Redmond student earns $5,000 scholarship from OnPoint, OSAA
Published 8:56 am Tuesday, June 25, 2024
- Jillian Bremont of Redmond High earned a scholarship from OnPoint and the OSAA.
OnPoint Community Credit Union and the Oregon School Activities Association awarded six graduating seniors scholarships worth up to $10,000.
The awards are part of the 2024 OnPoint Community Credit Union Scholar Program. The program recognizes graduating Scholar Athletes and Activity Scholars from OSAA member schools with two $10,000 scholarships and four $5,000 scholarships.
Among the four winners of the $5,000 scholarship is Jillian Bremont of Redmond High School.
OnPoint received more than 450 applications from 164 OSAA member schools this year.
OnPoint’s Scholar Program honors graduating Oregon high school seniors who have earned a 3.50 or higher unweighted cumulative grade point average and have earned a varsity letter in an OSAA-sanctioned sport or competed in an OSAA-sanctioned activity.
Bremont participated in soccer, basketball, track and field and cheerleading during her time at Redmond High.
According to scholarship organizers, “Bremont uses her passion for sports to serve young members of the local community, coaching youth soccer and basketball teams and volunteering with the Redmond Swim programs and Unified Sports teams on campus.”
During the pandemic, Bremont helped with the Redmond Cares program, gathering goods and household items for impacted families. She spendt every morning before school helping at an early childcare program at a local elementary school while also juggling two jobs.
Bremont earned a 4.346 weighted GPA and graduated with 56 college credits.