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MHSAA Programs for Students

The MHSAA strives to provide quality programs for its largest and most active group of constituents: the student-athlete.  Below are brief overviews of programs available to individual student-athletes and schools seeking leadership training, funds for local endeavors, scholarship opportunities, and more.

Scholar-Athlete Award

For over 20 years, Farm Bureau Insurance has sponsored the MHSAA's Scholar-Athlete Award.  In 2009-10, 32 $1,000 scholarships will be available to high school seniors who meet the following eligibility requirements:

  1. Enrollment - Student must be enrolled and participating in interscholastic athletics at an MHSAA member school.
  2. Senior Status - Student must be a senior graduating during the 2009-10 school year.
  3. Varsity Letter - Student must have prior to senior year won a varsity letter in a sport in which the MHSAA sponsors a post-season tournament. The list of sponsored sports include: baseball, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls bowling, girls competitive cheer, boys and girls cross country, football, boys and girls golf, girls gymnastics, ice hockey, boys and girls lacrosse, boys and girls soccer, softball, boys and girls skiing, boys and girls swimming and diving, boys and girls tennis, boys and girls track and field, girls volleyball, and wrestling.
  4. 3.50 GPA - Student must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. You may not round up a 3.4x grade point average for the purposes of qualifying.

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More Scholar-Athlete Award information >

Student Advisory Council

The Student Advisory Council Class of 2011 has been chosen. With the Class of 2010, this 16-member group will meet five times in 2009-10 and will be asked to:

  • Act as the voice of Michigan’s student-athletes.
  • Serve as a student sounding board for the MHSAA’s Representative Council.
  • Assist in planning Sportsmanship Summits, Captains
    Clinics and other student leadership events.
  • Participate in a yearly focus group about the state of high schools sports for Michigan State University’s Institute for the Study of Youth Sports.
  • Help with medal ceremonies at MHSAA championship events

More information about the MHSAA Student Advisory Council >

Captain's Clinics

The MHSAA works closely with the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports at Michigan State University to provide pertinent curriculum that is geared toward developing leadership skills for current and future team captains.  Topics at each clinic include (but are not limited to):

  • The Role of a Team Captain
  • Team Building
  • Motivating Your Team
  • Communicating With Coaches

Visit the Captain's Clinic page for more information >

High School Sports Leader - The site for Captains and Coaches

Leadership Grants

Are you a student with plans of attending a leadership training program?  Are you a school administrator organizing a student leadership event in your community?  Do you need funding?

More about leadership grants >

Reaching Higher

The MHSAA Reaching Higher Program was developed in 2008-09 to assist student-athletes intent on participating in athletics beyond high school. Beginning with the Reaching Higher Basketball Experiences in 2009, the program aims to provide training, supervision and guidance which will lead  to a successful transition to college life, both athletically and academically.

More about the Reaching Higher Program >

College Prep

The maze of eligibility requirements, admissions standards and recruiting regulations -- and how they vary from junior colleges to colleges and universities -- can be as daunting and intimidating as any opponent you've faced at your current grade level. To that end, we offer this section of the MHSAA Website as a springboard to your dreams of collegiate athletic participation.

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