Native American Basketball Invitational Full Scholarship Offered at the University of Phoenix
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By Neely Bardwell
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The University of Phoenix has announced a scholarship for Native students, in conjunction with the Native American Basketball Invitational (NABI).
The Ernest L. Stevens, Jr. NABI Foundation – University of Phoenix Scholarship provides full tuition coverage to any Indigenous student who attended NABI between the years of 2003 and 2022. The scholarship is named after the President current member of NABI, Ernie Stevens Jr., who has been an active participant in NABI since its inception in 2003. He is also an alumnus of the University of Phoenix.
“While completing my Masters in Management at the University of Phoenix, the Tribal Specialists were invaluable and provided me with resources that helped keep me engaged and on track for the future. graduation,” Stevens said in a statement. “I am honored that the scholarship provides the opportunity for other tribal students to pursue their educational goals.”
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The NABI is an annual basketball invite that features teams of boys and girls (ages 14-19) from tribal communities across the country. This invite is the biggest national first of any Indigenous basketball tournament, joining over 1,300 Indigenous students during their NABI week.
This is the first year that the scholarship has been offered and there will be only one recipient. The scholarship can be used by a person pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree from the University of Phoenix.
The deadline for to apply is October 31, 2022.
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About the Author
Neely Bardwell (descendant of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indian), who started as an intern at Native News Online in the summer of 2021, is a freelance writer. Bardwell is a student at Michigan State University where she majored in politics and minored in Native American studies.
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