Rowing is Serious Business on Some Campuses
Rowing is a big sport at a number of colleges and universities and in many ways has considered itself outside the scope of other athletics. The NCAA now sponsors Women’s Rowing, making scholarships even more hotly contested, especially where women’s teams are big. We’ve found scholarships from major associations, clubs and colleges all in the name of sport and athlete promotion.
Scholarship Programs
Amateur Rowing Association
Postgraduate students interested in pursuing a part-time sports course while coaching part-time are invited to apply for the Henley Stewards' Charitable Trust (HSCT) scholarship program. Those selected to receive financial assistance from HSCT will receive funding for two years.
Hampton Roads Rowing Club, Virginia
Each year, the Hampton Roads Rowing Club offers two scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each to graduating high school students from the Tidewater area. One male and one female student will receive scholarship assistance. In order to qualify, applicants must have already been participating in the sport of rowing and be planning on continuing with the sport while attending college in either a NCAA or a Club-based program. There is no citizenship or residency requirement for this scholarship. All applicants are required to submit a letter of recommendation from their high school rowing coach.
University of Cincinnati, Rowing Program
The Rowing program at UC offers scholarship assistance to exceptional athletes. Previous rowing experience is not required. Instead applicants are asked to submit a videotape of themselves competing, along with letters from coaches or any other information that would provide information about the individual’s athletic ability.
University of Tennessee, Lady Volunteers
The Packaging Insight Rowing Scholarship is available to a female athlete attending the University of Tennessee. For more information, complete the online form and submit it to the University.
University of Iowa Foundation
Through the Hawkeye Visions Endowment Program, scholarship assistance is made available to intercollegiate athletes, including rowers, attending the University of Iowa. Each student athlete awarded a scholarship will have either a portion or the entire amount of his or her tuition covered by the Program.
University of North Carolina, Tar Heel Athletics
Student athletes, including those who are members of the rowing team, may be considered for one of the Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate scholarships awarded each year. Scholarship recipients are awarded $5,000 in funding to be used toward their studies at graduate school. Those receiving these funds must have distinguished themselves academically and as athletes. Service to the community is also taken into consideration when determining which students will receive this assistance.
University of Kansas, Kansas Jayhawks
The Williams Educational Fund provides scholarship assistance to student athletes including members of the rowing team at the University of Kansas. Through the support of KU alumni and members of the community, funding toward the cost of tuition, fees, room and board, and books is made available.