New Canaan High School graduate Dylan Miles is the winner of the New Canaan YMCA Griffin Conway Memorial Scholarship.
Established in 2014 by the Conway family to honor and celebrate the life of Griffin Conway, the scholarship is awarded to a student who has demonstrated leadership and passion for the New Canaan YMCA Basketball League.
Miles, who participated in the Y Ball league, “embodies the YMCA core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility,” said the announcement. He will be continuing his education at Florida Atlantic University to pursue a degree in secondary education, concentrating in either math or science.
Miles credits his love for teaching to his mother, aunts, and grandmothers, as well as the teaching staff at New Canaan High School.
“I always admired the wonderful teachers I had in New Canaan. Not only did I aspire to possess their knowledge and experiences, but also their ability to inspire my classmates and me,” he said.
Miles recently completed a high school internship in teaching at East School in New Canaan.
“To me, Dylan embodies what Y Ball is about. If enthusiasm, joy, sportsmanship, and teamwork showed up on the scoreboard, Dylan would have dominated the league,” said Amy Jone, a Y Ball parent.
A New Canaan High School graduate has received a scholarship from the New Canaan YMCA.
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