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Military Rodeo Cowboy Hall Of Fame
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Inductees
    • 2018 Ron Arrington
    • 2018 Lynn Mattocks
    • 2018 Dan May
    • 2018 David Misner
    • 2018 Caesar Ozuna
    • 2018 Freddie Waltz
    • 2019 Wayne Boney
    • 2019 Sonny Borrelli
    • 2019 Roy Madden
    • 2019 Cotton Rosser
    • 2019 Bill Stepp
    • 2019 Steve Wood
    • 2021 Jewels Borrelli
    • 2021 Bill Hiscock
    • 2021 Scott McCloud
    • 2021 Greg Richins
    • 2021 Jack Walker
    • 2022 Alan Jacob
    • 2022 Billy Brown
    • 2022 Quint Theriault
    • 2022 Jason Scott
    • 2022 Steve Stollfus
    • 2024 Jessica Beck
    • 2024 Sam Lee
    • 2024 Brad McCassie
    • 2024 Garret McCaslin
    • 2024 Chad Nicholson
  • Nominations
  • Military Rodeo History
    • Early Years
    • The MRA
    • The ERCA
    • The MRCA
    • The MBR
    • Return of the MRCA
    • Record Book
  • Scholarships
  • Ceremony Videos

Scholarship opportunities

The Military Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame has established a scholarship award program to show our support for veteran families and the western lifestyle.  We believe in service and giving back and feel that scholarships directed toward family members of veterans who are interested in rodeo, ranching, farming, sports marketing, or museum studies is the best avenue to achieve these goals.
 

It is our intent to provide multiple scholarship grants to qualified applicants during the Summer of 2025 in time for use during Fall classes (Sep 2025 target).  The scholarship awards will vary in size from $500 - $2500 and will be for tuition, books, and school fees. 

How Do I Qualify?

  

Minimum requirements for awards are:

1.  Applicant meets the following:

  •  Parent or Grandparent is an honorably discharged veteran (DD214 or NG22 for parent/grandparent must be submitted as proof of service along with proof of relationship to veteran. Note: mask/black out any personal information on form such as social security number, phone number and home address before submitting.).  OR
  • Spouse and children of current active duty, reserve, or national guard members (Spouse or dependent children should submit DEERS Eligibility Verification or Enrollment documentation as proof of status. Note: mask/black out any personal information on form such as social security number, phone number and home address before submitting.) OR
  • Spouse and children of military members Killed in Action or Missing in Action are also eligible. (Spouse or dependent children should submit verification documentation as proof of status. Note: mask/black out any personal information on form such as social security number, phone number and home address before submitting.) 

Applicants must meet this requirement AND:


2. High School applicants must have competed in a recognized youth rodeo association (AJRA, NLBRA etc.), National High School Rodeo Association, or been actively involved in 4-H, Future Farmers of America (FFA) or other farm and ranch focused organizations. (Documentation showing participation in the above activities must be provided with application.) 

OR

3.  Applicant may be an Undergraduate or Graduate student who currently or previously competed in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) (must submit proof of competing)  OR  is majoring in one of the following degree programs and meets the requirements of 1 above:

  • Agriculture related program
  • Veterinary Science program
  • Sports Marketing or Management
  • Museum Studies or Management

Undergraduate and graduate students must submit transcripts showing major course work.


4. Applicants must show a minimum of 2.9 GPA. High School and college students must provide a copy of current transcripts.


5. Applicant must show financial need by submission of previous tax year Form 1040/1040A/1040EZ for themselves or parent if still a dependent claimed on the tax form. Note: mask/black out any personal information on form such as social security number, phone number and home address before submitting.


6.  Complete and submit a 500-word essay in your own words detailing why military service and support of the western lifestyle is important to the applicant and the country 


7. Undergraduate and Graduate students may apply for follow on funding under this program each year if they meet the requirements of a-c above. Returning applicants must also submit a 500-word essay in their own words describing how their current course of study can promote military service and the western lifestyle 


NOTE: Military Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame directors, trustees, officers, senior managers, scholarship selection committee or their family members are NOT eligible for scholarship awards under this program. In addition to these prohibited individuals, individual donors reported on the Hall of Fame IRS Form 990, Schedule B and their family members are also ineligible for scholarship awards under this program. (Note that for these purposes, “family members” include spouses or domestic partners, siblings, children, and grandchildren, as well as spouses or domestic partners of siblings, children, and grandchildren)

Non-U.S. Citizens are also ineligible for scholarship awards under this program.

