The Jim Ott Scholarship is a national scholarship offered by SOME to members of the Drum & Bugle Corps activity. It is in the amount of $5,000 and is named after Jim Ott, who was a nationally known brass arranger for several different Drum & Bugle Corps including the Stockton Commodores, Concord Blue Devils, and Spirit of Atlanta Drum & Bugle Corps. It is presented each year at the Drum Corps International Championships.
The 2023 award of the Jim Ott Scholarship goes to Kali Crist of the Genesis Drum & Bugle Corps from Austin, TX, posing here with S.O.M.E President, Mike Canote.
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Past Awards of the Jim Ott Scholarship:
- 2023 – Kali Crist, Genesis
- 2022 – Matthew Sarmiento, Pacific Crest
- 2021 – Brayden Ferris, Troopers
- 2020 – Not Awarded, due to CoronaVirus-19
- 2019 – Sudha Schultz – River City Rhythm
- 2018 – Jontre Ve’an – Crossmen
- 2017 – Amanda Petro – Phantom Regiment
- 2016 – Alexander Arbeiter – Carolina Crown
- 2015 – Phil Andrews – Central Connecticut State University
- 2014 – Carter Taylor – Cavaliers
- 2013 – Dominic Zanaboni – Phantom Regiment
- 2012 – Kevin Hoenie – Music City
- 2011 – Stephen Grindel – Boston Crusaders
- 1996 – Spencer Jepson – Turlock, CA
- 1995 – Erika Schafer – University of Massachusetts
- 1994 – Christopher Moss – Cadets of Bergen County
- 1993 – Chad K. Jacobs – Jacksonville State University
- 1992 – Heidi Martin – Massachusetts
- 1991 – Rachel Bettin – Illinois State University
- 1990 – Brian Meyer – Cincinnati, OH
- 1989 – Susan E. Hohstadt – Troopers
- 1988 – Anne M. Hale – Western Illinois University
- 1987 – Andrew Poor – Kissimmee, FL
- 1986 – Elizabeth Geick – Blue Devils
- 1985 – Mark Ramthun – Madison, WI
- 1984 – David Allan Lang – Dubuque, IA
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