Who Can Apply:
- With warm weather and blue skies throughout the year, beach volleyball is a very popular sport in Hawaii, where beach volleyball is beginning to be offered at the high school level.
- Beach volleyball is currently an equivalency sport, so colleges have a limited number of athletic scholarships available for players. Some college programs with large rosters divvy the available scholarships between athletes. As a result, many players may only have a portion of their out-of-pocket costs covered, even if they receive an athletic scholarship.
- Athletes from Hawaii face an even more significant challenge. Because most of the beach volleyball schools are located on the mainland, without in-state tuition, the cost of college can be unattainable for those students. Therefore, many students choose indoor volleyball over beach volleyball because of the higher prevalence of scholarship opportunities.
- This scholarship aims to bridge the gap between high school and college so that beach volleyball players can continue to thrive in their athletic pursuits.
- Any high school or undergraduate student (freshman and sophomores preferred) who is a beach volleyball player may apply for this scholarship, but residents of Hawaii with 3.2 GPAs or higher are preferred. Applicants should be committed to playing beach volleyball in college.
Submission: To apply, tell us why you decided to play beach volleyball in college and what field you’ll be pursuing after you graduate.
Deadline: March 4, 2025
Amount: $5,000
Learn More: https://bold.org/scholarships/tardus-beach-volleyball-scholarship/