All submissions, including supporting documentation must be received by the Hall of Fame between 1 Mar and 31 May of each year.  Submissions will be submitted via the application form below.

Deadline for Submission

 

All submissions, including supporting documentation must be received by the Hall of Fame between 1 Mar and 31 May of each year.  Submissions will be submitted via the application form below.

Scholarship award criteria

  Applications will be scored by our selection committee using the following criteria:


All applications will be reviewed by the Hall of Fame Scholarship Award Committee, evaluated, and scored with the scholarships awarded based on the total score received by each applicant. The number and amount of each award will be determined by the selection committee as set forth annually by the Hall of Fame Executive Board of Directors. Scoring will be as follows:


1. Minimum qualifications for award are met – 20 points.


2. Spouse or dependent of military member killed in action or declared missing in action (additional documentation to substantiate will be required) – 15 points.


3. Financial need based on previous tax year gross adjusted income from Form 1040/1040A/1040EZ (form must be submitted with Personally Identifiable Information {social security number, phone number, and street address, masked/blacked out}) – 1 to maximum of 20 points based on sliding scale of Federal Adjusted Gross Income from 1040/1040A/1040EZ minus 200% of Federal Poverty Level as indicated at: https://aspe.hhs.gov/topics/poverty-economic-mobility/poverty-guidelines 

  • Example: AGI = $45,000 and number of people in household is 3. FPL for 3 is $25,000 * 200% = $50,000. $45,000-$50,000 = ($5,000)


4. Participation in 4-H, Future Farmers of America (FFA) or other farm and ranch focused organizations – 10 points.

  • Held a leadership position in one of these organizations – 5 points.


5. Participation in rodeo related programs and associations – 10 points. 

  • Held a leadership position in a rodeo related program or association – 5 points.


6. Course of study (major) as an undergraduate or graduate student in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Sports Marketing or Museum Studies (transcript must be provided) – 10 points.


7. Participant in Reserve Officer Training Corp (ROTC, High School, or College level) (documentation of participation must be provided)– 5 points.


8. Spouse or dependent of current Active-Duty military member – 10 points.


9. Current GPA over 3.5 – 5 points


10. Essay evaluation – 1 to maximum of 100 points (500 words, relevancy, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and plagiarism verification will be used to score this essay) 

Apply for your Scholarship

To apply for one of our scholarships, please complete and submit this form with all necessary documents .


Documents submitted must be in PDF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, DOC, DOCX, PPT, TXT. ZIP or other regularly used file formats that are easily accessed by most Windows based systems. The maximum file size is 10mb for a single document/file or 15mb for all documents/files. It is recommended that you submit only required documents and use a compressed ZIP file to reduce size. If you are having difficulty reducing the size of the documents to meet the file size requirement, please contact us for assistance at militaryrodeoscholarships@gmail.com


All documents submitted will become property of the Hall of Fame Scholarship Selection Committee and will not be returned. Please ensure that all Personally Identifiable Information (PII) such as social security numbers, phone numbers, addresses, etc. are masked/blacked out on any documents provided to substantiate your application. 

  

Document checklist for items that should accompany your application:

1. DD214/NG22

2. Verification of relationship to veteran

3. DEERS Eligibility or Enrollment Form

4. Proof of participation in junior/high school/college rodeo

5. Proof of participation in 4-H, FFA etc.

6. Proof of leadership positions held in the above organizations

7. High School/College transcript showing grades and course of study

8. Tax Form 1040/1040A/1040EZ

9. Essay

  

If selected for a Hall of Fame Scholarship, you consent to the use of your name and image in social media, website, public ceremonies and other public advertising used by the Hall of Fame to promote our organization and scholarship program. (If an applicant is under 18 years of age at time of award, parental consent will be required for release of personal information.)  


You will also be required to provide additional information to facilitate your scholarship award and the transfer of funds to your institution for payment of tuition and fees. The information required may include your social security number or other personal information such as address, phone number, social media accounts, or financial institution information. This information will only be requested after you have been selected for an award.


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