PHSRA Senior Scholarship Information

The PHSRA (Pennsylvania High School Rodeo Association) would like to thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to the PHSRA.  We would like to help you in your future endeavors by offering 5 scholarships to our high school senior members that will be pursuing post-secondary education after graduating from high school (trade school, junior college, college).  Senior members interested in these scholarships will need to provide an application packet of information and all the received applicants will then have a brief in person interview with our PHSRA scholarships committee during our PHSRA rodeo finals in May. During the interview, the applicant is expected to wear appropriate clean western attire. The scholarship committee with our PHSRA board approval will then decide which applicants will receive the scholarships as announced at our PHSRA end of the year banquet. 

 

The 5 PHSRA scholarships offered are valued at $ 1000 dollars each. The Senior member awarded a scholarship will then have 2 years after graduating high school to begin their post-secondary education and once the first semester transcript is forwarded to the PHSRA then the student will receive the scholarship money. The transcript is verification to the PHSRA that the post-secondary education has begun. The Senior member application scholarship packet will need to include the following information.

 

1.Copy of High School Transcript

2.A Written Personal Essay (minimum of 300 words) on the topic of -During your PHSRA experience, describe What or Who has had the biggest impact on your life and what you have learned about yourself while competing in rodeos.

3.1 Personal Reference Letter from someone (non-family member) who knows you well as a person.

4.List Any Volunteer Work Done

5.List Any Extracurricular Activity Done During High School That You Have Enjoyed (i.e. 4H, Clubs, Other Sports, School Activities / Offices Held)

6.List Your PHSRA Events and Accomplishments

7.List Any PHSRA Offices Held

 

Please turn in your application packet at our PHSRA rodeos in April.  You may turn them in when you arrive for the rodeo contestant mandatory meeting.  If for some reason you cannot do this then please contact the PHSRA (phsrarodeo1@gmail.com) to make other arrangements.  The absolute Deadline for fully completed applications to be received will be May 10 th.