Clay County Gator Club® Scholarship Application

Initial Application______*Renewal______

The Clay County Gator Club® Scholarship Program is limited to:

A student who is a sponsor or whose relative is a sponsor in good standing of Clay County Gator Club®, and who will graduate from high school at the end of the current school year or has previously graduated.

The student must be accepted with a University of Florida student ID Number and enrolled at the University of Florida by the first day of the Fall term.

The student/relative must be a sponsor in good standing of the Clay County Gator Club® by 1 April of the year of application.

*A renewal application requires: Biographical Information, Personal Statement, Application Verification and OfficialTranscript with at least 24 credit hours from the current school yearincluding Spring Term grades.

The completed application must include an official copy of your high school and/or college transcript(mailed directly by the school or UF to the address below), a picturefor Clay County Gator Club® publication and mailed to:

Clay County Gator Club®

Attn: Diane Suter

PO Box 2011

Orange Park, FL 32067

The application and transcript cannot be postmarked later than12May, and your University of Florida student ID number must be included on the application. Applications received after this date will not be considered. Selected students will be notified by phone or email in early June. Scholarships are awarded in the amount of $1,000. Should additional pages be necessary please attach the necessary pages.

Biographical Information

Full Name______

Address______

City______State ______Zip ______

Date of Birth ______Email Address ______

PhoneNumber (Designate Home or Cell) ______

Sponsor’sName ______

Parent/Guardian’sName,Phone Number and/orEmail Address______

Academic Background

***The information you provide is subject to verification by your school counselor***

What High School Do or Did you Attend? ______

Date of Graduation: Month ______Year ______

Unweighted Cumulative GPA ______Weighted Cumulative GPA______

College Cumulative GPA ______

Awards, Clubs, Community Service Work and Employment

Please provide information below on additional sheets.

List any clubs you are a member or officer of and the years you’ve been involved.

List and describe any community service work you’ve done. Please include the number of hours of your service work.

List any sports you participated in and year(s) you participated.

List any jobs you’ve held, your title, dates of employment and approximate number of hours worked.

List any other extracurricular activities you participate in (not including work or community service).

Provide a letter of recommendation (for this scholarship) from your school.

Personal Statement

On a separate sheet of paper, please address why you have selected the University of Florida, your educational goals and how you will achieve them, and why should you receive a scholarship from the Clay County Gator Club. Please limit response to one page.

Application Verification

I hereby certify that the information in this application is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

Applicant’s Signature ______Date ______