USSA Awards Inaugural Thorpe and Summitt Scholarships to Athletes from Foley and Citronelle
Foley High School’s Aliyah Williams and Citronelle High School’s Brayden Helton are the first recipients of the United States Sports Academy’s inaugural Pat Summitt and Jim Thorpe Scholar Athlete Scholarships. Williams and Helton are the first students to receive the scholarships, which provide full tuition coverage to attend USSA for four years as they pursue their bachelor’s degrees. The students were selected from a pool of candidates who met a high academic standard and submitted 750-word essays detailing their plan to use their USSA degrees to become leaders in the sports profession. The scholarships are named in honor of Jim Thorpe, considered one of the greatest multi-sport athletes of the 20th century, and Pat Summitt, the legendary University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach. "I am immensely proud of Brayden Helton [...]