The 2025 PURE Insurance Scholar Announced at The PURE Insurance Championship
PURE Staff
September 19, 2024
The 2025 PURE Insurance Scholar, Hannah Stouder of First Tee – Greater Sacramento, was announced at The Match—a team-style golf tournament takes place during the PURE Insurance Championship and benefits PURE Insurance Scholars and First Tee.
Stouder has a 4.14 GPA, captains her high school golf team and has committed to playing golf at the University of Nevada, Reno. She has been involved with the First Tee for 11 years and most recently won the 2023 First Tee Greater Sacramento Del Paso Junior and placed second at the 2023 Junior Golf Association of Northern California at Corica Park.
She completed more than 250 community service hours last year with several organizations including First Tee – Greater Sacramento’s US Kids Golf Tour and attended First Tee’s Innovator Forum where she developed Hannah’s Care Closet, which provides food, clothing and hygiene items to kids in need.
PURE Insurance Scholars was introduced in 2021 to further support First Tee and its College Scholarship Program, with the goal of providing financial assistance and mentorship opportunities for select First Tee juniors each year. Recipients are selected based on academic performance, length of involvement in First Tee programs, financial need and commitment to volunteerism.
I’m so proud to continue our involvement with, and support of, this incredible organization. It’s particularly gratifying to know that we can impact the remarkable young men and women of First Tee, like Hannah, in such a powerful way.– Martin Leitch, Chief Executive Officer
The Match took place on The Hay, a short course with an exact replica of the famed No. 7 at Pebble Beach Golf Links. PGA TOUR Champions Mark O’Meara and Lanny Wadkins served as team captains, and Team Wadkins took home the trophy. The night ended with an art auction, featuring a piece by Lee Wybranski and signed by the pros to benefit PURE Insurance Scholars. PURE aims to raise $1 million for the scholarship program by 2025.
Photo credit: Patrick Koenig
Meet past years' PURE Insurance Scholars
Isabelle Junio
2023 Scholar
Isabelle was announced as a PURE Insurance Scholar at the 2022 PURE Insurance Championship. She spent her high school years volunteering for the Agua Fria Fine Arts Festival and graduated with 4.58 GPA. She is a freshman at Arizona State University and is majoring in Computer Science with a minor in Geographic Information Systems. Isabelle dreams of designing spaces that benefit society and the environment.
Jacob Zakaria
2022 Scholar
Jacob received the title of PURE Insurance Scholar at the 2021 PURE Insurance Championship. Jacob spent 12 years involved with First Tee and volunteered as a coach and mentor to younger participants. He graduated with a 4.69 GPA and is currently a sophomore studying Molecular and Cellular Biology at UC Berkeley, hoping to pursue a medical career, and spent the last summer working at a local urgent care.
Aditi Balakrishna
2024 Scholar
Aditi Balakrishna was announced as a PURE Insurance Scholar at the 2023 PURE Insurance Championship. Throughout high school, she proved herself as a leader and a champion of making positive change in her community, serving as President of the Neurodiversity Club and Vice President of the Society of Women Engineers. She earned a 3.97 GPA and was part of the National Honor Scoiety. Aditi plans to combine her passion for mechanical engineering and golf to create sustainable golf products.
