USTA Scholarship and Educational Incentive Awards for Tennis in Pensacola, Fl.

USTA 2009 College Scholarship/Incentive Awards

The USTA Serves - Foundation for Academics. Character. Excellence offers several college scholarship and other incentive awards.

General Information
USTA Tennis Sholarship and Incentives Awards

USTA Tennis Sholarship and Incentives Awards

USTA Serves - Foundation for Academics. Character. Excellence. is a not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to improving the quality of life among our nation's youth. USTA Serves mission is to support, monitor and promote programs that enhance the lives of underserved youth through the integration of tennis and education. A goal of USTA Serves is to encourage children to pursue their goals and highest dreams by succeeding in school and becoming responsible citizens. USTA Serves supports organizations that use tennis as a vehicle to help youngsters finish high school and qualify for college scholarships, targeting students from all cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

A by-product of the USTA Serves scholarship program is the creation of "A Summer of Service." Scholarship recipients will be asked to volunteer either in their community or at a USTA Serves designated location. Through "A Summer of Service" it is our goal to develop ambassadors to help ensure the continuity of our scholarship program.

Incentive Awards Offered

The Player Incentive Award is a one time, nonrenewable grant of $500. Its purpose is to encourage the development of USTA youth tennis program participants with great potential and a commitment to academic excellence. Incentive award applicants must currently be enrolled in grades 6-11.

You can get more information and application forms here:

Player Incentive Award Information

Player Incentive Award Application

College Scholarships Offered

Each year, USTA Serves awards scholarships to deserving youngsters who have participated in United States Tennis Association (USTA) and other organized youth tennis programs. The following scholarships are offered:

The Marian Wood Baird College Scholarship

The Dwight F. Davis Memorial Scholarship

The Dwight Mosley Scholarship Award

The USTA Serves College Education Scholarship

The Eve Kraft Education & College Scholarship

The USTA Serves College Textbook Scholarship

In order to be considered for a scholarship, this information must be received by February 9, 2009 in the offices of:
USTA Florida
1 Deuce Court, #100
Daytona Beach, FL 32124
ATTN: Andy McFarland

You can get more information and application forms here:

College Scholarships Information

College Scholarships Application

Timeline

Nov. 7, 2008 Posting scholarship info & application on USTA Serves website, to USTA Section EDs & Presidents, Community Tennis Development Committee, Youth Programs Committee, internet scholarship search sites

Feb. 9, 2009 Applications due to USTA Sections

Feb. 9-27 Sections review & rank applications

March 2 Applications due to Foundation

March 9 1st Committee Meeting - Overview

March 27 Applications to Scholarship Committee

April 8 2nd Committee meeting - Review & Preliminary selections

April 16 3rd Committee meeting - 'Named' Award finalists

April 21 4th Committee meeting - Review of telephone interviews

April 27 Final selections made

April 27-May 1 Recipients notified; names posted on USTA Serves website

Scholarship Committee:

Barbara Wynne, Chairman; Anne Marie Davis, Gary Davis, David Dinkins, Cheryl Haywood, Tiina Bougas Smith, Jon Vegosen, Rosalind Walter, and Pat Freebody.

Updated 11/10/08

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