Our partner the Balance & Believe Foundation is excited to announce the winner of its Lauren Shorter Scholarship.  This is the first time this scholarship has been awarded and applications went out during the Sherri Steinhauer Girls Only event in early August.

The Lauren Shorter Scholarship Information

Balance & Believe is proud to announce Taryn Endres of Windsor, WI as the first $10,000 recipient of the the Lauren Shorter Scholarship. The Balance & Believe Foundation recognizes personal battles, and Lauren Shorter has had one. Lauren has dealt with her knee pain for a very long time. Lots of doctors and lots have bad results. Lauren has dealt with adversity, disappointment, and perseverance. When we met Lauren, her drive to get better at golf was inspiring. Lauren got better as her high school years passed, and soon college golf was on her radar. After a tremendous junior and senior year at Verona, UW-Green Bay found a great golfer and an even more incredible person. Little did she know how serious her knee problem would become, so much that she found herself getting in line for surgery after surgery. As she researched more about her injury, it became evident that she would be getting a lot of bad news that would lead to more surgeries. Lauren took it upon herself to dig deep and find the best doctors and procedures available and pursued them like her life depended on it. She was relentless in finding an answer to relieve her of all the pain. So relentless that she changed her future career path so she could help find a solution for those that will find themselves in her position in their very own life. The news has finally gotten better for Lauren and her knee. There is hope that she will soon be pain-free, but her dreams of playing golf, just one hole of college golf, are still yet to be seen. Lauren reviewed each application to decide a winner for her scholarship.

More about Taryn Endres

Taryn Endres fell in love with golf at a young age. She began lessons at nine years old and shortly after at the age of 10 she was diagnosed with Crohn's and Colitis disease. Over time Taryn learned how to overcome and manage her disease and won't let it stop her from achieving her dreams of doing what makes her happy.

After continued battles with Crohn's and Colitis, Taryn made Second team All-Conference in girls golf both her freshman and sophomore year at Deforest High School and hopes to continue to play golf in college when she graduates. Taryn will graduate in 2022 and plans to study Psychology in college.

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