Scholarships

In 2021, the California Rodeo Association will award scholarships to students meeting the following requirements:

• Attending Hartnell Junior College
• Transferring from Hartnell to a University
• Graduating seniors from a Salinas Valley high school who will be attending Hartnell in the fall may also apply.
• Students must be 17 years of age or older and special consideration is given to Rodeo Committee Members as well as children or grandchildren of Rodeo Committee Members in good standing.

More information about the scholarship and the online application can be found at: www.hartnell.edu/students/scholarships/

Note: Potential applicants for the California Rodeo Scholarship must have applied for admission at Hartnell College in order to have access to the online application system. Students applying for the California Rodeo scholarship will need to complete and submit an online General Scholarship Application. For more information, please click on the following link: www.hartnell.edu/students/scholarships/

Applications will be accepted starting November 9th, 2020 and are due by March 2nd, 2021.

The California Rodeo Salinas is excited to expand the breadth of our scholarship program and to specifically offer scholarships to Committee Members and their family members for any school they choose to attend, including trade schools.

New benefits of the program include:

• Awarding funds to Rodeo Committee Members and their family members-there are over 1,200 Committee Members who volunteer their time to make our community a better place
• Cash and non-cash* donations can be accepted immediately to grow the fund

Scholarship Criteria

1. The scholarship recipient(s) should be chosen based on the applicant’s:

• Documented financial need
• Academic achievements (e.g. honor roll, National Honor Society, overcoming academic challenges)
• Extra-curricular activities (e.g. athletics, student government, volunteering)

2. The applicant must be:

• Student must be a committee person or a spouse, child, or grandchild of a committee person in good standing.
• Planning to attend a 2-year/4-year college, trade school, or graduate school.
• Planning to attend full-time.
• 2.5 minimum GPA
• Special consideration will be given to students from Monterey County and students with a long-standing history of volunteering with the Salinas Rodeo.