Honoring Jessica Beck

You have by now heard about the very special night the Richmond Coliseum this Saturday, March 10th at 7:15 PM. The Renegades Foundation in conjunction with Wyeth and Richmond International Raceway are sponsoring NASCAR Night to raise money for the Jessica Beck Memorial Scholarship Fund. The monies we will raise that night are to endow a scholarship for a student at Douglas Freeman High School where Jessica was a student prior to attending Ohio State where she passed away in her sleep September 15, 2005.

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Jessica Catherine Beck, age 21, from Richmond, Va., a graduate of Douglas Freeman High School and a 2006 graduate of OSU, passed away suddenly in her sleep on September 15, 2005. She was a member of USA Synchro since 1995; she received the Spirit Award and the U.S. South Zone Swimmer of the Year in 2002, and was a member of the National Honor Society. Jessica was acknowledged as an exceptional scholar athlete as exemplified in her attainment of Academic All Big Ten, National Scholarship and the Dean's List at The Ohio State University. She touched everyone with whom she came in contact, especially through her extensive volunteer work with the Red Cross and with teaching autistic children gymnastics at the Tuckahoe Y.M.C.A. Jessica was a swim instructor for the National Youth Sports Program at OSU for 3 years. She was closer than a sister to each of her teammates on Ohio State's renowned synchronized swimming team, being an integral part of two collegiate national championship teams. She was an inspiration to all who had the honor and privilege of knowing her. In loving memory and admiration of the many ways she touched the lives of her Ohio State family, the team's traditional closed circle will be forever held open to allow a place for Jessica to always be a part of their traditions.
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