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The Jim
Grew Scholarship awarded $1,000 based on Garrett’s performance. This
award was also provided for the Girl 1. The Dr. J.D. Morgan and the
Linda Giddens scholarship is awarded to Overall Water Ski Nationals
Boy 3 and Girl 3 . The
Jimmy McCormick Memorial Scholarship went to the Overall Boy and
Girl 2 amount $500.
The
award is held in escrow by the AWSEF until the recipient enters
college.
Scholarships
for all sports discipline water skiers are available through the
American Water Ski Educational Foundation.
The Scholarship
and Financial aid Committee was appointed in 1982.
The first scholarship program began in 1983 and offered
scholarships to qualified members of USA Water Ski (all sports
disciplines). The applicant must be an incoming sophomore,
junior or senior as well as a U.S. citizen, studying full-time
at a two or four-year school.
General
guidelines for consideration include the number of years the
applicant has been a member of USA Water Ski, academic
achievement level, two letters of reference, need, work record,
school and community activities and a 500-word essay.
Also considered are the individual's contributions to the
sport as a skier, rider, barefooter, etc., as a worker at water
ski tournaments (judge, driver, committee work, etc.) Students
need not be collegiate water ski competitors.
The American
Water Ski Educational Foundation (AWSEF) also administers
scholarships with funds donated by individuals, industry, family
and friends who want to memorialize a person through the
scholarship program.
Brandon Joseph Furey (Clearwater, Minn.), a senior majoring in physics at Gustarus Adolphus College, was awarded the Tim Olson Memorial Scholarship. He is a member of the Little Crow Ski Team and assists the club with Learn-to-Ski clinics.
The MasterCraft Scholarship was awarded to Emily Van Treese (Sidney, Ohio). She is a sophomore majoring in communications at Miami University. She has been instrumental in helping recreational skiers become competitive skiers at the collegiate level.
The Correct Craft Scholarship was awarded to Madalyn Baldwin (Shakopee, Minn.). She is a senior majoring in elementary education at the University of Iowa. She is a collegiate skier and serves as president for the club. In addition, she serves on the Athletes Advisory Council of the National Collegiate Water Ski Association.
The Jennifer Odom/David Kammerer Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Jonathan Paulovich (Hewitt, N.J.). He received the Lex Carroll Scholarship in 2008. He is a senior majoring in industrial engineering at Clemson University. He has served on the National Collegiate Water Ski Association board of directors, chaired the South Atlantic Conference board of directors, and served as a member of the NCWSA Eastern Region board of directors.
Caroline Hensley (Hixson, Tenn.), a junior at the University of Alabama, was the recipient of the $3,000 Barbara Bolding/Jim Grew Scholarship. She was the recipient of the Southern Region-Elmer Stailing Scholarship in 2010. A chemical engineering major, she serves as treasurer for the Alabama water ski team and earned a spot on the six-member U.S. Elite Water Ski Team representing the United States at the 2011 Water Ski World Championships in Dubna, Russia.
The
AWSEF scholarship programs are supported by contributions from
individuals, corporations and families that have set up an
endowment fund for a scholarship in memory of a loved one. For
more information on how to fund a scholarship, contact the AWSEF
