Scholarship Program Description and Instructions

Junior NAPHA members of high school age can participate in the Scholarship Program. Juniors can participate by showing, trail riding, and spending time with their Peruvian Horse. Over the time span of the Junior’s high school years, show points and activity hours will be accumulated.

A. Points can be accumulated through show participation which is automatically tracked by NAPHA. Points can be found on-line at:
NAPHA.net/Events>Results& Show Points>Standings

  • Hours and points accumulated are just a couple of the areas considered in awarding the scholarship, they are not the only area considered in the evaluation process. See Scholarship Application form for additional details.

B. Hours can be documented on NAPHA Scholarship Activities log that are available on the NAPHA Collage Scholarship Program website page at www.napha.net. Each year, until the Junior Member is eligible to apply for the NAPHA
Scholarship, the junior member can log hours spent with their Peruvian Horse or related activity on the Junior Horsemanship log. Print as many logs as
needed to be submitted as part of the Scholarship application packet.

C. At the end of each year, the Junior Member calculates their hours as well as totaling the current year’s show points. This process is repeated each year until the Junior Member is eligible to apply for the NAPHA Scholarship. (Generally during their Senior year in high school.)

D. School and Non-School Extracurricular activities are also considered in evaluating the applicant’s application. Activities log for each activity heading are attached to the Scholarship application.

E. All the above mentioned logs and related documents listed on the Junior Scholarship Application are sent as a packet to NAPHA and should be postmarked no later than July 31.

Note: If you need assistance in or have any questions completing the application, please contact call the NAPHA office for direction.

Special Note: Students who graduated high school in 2024 can retroactively apply for the NAPHA Scholarship during the 2024/25 school year.

Scholarship Application and Log Forms

Scholarship Program Description and Instructions
NAPHA Scholarship Application
NAPHA Scholarship Equine Activities Log

NAPHA SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

A BRIEF HISTORY

In 2001, Ken and Linda Wrigley donated a nice gelding to be raffled off at the National Show to start the Scholarship fund. Six thousand dollars was raised which the Board of Directors of the PPHRNA (NAPHA’s predecessor) thought was enough to start. Terry Jarchow did the research into setting up the fund. She contacted several individuals and companies that gave scholarships to high school seniors and they all told her that they did it through the Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation. The SBSF gives about $3 million in scholarship monies every year so she decided they knew what they were about so she went to Santa Barbara and asked them lots of questions. They couldn’t have been nicer and were very encouraging so she was able to design our forms with some help from them. Terry headed the committee the first year. Larry and Joy Redman and Dita Wolanow were our first committee members.

Various contributions have been made to the fund since its inception, but the major funder of Scholarships has been the All-Gaited Junior Benefit Horse Show, staged each year by Nola Giddings and our first scholarship recipient Kimberly Hall. Below is a brief history of our winners and their accomplishments.

OUR RECIPIENTS

Kimberly Hall was the first winner in 2002. She graduated from Cal Poly University in San Luis Obispo, CA. Her major was Kinesiology and she is going to continue in nursing. Kimberly now serves on the Junior Scholarship Committee. Andrea delSolar was the second winner in 2003. She graduated from Mt. St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles majoring in Biology with the intention of becoming a vet. She is now studying pre-veterinary medicine in New Zealand and is loving it. She will start vet school the summer of 2009.

2004 – No applicants

Tessa Brown was the 2005 recipient. Tessa will graduate from Santa Clara University in June, 2009 with a major in Mathematics and a minor in Religious Studies. She has been inducted into Pi Mu Epsilon the National Honorary Mathematics Society and Alpha Sigma Nu the National Jesuit Honor Society. She will graduate Magna Cum Laude and it is her intention to apply to Medical School for 2010. She wants to take a break from school and will teach math for a year before entering Medical School.

2006 No applicants

Tiffany Evans was the 2007 recipient. She is attending Eastern Kentucky University, where she is majoring in business and communications.

Marissa Ditunno was the 2008 recipient. She is attending Central Oregon Community College

Related Links

Yearly High Point Junior Riders
Recreational Riding Program