{"id":2141,"date":"2025-10-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/uncategorized\/pocket-rocket-wolmers-girls-scholars-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T12:00:00","slug":"pocket-rocket-wolmers-girls-scholars-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/trust-news\/pocket-rocket-wolmers-girls-scholars-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolmer\u2019s Girls among Pocket Rocket scholars \u2014 Thompson, Nelson, Campbell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Renae Osbourne | Observer writer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 1, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"2025
2025 Pocket Rocket Foundation scholars with founder Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Photo: Joseph Wellington \/ Jamaica Observer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

KINGSTON, Jamaica \u2014 At the Pocket Rocket Foundation awards at the AC Hotel, the Observer\u2019s Renae Osbourne spoke to Lauren Thompson, head girl of Wolmer\u2019s Girls, who said the award was the first scholarship she had received for sport and academics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m eternally grateful. It\u2019s a real honour because it\u2019s actually the first scholarship I\u2019ve ever received regarding sports and academics. So I feel completely humbled and I\u2019m just really excited for what is to come with all of this,\u201d Thompson said. She competes in volleyball, water polo and dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fraser-Pryce, the foundation\u2019s founder and an old girl of Wolmer\u2019s Girls, attached a scholarship badge to Thompson. Guest speaker was Liana Campbell, a 2018 Pocket Rocket scholar, Wolmer\u2019s old girl, and a biochemistry major at the University of the West Indies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A later Observer report (10 July 2026), opening the 2026\u201327 applications, carried a photograph of Fraser-Pryce with Aaliyah Nelson of Wolmer\u2019s Girls, named as a 2025 scholarship recipient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Shelly-Ann
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce with Aaliyah Nelson of Wolmer\u2019s Girls at the 2025 Pocket Rocket awards. Jamaica Observer, 10 July 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Jamaica Observer<\/a>, October 1, 2025. Republished for the Wolmer\u2019s Trust community with attribution.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also: Jamaica Observer, 10 July 2026, scholarship applications for 2026\u201327.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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