Team Scholarship?

[nedwards28]

This is the second try at posting this. Sorry if it gets duplicated somehow.

Hi there! I am the coach for team #4980 and I have a question about offering a scholarship for senior members of the team. It occurred to me today that we could offer a scholarship out of our team funds for a senior that particularly exhibits the FIRST philosophy. This would be kind of like a Dean's List award or an individual Chairman's award. I want to promote our students going out and making change in their community. We have a tough community for STEM related things. It is a basketball/football small-town community that unfortunately sells itself short sometimes. Could this motivate our students to make stronger connections with our community and start a culture change? It is also part of what we do, which is get kids ready for college and prepared to be fantastic adults!

My question is if other teams do this? What impact have you seen because of it? Any other advice is welcome!

Thanks,
Naomi
#4980 Coach