For 25 years, the partnership between the Cleveland Cavaliers and FirstMerit Bank has addressed the importance of higher education. Once again in 2016, 10 graduating high school seniors from Northeast Ohio are receiving a scholarship through the Cavaliers/FirstMerit Bank Scholarship Program. The students represent schools in Cuyahoga, Medina, Stark, Summit and Wayne Counties. Each student will be awarded a check for $2,000 and an iPad.
The criteria for awarding the Cavaliers/FirstMerit Bank Scholarships was based on applicants’ academic achievement, extracurricular activities and submission of a 500-word essay about the most important lesson they’ve learned in life thus far and how they plan to apply that lesson going forward.