Aug 15, 2023
The United States Polo Association (USPA) congratulates the following outstanding Intercollegiate/Interscholastic (I/I) student athletes who were awarded the 2023 USPA Intercollegiate Scholarship!
Requirements for application include playing at least two years of interscholastic polo as an active USPA member, competing on an intercollegiate team, 3.0 GPA, two letters of recommendation and a short essay. Recipients are selected based on horsemanship, sportsmanship, playing ability, contribution to the sport, academic excellence and character. The funds awarded to players are paid directly to the student’s institution for their tuition and are renewable for up to four years.
These athletes below join Grace Mudra, Kaylin Bender, Vlad Tarashansky, Taylor
Nackers, Elizabeth Leudesdorff, Josie Dorsey, Connelly Cashen, Alana
Benz, Liliana Gonzalez, Marissa Carelli and Lindsey Morris as award
recipients for the 2023-2024 school year.
Interscholastic Team: Houston Polo Club (Houston, Texas)
Intercollegiate Team: Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas)
Interscholastic Team: Lakeside Polo Club (Lakeside, California)
Intercollegiate Team: University of California Davis (UC Davis) (Davis, California)
Interscholastic Team: Lakeside Polo Club (Lakeside, California)
Intercollegiate Team: Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado)
Interscholastic Team: Aiken Polo Club (Aiken, South Carolina)
Intercollegiate Team: University of South Carolina Aiken (USC-Aiken) (Aiken, South Carolina)
Interscholastic Team: Harvard Crimson (South Hamilton, Massachusetts)
Intercollegiate Team: California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) (San Luis Obispo, California)
Interscholastic Team: Lakeside Polo Club (Lakeside, California)
Intercollegiate Team: Montana State University (Bozeman, Montana)
Effective Date: Saturday, May 16, 2020
The suspension of USPA Tournaments and Events will be lifted for USPA Member Clubs in locales where hosting polo matches and tournaments is permitted under applicable state and local laws, executive orders and similar decrees. The USPA Member Clubs in these locales are encouraged to follow all such requirements of their state and local authorities with respect to polo operations. In addition, we also encourage all USPA Member Clubs to take the precautions recommended by the CDC. We are preparing a detailed list of best practices for USPA Member Clubs as they return to hosting USPA Tournaments and Events and plan to circulate these guidelines within the next week. We will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation closely and will notify you if we determine a different course of action is necessary.
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