SCHOLARSHIPS
We are excited to launch quarterly scholarships designed to support diverse, fully-lived athletic journeys and bad🍑 performances.
We invite all female-identifying athletes* over the age of 18 to apply for our scholarships.
Applications will be reviewed by a committee and selected based on the following criteria:
Relevance and Need
Strength of Communication in the Application
Community Representation
Alignment with Huzzah’s Values
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Q:"Am I an athlete?"
A:If you sweat, you're an athlete!
Read more about our four scholarships below...
The Maddie Giegold Glitter Wild Adventure Fund
Application Timeline: to be released soon
Scholarship Funds: $2,000
This scholarship is in loving memory of Maddie Giegiold. Maddie was a glitter wearing, ice cream loving, larger than life force who made everyone she met feel like a best friend. She radiated love and warmth, while living life with a fierce passion to uplift everyone around her and to support systems of equity. Maddie chose to attend emergency medicine residency at UCSF Fresno, where she resonated with the medical community and where she could jump in the Sierra Nevada alpine lakes and frolic in the poppies on long trail adventures. She loved race day medicine, and served as medical staff at Broken Arrow, Western States, and FURTHER. Her "Hobbies and Interests" section on her UCSF Fresno residency page embodies her energy for all things. (And is perhaps the best Hobbies/Interests section in medical resident history?) "Trail running, climbing, mountains, flowers, snuggling my cats, walking my dog, drinking coffee in the morning, playing/listening to music, completing the junior ranger programs at various parks, smelling candles at TJ Maxx, learning about racism and systemic oppression, dismantling the cis/white/heteropatriarchy. EM interests: health equity and social EM, environmental medicine, wilderness medicine." May we all smell the TJ Maxx candles, dismantle the patriarchy, and spread love in honor of Maddie. This scholarship is designed to support the race day adventures of a BIPOC female athlete. Who May Apply: BIPOC female athletes of all levels (we welcome first time racers) with plans to compete in any endurance event (trail running, gravel biking, obstacle course racing, ski mountaineering, etc.) Application Requirements: Describe the race event, meaning within your life, and plans for training for the event Provide a statement about how you plan to carry on Maddie’s life spirit and energy within the context of the event Outline a budget for how you plan to use the funds
The Performance Plate Ft. Cookies Experience
Application Timeline: to be released
Scholarship Funds: $300 covering 3 months of sessions
This program is for any athlete with suspected or diagnosed low energy availability who wants to start or continue their healing journey with Kylee Van Horn, RD via individual sessions to learn about fueling, and perhaps work towards a love of cookies (or pizza! or tacos!). Application Requirements: Description of experience with low energy availability How low energy availability intersects with your athletic experience and/or mental health, physical health, or life outlook Any prior history with practitioners including therapists, counselors, RDs, or physicians if relevant If willing, how you might plan to share your experience with Huzzah’s community (not required) Availability for sessions with Kylee
Mama’s Long Adventure Piggy Bank
Application Timeline: to be released
Scholarship Funds: $1,500
This program is designed for athletes with children under the age of 10, offering $1,500 for childcare through Care.com or other services to support training sessions, as well as the creek dips, post-adventure brunches, and recovery naps that make training so special. Application Requirements: General outline of key training plans and how the scholarship will help make that possible Explanation of how this scholarship aligns with your broader aspirations and dreams as both an athlete and a mother Plan for sharing your adventures with Huzzah’s community of mothers Tentative budget
The Strong AF Booty Fund
Application Timeline: to be released
Scholarship Funds: $1,500
This program is designed for athletes over 40 years old who are interested in working with an endurance-focused strength coach for the first time, covering $1,500 of individual sessions to learn movement patterns, build injury resilience, and power performance (+ build a strong AF booty). Who May Apply: female athlete over 40 years old Application Requirements: Identification of strength coach and description of how their values align with yours Explanation of how this scholarship aligns with your training, racing, and/or injury recovery goals How you plan to continue keeping strength training as a key part of your routine Plan for sharing what you’ve learned with Huzzah’s community Tentative budget
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