Please Note the Program Dates: This is for the 2025-2026 School Year 

Sierra Nevada Swimming (SNS) would like to recognize our High School Athletes for their academic achievements in the classroom during the 2025-2026 academic school year with the annual recognition of the SNS Scholar-Athlete Award.

To be eligible, an Athlete must:

• Have been in the 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade during the 2025-2026 academic year; students that just completed their Freshman Year through Graduating Seniors.
• Have a grade point average of 3.25 or Higher on a 4.0 scale.
• Be a member in good standing of USA Swimming, and belong to a Member Club within the Sierra Nevada LSC, during the program's stated school year.
• Submit an Online Application (Involves the Entering of Identifying Info & the Uploading of a COPY of 2025-2026 Academic Transcript) no later than FRIDAY, November 13, 2026.
• The copy of the transcript that applicants submit must include grades earned through the end of the 2025-2026 academic school year.
• Reminder – As in previous years, Athletes that were named to USA Swimming’s Scholastic All-America (SAA) Team for 2025-2026, you DO NOT need to send in an application for SNS Scholar-Athlete Award – you are AUTOMATICALLY awarded.

 
Once the Online Application has been submitted, the applicant will receive an email confirmation. If the applicant does NOT receive a confirmation within 48 hours, they should consider their application as NOT having been received. If a confirmation is NOT received, an applicant should follow-up by sending an email message to the SNS Scholar-Athlete Award Program at admin@snswimming.org and/or re-submit an application.
 
Questions can be directed to SNS Scholar-Athlete Award Program:  admin@snswimming.org