Board of Directors' Scholarship (2 x $1,000)
The Georgia Soccer Board of Directors awards this scholarship to high schools seniors who demonstrate excellence on the field, in the classroom and in the community.
Criteria: All applicants must be high school seniors participating in Georgia Soccer programs for the current seasonal year (2022-2023) as a player, referee, coach or volunteer, Applicants must show plans to attend a four-year college/university beginning in fall 2023. Applicants should also have both exemplary academic and extra-curricular résumés.
Deadline: Applications open for fall 2023. Deadline is June 9, 2023.
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Rich Freeman Scholarship (2 x $1,000)
The Rich Freeman Scholarship is awarded in memory of former Georgia Soccer staff member Rich Freeman. As our Senior Member Administrator, Rich was the technical expert, chaplain and the one everyone came to the office to see. He was never too busy to help, and no job was ever too big or too small.
Criteria: All applicants must be high school seniors currently participating in Georgia Soccer (2022-2023) as a player, referee, coach, volunteer, etc., and have plans to attend a two-year or four-year college/university beginning in fall 2023. Applicants should have a minimum 2.5 GPA and a strong record of community service.
Deadline: Applications open for fall 2023. Deadline is June 9, 2023.
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USYS William J. "Billy" Goaziou Scholarship (2 X $1,250)
The memory of Goaziou, who was involved in soccer for more than 25 years as a coach and administrator, is honored with two one-year scholarships in the amount of $1,250 to be awarded to one male and one female attending a post-secondary education institution for the first time in fall 2023. The scholarships are awarded based on community service and giving back to the game of soccer.
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HALL OF FAME SCHOLARSHIP ($1,000)
The Hall of Fame Scholarship is given on behalf of the members of the Georgia Soccer Hall of Fame. These individuals represent the very best that Georgia has to offer the world of soccer. The Georgia Soccer Hall of Fame members have significant and lifetime achievements for soccer in Georgia to their name, and this scholarship is given to the next generation in their honor.
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Criteria: All applicants must be high school seniors currently participating in Georgia Soccer (2022-2023) as a player, referee, coach, volunteer, etc. They must show plans to attend a four-year college/university beginning in fall 20223 and to play soccer at that school. Applicants should also have both an exemplary academic and extra-curricular resumé.
Deadline: Applications open for fall 2023. Deadline is June 9, 2023.
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Financial Assistance
Georgia Soccer provides need based assistance to those that can demonstrate financial need in our ODP Program and Referees. To determine eligibility for assistance we use the Federal Poverty Thresholds and your household adjusted gross income (AGI). If your AGI is 150% of this threshold and below you are eligible to apply for assistance. To know more about federal poverty thresholds visit https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines
The following information is required for upload to determine eligibility.
-1040 Tax return - pages 1 & 2 showing your AGI. If no tax return is available, complete a tax transcript. To request a transcript from IRS use for 4506 T http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506t.pdf and submit the tax transcript.
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FAME SCHOLARSHIP ($1,000)