Referees serving the Southern New Mexico soccer community since 1978

The KEVIN T. RIEDEL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP was established in 2004 to honor the memory of Kevin, a referee and leader in the soccer community who passed away in an automobile accident on the way to a soccer tournament in California.

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Gifts from many individuals and from both the Las Cruces Soccer Referee Association and Las Cruces Youth Soccer created a permanent endowment at the Southern New Mexico Community Foundation (CFSNM). Annual awards are made to referees who meet the following eligibility criteria:

• Active membership in the Las Cruces Soccer Referee Association

• Graduating high school senior or current good standing enrollment in a higher education institution including professional and trade schools

• Soccer community volunteerism including, but not limited to, service in referee or soccer organizations or coaching.

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The deadline for scholarship applications in 2025 will be in March and will be widely advertised to eligible referees. The simple online application is available at the CFSNM website.

 

Past recipients of the Kevin T. Riedel Memorial Scholarship:

 

2007  Emily Butler, Megan Milligan and Allison Willman

2008  Josh Switzer and Seth Gilpin

2009  Ryan Reynolds, Matthew Herrera and Patrick Montelongo

2010  Andrew Wong and Malynda Chizek

2011  Amber Medina

2012  Summer Apocdaca

2013  Matt Horst

2014  Katelyn McNiece

2016  Christopher Catanach

2017  Xavier Chavez

2019  Katie Menges

2020  Albert Herrera

2021  Abdalrahman Elaksher

2022  Shawn Gonzalez

2023  Emily Hervol and Shawn Gonzalez

2024  Axton Pollard, Emily Hervol and Ariana Cisneros