Kirsten L. Tool Memorial Scholarship

About the scholarship

The Kirsten L. Tool Scholarship is awarded to a cadet in the AFROTC DET90 at CSU or UNC, rising 300 or 400, i.e., a current sophomore or junior who will be a junior or senior in the Air Force ROTC program in the fall of the next year; the applicant must excel in military and academic pursuits.

Scholarship amount: $2,000
Number of awards: 1

Scholarship awards are one-time awards. The amounts awarded to a selected recipient may be used for tuition and fees. All scholarships will be paid directly to the recipient’s school and must be used for the upcoming academic year. Award disbursement is contingent upon the outside scholarship policies of a recipient’s college or university.

Eligibility

• Cadet in the AFROTC DET90 at CSU or UNC; rising 300 or 400
• Cadet must excel in military and academic pursuits

About Kirsten L. Tool

Second Lieutenant Kirsten Tool was a distinguished graduate of the Air Force R.O.T.C. program at Colorado State University’s Detachment 90 in 1987. Tragically, on November 10, 1989, while serving as an Intelligence Officer at Lindsey Air Station in Wiesbaden, West Germany, she lost her life in an automobile accident during a trip to Denmark, coinciding with the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The Kirsten L. Tool Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in her honor by her family, generously supported by numerous small and medium-sized donations. This scholarship is exclusively awarded to a cadet from Detachment 90, encompassing cadets from both Colorado State University and the University of Northern Colorado. Recipients are chosen based on their embodying Kirsten’s ideals and character during her ROTC program. The scholarship is a testament to her memory and the enduring impact of her character and dedication.