Scholarship Endowment Fund

The largest alumni club scholarship fund in the country.

Since 1988 the club has sent Collier County honor students to Ohio State. Today the endowment stands at more than $1,000,000, and every dues payment and raffle ticket adds to it.

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$15K

Endowed at OSU, Feb 1991

$100K

Reached in 1997

$355K

Through the 2000s

$1M+

Today

2026-2027 scholars

Congratulations to this year's students

Past scholars →

Senior

Julia Goldsberry

Majoring in Biology

Senior

Liam Casey

Majoring in Mechanical Engineering

Freshman

Mia Hristovski

Majoring in International Business

For students

How to apply

Scholarships go to Collier County students who are accepted at Ohio State. Applications run through ScholarshipUniverse, which hosts every alumni club scholarship.

Log in to osu.scholarshipuniverse.com with your Ohio State username (lastname.#). Need help activating it? Call Buckeye Link at 614-292-OHIO.
Complete or update your profile each year before the Ohio State priority date for maximum aid consideration.
Questions? Contact scholarship chair Marsha Turck at [email protected] or 813-951-8081.

Open ScholarshipUniverse

For donors

Three ways to give

Give online through Ohio State

Use Give Now and enter fund number 600136. OSU processes the gift, notifies the club, and sends you a letter for your records.

Give Now at OSU →

Mail a check

Payable to Ohio State University Foundation, designated for the Club's Scholarship Endowment Fund, to P.O. Box 111814, Naples, FL 34108. The club forwards it and you receive letters from both.

Add it to your dues

Tick the donation box when you join or renew. Membership →

Questions on donations: Charlie Kerwood, 239-250-4222, [email protected]

Club members at the annual scholarship golf tournament

How the fund grows

Raffles, auctions, golf and happy hours.

Nearly every club event carries a small fundraiser: a 50/50 at the game watch, a silent auction at the Signature Event, foursomes at the golf tournament. In 2011 the Naples Dollars for Buckeye Scholars campaign carried the fund past $1,000,000. Want to help or sponsor an event? Email [email protected].