Dear Coaches and Parents,

I would like to take this  opportunity to inform you about our club's Annual College and Training  Scholarship Program. Each year our club offers up to  $1,000 College  scholarships for High School Seniors and $250 training scholarships to High  School Freshman-Junior year students.  In addition, the Club also offers a  $500 Senior Recreation soccer and or Referee scholarships. The program has been  allocated $6,000 to give out for these scholarships.

Please  take the time to forward this to all your players, family and friends to let  them know about our program and encourage as many high school students that  qualify to apply. It costs nothing to apply and all it takes is for each  applicant to spend a short amount of time to fill out the application and  provide a resume highlighting their soccer playing experience from youth to  present, services to the club, such as tournament volunteer, refereeing,  training, rec coach etc, school awards, activities and community service as  well. Also with the application is a grade verification form that the guidance  department will fill out and provide proof of the applicants grade  average.

The applications can be found on the Main page of  Manalapan Soccer Club Web site under "Scholarships". There are separate  applications for each the two Senior & Training scholarships. In the past  some years we have received many applications and other years very few. Once  again please encourage those players who you know that are in High School to  apply. They have nothing to lose! The deadline to get their applications in is  May 25, 2011. The awards are presented to the winning applicants at the Clubs  General Membership meeting in June.

Below are the eligibility  requirements:

Senior Scholarship:
*Senior High School Student  (Does not have to be Manalapan HS) *Member of MSC team, provided that there  is a team available at the skill level they play *Must have a "B" or better  average in their high school career *Must be participating or have  participated in soccer at the high school level

Senior Recreation  team or Referee Scholarship:
*Senior High School Student (Does not have to be  Manalapan HS) *Member of MSC Recreation team, provided that there is a team  available at the skill level they play and or is currently an active  Referee *Must have a "B" or better average in their high school  career

Training Scholarship:
*Freshman-Junior yr.  High  School Student (Does not have to be Manalapan HS)

*Member of MSC team,  provided that there is a team available at the skill level they play *Must  have a "B" or better average in their high school career *Must be  participating or have participated in soccer at the high school level

Please feel free to email the scholarship committee should  you have any questions concerning the scholarship program. 

Sincerely,
Steve Blitzer
MSC Scholarship  Committee