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NEWS
2021
Edison Trio Honored With Inaugural Christina Mauser Scholarship (Los Angeles Times)
Widower of Gianna Bryant's Coach Remembers Wife 1 year After Crash (Anderson Cooper Full Circle)
Matt Mauser honors wife 1 year after deadly Kobe Bryant helicopter crash (TODAY)
How Swimming Helped Matt Mauser After Losing Wife in Crash with Kobe Bryant (SwimSwam)
2020
ABOUT THE CHRISTINA MAUSER FOUNDATION
The Christina Mauser Foundation was created by Matt Mauser in honor of his late wife, Christina, to support single moms, women and girls in sports through scholarships and other financial aid.
Christina Mauser was a fierce, talented and competitive high school athlete. The foundation’s goal is to offer scholarships to those who exemplify the same qualities as Christina not only to assist those in need, but to make certain Christina’s name live on forever.
The Christina Mauser Foundation is a donor advised fund of The Pasadena Community Foundation.
Grant recipients will include the Rose Bowl Institute which will present an annual Christina Mauser Scholarship to three women who embody the sportsmanship and leadership qualities of Christina. The Institute will award the scholarships at its annual Women’s Empowerment Symposium.
MATT MAUSER BIOGRAPHY
Matt Mauser is a songwriter, solo artist, pop/rock bandleader, and Sinatra-style crooner, having spent more than two decades onstage and in the writing room. A lifelong resident of Southern California, he was an all-American swimmer during his younger years before shifting his focus to music.
During a local show with his Orange County-based party band, the Tijuana Dogs, he met fellow athlete Christina Mauser. The two married and began raising a family, with Matt pulling triple duty as full-time family man, daytime Spanish teacher, and nighttime musician. He even combined his love of music and academics into a unique educational project, Rockin' the Class, which taught children the fundamentals of Spanish through a selection of songs Matt had written, performed, and recorded.
These days, music isn't just a job; it's also a source of therapy for Matt, who lost his wife in the January 2020 helicopter crash that also killed Kobe Bryant and seven others. Kobe hired Matt to write, create and produce all of the music for his children’s podcast, The Punies. Kobe and Christina also worked together, coaching a girls' basketball team at The Sports Academy (formerly known as The Mamba Academy). Their loss was tragic to an entire world of basketball fans, and it was unspeakably tough for Matt.
With songs like "Lost," Matt Mauser is once again using his music to teach lessons and inspire joy. Written during the aftermath of Christina's passing, the song reaches out to those who've experienced similar losses in their own lives. Those who grieve don't have to grieve alone. . .