NFF scholarship applications due March 8th
The deadline for application for the Coach Bill Snyder Family/Sunflower Chapter of the National Football Foundation scholarship is rapidly approaching.
Graduating high school seniors in Kansas who competed in football in the fall of 2023 are eligible if they have achieved a cumulative 3.0 GPA. The deadline to apply is March 8. Apply online through the following link: https://form.jotform.com/233306615261045
A total of 11, $500 scholarships will be awarded. Honorees will be recognized at a banquet May 8 at the University of Kansas. Among the speakers will be former Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder and Kansas head coach Lance Leipold. The public is allowed to attend. Registration can be achieved by contacting Jeff Bollig, chapter board member at jbollig84@gmail.com.
The event is being billed as a “Celebration of Football in Kansas” as in addition to the scholarship honorees, coaches, officials and others will be recognized. The Kansas Shrine Bowl will also honor its hall of fame selections.
About the Coach Bill Snyder Family/Sunflower Chapter NFF
The Kansas Chapter received its National Football Foundation Charter Nov. 25, 1991 at halftime ceremonies of the Kansas-Missouri football game. It then evolved into the Jayhawk Chapter and later
transitioned to the Sunflower Chapter In 2020, it was renamed the Coach Bill Snyder Family Sunflower Chapter. Its mission is to recognize outstanding high school seniors who excel on the gridiron, in the classroom and as leaders in their schools and communities.
About the National Football Foundation
Founded in 1947 with early leadership from General Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army coach Earl "Red" Blaik and immortal journalist Grantland Rice, the National Football Foundation (NFF) is a non-profit educational organization that runs programs designed to use the power of amateur football in developing scholarship, citizenship and athletic achievement in young people.
About the NFF Chapter Network
The NFF Chapter Network, spread across 120 outposts in 47 states, serves as the pulse of a nationwide effort to encourage leadership, sportsmanship and academic excellence among America’s young football
players. The first meeting to discuss the formation of chapters was held by the Cincinnati Club in 1954, and today more than 12,000 passionate members carry on the legacy of the early pioneers, which is simply to Build Leaders Through Football. Collectively, they host more than 300 events each year, reaching more than 500,000 football players at 5,000 high schools.