An Opportunity of A Lifetime!
The Jud Little Scholarship to Culver Academies is one of the most extraordinary programs in the country for high school students.
The total value is over $200,000.
For the right student, being chosen to receive the Jud Little Scholarship to Culver Academies can be a life-changing experience. Don't miss the upcoming January 15 application deadline for the 2017/2018 scholarship year!
Endowed by Culver Alumni Jud Little of Ardmore, Oklahoma, this scholarship is awarded to outstanding high school students from Oklahoma to attend Culver Academies in Culver, Indiana. Culver Academies is one of the largest boarding schools in America, with over 800 students. It features a broad college preparatory curriculum with a focus on educating its students for leadership and responsible citizenship by developing and nurturing the whole individual and emphasizing the cultivation of character.
Its 1,800 acre campus features the Vaughn Equestrian Center with one of the country's largest indoor riding hall and stable complexes, the 64,500 square foot Roberts Hall of Science, the Huffington Library, and the Henderson Ice Arenas which provide facilities to three boys' and two girls' hockey teams, and the newly constructed Steinbrenner Performing Arts Center. A rich variety of offerings from horsemanship to fine arts, including 23 Advanced Placement courses and electives in every discipline meets the needs and cultivates the interests of virtually any student. Its success rate is well documented; 99 percent of Culver students attend college and its alumni include standouts from actor Hal Holbrook to country singer Dierks Bentley to Olympic Silver Medalist Molly Engstrom.
The first Jud Little Scholarship was awarded in 2008 and each year a new recipient begins a Culver career. The scholarship covers full tuition, room and board, uniforms, horsemanship fees, and books. Funding for the Global Pathways Spring Program is also an option. The scholarship is awarded based on family need and student merit, and is renewable on an annual basis. Recipients who continue to excel academically, as student leaders, and in extracurricular activities will receive a total, four-year education with a value in excess of $200,000.
Jud Little, pictured in the Jud Little Riding Hall at Culver Academy
Jud Little is owner and CEO of The Quintin Little Company, Inc. an independent oil and gas production and exploration company. While attending Culver Military Academy Jud learned to play polo and went on to play polo around the globe while earning a Bachelor Degree of Science in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Jud still raises top performance horses on his 2,000 acre ranch just north of Ardmore, Oklahoma.
To be considered for the Jud Little Scholarship, applicants must be from Oklahoma. They must have demonstrated an excellent citizenship and academic record, and possess the characteristics and traits that suggest the successful candidate will participate fully in Culver's leadership development program.
The ideal candidate will be a student entering 9th grade or willing to repeat 9th grade for the 2017/2018 academic year. Applicants must take the SSAT as part of the application process. The Jud Little Scholarship application is due on January 15, 2017. For more information, please visit https://www.culver.org/…/ap…/scholarships/little-scholarship.
About Jud Little
Oklahoma rancher and oilman Jud Little is a 1965 graduate of Culver Military Academy and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Finance and Commerce. He is a past president of the Culver Legion, the alumni organization that represents the 12,000 graduates of Culver Military Academy and Culver Girls Academy and now serves on the Culver Educational Foundation Board of Trustees.
Oklahoma businessman, rancher, and cowboy Jud Little has been named the 2015 Graduate of the Year for Culver Academies. Little was also a 2004 inductee into Culver's Horsemanship Hall of Fame and is co-chairman of the Academies' Horsemanship Capital Campaign. His Jud Little Ranch in Ardmore, Oklahoma, specializes in breeding horses for timed rodeo events, such as barrel racing and calf roping.
In Jud's Words...
It is said that the best gift a person can give another is an education. A good education is something that Jud Little believes very strongly in, this is why he endowed a Scholarship in his name at Culver Academies. The Jud Little Scholarship is set for exceptional Freshmen or first year Sophomore with a passion for horses, that live in rural Oklahoma and without this scholarship would not be able to attend Culver Academies. The program will uplift them in mind, spirit, and body, as it prepares them for the finest colleges and universities and for a lifetime of principled leadership.
"Besides being a highly acclaimed academic institution, Culver offers a very unique leadership program and I am hoping to develop some young people with great leadership abilities who will get a good education and will return to Oklahoma. Then will become real leaders whether it be a boy or girl scout leaders, church leaders, community leaders or political leaders whether it be on the state or national level"
-Jud Little
Culver Scholarship recipients Katie Mikles, Bravid Duke, Stephanie Pfeifer, and Meaghan Burns
Program History
The first Jud Little Scholarship recipient began her Culver career in the fall of 2008. Ideally, the students interested in receiving the Scholarship should contact us during the middle of their junior high school years. Generally, if the student shows great interest in the Scholarship and meets the requirements, they will attend a Culver Summer School & Camp to see if they would fully enjoy the Culver Experience.
2016 recipient Jamie Kirkwood and family with Jud Little
The Jud Little Scholarship is renewable annually. Recipients who continue to excel academically, as student leaders, and in extracurricular activities will each realize a total, four year value in excess of $200,000.
The Jud Little Scholarship Covers:
Full Tuition
Room and Board
Required Uniforms
Books and Laptop
Global Pathways Spring Program experience in US or abroad
Equitation Fees/Costs
One (1) round-trip airline ticket each school year
Frequently Asked Questions
What Makes a Jud Little Scholar?
Significant interest in horsemanship, 4-H, or community activities
An excellent citizenship record
An academic record of achievement that ensures success in Culver's highly competitive college preparatory curriculum
Those characteristics and traits that suggest the successful candidate will participate fully in Culver's leadership development program
Financial need
Who is Eligible?
Incoming 9th and 10th grade boys and girls
US citizens residing in Oklahoma
How are Jud Little Scholars Selected?
Semi-Finalists are selected from all candidates who have completed the Culver Academies Application Process and have submitted a Merit Scholarship Application by January 15.
Finalists are selected by the Little Scholarship Selection Committee.
Scholars are notified by the Little Scholarship Committee.
Culver Academies' Black Horse Troop
For More Information about the Jud Little Scholarship, please visit: https://www.culver.org/…/ap…/scholarships/little-scholarship
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