Eligibility Rules
The applicant must:
- Be entering college in the Fall of 2014 as a Freshman at a four-year school for an undergraduate degree
- Be currently involved in high school sports, intramural sports, or community-based sports
- Have a minimum GPA of 3.0
- Be a U.S. citizen or permanent legal resident (you will be asked to prove citizenship and age if you win)
- Not be an officer or director of Foot Locker, Inc., or any of its subsidiaries, or a member of the immediate family of such an officer or director
The Foot Locker Scholar Athletes Scholarship Program may grant one-time deferments to Scholar Athletes subject to the following stipulations:
- The student has completed at least two full semesters at their enrolled university and is in good standing and otherwise in compliance with the terms, conditions and rules governing the awarded scholarship at the time of the deferment request;
- Deferments, if granted, will be limited to two (2) full continuous semesters (one continuous academic year); Exceptions may be made for cases of illness or health emergency;
- The student must return full time to a fully accredited and approved university immediately following the completion of the Deferment Period;
- The student must provide written documentation from the university regarding their leave of absence in conjunction with a deferment application;
- Submission of this application does not guarantee automatic approval of a deferment request
What You Need
Each applicant must submit:
- A complete application form
- One recommendation from a non-family member
- There is room to submit additional materials such as one more recommendation, photos, and/or videos, but they are entirely optional.
All materials, including the recommendation, must be submitted by December 19th by 5:00pm EST (even if you’re in Central, Mountain, or Pacific time).
