Bennett-Maples Scholarship

The Carolinas GCSA is accepting applications for the 2024 Bennett-Maples Scholarships. The scholarship program provides financial support for the college education of children and legal guardian grandchildren of qualifying Carolinas GCSA members. 

To be eligible, the applicant’s parent or grandparent, who is the applicant’s legal guardian, must be a Class A, B, C, A-retired, B-retired, AA, or AA-Hon current member of the Carolinas GCSA.

“The program has grown and grown in terms of both participation and giving,” Carolinas GCSA executive director Tim Kreger says. “It is now a very competitive program which is a credit to the next generation, and to their parents and legal guardian grandparents, those people who are our members.” Partly for that reason, the scholarship committee has refined some application criteria. The application deadline is Wednesday, May 1, 2024.  Applications must be received by email, in complete form, by 5 PM EST that day.  Applications received after 5 PM EST on Wednesday, May 1 WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.   Be sure to review the last page of the application for guidelines on submitting your packet. 

“Obviously, there is a lot of work entailed in processing the applications,” Kreger says. “To be fair to all concerned, we now ask that everyone submit their complete application package by the deadline. In the past, we tried to be as accommodating as we could, but the sheer volume of applications means we can no longer accept applications delivered in stages. Only applications delivered in complete form will be considered.”

The Bennett-Maples Scholarship honors Grant Bennett and Henson Maples, who helped found the Carolinas GCSA at Myers Park Country Club in Charlotte, NC in 1954.

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2024 Bennett-Maples Scholarship Application

Biography on Bennett and Maples

Bennett-Maples Standard Operating Procedures