Michael Anthony Rosick '67 Memorial Scholarship

Michael Anthony Rosick was born on September 13, 1949 in Washington, D.C., the first child and only son of Joseph Anthony and Virginia Sands Rosick. He was an excellent student and athlete, a caring son, and a protective brother to his sisters, Patti, Catherine, and Teresa. He challenged himself from an early age, taking Russian classes while a student at St. Catherine Laboure grade school, earning his senior lifesaving and water safety certificate while in high school, as well as enjoying intramural basketball and other sports. Mike was valedictorian of the Good Counsel class of 1967, and was given the Award for General Excellence “For the highest grades over a period of four years in all subject areas.” He received a letter of commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Program, and was awarded an Army ROTC scholarship, an Echols Scholarship to the University of Virginia and a four year Navy ROTC scholarship to the University of Notre Dame. He chose to attend the University of Notre Dame and jumped right into the academic and campus life. He again excelled academically in his field of engineering. He was cited as top midshipman in his ROTC Class at the end of his freshman year, and had finished his first semester as a sophomore with a 4.0 average. There was a picture of him in the Chicago Tribune in March of 1969 accepting the Midshipman Award when he placed highest academically in his unit. He was posthumously awarded the Chicago Tribune Gold Medal Award as an outstanding sophomore. The Michael Anthony Rosick ’67 Memorial Scholarship, established by Richard “Dick” ’66 and Patti Roderick, is awarded to a rising senior who demonstrates academic excellence. The ideal candidate shows compassion for other students, shows commitment to the Good Counsel community, demonstrates spirit in athletics, especially intramural sports, and participates in extracurricular activities.