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.