DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR WWLOA SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS! (5/30/23)
ANNOUNCING: NEW WWLOA SCHOLARSHIP!
WHO MAY APPLY:
If you are a WWLOA Junior Official and High School senior, or if you are a WWLOA Adult Official and student enrolled in a college or technical/trade school program, we’d like to offer you the opportunity to add $750 to your education fund.
About the Scholarship
This Spring, the Washington Women’s Lacrosse Officials Association has allocated funding for up to two $750 scholarships. To qualify for this scholarship, you must be a current WWLOA official and either A) be a High School senior planning to enroll in continuing education next year, or B) be an existing student in a college or technical/trade school program.
WWLOA is seeking to find individuals who have been positively impacted by their years officiating girls’ lacrosse.
This scholarship is to be used for tuition or school-related fees only. For High School seniors, the scholarship will be applied to fees incurred in your upcoming term within the academic year following HS graduation. For adults currently enrolled in a college or technical school, the scholarship will be applied to fees incurred in the term immediately following the scholarship award announcement.
Criteria
- Compelling or inspiring essay/application presentation
- Strong officiating history; upholding the “spirit of the game”
- Number of games and/or length of experience officiating
- Any awards or accolades regarding officiating
- Any volunteer efforts in support of women’s lacrosse
- Any recommendation(s) from a Coach / Educator
application process
We ask that you demonstrate how officiating with WWLOA helped you overcome a challenge and/or positively impacted you in other areas of your life -- academically or professionally. Please tell us more about your current or future school choice and relate how this scholarship would benefit your educational/career path. The application form link is below.
Your application will be reviewed by a committee of WWLOA board members and staff. If the WWLOA board requires zoom interviews, they may do so at their discretion. The candidate(s) selected for the scholarship will be notified in June. Award recipients must be willing to share their name and excerpts of their application with the WWLOA community, as well as on the WWLOA website.
Remember:
This is a grant awarded by WWLOA. Please be sure to submit your application at the link above by May 30th, 2023. Questions? Email: tseringzebra@gmail.com
Scholarship Recipients will be listed in "Honors & Awards" on our ABOUT US page.