St. Clair Family Scholarship

St. Clair Family

Speech & Debate Award

Conceived of in 2006 and first awarded in the 2007-2008 academic year, the St. Clair Family has presented this scholarship to graduating seniors at Bridgewater-Raritan High School in New Jersey who have set themselves apart academically and as active leaders on the debate team. A list of recipients and statistics can be found below.

Of the nearly 20 recipients:

• Approximately 30% have been women

•75% have been from 1st-generation immigrant or ethnic minority backgrounds

•Recipients have received 9 post-graduate advanced degrees and 1 Fulbright Award

Recipients have earned Undergraduate and Advanced Degrees from the following universities and programs:

• Stanford

• Harvard

• Drexel

• Hunter

• UPitt

• MIT

• NYU

• Yale

• McGill

• Emory

• Georgetown

• UPenn, Wharton

• UMich Law School

•Columbia/Sciences Po, Dual Degree

•TCNJ/Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School, 7-Year BA/MD Program

1. 2007-2008 — Mr. Abhinav Jain

MIT, undergrad (2012)
UPenn Wharton, MBA (2019)
Investment banking and private equity

2. 2008-2009 — Mr. Abhishek Yeleswarapu & Dr. (Mr.) Paras Minhas

Abhishek

Drexel, undergrad (debated at UPenn, 2014)
Clinical product management career
Professor at Drexel

Paras

The University of Pittsburgh, undergrad (2013)
Stanford University, M.D./Ph.D. (M.D. earned, 2017, still working towards Ph.D.)
Has held various prestigious research fellowships, started non-profit

3. 2009-2010 — Ms. Martha O'Donovan

NYU Gallatin School, undergrad (2014)
Received a Fulbright Fellowship in Zimbabwe
Arrested as an activist in Zimbabwe in 2017 for tweeting against Robert Mugabe, she was held in a state of legal limbo until January 2018.

4) 2010-2011 — Mr. Kevin Sun & Dr. (Mr.) Prashanth Palvannan

Kevin