The donations that poured in during the time of Dave's death alone enabled his family to establish a scholarship in his honor thru the Salem Education Foundation in 1994. Today, two scholarships administered and endowed by the Salem Educational Foundation Website have been established and each year they are awarded to deserving Salem High School seniors, all in loving memory of Dave Lamanca.

   But it didn't stop there. The monies raised from The Dave Lamanca Golf  Scholarship Tournament enabled them to expand out into the Roanoke Valley and add The Roanoke Valley Golf Hall of Fame Scholarship Program, Roanoke Valley Junior Golf Association, and The First Tee of Roanoke Valley to their scholarship roster.

Dave Lamanca Golf Scholarship Winners

• 1995
  

Robert Seagle - Virginia Tech

• 1996
  

Eric Millard - James Madison University

• 1997
  

Richard Jones, Jr. - University of Virginia

• 1998
  

Michael Scott Carter - James Madison University

• 1999
  

Lucas D. Hatt - Virginia Commonwealth University

• 2000
  

Bryan David Cotton - Roanoke College

• 2001
  

Justin Ivan Boles - Radford University

• 2002
  

Logan Reeves - Virginia Tech/Matt Birckhead - University of Virginia

• 2003
  

Christopher Hammond - Virginia Tech

Austin Shrewsbury - Virginia Tech

• 2004
  

Travis Light - Virginia Military Institute

• 2004 Roanoke Valley Golf Hall of Fame Scholarship Winner
  

Matt Perfater - Radford University

• 2005
  

Joseph Mitchell - Roanoke College

Zachary Agee - Bridgewater College

• 2005 Roanoke Valley Golf Hall of Fame Scholarship Winner
  

Whitney Camper - University of Virginia

• 2006 The Dave Lamanca Memorial Golf Scholarship-Salem Educational Foundation (SEF) Scholarship winner
  

Wallace J. Nelson -Virginia Tech

• 2006 Roanoke Valley Golf Hall of Fame Scholarship winner
  

Daniel Schroeder of Blacksburg High School - Bluefield College

• 2007 The Dave Lamanca Memorial Golf Scholarship-Salem Educational Foundation (SEF) Scholarship winner
  

David Aaron Brittain - Virginia Tech-Business

• 2007 The Dave Lamanca Memorial Engineering Scholarship - Salem Educational Foundation (SEF) Scholarship winner
  

Michael Thomas Hochkeppel - Virginia Tech-Engineering

• 2007 Roanoke Valley Golf Hall of Fame Scholarship winner
  

Michael Doughty - Virginia Tech-Business

• 2008 The Dave Lamanca Memorial Golf  Scholarship -Salem Educational Foundation (SEF) Scholarship winner
  

Warren Gardner-Virginia Tech

• 2008 The Dave Lamanca Memorial Engineering Scholarship - Salem Educational Foundation (SEF) Scholarship winner
  

Jonathan Clemo - Washington and Lee University

• 2008 Roanoke Valley Golf Hall of Fame Scholarship winner
  

Chris Mays- Virginia Tech -Law

• 2009 The Dave Lamanca Memorial Engineering Scholarship
  

Daniel Ferguson - Virginia Tech

• 2009 The Dave Lamanca Memoriaol Golf Scholarship
  

John Andrade - University of Virginia

• 2009 Roanoke Valley Golf Hall of Fame Scholarship winner
  

Trent Mathias - Virginia Tech