Scholarships - Marayah Cares Foundation

The MCF Scholarship

Marayah was a gifted student-athlete with a 4.26 GPA and dreams of attending college one day. She believed that education and sports go hand-in-hand.

To encourage our youth to stay focused on education while building strong, lasting relationships through sports, the Marayah Cares Foundation awards scholarships to graduating seniors to help in their educational pursuits.

Seniors compete for scholarship awards by submitting essays that reflect Marayah’s passion not only for education, but also the importance of having compassion for others. The winners, through their essays, demonstrate how they hope to continue Marayah’s legacy through service to others.

We would like to honor Marayah by awarding students that have shown that same dedication to academics and/or sports.

2026 Winners

Mary Castillo
Celsey Drew
Jaden David
Brooke Waelbrock
Nia Barnes
Raymond Catral

On behalf of the Marayah Cares Foundation, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who attended and supported our Scholarship Night. Because of your generosity and support, we are able to continue honoring Marayah’s legacy by helping deserving students pursue their dreams.

A very special thank you to Jamie’s Cafe @jamiescafeeg for hosting this wonderful event and for their continued support of our foundation. Your kindness, generosity, and commitment to our community helped make the evening a tremendous success.

Congratulations to all of our 2026 Marayah Cares Foundation Scholarship recipients! We are incredibly proud of your hard work, dedication, and accomplishments. It is an honor to support such outstanding young individuals as they take the next step toward their future goals and dreams.

“The Marayah Cares Foundation is proud to celebrate another successful scholarship event held on June 24, 2025. In partnership with our friends at Heart of JB (https://heartofjb.org/), another non-profit we are blessed to work with, we were able to award 11 scholarships.

Congratulations to the 11 bright, driven, and inspiring students awarded the 2025 Marayah Cares Foundation Scholarship!

This marks our third year recognizing young adults who embody the same academic and athletic excellence for which Marayah was known. While our mission is to continue to support families facing childhood cancer and advocate for neglected animals, we’re equally honored to invest in the future of exceptional young leaders.

Keep dreaming big…Marayah’s light shines through each of you.”