The purpose of athlete scholarships is to enable emerging and talented New Zealand athletes' to concurrently pursue tertiary and vocational qualifications while pursuing excellence in sport.
We are very pleased to announce four recipients of the Prime Ministers Scholarship awards:
Jeremy Hanna
Estelle Speirs
Kane Baigent
Courtney Meleisea
One of our recipients had this to say on hearing news of the award:
“This enables me to continue to train for the top levels of Taekwon-Do without having to choose between my sport and my career. Getting recognition that my academic studies are as important as my sporting goals sends a very positive message.”
As SPARC's Greg Taylor explains, these scholarships are significantly helping New Zealand's high performance sector develop New Zealand's future sporting champions