• Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Local History
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
  • Read Our Newspapers Online
    • Read the Latest Western Port News
    • Read the Latest Mornington News
    • Read the Latest Southern Peninsula News
    • Read the Latest Frankston Times
    • Read the Latest Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News
  • Competition
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • 8 Danny Street, Rye
  • Mornington get first win over Tyabb in 107 years
  • Election picks linger for Liberals and Labor
  • Wakkakiri next week
  • Donations help land, sea projects
  • D-day looms large for local clubs
  • Wild weather strikes, finals fixtures locked in
  • The publisher of ‘The Standard’ stands for council
Facebook Twitter
MPNEWSMPNEWS
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Local History
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
MPNEWSMPNEWS
Home»News»Eddie scores another goal
News

Eddie scores another goal

By MP News GroupJuly 13, 2015Updated:July 20, 2015No Comments2 Mins Read
Aiming high: Mornington basketballer Eddie Swan is going to the Unites States on a four-year university scholarship. Picture: Yanni
Share
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email
Aiming high: Mornington basketballer Eddie Swan is going to the Unites States on a four-year university scholarship. Picture: Yanni
Aiming high: Mornington basketballer Eddie Swan is going to the Unites States on a four-year university scholarship. Picture: Yanni

MORNINGTON student Eddie Swan scored plenty of goals on the basketball court and now he has scored them academically at an American university.

The 19-year-old former Padua College student has been offered a full athletics scholarship to Eastern Wyoming College in the United States’ mid-west.

The scholarship – to study law, sports science or communications – is valued at $150,000 over four years.

Eddie completed Year 12 last year and played representative basketball for Mornington Breakers as a “small forward” – even though his height is 203cm (six feet eight inches).

Height runs in the family: dad Phil is six feet six inches and mum Annie is five feet 11. She said her boy had “worked extremely hard” for the scholarship which was offered in April.

Eddie said he had no hesitation in accepting: “I spoke to quite a few people about it. I liked the fit of the school and it would have been certainly hard to say no to a chance like this.”

He will fly out on 20 August – thankfully into a late northern summer – and settle in with 2000 students at the campus founded in 1948 in the town of Torrington.

First published in the Mornington News – 14 July 2015

Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

Related Posts

Door opens for comfort

August 15, 2022

Dogs reduced

August 15, 2022

Sharing the bay with dolphins

August 15, 2022

Jetty closed for repairs

August 15, 2022
Add A Comment

Comments are closed.

Weather
Aug 18, 2022 - Thu
Mornington, Australia
11°C
light rain
light rain
1 m/s, NW
90%
756.06 mmHg
thu08/18 fri08/19 sat08/20 sun08/21 mon08/22
moderate rain
14/11°C
light rain
11/11°C
moderate rain
11/8°C
broken clouds
11/10°C
moderate rain
10/8°C
Peninsula Essence Magazine

Click here to read

July 25, 2022
Peninsula Kids Magazine

Click here to read

May 26, 2022
Council Watch

Shire ‘committed’ to aged care

August 8, 2022

Shire not forced to drop aged care services

August 1, 2022
State Elections 2022

Election picks linger for Liberals and Labor

August 16, 2022

‘Justice’ for animals and climate

August 8, 2022

Peta Murphy wins second term in Dunkley

May 23, 2022
Interview

All aboard for murder mystery

July 25, 2022
Property of the Week

8 Danny Street, Rye

August 17, 2022
100 Years Ago This Week

The publisher of ‘The Standard’ stands for council

August 16, 2022
Contact
Street: 63 Watt Road, Mornington, 3931
Mailing: PO Box 588, Hastings, 3915
Menu
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Local History
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
About

Established in 2006, Mornington Peninsula News Group (MPNG) is a locally owned and operated, independent media company.

MPNG publishes five weekly community newspapers: the Western Port News, Mornington News, Southern Peninsula News, Frankston Times and Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News.

MPNG also publishes two glossy magazines: Peninsula Essence and Peninsula Kids.

Facebook Twitter
© 2022 Mornington Peninsula News Group.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.