Lynn Gillespie Girls Travel Soccer Scholarship
The Lynn Gillespie Scholarship is named in honor and respect for a woman
that shared her passion for soccer, sportsmanship, and teamwork
with hundreds of girls.
The Lynn Gillespie Scholarship is intended to help girls that have a financial need transition from rec soccer to travel soccer. This scholarship may reduce the annual fee for travel soccer with the Brunswick Soccer Association from 50% - 100%. A scholarship recipient may reapply every year to continue within the soccer travel program. The chart below shows the financial guidelines. If you do NOT meet the financial guidelines, please do not hesitate to try-out for travel soccer. Payment plans are available.
Federal Gross Income per Family / Scholarship Percentage if Awarded$ 0 - $30,000 / 100% Travel Soccer Annual Fee
$30,000 - $40,000 / 75% Travel Soccer Annual Fee
$40,000 - $50,000 / 50% Travel Soccer Annual Fee
Brunswick Soccer Association (BSA) is a community basedtravel youth soccerclub located in Brunswick, Ohio. We have travel boys' and girls' teams from U8 - U14 and we participate in theAASLarea soccer league andare a proud member of OHTSL. The scholarship is applied to the Annual Fee. The costs for participation in BSA are:
Annual Fee $275
Mandatory Fundraiser $125
Uniform (estimate) $ 65
All applicants need to attend the BSA try-outs for the correct corresponding age group.
Try-outs are projected to be End of MAY 2017at the Brunswick High School Stadium.
Registration starts 15 minutes before warm ups:
Age Group / Birthday falls within this Range / Warm-Up / Try-OutsU8 / 1/1/2008 – 12/31/2008 / T.B.D / T.B.D
U9 / U10 / 1/1/2007 – 12/31/2006 / T.B.D / T.B.D
U11 / U12 / 1/1/2005 – 12/31/2004 / T.B.D / T.B.D
U13 / U14 / 1/1/2003 - 12/31/2002 / T.B.D / T.B.D
For additional information on try-outs, including required paperwork; please visit the BSA website at
All applications for the Lynn Gillespie Scholarshipmust be
postmarked or emailed by June30, 2017 for consideration.
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
Applicant Name:______Birthdate:______
Address:______
Name of Parent/ Guardian:______
Name of Parent /Guardian:______
Phone:______Email:______
The following must be included with the application or the application cannot be considered:
- The applicant must write a letter on why she wishes to play travel soccer OR why she loves soccer. This letter will NOT be viewed for grammar, punctuation, or spelling. It is very important to have the applicant write this herself. This letter should be written on a separate sheet of paper.
- A copy of the front page of the parents’ 2015 Federal Income Tax Return to determine the financial need. Social security numbers should be blackened or white out.
At no time will any of the information be shared with parties outside of the review committee. This review committee will only be given confirmation of the financial need and the copy of the front page of the Federal Tax Return will be completely destroyed after confirmation. If any concerns, please send notification.
All applications for the Lynn Gillespie Scholarshipmust be
postmarked or emailed byJune 30, 2017 for consideration.
BSA
Lynn G Scholarship
PO Box 633
Brunswick, Ohio 44212
Notification of scholarship status will be given by July 31, 2017.