Flyin Ryan Hawks Foundation

06/03/2026

Read the new life update we just posted from April 2026 Adventure Scholarship recipient Lia Young!

https://flyinryanhawks.org/adventure-scholarship-update-lia-young/

We are grateful to past Adventure Scholarship recipient Lia Young for sharing the following update on her adventures since receiving her award! She received her award in April 2026. Hello Peter & folks at Flyin Ryan: I am sending so much gratitude your way! Through the support of the Flyin

05/12/2026

We are grateful to the Jersey Mike's locations in Williston and South Burlington, VT for being wholehearted supporters of Flyin Ryan!

On the 13th of every month they will now donate 15% of the proceeds from all sales to Flyin Ryan in honor of Ryan's birthday on November 13th.

Support us by grabbing a sandwich tomorrow!

Jersey Mike's Locations:
69 Market St, Williston, VT
225 Dorset St, South Burlington, VT

05/11/2026

Welcome to the Adventure Scholarship family Zoey Collins!

Zoey Collins is a 14-year-old freeskier from Northern Utah. Although she hasn’t been skiing even close to her whole life, skiing is now her life. She is on the freeride team at Solitude Mountain resort and trains any chance she gets. She mostly skis at Solitude, but sometimes will go to other resorts for IFSA events or just to have a new adventure. When not skiing, she likes tumbling in her backyard, going camping, or swimming. She hopes to go to the Freeride world tour one day or do freeride as a college athlete. She is using her award to pay for her ski team and continue her journey in competitive freeride.

Learn more about Zoey at https://flyinryanhawks.org/scholar/zoey-collins/

05/08/2026

Welcome to the Adventure Scholarship family Candice Caesar!

Candice Caesar is a Houston, Texas native, Army veteran, and elite adaptive archer driven by faith, resilience, and purpose. After a service related accident in Germany left her with a traumatic brain injury and a spinal cord injury, she was told she would never walk again. She defied those expectations by completing 24 marathons, including four Boston Marathon finishes, and 100 half marathons across all 50 states and Washington D C. She later transitioned into triathlon before discovering archery during the COVID pandemic, where she found a new competitive passion. She is now the No. 1 ranked U.S. para archer and a 2023 Pan American Games medalist, earning bronze in the individual event and gold in the team event, along with multiple international medals. She is focused on qualifying for and winning gold at the 2028 Paralympic Games. She uses her journey to inspire others to overcome adversity and reach their potential and will be using her award to participate in the Para Cup Stage 4 in Santiago, Chile.

Learn more about Candice at https://flyinryanhawks.org/scholar/candice-caesar/

05/08/2026

Our partnership at Jersey Mikes took a giant step forward today with the posting of the Core Values Honor Roll for Jersey Mikes employees. The initial call to action resulted in 15 names being placed on the new Jersey Mikes Core Values Honor Roll plaque. Spearheaded by owner, Tom King, and regional manager, Marshall Brown, 13 employees have already participated and we expect another dozen or so in the coming weeks. The employees all realize that composing their core values is not something they are doing for Jersey Mikes or the Flyin Ryan foundation. They know they are investing in themselves and providing a mechanism toward off a lot of the negative noise with which we are all surrounded. They realize that core values provide a sense of responsibility and ownership when it comes to making all their daily decisions both large and small. They come to realize that it’s not what’s going on around you that counts; what really counts is how you react to what’s happening around you. They also realize that their core values statement is a useful tool to be included in their résumé as they navigate the future. Including core values in their résumé is a value added ingredient that can lift them out of the pack of applicants.

The Flyin Ryan organization is grateful for enthusiasm and commitment with which Jersey Mikes has embraced our community partnership. The 13th of every month is Flyin Ryan day at Jersey Mikes. On the 13th of each month, 15% of revenues are directed to our foundation. In the first quarter that totaled $9,700. For a small organization like ours that is an incredibly valuable ingredient, which will help us to expand our outreach and impact more lives as we like to say: make the world a better place one person, one day, one event, one core value, one decision at a time.

04/21/2026

Welcome to the Adventure Scholarship family Lia Young!

