Pace High School senior Daniel Labrousse received the QuestBridge National College Match Scholarship, a guaranteed full tuition four-year scholarship, to attend the University of Chicago. He is just one of 657 high school seniors from across the country awarded the scholarship out of 13, 262 applicants.
Scholarship winners are matched with a prestigious partner college, including Stanford, Yale, and MIT, for a guaranteed “full ride” scholarships that includes tuition, room and board, and other expenses.
Labrousse is a part of the Spartan Sword & Shield Honors program and an active member of the Pace family. In addition to being president of the school’s FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) chapter, he is a member of the National Honor Society, the Spartan Ambassador Society, the Spartan Awareness Committee, Student Government, Leadership Staff, Mission Club, and Yearbook. He also plays cross country and tennis for the school.
He started the Something to Give charity, which feeds and aids the homeless in South Florida, with fellow Pace senior Sarina Muthiah. For their charity work and academic standing, Labrousse and Muthiah were given the Exemplary Student award from the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners.