Gainey Student Athlete Scholarship Award
In 2006/07, through a private donation from Pat Gainey’s daughter, Berry Jo Shoen, the Gainey Student Athlete Scholarship Award was established to recognize “Athletic Achievement and Strength of Character” in one athlete annually.

Awards currently alternate between a senior female athlete and a male baseball player at an NCHSAA member high school located within a county of limited financial resources possessing at least a cumulative GPA of 3.2, a strong work ethic, demonstrated athletic success during the high school career and demonstrated respect for coaches and teammates.

This award is presented at the NCHSAA Annual Meeting held each may in Chapel Hill. The recipient receives a $2,000 scholarship award and a commemorative plaque.

About Pat Gainey:  A native of Dunn, Gainey recorded a phenomenal record in women’s basketball at a couple of different stops during his coaching career and was a real supporter of women’s athletics.  His overall record at Pamlico was an incredible 93-6 in women’s basketball and he also fielded outstanding baseball teams there. He then moved to Taylorsville, where he coached from 1955-64. His women’s basketball teams won five Western North Carolina High School Activities Association titles and at one point recorded 54 consecutive wins and 140 straight conference victories. His overall women’s basketball mark was 358-57.

2007:     Kathryn “Kate” Moye, Pamlico County High School
2008:    Thomas “TJ” Scholl, Swansboro High School