Financial Aid

Outside Scholarship Resources for STUDENT ATHLETES

SCHOLARSHIP NAME: BigSun Scholarship
ORGANIZATION: The BigSun Organization
MAJOR: Open
AWARD AMOUNT: $500
APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 24
PROGRAM & APPLICATION INFORMATION:  www.bigsunathletics.com
SUBMIT ESSAY TO: athleticawards@bigsunathletics.com
ESSAY QUESTION:  
  • How has your participation in sports affected the person you are becoming?
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
  • Student athlete, regardless of which sport
  • High school senior or student enrolled in post secondary institution
SCHOLARSHIP NAME: NCAA Division II Degree-Completion Award Program
ORGANIZATION: NCAA Division II
MAJOR: Open
AWARD AMOUNT: varies
APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 8
FOR APPLICATION: www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa
OR WRITE: NCAA
NCAA Division II Degree-Completion Award Program
PO Box 6222
Indianapolis, IN  46206-6222
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
  • Shall be a student athlete who has exhausted athletics eligibility at an active NCAA Division II institution within the past calendar year
  • Must be in the first 10 semesters or 15 quarters of full-time collegiate attendance
  • Shall not participate in another intercollegiate sport during the period of the award
  • Must have received athletics-related financial aid from the NCAA Division II member institution
  • Must be within 32 semester or 48 quarter hours of completion of first undergraduate degree at the completion of the spring term
  • Must have a 2.5 cumulative GPA

 

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 Last updated/reviewed 10.14.09