Rules and Responsibilities
1. Scholarships will be considered to qualified applicants who have been members of the Cumberland Youth Soccer Association (CYSA).

2. Scholarships will be awarded to at least three applicants. The top scholarship of the three will be awarded in honor and memory of Martin Henry Delano Vivier. He was from Cumberland, RI, and passed away at the young age of 31 on July 18, 2020. Here is a LINK to the obituary.  The Vivier and/or Heffernan families may be consulted by CYSA to determine the top scholarship recipient.

3. Scholarship awards are limited to members of the Senior Class of any secondary school.

4. The following criteria will be taken into consideration by the Selection Committee:
✓ Scholastic record
✓ Character Community
✓ Service Activities

5. All applications are directed to a dedicated member of the Board, who is responsible for retrieving and reviewing all applications sent in for consideration. A Board member will present all the applications to the rest of the board members in an open forum, during their next scheduled meeting. Upon completion of this presentation, the board will vote on all applicants and award the scholarship to those individuals who have met the outlined credentials.

6. The scholarship recipients will be announced at each recipient’s awards night or via social media notification within the organization and to the recipient. A formal certificate of selection will be presented by the President of Cumberland Youth Soccer Association. In the event that the President of CYSA is unable to attend an awards event, a designated CYSA board member will try to make the presentation.

7. In the event the recipient does not accept the scholarship, or is disqualified by virtue of having dropped out of college, the scholarship will be awarded to the next highest rated applicant by the Scholarship Selection Committee.

8. The scholarship check will be paid directly to the student, after the first semester, upon submission of the first semester grades, which need to be on the attending school’s stationary.

9. The scholarship award will be forfeited if the student drops out of college during the first semester. Should this occur, paragraph 7(above) shall apply.

10. Applications for scholarships may be obtained from the guidance counselor at your high school and must be received by CYSA by the specified deadline. All applications should be returned to the address listed on the application.

11. Once your application has been received by CYSA, you will receive a notification stating that we have received your application and have started the approval process.

12. If you do not receive any such correspondence from CYSA, we would ask that you please contact the Scholarship Committee on the Board to be sure that your scholarship application has been received.

13. A scholarship will not be considered if is it not received by the deadline date in full completion.