The Larry Horan – Jim Langley Scholarship & The Jack Van Zander Scholarship 2024

Basic Information about the Larry Horan – Jim Langley Scholarship and the Jack Van
Zander Scholarship

The Cal Alumni Club of Monterey County, through the Community Foundation of
Monterey County, will award the Larry Horan – Jim Langley Scholarship and the
Jack Van Zander Scholarship to local high school students who are graduating from
public or private high schools and who will be attending UC Berkeley during the 2024-
2025 school year.

Students applying for the Larry Horan-Jim Langley Scholarship must reside in
Monterey County.

Students applying for the Jack Van Zander Scholarship must reside on the Monterey
Peninsula. The “Monterey Peninsula” is defined as the geographical area served by the
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, the Pacific Grove Unified School District,
and the Carmel Unified School District.

Size of award: Up to $2,500

Selection criteria for the Horan-Langley Scholarship and the Van Zander Scholarship:
The student applicant must have demonstrated excellence in some or all of the categories
of leadership, scholarship, athletics and other extra-curricular activities, and community
service. The student applicant’s financial need will also be a consideration.
The student applicant must submit a Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) to UC
Berkeley by the cutoff date and must enroll for the fall 2024-spring 2025 semesters at UC
Berkeley.

The student applicant must submit a written Scholarship Application Packet to the Cal
Alumni Club of Monterey County no later than Friday, June 14th, 2024. Preferred
submission of completed application packets is by an attachment to an e-mail to John

Durein at: mtrybear2020@berkeley.edu. You may also text it to (831) 402-5725 or
submit the packet in print form to: John Durein, Scholarship Chair, Cal Alumni Club of
Monterey County, 2020 Via Taormina, Monterey, CA. 93940.
If selected for an interview, student applicants must interview with the Cal Alumni Club
of Monterey County Scholarship Interview Committee.

Application Packet for the Larry Horan – Jim Langley Scholarship and the Jack Van Zander Scholarship

Your Application Packet must include:
PART I – PERSONAL INFORMATION
PART II – PERSONAL ESSAY
PART III – HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT
PART IV – COPY OF FAFSA FORM
PART V – SIGNED STATEMENT

To submit completed application packet:
1.) Attach to an email (preferred) to John Durein: mtrybear2020@berkeley.edu (OR)
2.) Text to (831) 402-5725 (OR)
3.) Submit the packet in print form to: John Durein, Scholarship Chair, Cal Alumni Club of
Monterey County, 2020 Via Taormina, Monterey, CA. 93940.

Application for the Larry Horan – Jim Langley Scholarship and the Jack Van Zander Scholarship

CLICK TO DOWNLOAD 2024 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

PART I – Personal Information
Last name_______________________________ First name_____________________________
UC Application ID Number ______
Email address___________________________________
Parent email address_________________________________
Mailing address_________________________________________________________________
Home phone number__________________________________
Your mobile phone number ________________________

List and briefly describe up to five of your activities that best reflect your strongest qualities.
List the name of each activity and your role in that activity. Indicate in which year(s) in school
you participated in that activity.
1.____________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________
2.____________________________________________________________________________
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3.____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
4.____________________________________________________________________________
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5.____________________________________________________________________________

PART II — PERSONAL ESSAY
The Larry Horan – Jim Langley Scholarship and the Jack Van Zander Scholarship are to be
awarded to entering Cal students who have demonstrated excellence in some or all of the
categories of leadership, scholarship, athletics and other extra-curricular activities, and
community service. An applicant’s financial need will also be taken into consideration.
In an essay of up to 1500 words, please respond to the following two prompts.
1. Describe your major accomplishments to date, both in school and out of school, as well as
examples of any or all of your personal qualities, strengths, talents, awards, and life experiences
that you think qualify you for this scholarship.
2. Which of your current activities, if any, do you plan to continue to engage in at Cal? Are there
any new activities that you are looking forward to pursuing at Cal? Which of your skills, talents,
and strengths will you bring to those activities at Cal?
PART III — HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT

PART IV — FAFSA FORM

PART IV – SIGNED STATEMENT

Please sign, below, to acknowledge that you have read the following statement and agree to be
bound by it:

I hereby confirm and certify that all of the information in this application is accurate and truthful
to the best of my knowledge, and written and submitted by me. I certify that I meet all eligibility
requirements as specified on this application. I certify that if I am applying for the Larry Horan
– Jim Langley Scholarship I reside in Monterey County, and that if I am applying for the Jack
Van Zander Scholarship I reside on the Monterey Peninsula.
I release the information in this application packet to the Cal Alumni Association of Monterey
County and its officers and volunteers for the purpose of evaluating my scholarship application.
I understand that the information given is subject to confirmation and that any false
representation or evidence of plagiarism is sufficient cause for rejection of this application, or if I
have been awarded scholarship benefits, that I am liable for the return of all awarded funds.
Should I receive a Larry Horan – Jim Langley Scholarship or a Jack Van Zander Scholarship, I
understand that some of the biographical information included in my application may be released
to the donor(s) of the scholarship, and I authorize the Cal Alumni Association of Monterey
County to share or publish that information for promotional and fundraising purposes.

__________________________________________
(Your signature here)

To submit completed application packet:
1.) Attach to an email (preferred) to John Durein: mtrybear2020@berkeley.edu (OR)
2.) Text to (831) 402-5725 (OR)
3.) Submit the packet in print form to: John Durein, Scholarship Chair, Cal Alumni Club of
Monterey County, 2020 Via Taormina, Monterey, CA. 93940.

CLICK TO DOWNLOAD 2024 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION