Scholarship Applications
OVER $585,000 AWARDED
IN SCHOLARSHIPS SINCE 2013
Current applications and deadlines listed below.
Applications are provided in a digital format. Follow the listed directions for completing the application and email to deborah@bowl4life.com by the submission deadline.
2024 Bowl4Life PBA Johnny Petraglia Scholarships
Available to all youth bowlers eligible for SMART accounts
application window: April 15 - June 15, 2024
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Essay: "How do you think Americans should unite for the greater good of our Country?"
Previous applications and deadlines listed below.
2024 Bowl4Life James Bryant Bowling Scholarships
Available to all youth bowlers eligible for SMART accounts
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Essay: They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. Send a picture and relay in your essay how the picture touches your very soul and what the picture means to you.
2024 Bowl4Life Hudson Bowling Scholarships
Available to all youth bowlers eligible for SMART accounts
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Essay: "Define the traits you believe are important in a mentor, either in bowling or in life in general."
2023 Bowl4Life Skip Steighner Scholarships
Available to all youth bowlers eligible for SMART accounts
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Essay: "Write a speech to honor a special veteran in your life."
2023 Johnny Petraglia PBA Bowl4Life Scholarship
Press Release - Monday, September 25
Available to all youth bowlers eligible for SMART accounts
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Essay: "Define what Patriotism means to you and how it can help Americans unite."
2023 Bowl4Life Bud Moore Lanes Scholarships
Available to all youth bowlers eligible for SMART accounts
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Essay: "Bowl4Life believes in giving back in many different variations.
What has been your greatest contribution to giving back, either
in your community, to the sport or in something else?"
2023 Bowl4Life Bowlifi Scholarships
Available to all youth bowlers eligible for SMART accounts
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Essay: "They say hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard. What is your opinion on this?"
2023 Bowl4Life Storm Scholarships
Available to all youth bowlers eligible for SMART accounts
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Essay: "Imagine you have been inducted into the USBC Hall of Fame and write your acceptance speech"
2023 Bowl4Life Davey Rosen Scholarships
Available to all youth bowlers eligible for SMART accounts
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Essay: "You walk into a room containing all the things you have lost - what do you look for first and why?"
2023 Bowl4Life iAMBowling Scholarships
Available to all youth bowlers eligible for SMART accounts
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Essay: "How do you define success?"
2023 Bowl4Life James Bryant Scholarships
Available to all youth bowlers eligible for SMART accounts
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Essay: "Close your eyes and imagine where you are 5 years from now. Tell us where you see yourself, what inspires you to be there and what you will do when you get there."
2022 Bowl4Life RAB Wilkinson Scholarships
Available to all youth bowlers eligible for SMART accounts
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Essay: "A picture is worth 1,000 words. Describe what your picture means to you."
2022 Bowl4Life Skip Steighner Scholarships
Available to all youth bowlers eligible for SMART accounts
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Essay: "Write a speech honoring a special veteran in your life."
2022 Bowl4Life Bowlifi Scholarships
Available to all youth bowlers eligible for SMART accounts
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Essay: "What does the phrase "winning attitude" mean to you?"
2022 Bowl4Life Storm Scholarships
Available to all youth bowlers eligible for SMART accounts
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Essay: "In 2020 the co-founders of Storm, Bill and Barbara Chrisman, were elected to the USBC Hall of Fame - Imagine you have been elected to the Hall of Fame and write your acceptance speech."
2022 Bowl4Life Davey Rosen Scholarship Application
Available to all youth bowlers eligible for SMART accounts
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Essay: "Starting with a clean slate, design a tournament from start to finish, including format, extra curricular activities, entry fees, prize fund and name a Tournament Director."