Eligibility Requirements:

• Applicants must be nominated by their cross country coach. Each high school that is a member of the New Castle Country Cross Country and Track Coaches Association (N5CTA) may nominate one male and one female student.
• Nominees must be :
  • high school seniors who are Delaware residents attending a N5CTA-member school in Delaware,
  • students who have participated in high school cross country program(s) during junior and senior years,
  • students with a minimum cumulative, unweighted GPA of 2.5 in high school core curriculum, and
  • planning to enroll full-time in a two- or four-year program of study at a regionally accredited college.

Award:

• $2,000 each to one male and one female student for freshman year of college. Award may be renewed in the amount of $1,000 for sophomore year for recipients who continue to participate in cross country and maintain satisfactory academic progress.

Criteria:

• 50% Financial need
• 25% Academic achievement
• 25% Participation in cross country programs

In the event of two equally qualified applicants, preference will be given to All State selection, All County selection, and/or All Catholic selection.

Deadline:

• The deadline to apply for the 2012-13 academic year is 4:30 p.m. on  November 3, 2011. Please note the following change of address and contact information:

Current Contact Information (until October 25, 2011)
Delaware Higher Education Office, Carvel State Office Building, 820 N. French St., Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: 302-577-5240 or 1-800-292-7935 (toll-free outside New Castle County)
Email: dheo@doe.k12.de.us
Fax: 302-577-6765

We are moving October 26, 2011. We are scheduled to relocate to Dover by November 1, 2011. Our new contact information will be:
Delaware Department of Education, Higher Education Office, John G. Townsend Building, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901
Phone: 302-735-4120
Email: dheo@doe.k12.de.us
Fax: 302-739-5894

Students applying after October 21, 2011, should call or email the Delaware Higher Education Office to determine where to send their application.

Apply:
You can apply online on the Delaware Higher Education Office's secure Student Account Access site at https://dheo.doe.k12.de.us/dhec_student/login.aspx. First-time users must establish an account and provide a valid email and mailing address before proceeding to the application. Incomplete applications cannot be processed. Please be sure to provide all of the required information:

• Two letters of recommendation
• Supplemental Application, which includes:
  • Cross Country Coach Nomination form 
  • High School Academic Record Report and Transcript Request
  • Student Financial Statement