Scholarship Information

The Vertical Runner Wooster Running Club Scholarship was established to provide annual scholarships to local graduating high school seniors who are committed and active in the sport of running.  Applications for the 2022 scholarship year are now being accepted and we will be awarding one (1) $1000 scholarship to an eligible graduating senior from a local school. 

The selection of the recipient will be made by the members of the Running Club itself and all voting will be done on an anonymous basis.  The deadline for application submission is Wednesday June 29, 2022 and the two week voting period will end on July 17, 2022.

The student selected will be announced at The Wooster Running Club Group run on July 20 at 6:00pm at Vertical Runner of Wooster as well as on the Running Club Facebook Page.  Actual disbursement of the money will be made upon formal enrollment in a recognized institution offering a post-high school curriculum.  Money will be awarded inform of a check and made out to the institution which the student is enrolled.

It is our mission to not only help a local athlete further their education, but to expose them to world of running beyond High School and College sports and ensure them that running is an activity that many are enjoying for a lifetime.