WVSMA Student Scholarships
The scholarship deadline for this year has passed. Winners will be announced at the annual symposium and state competition on April 25-26th in Wenatchee. Good luck to all that applied.
Scholarship application and Eligibility Requirement are now available in either MS Word or PDF formats.(click on your preferred format to download)
Eligibility Requirements
ALL APPLICANTS MUST:
Ø Be a high school senior at the date of the application
Ø Intend to earn a degree in the medical field
Ø Have a minimum 3.0 GPA based on a 4.0 scale
Ø Be sponsored by an athletic trainer/instructor of a recognized
WVSMA sports medicine program
Ø Attend a high school that is a dues paying member of the WVSMA
Ø Submit an application postmarked on or before February 1,
2008
Scholarships
$ 600 Founders Award
$ 500 WVSMA
$ 300 Summit Sports Medicine
$ 200 Benik Scholarship
$ 200 EMPI
The Benik Scholarship of $200. To
qualify, the applicant must enroll in a university, community college,
or technical college. The scholarship will be paid directly to school
the applicant is attending.
Nomination and Selection for the Scholarship
The WVSMA Scholarship Selection Committee will consider all
nominations in detail and individually. To be considered for this
select award, a student must be nominated by a letter of
recommendation from an individual who has substantive knowledge
of the student’s accomplishments and goals. The selection
committee finds it helpful to learn specific examples of leadership,
academic, and personal achievements that set this student apart
from his or her peers. In addition to outstanding academic
performance, the committee is interested in accomplishments in the
sports medicine field. Only two nominations per program of senior
standing.
Selection Committee
The Selection Committee will consist of one individual per the four
regions of Washington State. This individual will not be a member of
the WVSMA, but highly regarded in the sports medicine field. These
individuals will score each individual applicant, and total scores will
then determine the overall winner.
Application Instructions
1. Nominations shall be restricted to students who are involved
with a WVSMA recognized program
2. There are three sections of the Scholarship Application to be
completed:
A. An application to be completed by the nominee and signed by
the nominee and nominating Sports Medicine Instructor
B. Two letters of recommendations, one of which needs to be by
the instructor of the WVSMA program.
C. An essay to be written and signed by the nominee.
3. Incomplete applications will not be processed. All applications
must include an official transcript, necessary signatures, and other
requested information.
4. The nominating WSVMA instructor is considered to be the
individual responsible for collecting all official transcripts and
the completed application, and forwarding them to the
Scholarship Selection Committee.
5. The scholarship application must be postmarked on or before
February 1, 2008 to be eligible for the scholarship.
6. All pages of the application must be typed.
