Empowering Greatness
Scholarship
Application Process
Florida admissions are now open! A scholarship committee will use a rubric to rank all completed applications. The top 10% of applicants will advance to a judges’ panel for review and final selections. Participants and winners will be notified in May.
How It Works
We will award 5 high school seniors with two full years of college tuition! Scholarships will cover full tuition and local fees for 60 lower division semester credit hours at any Florida university, college or trade-school. Eligible students must attend a public or charter high school in Florida. This scholarship is in partnership with Florida Prepaid.
Visit the Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Florida website for more information or to apply.
2025 Empowering Greatness
Scholarship Judges Panel
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Megha Parekh
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at the Jacksonville Jaguars
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Graciela Noriega Jacoby
Chief Operating Officer, Heart of Florida United Way
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Rachel Ackey
Empowering Greatness Past Winner, University of Florida Student
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Tennika Hughes
3X Emmy Award-Winning Journalist, WJAX/WFOX Evening Anchor
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Gene T. Jones
2023 Empowering Greatness Scholarship Winner,
President and CEO, YMCA SW Florida
Local Student Awarded
2024 Empowering
Greatness Scholarship
Khalil Farah presents the 2024 Empowering Greatness Scholarship award to one of the 5 scholarship winners.
