CoSIDA members are asked to assist their campus faculty athletics representative (FAR) or chief academics officer in the nomination process in the third year of the Jim McKay Scholarship Award. Please read the application carefully and note that only the faculty athletics representative or the chief academic officer of the institution at which the nominee is a varsity student-athlete may nominate qualified candidates.
The Jim McKay Scholarship Program provides for one male and one female student-athlete to receive a $10,000 postgraduate scholarship in recognition of outstanding academic achievement (minimum of 3.5 cumulative grade point average) and potential to make a major contribution in the sports communications industry.
The period for nominations by faculty athletics representatives for the distinguished 2011-12 Jim McKay Scholarships is now open.
Nominations must be postmarked not later than Friday, January 27, 2012.
Please read the NCAA Jim McKay Scholarship Program information
HERE.
Please direct any questions regarding the Jim McKay Scholarship Program to Lori Thomas in the NCAA national office at
lthomas@ncaa.org or at (317) 917-6222.
Jim McKay Scholarship Program
Application Form
In 2008, the National Collegiate Athletic Association established the Jim McKay Scholarship Program as a means of recognizing the immense contributions and legacy of pioneer sports journalist Jim McKay. Under this program, one male and and one female student-athlete are annually awarded a $10,000 scholarship in recognition for outstanding academic achievement and potential to make a major contribution in the sports communication industry. McKay scholars will be recognized as having demonstrated a unique aptitude and commitment to the communications field and promises to be a future leader in the industry. McKay scholars also will demonstrate the highest level of professional integrity, including the principles of truthfulness, accuracy, objectivity, impartiality, fairness and public accountability, with the element of compassion that so infused McKay's long and storied career.
The Jim McKay Scholarship Program provides for one male and one female student-athlete to receive a $10,000 postgraduate scholarship in recognition of outstanding academic achievement (minimum of 3.5 cumulative grade point average) and potential to make a major contribution in the sports communications industry.