Endowed Athletic Scholarships

As the cost of providing athletic scholarships for 20 varsity sports at the University of New Hampshire continues to rise, endowing athletic scholarships has become a top priority. As our varsity teams continue to compete at a high level it becomes imperative to continue bringing top student-athletes to Durham. Many of our teams are receiving national exposure due to the level of student-athletes that make the decision to come to UNH. To ensure UNH has the permanent foundation to provide consistent scholarship levels into the future, endowed athletic scholarship levels must be dramatically increased.

Can anyone establish an endowed athletic scholarship?
Yes. An endowed scholarship is a special gift, creating a perpetual financial source that is used to provide student-athletes with a quality educational and athletic experience. For assistance with establishing an endowed scholarship in your name or a benefactor's name, please phone the Wildcat Athletics Council Office.

What is the difference between an endowed scholarship and the Wildcat Athletics Council?
Endowed scholarships compliment the goals and efforts of the Wildcat Athletics Council, which provides annual (current) tuition support. The Wildcat Athletics Council is not permanent and therefore must raise annual funds that are necessary to provide scholarships to UNH student-athletes.

With the increase in endowed scholarship funding, UNH will be able to attract the best and brightest student-athletes around the country. Investing in the future of UNH student-athletes demonstrates a donor's commitment to ensuring the University continues to be a leader in academics and athletics.

Ways to Fund an Endowed Scholarship
There are numerous ways to fund an endowed scholarship including outright gifts of cash, bequests, securities, life insurance, retirement assets or properties. Providing funding through inclusion in a will or other estate planning vehicles such as charitable gift annuities, pooled income fund, charitable remainder trusts, personal property and real estate is also possible to increase the level of an established scholarship.

Current UNH Athletic Endowment Funds

'98-'99 Men's Hockey Championships Scholarship	Reginald F. Atkins Athletic Scholarship
Arden G. Atkins Scholarship	A. Barr "Whoops" Snively Scholarship
George H. Batchelder Scholarship	Kathleen Beckingham Athletic Scholarship
Joseph A. Bellavance Football Scholarship	Joseph A. Bellavance Hockey Scholarship
Jane Blalock Athletic Scholarship	Clarence "Chief" Boston Football Scholarship
James H. Boulanger Endowed Fund	Warren Brown Memorial Scholarship
Creely "Buck" Buchanan Football Scholarship	Robert S. Conrad Football Scholarship
Ralph B. Craig Jr. Scholarship Fund	Robert "Bo" Dickson Scholarship and Spirit Award
Timothy J. and Edwin T. Dugal Endowed Hockey Scholarship	Endowed Fund for Football
Edward Fish '58 Football Scholarship	First 500 UNH Football Endowed Athletic Fund
Coach Gerry Friel Scholarship Fund	Herbert S. Gold Athletic Scholarship Fund
Kenneth & Mary Grant Scholarship	James "Red" Hayes Memorial Scholarship
Bernice Hill Class of 1923 Endowment	Gordon K Hill Endowment
Joyce V. Hiller Athletic Scholarship	Bill Hinman Endowed Scholarship
Dorothy Hobbs Endowed Fund	Paul W. Hobbs Scholarship
William O. Holleman Football Scholarship	Friends of UNH Hockey
James & Elsa Hopkins Callahan Scholarship	Charles E. Holt Hockey Scholarship
Frederick A. Johnson Memorial Scholarship	Robert E. Houston Sr. Scholarship Fund
Dutch Knox Football Scholarship	Bill Knight Endowed Scholarship Fund
Carl & Ada Lundholm Memorial Scholarship	Robert A. Kullen Memorial Fund
Dr. William F. McLaughlin '35 Hockey Scholarship	Francis McGrail Endowed Scholarship
Donald Melville Scholarship	Carlton E. Meader, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Edward A. Necker Scholarship	Andrew Mooradian Scholarship
Ken Pope Endowment Scholarship	Howard Donald Penley Fund
David Sheen Endowed Hockey Scholarship	E. Chandler Sanborn '55 & Ann Bidwell Sanborn Football Scholarship
UNH Ski Team Alpine Scholarship	Ski Team UNH
Winthrop C. & Clara Dean Skoglund Scholarship	UNH Ski Team Endowment
Charles H. Stillings Trust	Guy Leslie Smith Memorial Scholarship
Paul C. Sweet Scholarship Fund	Virginia K. Sullivan Football Scholarship
Robert J. Trouville '59 Athletic Scholarship Fund	Tina True Memorial Fund
Robert C. Towse Scholarship Fund	Phil Wageman Memorial Fund
Suzanne Urban Fund	Donald & Marianne Wohlfarth Football Scholarship
Wildcat Athletics Council Scholarship Fund

Athletic Scholarship Endowment Levels
Given the high cost of a UNH education, the cost of funding UNH student-athletes through scholarships is also high.

Out of State Fully-Endowed Athletics Scholarship -$900,000
Tuition, fees, room, board, and books for one student-athlete in perpetuity

In-State Fully-Endowed Athletics Scholarship - $650,000
Tuition, fees, room, board and books for one student-athlete in perpetuity

Room and Board Endowed Athletics Scholarship -$250,000
Room and board support for one student-athlete in perpetuity

Partial Endowed Athletics Scholarships -- $100,000
Partial tuition support for one student-athlete in perpetuity