Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
$2,500
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
When asked why younger teens should try their hands at refereeing, a firm representative responded as follows:
“Officiating gives you something no other high school job can—leadership experience that actually matters. You’ll be in charge, making real-time decisions, managing adults, and keeping your cool under pressure. You’ll earn respect, grow in confidence, and learn how to lead—not by title, but by action. It’s one of the smartest things you can do in your teens.”
Benefits
The BenGlassLaw Referee and Umpire Leadership Scholarship promises $2,500 to a student who can demonstrate leadership skills secured through referee and umpire experience.
Eligibility
All applicants to this scholarship must meet the eligibility requirements as laid out on the scholarship application page, including:
- Applicants must be enrolled at a high school, college, trade school, university, or graduate school
- Applicants must have residency in the United States
- Applicants must be in good academic standing
- Applicants must submit some personal information, including name, contact information, and academic information.
- Applicants must author an original essay on the scholarship topic provided.
Anyone who meets the following conditions is NOT eligible to apply:
- Employees or children of employees of BenGlassLaw
- Past recipients of the Referee and Umpire Leadership Scholarship
- Applicants who are unable/unwilling to be interviewed by a representative of BenGlassLaw if they were to be awarded a scholarship.
- Applicants who submit the same essay for multiple scholarships or for multiple years in a row
- Applicants who are unwilling (or their parents are unwilling) to allow BenGlassLaw to use images, essays, and first and last names in BenGlassLaw marketing and social media materials. Applicants (or their parents if under the age of 18 at the time the scholarship is paid) will be required to sign an appropriate release of name, image, likeness, and intellectual property rights (to the essay) before scholarship funds are transferred.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United States
Nationality
American
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
15 Dec 2026
All applicants need to ensure that they meet the scholarship’s qualifying criteria (having worked as a referee or umpire prior to attending one of the aforementioned educational institutions) before submitting an application for consideration. That application needs to include:
The application form
A scholarship essay between 500 and 750 words in length
The scholarship selection committee encourages students to carefully read the criteria for the scholarship essay before finalizing their submissions.
Students have until December 15, to complete their scholarship essays and submit them for the consideration of the scholarship selection committee.
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