The memorial scholarship is funded by the donations raised at an annual soccer game held in autumn on the Emerson Jr.-Sr. High School football field. The game is followed by a reception in the school cafeteria.

The inaugural game was played December 1, 2012, under the football field lights. Dozens of Daanish’s friends, family, and coworkers, joined by the Emerson boys soccer team, came together to remember and honor Daanish and play the game he loved.

The scholarship game has gone strong for eight straight years:

November 29, 2013

November 8, 2014

November 27, 2015

November 25, 2016

November 25, 2017

November 24, 2018

November 30, 2019