High School Hockey Scholarship
The Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation has dedicated 25% of its annual proceeds to the growth and support of amateur hockey in Columbus.
Each season, a portion of these proceeds are specifically earmarked for the purpose of continuing an annual educational scholarship for a graduating high school senior who wishes to further his/her education beyond high school. These students have excelled both in their commitment to hockey and in their academic and extracurricular activities at their respective school. This scholarship is not based on performance as a hockey player. It is based on character and overall achievements during high school.
Criteria:
- Applicant must be a high school senior
- Applicant must be a team member of one of the following high school teams: Thomas Worthington, Worthington Kilbourne, Dublin Scioto, Dublin Coffman, Dublin Jerome, DeSales, Upper Arlington, St. Charles, Hilliard, Olentangy, Olentangy Liberty, Athens, Westerville, Gahanna, Northeast Storm, Pickerington/Reynoldsburg, Newark
- Applicant must plan to attend accredited two or four year US college/university as a full-time student beginning the summer or fall immediately following high school graduation
- Applicant must have a GPA of 3.0 or better (based on a 4.0 scale) or its equivalent and student shall be evaluated based upon all academic work completed through the first term in which the final season of eligibility concludes
- Applicant must have performed with distinction in terms of leadership, realizing potential, character and positive attitude as a member of the hockey team. Applicant conducted himself/herself, both on and off the ice, in a manner that has brought credit to the student and their institution
- In addition to the above, consideration shall be given to participation in school activities, other than academic and athletic, in which the student has had the opportunity to demonstrate qualities of leadership and serve as an example to fellow students.
Attachments to be included with application:
A copy of sophomore, junior, and current year transcripts
Three letters of recommendation:
- one from high school instructor/advisor
- one from high school hockey coach
- one from employer or long time adult personal acquaintance
Essay:
Under 500 words describing the qualities that distinguish you from other applicants and explaining your career plans and goals.
View High School Hockey Scholarship Criteria
View the High School Hockey scholarship application
Scholarship Applications Due: March 1 (in office) by noon
Address to: Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation
200 W. Nationwide Blvd
Columbus, OH 43215
Drop off: business hours 9am-5pm (Monday-Friday)
Hard copy required - faxes and emails not accepted
How to get here:
- Enter through the Box office doors (on the corner of Nationwide and McConnell)
- Immediately to your right through the double doors will be a security desk
- Tell them that you are there to go to the offices on the Suite Level
- Security will direct you to the elevators. Take the elevators to your left up to the Suite Level
- There will be double glass doors through which there is a front desk
2008-2009 High School Hockey Scholarship Winners
Matthew Ambrogi (Worthington Kilbourne HS - picture 1)
Jeffrey Richards (Westerville Central HS - picture 2)
Nick Knudson (St. Charles Preparatory HS - not pictured)
Where we are now!
Paul Sheldon is at Lehigh University, where he is enrolled in the Integrated Business and Engineering (IBE) program. He was on the Dean's List for both semesters for his freshman year and is a member of the national honor fraternity, Phi Sigma Pi. Paul continues to play hockey at Lehigh and was on the Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey Conference 2007-2008 championship team. He is still actively involved in service work, and served as a leader on several middle and high school mission trips this past summer.
Matt Kirstein at Penn State University and plays for the ACHA Division 1 Penn State Ice Hockey Team. He is a finance major and economics minor and just recently completed an internship in Columbus at a company called RockBridge Capital. I could not imagine myself at any other school and I absolutely love being at Penn State. Penn State and the Penn State Hockey Program have given me wonderful opportunities. I would like to thank the Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation for my scholarship and for everything they do in the community to help young kids.
Graham Judge is at Earlham College in Richmond Indiana, majoring in Biology and Art. He spends a lot of time in the field in acreage at the back of the campus and in the ceramics room. He is a staff member of the Joseph Moore Museum, a natural history museum where he was able to help assemble a Smilodon (sabre-toothed cat) skeleton. In July, he spent five days with Earlham biologists in Indiana trapping and studying different species of turtles. There is no ice, so I play club rugby.