First year BBS in Recreation and Sports Management student explains that “it is very helpful to have the support and recognition for my sport.”
First year Bachelor of Business in Recreation and Sports Management student at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) Aoife Prendergast, was one of 79 WIT students who were awarded with a sports scholarship award.
“I am grateful and delighted to be awarded with a WIT sports scholarship. It is very helpful to have the support and recognition for my sport.
“I was games captain during my final year in Loreto Secondary School. It was great to have been so closely involved in such a sporting school. Last year I won Player of the Year for Kilkenny District League following this signed for Wexford Youths women's.
I also play a lot of camogie and involved in lifesaving. Having just found out that I tore my ACL in my knee, I am looking forward to getting over my operation and getting back on the pitch.”
Aoife has developed both as a student and a sports person over the past year. Aoife in the future would love to continue working in sports. “I would love to work in either sports development within disadvantaged areas/people with a disability that don't have the same opportunity as others or go on to do PE teaching.”
About WIT Sports Scholarships
The Sports Scholarship Programme at WIT offers an athlete led development programme aimed at supporting the overall development of high performance athletes in a wide range of sports. The programme gives talented athletes the opportunity to develop their sporting and academic career by offering a network of support services and expertise which is tailored around the specific needs of each individual athlete.
Every academic year, WIT provides up to 60 Sports Scholarship Awards distributed between four awarding categories which reflect the sporting level a student is competing at within their sporting discipline:
Gold Scholarships are given to those students who are excelling in their sport and competing at the highest level in their sport.
Silver Scholarships are usually awarded to those students already in the college. Students receiving Silver Scholarships will have demonstrated their potential and commitment to their sport and WIT Club and will be competing at a high level.
Bronze Scholarships are open to all sports and are generally given to prospective and new students on entry to WIT. This Scholarship is also available to students who have completed first year in college and have demonstrated above average potential and commitment to a WIT sports club.
Emerging Talent Scholarships aim to support talented students who have shown potential in there sporting careers to date. The programme is a one year programme for first year students and it is aimed at helping the student progress in their academic studies and sport through the wide range of support services on the scholarship programme.
Sports Recognition Scholarships are one of most recent scholarships which was established to recognise outstanding WIT student athletes who have shown huge commitment to sport in WIT and who have also played a leading part in the development of Clubs and Societies life here in the college.
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