Westerville South Athletic Boosters
Annual Scholarship
Westerville South Athletic Boosters will provide two $1000.00 scholarships annually – one to a male student-athlete and one to a female student-athlete. This scholarship will be provided as long as budget concerns are met and annual revenue supports issuance. Issuance will be voted on annually after complete budget review to substantiate funds availability.
Criteria for scholarship application:
- Student athlete must have participated in a varsity sport at Westerville South High School, including trainers, cheerleaders, and student managers.
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College acceptance to a 2 or 4 year college, or accredited college/university.
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Submit a one page written essay addressing how participating in sports affected the student-athlete.
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On application, student must list VARSITY sport(s) played, academic year(s) of participation, and name of head coach(es).
Selection of Scholarship Winners:
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One female student-athlete and one male student-athlete will be selected for a $1000.00 scholarship each from all applications submitted.
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Judging will be performed by a committee consisting of a minimum of 5 non-biased persons selected by the WSHS Athletic Booster’s Board. Judges may NOT be the parent of a senior academic year student-athlete.
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All applications will be judged anonymously with all personal identification information removed from the applications.
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The selected winner will be the best written essay addressing the topic of how participating in sports affected the student-athlete and the majority favorite of the judging committee.
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All judges’ applicant favorite selection will be kept anonymous from other judges' selections.
Scholarship will be awarded by check made payable to the winning student-athlete’s selected college/university upon submission of tuition invoice to the current WSHS Athletic Booster’s treasurer.
Revised 08/08/2007