Lia Young is 22 years old, a raft guide, and recent college graduate as of December 2025 with a B.S. Environmental Science from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Since graduating college, she has gotten the amazing opportunity to live and work in Chile at a whitewater rafting camp as a trainee guide on the Futaleufu River in Patagonia. She grew up in Colorado and spent her childhood rafting, mountain biking and skiing. In college, she studied abroad in New Zealand, underwent intensive corrective leg surgery on her right femur, and competed in collegiate downhill mountain biking. She also was a part of her school’s humanitarian aid and engineering club, Village Aid Project (VAP). She is using her award to travel to Zambia in May 2026 with VAP to volunteer installing a water distribution system in two rural villages.

Learn more about Lia at https://flyinryanhawks.org/scholar/lia-young/

04/20/2026

Welcome to the Adventure Scholarship family Zack Wannawong!

Zack is a wheelchair tennis athlete and former executive chef whose life and career have been defined by resilience, reinvention, and determination. Originally from Thailand, he moved to the United States at 16 and worked his way up from dishwasher to executive chef, developing discipline and creativity in high-pressure environments. In April 2024, he was diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis, a life-threatening infection that resulted in the amputation of his right leg up to the hip. After months of recovery and learning to adapt to a new way of life, Wannawong returned to a childhood passion - tennis - which became a powerful path forward. Now competing in USTA tournaments and working toward ITF competition, he is dedicated to pushing his limits as an adaptive athlete while inspiring others facing adversity to persevere and redefine their futures. Driven by his role as a father and a desire to lead by example, Wannawong continues to build a story of strength, proving that even the most difficult setbacks can become the beginning of a new and meaningful journey. He is using his award to support his wheelchair tennis goals.

Learn more about Zack at https://flyinryanhawks.org/scholar/zack-wannawong/

04/14/2026

Welcome to the Flyin Ryan Adventure Scholarship family Murphy Branche!

Murphy is a sixteen-year-old competitive freeskier from Manchester, Vermont. Raised in the mountains, he has been skiing since childhood and made his competitive debut this past season, earning top national rankings in his first year. Off the competition course, Murphy co-founded the freeski club at Burr and Burton Academy to create a pathway for other students into the sport. He is a multi-sport athlete who also competes in downhill mountain biking and soccer, and spends his free time hiking and adventuring outdoors with his family and their two Vizsla dogs, Cooper and Maple. Murphy’s goals for the coming season include attending summer training camps to learn inverts, continuing to progress in national-level competition, and growing the freeski community at his school and home mountain. He is using his award to attend a freeride summer training camp.

Learn more about Murphy at https://flyinryanhawks.org/scholar/murphy-branche/

***This award is sponsored by Jersey Mike’s***

04/13/2026

We are grateful to the Jersey Mike's locations in Williston and South Burlington, VT for being wholehearted supporters of Flyin Ryan!

On the 13th of every month they will now donate 15% of the proceeds from all sales to Flyin Ryan in honor of Ryan's birthday on November 13th.

Already from January through March this promotion has generated $9,700. A portion of this amount will be dedicated to the sponsorship of Flyin Ryan Adventure Scholars from Vermont. The first recipient will be a 16 -year-old freeride skier named Murphy Branche. He is a passionate skier and athlete and a student at Burr and Burton Academy who has been instrumental in starting a ski club at that school. Murphy reached out to us with a request to help him go to the ski camp this summer where he can learn and perfect inverted moves. You can learn more about Murphy by going to our webpage and reading his essay, core values, and letter of recommendation. We feel deeply honored to have the privilege of making Adventure Scholarship awards and are thrilled to have Jersey Mike's support this aspect of our mission.

Support us by grabbing a sandwich today!

Jersey Mike's Locations:
69 Market St, Williston, VT
225 Dorset St, South Burlington, VT

04/13/2026

The 1️⃣3️⃣th of every month is Flyin Ryan Day at the So. Burlington and Williston Jersey Mike’s! With 10% of sales supporting Flyin Ryan, stop in to Jersey Mike’s today!