The Tim Hixson Memorial Scholarship is awarded to one Defensive player and one Forward/Goalie each season. Tim was a former UHSH player who lost his life in a vehicle crash. He loved life and hockey. Please read about Tim prior to completing this application
1. Do you participate in any other high school sports activities? If so, which ones?
2. Do you participate in any other high school extracurricular activities such as debate, language club or other? If so, which ones?
3. If you have been in leadership positions in hockey, school, church, and/or other organizations, list the positions you have held and the duties associated with each.
4. Do you work full or part-time or do you own your own business? If so, what are your job responsibilities, what is the name of the company, who is your immediate supervisor an what is his/her phone number?
5. Do you participate in your community in any way? If so, how?
6. What do you plan to do after you graduate (do you plan on attending college, serving a mission, getting a job, etc.)? Please explain your life goals in detail.
7. Write a paragraph or two on the importance of sportsmanship, not only in hockey but in life.
8. Write a paragraph or two on the traits and attitudes you feel would make the best coach. If you could invent a coach what would he/she be like?
9. Write a paragraph on how you have benefited from your hockey experiences.
10. There are 10 minutes remaining in the championship game. The score is 6 to 5 for the opposing team. The better players on your team have been able to score on the opposing team throughout the game. Your best friend is one of your team’s worst players. The coach tells him that he will have to sit on the bench for the balance of the game while he puts out the better players to try and score. Do you feel this is the right thing to do? If you were that player who had to sit would you feel the coach was right? Write a paragraph or two on this subject.
