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2019 Winners

The Mercury Club is proud to announce the winners of this years’ Hy Truman/Donald Goldberg and Hy Truman/Rae Kleinbaum Memorial Awards. Tyler Schmidt is the 83rd male winner and Stephanie Garvis is the 32nd female winner. Both Schmidt and Garvis recently graduated from Wayzata High School.

Tyler Schmidt



Schmidt is an outstanding gymnast. He is a four-time Junior Olympic National Meet Qualifier, a member of the Region 4 Team in 2019 and he competed in the 2017 Macabbi Games as a member of Team USA for men’s gymnastics. Just last month, he finished 3rd All Around in the nation for ages 18, level 10.  He will be attending the University of Illinois where he will continue to compete in gymnastics.

In the classroom, Tyler had a 3.55 GPA and has been a USGA Academic All-American 2015-2019. He was also a member of DECA, a competitive school business club.

Stephanie Garvis



Garvis was a three-year starting varsity goaltender for the Wayzata girls hockey team. She recorded 9 shutouts and an overall 0.900 save percentage. She currently has the lowest goals against average in Wayzata girls hockey history. This year she was a Lake Conference Honorable Mention selection. Stephanie will be attending Trinity College where she will be continuing her hockey career.

Stephanie is also an excellent student. She finished with a 3.80 GPA and was an Academic All-State award winner. In college, she plans to major in neuroscience. In her spare time, she volunteers at Beth Shalom as an office assistant and teacher’s helper.

Award and Scholarship

Schmidt and Garvis will each be awarded a $1000.00 college scholarship. The scholarship comes from the Marvin Wolfenson Family Foundation. Wolfenson was a Mercury Club Award winner in 1944. He was a constant supporter of The Mercury Club who valued his award and the Mercury Club greatly. His family is carrying on that tradition.

The winners were honored at a banquet on Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 at The Medina Golf and Country Club.


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