The legacy of a longtime fixture in the county’s athletic community will be honored through a new scholarship.
Slippery Rock University has announced the creation of the “Bobby McGraw Memorial Scholarship.” The former women’s basketball coach at Slippery Rock unexpectedly passed away this past July.
The scholarship fund was launched this week with a $1,000 donation from Slippery Rock’s Adidas apparel supplier, Sports Locker.
They are currently accepting donations for the fund and also selling Rock Basketball shirts with all proceeds benefitting the scholarship.
Slippery Rock will be celebrating the life of McGraw at tonight’s game vs. Edinboro, which begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Morrow Field House.
McGraw finished his eighth year and seventh season as the head coach of The Rock women’s basketball team in 2021-22.
During the first five years of McGraw’s head coaching tenure, he led a significant turnaround for the women’s basketball program. The Rock’s 32-win improvement over that stretch was the second highest among all schools in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference and was the sixth-best in the Atlantic Region. He also guided SRU to the PSAC playoffs in 2014-15 for the first time in nearly a decade in just his first season in charge of the program.
