{"id":21988,"date":"2025-11-01T21:22:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T21:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/21988\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T21:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T21:22:16","slug":"saquon-barkley-surprises-lehigh-valley-students-with-20000-in-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/21988\/","title":{"rendered":"Saquon Barkley surprises Lehigh Valley students with $20,000 in scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2014 NFL star and Whitehall High School alumnus Saquon Barkley made surprise visits to two Lehigh Valley high schools Tuesday, awarding $20,000 in scholarships to student-athletes through the Michael Ann and Saquon Barkley Hope Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>At William Allen High School, Barkley and his family presented a $10,000 scholarship to senior Mikayla Makowka, a member of the girls volleyball team and the Allen A\u2019s Student-Athlete Leadership Club. The crowd erupted in cheers as Barkley stopped by the school\u2019s gym and also visited with the boys basketball team.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Barkley visited Liberty High School, where he surprised girls basketball player Anijah Davis, Class of 2025, with another $10,000 scholarship.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/571216668_122142673460940264_3481354326343626233_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6309\"  \/>Saquon Barkley holding a jersey (left) and Liberty High School student Anijah Davis (right) on Tuesday, Oct. 28 2025 (Photo Courtesy: Liberty High School)<\/p>\n<p>Both visits were part of the Barkley family\u2019s ongoing efforts to support youth and education in the Lehigh Valley. The foundation, named after Barkley and his mother, focuses on empowering students through scholarships, community programs and charitable giving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to the Michael Ann and Saquon Barkley Hope Foundation for supporting our student-athletes and giving back to our community,\u201d Liberty High School said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The two scholarships highlight Barkley\u2019s continued connection to his hometown region and his commitment to investing in the next generation of leaders both on and off the court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2014 NFL star and Whitehall High School alumnus Saquon Barkley made surprise visits to two Lehigh&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-21988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}