{"id":181685,"date":"2026-02-26T19:10:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/181685\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T19:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:10:30","slug":"houston-dynamo-dash-open-application-for-maggie-mckethan-memorial-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/181685\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Dynamo, Dash open application for Maggie McKethan Memorial Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; Houston Dynamo and Dash Charities have opened the 2026 applications for the Maggie McKethan Memorial Scholarship.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">The organizations launched the scholarship in 2025 as a way to honor FOX 26 producer Maggie McKethan, who passed away two years ago in 2024. The scholarship will go towards supporting aspiring female journalists hoping to pursue a degree in sports journalism or who are currently completing a degree in a similar field.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">David Wiese-Carl, Vice President of Communications for Dynamo-Dash, says this year all money raised in March through the Dynamo and Dash 50\/50 Raffles during home games will go towards the scholarship fund.<\/p>\n<p>  Maggie McKethan Memorial Scholarship details <\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">The applications are open from now until March 31. The winners of the scholarship will be notified during the week of April 13.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">There will be two scholarships available in 2026, each in the amount of $5,000.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Eligible applicants must be female high school seniors, college students or graduate students with at least one semester left in their studies and pursuing sports journalism or a related field.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Applications can be submitted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstondynamofc.com\/charities\/memorialscholarship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Lasting legacy of beloved FOX 26 producer Maggie McKethan  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/g0bywv3g9xobe236.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering FOX 26 producer Maggie McKethan\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Maggie, a Louisiana native, was a producer and journalist passionate about storytelling. She was an advocate for soccer and pushed for wider coverage of the sport and highlighted Dynamo and Dash players and staff.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">A trailblazer and mentor during her time at FOX 26, she delivered in-depth coverage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and reported live during Hurricane Harvey. Maggie was essential in the shaping of &#8220;Houston&#8217;s Morning Show&#8221; and launching &#8220;Isiah Factor Uncensored.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">She was a 2012 graduate from the University of Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Dynamo &amp; Dash Charities<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/sports\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sports<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/mls\/dynamo\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Dynamo<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/nwsl\/dash\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Dash<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; Houston Dynamo and Dash Charities have opened the 2026 applications for the Maggie McKethan Memorial Scholarship.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6470,72797,56,58,57,136,223,40400,154],"class_list":["post-181685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-dash","tag-dynamo","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-mls","tag-news","tag-nwsl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}