Category: Scholarships

Costello Insurance Primary Youth Scholarship–

$2,000.00 for Pre or post solo primary training ages 14-22

• John Aguillard
• Griffin Weiss

Stoffel Flight Training Scholarship

$2,000.00 for pre or post solo primary training ages 13-24

• Ethan Hoisington
• Ryan Grabman
• Ben Bierstine
• Michael Jennings
• Camden Schneider

Bultman Youth Flight Scholarship

$1,000.00 for advance training, camp, contest, soaring experiences, etc: ages 14-22

• Scott Tobin
• Maxwell Esquenazi

SSA Flight Training Scholarship

$2,000.00 for primary Training, pre and post solo student glider pilots to solo and ratings ages 13-24

• Jack Vakiener
• Ivan Mofardin
• Pat Yoon
• Klara Olcott
• Seth Collazo
• Jace Darlington
• Ryan Michael Wilson

Dennis Purduski Flight Training Scholarship

$2,000.00 for primary training, pre-solo to solo and beyond ages 13-19

• Jack Scheltingo
• Colby VonKannewurff
• Nadia Svejda
• Abdalla Eirahhal
• Alexander Buchanan
• Setlla Szostak
• Akiva Rosenzweig

Congrats to this year’s awardees and thank you to their mentors for doing their part to keep the sport alive and well!

If you weren’t selected, don’t be discouraged – there are more scholarships for this year! Consider applying for the:

SSA Cadet Scholarships – applications are due by June 30th.
Kolstad Junior Soaring Award – applications are due by September 30th.

Keep an eye on the SSA Junior Scholarship Opportunities page for more scholarship opportunities!

If you are an aspiring Junior woman pilot, check out the Womens Soaring Pilots Association Scholarships page for even more scholarship opportunities!

If you are interested in supporting future Junior scholarships, contact mylegacy@SSA.org or visit the Soaring Society of America Donation page for more information.

Smashing 2018’s record 37 applications, 2019 set a new record with 64 applicants! The entire selection pool was excellent and after long review/deliberation, the Youth/Junior Scholarship Committee would like to congratulate the following for this year:

2019 Recipients

Costello Insurance Primary Training Youth Scholarship
$2000 for pre or post solo primary training; ages 14-22

• Rebecca Harmon
• Sinead Nichols

Stoffel Flight Training Scholarship
$2000 for pre or post solo primary training; ages 13-24

• Dalton Stradtman
• Tucker Thomas
• Gideon Stasak
• Charles Thom
• Evan Kownurko

Bultman Youth Flight Scholarship
$1000 for advanced training, camps, contests, soaring experiences, etc; ages 14-22

• Jessica Hamilton
• Taylor Long

Congrats to this year’s awardees and thank you to their mentors for doing their part to keep the sport alive and well!

If you weren’t selected, don’t be discouraged – there are more scholarships for this year! Consider applying for the SSA Cadet Scholarships (http://www.ssa.org/Youth?show=blog&id=2388) – applications are due by June 30th.

Keep an eye on the youth page for the 2020 flight training scholarship application to be posted by the end of October. https://www.ssa.org/Youth

There were many more deserving recipients that we couldn’t fund this year. If you are interested in supporting future junior scholarships, contact mylegacy@SSA.org or visit https://www.ssa.org/Giving for more information.