Scholarship Overview

The YFC committee will select one exemplary fencer to receive the Fencing Forward’s En Guarde Merit Scholarship of $1500, in addition to a complete set of fencing gear generously donated by Blue Gauntlet. The selected student must demonstrate financial need, academic excellence, extracurricular achievement, leadership, and commitment to their communities.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Be enrolled full-time at one of the high schools located in Illinois during the 2024-2025 academic school year.
• Demonstrate a financial need.
• Demonstrate academic rigor. Current unweighted cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher.
• Demonstrate leadership abilities.
• Must be a fencer.
• Must not have previously received a YFC Grant or Scholarship.
• YFC members and families are not eligible for this scholarship.

All Applicants Must:

Answer the following statement:

• Everyone belongs to many communities and/or groups defined by shared geography, religion, ethnicity, income, interest, race, ideology, intellectual heritage, etc. Choose one of the communities to which you belong, and describe that community, your place within it, and how that community has shaped you.