New scholarship fund for female athletes
The National Association for Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS) is sponsoring the Mary Jennings Sport Camp Scholarship Fund, a fund to help support young female athletes who would like to attend a sport camp to develop their skills. The fund is named for New Jersey athlete Mary Jennings who passed away in June of 2006 following a short battle with liver cancer.
The fund will provide financial support for female athletes ages 10-14 to attend the sport camp of their choice. Athletes in any sport are eligible to apply. A tennis athlete was awarded the scholarship last summer to help pay for expenses at a Nike Tennis Camp she attended.
The NAGWS accepts scholarship applications throughout the year. For those athletes who wish to attend a sports camp that is held between mid-October and February 1, the deadline to submit a scholarship application is October 1. For those athletes who wish to attend a sports camp that is held between mid February and October 1, the deadline to submit a scholarship application is February 1.
Please click here for more information and to download the Mary Jennings Sport Camp Scholarship application.
Grants available to enrich tennis in your community
What do you want to do for tennis in your community? Perhaps the courts at your favorite park are in need of resurfacing or your school is in need of an after-school tennis program? Maybe you're a college student who would like to see competitive team-based tennis offered to the entire student body?
Whatever your dream or desire, the USTA Pacific Northwest can help you find a way to support tennis initiatives at the local level. We draw from sectional and national funds, as well as guide you toward “outside money” available through foundations, government entities and sponsorship opportunities.
Please click here to learn more about what we can do and how we can do it together. There are funding grants offered in the areas of diversity, court/facility improvement, parks & recreation, education and training, and USTA programming.
USTA Pacific Northwest and USTA Serves college scholarships
In addition to the USTA Pacific Northwest Glenn Lovett College Scholarship, juniors in our section are also invited to apply for USTA Serves (formerly known as the USTA Tennis & Education Foundation) college scholarships.
USTA Serves is a not-for-profit entity that is dedicated to improving the quality of life among our nation’s youth. The mission of USTA Serves states that they encourages children to pursue their goals and highest dreams by succeeding in school and becoming responsible citizens.
USTA Serves targets youngsters from all cultural and ethnic backgrounds, and supports organizations that use tennis as a vehicle to help youngsters finish high school and qualify for college scholarships. College scholarship applicants must demonstrate financial need for college matriculation. Please click
here to learn about the different scholarships that are offered.
The USTA is no longer accepting applications for 2009. Thank you for your interest and please check back in December as the 2010 scholarship guidelines and application will be available at that time.