Requirements: 3.0+ GPA, Member of girls or boys varsity basketball team in senior year
Description:
The Jim Harpel Basketball Scholarship was established in 2010 in memory of Jim Harpel. Jim played basketball throughout his entire life and had an extraordinary love and passion for the sport. His wish was to create a scholarship in his name to help a Montgomery County basketball player continue on to college and to share in his/her love of the sport. In 2016, Bev passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer and her name was added to the fund. Bev shared the love of basketball with Jim and she previously served on the board of the Montgomery County Basketball Hall of Fame.
The Jim and Bev Harpel Basketball Scholarship Fund will provide a scholarship toward tuition and fees for a student from a public Montgomery County High School who is enrolled and will attend an accredited two-or four-year public or private institution. The scholarship will be awarded for one year only and is not renewable.
Criteria:
- Be a graduate in good standing of a public Montgomery County High School, Montgomery County, Indiana by the end of June of the year in which the application is filed
- Be a resident of Montgomery County, Indiana
- Be accepted into and attend an accredited two-or four-year public or private college or university
- Must have played on the girls or boys varsity basketball team during the senior year of high school
- Must have a grade point average of 3.0 based on a 4.0 scale
- Must have completed a minimum of seven (7) semesters or ten (10) trimesters by the application deadline to be eligible to apply for the Jim and Bev Harpel Basketball Scholarship
Requirements:
- Complete the online MCCF Standard Scholarship application. Check here for updated scholarship application due date and information.
- In addition to the standard essay questions, be prepared to write an essay (300 word maximum) answering the question: "Explain how basketball has played a part in your goals and your life."