Roger Pitt Memorial Scholarship

As an infant, Roger was stricken with polio-myalitis and spent an extended period in the hospital. After he was released, he spent years in speech and physical therapy. As a result, Roger was not able to compete at the same level as other children. He did play a pretty good first base, but in his own words, “I had to hit the ball a long ways to get a single.”

When Roger started high school, he became part of the Falcon Flier staff (weekly high school news). The editor of the Amherst Advocate saw some of his articles on high school sports and recruited him as a reporter. From that time forward, Roger’s dream was to be a journalist. He attended UWSP and majored in journalism and English until an ad appeared in the Appleton Post Crescent for a regional reporter. Roger applied, interviewed, and was hired mainly because of his articles from the Flier and Advocate.

Roger spent 41 years as a regional reporter, sports reporter, outdoor editor, and sports editor. He would be very proud to have his scholarship awarded to a student whose interest is in journalism, English, or other fine art majors.