Congratulations to Katherine Juba on being the recipient of Braintree Youth Soccer's David Ringius Scholarship this year.  Katherine came up through the Braintree Youth Soccer program, playing from K-8, participating in the Travel Soccer Program, waking up and refereeing on Saturday mornings at the crack of down in the Fall, participated as one of our in-town mentor-trained referees, received USSF referee certification, and reffed for our Spring Travel U10 games throughout High School.  Katherine continued her soccer career at Notre Dame Academy High School, and graduated this year, after playing on the soccer team there as well. Additionally, Katherine's first mentor during her referee program, was the scholarships name sake David Ringius, and the two developed a bond during her first few years of reffing before she moved up to reffing the older kids games alongside her dad Scott Juba, a long time coach, referee and division director within BYS. We are so proud of Katherine, and look forward to seeing the big things she will do (Katherine is pictured below with BYS President Adam Ringius)!  

For those who aren't aware, Braintree Youth Soccer gives out 2 scholarships to Braintree High School graduates each year; one is named in honor/memory of Nelson Chin to a graduating male and the other in honor/memory of Michael Doheny to a graduating female.  Being cognizant of the fact that we have had many amazing athletes come through our program who go to other private and regional vocational schools, we wanted to reward them as well.  So, 3 years ago, we started a new scholarship in memory of David Ringius, a long time BYS volunteer (1985-1999 for his 3 kids) and then again (2009-2021 for his 5 grandkids) to be awarded to an athlete earning their high school graduation who didn't attend Braintree High School.

The athletes who receive these scholarships must meet the criteria of having played in our program, giving back to the program upon completion (snack bar, coaching, reffing, field crew, etc.), and playing on the High School soccer team during their time.  The combination of positive soccer play, teamwork, and volunteerism, are the pillars on which our program was built, and we are happy to give back in some small way to the future of our former players.