ABOUT
the WU BRIGHT SPIKES SCHOLARSHIP AND AWARDS
The WU© “Bright Spikes” Awards is a scholarship and school support initiative by GraceKennedy Money Services (GKMS) - the agent of Western Union in Jamaica, to student track and field athletes with good GPAs, who have a parent or financial supporter, legally residing in the US, Canada and/or select Caribbean countries.
Daniel meggo
Cornwall college
2019 bright spike winner
Rickea Atkins
St. Catherine high
2019 bright spike winner
J’voughnn blake
jamaica college
2019 bright spike winner
Prizes & awards
Awards will be presented to students and schools on CHAMPS Friday, March 27, 2020.
The students will get a scholarship valued at $100,000 to pay for education expenses.
The school will get $150,000 for their track programme.
There will be three winners selected, one per county.
Do I Qualify?
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Must be a student-athlete on a team participating at the 2020 ISSA GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletic Championships.
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Student must be attaining over 60 per cent average or highest GPA on team.
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Student must have parent(s), relative(s) or financial supporter who is a legal resident in the United States of America; Canada or GKMS Caribbean territory - (Anguilla, The Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, The Cayman Islands, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos) - who sends money back to Jamaica via Western Union.
How to enter
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To enter student must collect an entry form from their school’s guidance counsellor or download the form from the GKMSONLINE website – www.gkmsonline.com.
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Student must submit an application form and a 450 to 500-word essay to the school’s guidance counselor by February 28, 2020 and their last school year’s report which will form part of the selection criteria.
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GKMS will collect entry forms from ISSA on March 2, 2020.
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GKMS will vet entries and a panel selects the finalists by March 6, 2020.
