American Fork Cross-Country: January 2015

As you may know, the UIAAA and the NIAAA offer scholarships to deserving high school seniors. Below is a copy of the email sent last September asking for your school to send at least one male and one female for consideration. So far the UIAAA has only received a couple of applications and we are looking to increase the number of applicants from last year's number. A reminder, the deadline is January 31, 2015.

This email is a reminder, and a clarification, regarding the UIAAA scholarship program. The UIAAAis asking that you forward this information to all interested at your school. This would include all counselors, coaches and especially, senior athletes. There is no limit per school pertaining to the number of athletes that may apply.

The minimum requirements that must be attained in order to apply for the scholarship are found below. Notice the different set of criteria, one for the NIAAA and another for the UIAAA. The UIAAA will select 5 students to receive $1,000 scholarships. The top ranked male and female will be forwarded to the NIAAA for consideration. The links are -

http://www.niaaa.org/niaaa-awards/niaaa-student-athlete-scholarship/

http://www.niaaa.org/assets/Scholarship-Application-2015-Fillable.pdf

Minimum Requirements for the NIAAA Scholarship

· Applicant must have achieved at least two (2) of the following: (a) minimum of B+ average; (b) ranked in the top 25% of class; (c) ACT score of 24 or an SAT score of 1100 (Verbal and Math only)

· Applicant must have participated in two sports for at least two years in each sport

· Applicant must have earned at least one varsity letter in each of two sports

· Applicant must complete attached scholar application

· Applicant must have a letter of recommendation from the high school athletic administrator/director

· School athletic administrator/director must be an NIAAA member and a member of their respective state athletic administrators association

· The principal or athletic administrator/director must sign the application to ensure that the academic information submitted is accurate

· All materials must be postmarked to UIAAA/NIAAA scholarship program 199 East 7200 South, Midvale, Utah 84047. (no later than January 31, 2015.)

Minimum Requirements for the UIAAA Scholarship

· Applicant must have achieved the following: (a) minimum of B average (c) ACT score of 20 or an SAT score of 900 (Verbal and Math only)

· Applicant must have participated in two sports each year for at least 3 years.

· Applicant must have earned at least one varsity letter in each of two sports

· Applicant must complete attached scholar application

· Applicant must have a letter of recommendation from the high school athletic administrator/director

· The principal or athletic administrator/director must sign the application to ensure that the academic information submitted is accurate

· All materials must be postmarked to UIAAA/NIAAA scholarship program 199 East 7200 South, Midvale, Utah 84047. (no later than January 31, 2015.)

Please note that the UIAAA uses the NIAAA scholarship form to identify all scholarship winners. The deadline in Utah is January 31, 2015. This is the hard and fast deadline for UTAH!

76 seniors applied last year and the UIAAA is looking to double that number.

Applications will only be accepted by mail, postmarked no later than January 31, 2015 to:

UIAAA/NIAAA scholarship program 199 East 7200 South, Midvale, Utah 84047

Thank you in advance for assisting/providing your seniors with this information.

Utah Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association

199 East 7200 South

Midvale, Utah 84047

Phone (801) 560-0854