• NIAA Scholarship application

    NADA - NIAAA Student Scholarship Essay Program-Links to an external site.

    2025 National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association Scholar/Essay Application 

    Purpose of Scholarship:
    In accordance with National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association’s (NIAAA) purpose to promote, 
    facilitate, and increase the knowledge and understanding of the vital role of interscholastic athletics in the educational
    system, this scholarship program will foster and acknowledge the partnership between the NIAAA and secondary
    education. The scholarships will recognize the distinguished scholastic, leadership, and citizenship attributes of high 
    school student athletes, and the importance of high school athletics in each student’s life.

    Criteria: 
    1. Applicant must be a Senior
    2. Applicant must have achieved at least one (1) of the following:
    (A) minimum of B+ average;
    (B) Ranked in the top 25% of class;
    (C) ACT score of 24 or an SAT score of 1100 (Math and Reading)
    3. Applicant must have participated in two sports for at least two years in each sport
    4. Applicant must have earned at least one varsity letter in each of two sports
    5. Applicant must complete attached scholar/essay application
    6. Applicant must have a letter of recommendation from the high school athletic administrator/director
    7. School athletic director must be an NIAAA member and a member of their respective state athletic
    administrators association
    8. The principal or athletic director must sign the application to insure that the academic information
    submitted is accurate
    9. All hard copy materials must be postmarked or electronic materials sent to the NIAAA State Liaison
    in your respective state by your state's deadline. Select your state at the bottom of the website
    Scholarship Page to view your state's deadline and liaison information.

    Scholarship Awards:
    State Winners - one male and one female will each receive a plaque recognizing 
    them as state winners
    NIAAA Section Winners - one male and one female will each receive a $1,500 scholarship
    and a plaque recognizing them as section winners 
    National Winners one male and one female will each receive a $2,500 scholarship
    and a glass etching recognizing them as national winners