you should receive the scholarship and how it will make a difference in your plans to continue your education.
  1. If you could have dinner with one person living or deceased, who would you chose and why? What one question would you ask the person?