Although the rain persisted for most of the day, your enthusiasm, generosity, and unwavering support never wavered. Your willingness to brave the weather speaks volumes about your commitment to our mission, and we are deeply grateful.

We celebrate the 2026 recipient of Tri Valley High School’s Blake Cowden Leadership Scholarship, Adalyn Freihaut.

In 2025 we have been honored to further Blake’s legacy by supporting a variety of education, faith, and leadership organizations.

We had 84 registered golfers and over 90 people at the post golf dinner, all held at Ironwood Golf Course.

We celebrate the 2025 recipient of Tri Valley High School’s Blake Cowden Leadership Scholarship, Senior Brady Mouser

We are grateful for the generosity of our community, friends and family who continue to support the Blake Cowden Leadership Foundation with donations which allow us to support organizations committed to youth leadership and are making a difference in our communities.

We had 78 golfers participate and over 100 people at the dinner, all held at Ironwood Golf Course.

We would like to congratulate the 2024 recipient of Tri-Valley High School’s Blake Cowden Leadership Scholarship, Senior Jacob Bischoff.

We are grateful for the generosity of our community, friends and family who continue to support the Blake Cowden Leadership Foundation with donations which allow us to support organizations committed to youth leadership and are making a difference in our communities.

We had 75 golfers participate and over 100 people at the dinner, all held at Ironwood Golf Course. We so much appreciate the help and support of everyone who participated.

We would like to congratulate the 2023 recipient of Tri-Valley High School’s Blake Cowden Leadership Scholarship, Senior Blake Regenold. Blake was a two-sport athlete in football and baseball. He was a football captain All-State running back that assisted Tri-Valley in going to the State Final’s this year at the University of Illinois.

We are pleased to share the Blake Cowden Leadership Foundation (BCLF) is able to further Blake's legacy by continuing support to three organizations in 2022 all committed to the development of youth leadership.

The first Blake Cowden Leadership Foundation golf outing is in the books!

We would like to congratulate the recipient of Tri- Valley High School’s Blake Cowden Leadership Scholarship awarded to Senior, Grace Martin.

In honor of Blake’s 27th birthday the Blake Cowden Leadership Foundation is making a donation in support of Diamond Arrow Christian Conference Center (Diamondarrow.org) located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Nevada City, CA.

We are pleased to share that the Blake Cowden Leadership Foundation (BCLF) is able to further Blake’s legacy by supporting the importance of leadership and character building in our schools by awarding a $1,000 donation to our local Fellowship of Christian Athletes organization in support of their Leadership Camp.

We are both pleased and honored to share that we have awarded the 2021 Tri-Valley High School Blake Cowden Leadership Scholarship to recipient senior, Ben Haushalter.

“A non-profit 501c3 organization founded by Cowden’s parents, Jeff and Debbie, [the Blake Cowden Leadership Foundation] supports organizations committed to youth leadership development. It also established the Blake Cowden Leadership Scholarship at Tri-Valley, to be given annually to a senior athlete who best exemplifies Cowden’s leadership qualities and positively impacts peers.”

We are pleased to share that the Blake Cowden Leadership Foundation is able to further Blake’s legacy by supporting the importance of leadership, mentoring, and character-building in our schools by partnering with Teach One to Lead One.

We are pleased to share that the Blake Cowden Leadership Foundation is able to further Blake’s legacy by supporting the importance of leadership in our High Schools by awarding a $1,000 donation to the Young Leaders in Action program of Macon County.

We are both pleased and honored to share that we have awarded the inaugural Tri-Valley High School Blake Cowden Leadership Scholarship to recipient senior, Braden Zenor.

No matter how talented you are, the choices you make will determine the maximizing of your talent, or the minimizing of that talent. Remember that you are the steward of your talent...when you are given the gift of talent you are responsible for maximizing it, and you are accountable to this.

One of Blake's co-workers, Kirstie Davis, wrote and recorded a song in remembrance of Blake, called "Much Too Soon (Blake's Song)." Kirstie sent the song to Jeff and Debbie with the following note: "I wrote this song with love and respect for Blake. I miss him."

“...there's only a few kids you come across who have that 'it' factor that can't be taught. Blake had that. He had that factor you can't really explain, but you know he's got it.”

“The thing about Blake is the character he brings and the leadership. It’s his ability to touch people where they’re at and bring others around him and make them better.”