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KC Scholarship Program
PURPOSE
To financially assist KC hockey players attending post secondary
institutions.
AMOUNT OF THE AWARDS
Up to a maximum of $10,000.00 will be made available each year to
successful applicants of this program. The amount of the award to
each successful applicant will be $1,000.00
ELIGIBILITY
Graduating midget players who have completed a minimum of 5 consecutive
years of active participation in the Knights Of Columbus AA and/or BB
hockey program
APPLICATIONS
The application can be downloaded here. (pdf format)
Applicants must be accepted in a recognized post secondary institution
for consideration by the scholarship committee. Applications must
be submitted not later than 30 days prior to the commencement of
studies, and if all points of merit are equal, the application received
earliest will take precedence. Applications submitted more than 2
years after the completion of midget hockey eligibility WILL NOT BE
ACCEPTED.
Applications must be submitted to the “Chairman KC
Scholarship Committee” with ALL relevant information:
- Name and address of attending Institute
- Contact person and contact information of the registrar
- Transcript of high school marks and any other relevant information
Applicants review and degree of merit will be based
on the following criteria:
- Proof of academic standing (Transcripts)
- Supporting documents and
or references will be taken into consideration
- Community involvement, ie volunteer work coaching etc, with supporting
documents or references
- Total number of years of participation (Above the required 5
year minimum) in the K of C
- Any other supporting information that might be deemed to be of
importance to the selection committee
SELECTION COMMITTEE
The scholarship committee shall review the applications on a fair and
unbiased manner and reserves the right to make awards on special
circumstances, as may arise from time to time. The MAXIMUM amount
of scholarship monies in any given year is $C10,000.00. However if
the number of successful applications does not equal $C10,000.00, the
amount not used will be returned to the scholarship fund.
PAYMENT OF AWARD
The selected recipient will be made aware of the award in a timely
manner and the amount of $C500.00 will be paid to the institute upon
commencement. A second payment in the amount of $C500.00 will be
made to the institute at the commencement of the second semester
provided the student has maintained a GPA of 2.8 or better.
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