APPLICATION
This scholarship awards $2,000 to an undergraduate student pursuing sports journalism as a career. Applicants will be judged on academic and journalistic achievement, financial need, a strong commitment to a sports journalism career and dedication to AAJA’s mission.
- Applicants must be an active AAJA member.
- Applicants must be an undergraduate student enrolled full-time with at least 12 credit units each semester at a junior college or university located in the United States
- Applicants must be currently taking or planning to take journalism courses and/or pursuing sports journalism as a career
- Applicants must have a minimum 3.0 GPA
- The selected scholarship recipient must commit to a minimum of five hours of volunteer work for the AAJA Sports Task Force
- The winner must use the scholarship funds to directly support or advance their education. Potential expenses include tuition, room and board, textbooks or other course equipment or materials. The recipient must follow up with the Sports Task Force within 60 days of receipt of the scholarship to identify how they spent the funds
The scholarship is made possible thanks to AAJA’s Sports Task Force and a yearly donation by Al Young.
About Al Young
Al Young is an award-winning journalist who blazed many trails for Asian American sports journalists. Young was the nation’s first Asian American sportswriter at a metro daily newspaper and the first to cover the NFL. He also wrote the first weekly column in the country, focusing on athletes, personalities and trends in women’s sports.
Young’s four-decade long career includes positions as a writer and editor at the Boston Globe, USA Today, the New York Daily News, the New Haven (CT) Register and Bridgeport (CT) Post-Telegram.
In 2010, AAJA named Young an “Asian American Pioneer in U.S. journalism.” He is a past president of AAJA’s Washington, D.C. chapter. Retiring in 2013 from the Boston Globe, Young most recently was the advisor to the student newspaper at Quincy College in Massachusetts.
About The AAJA Sports Task Force
The AAJA Sports Task Force elevates the voices of Asian Americans in sports and encourages future Asian American sports journalists through mentorship and scholarship opportunities. At times, sports issues lead newscasts and make headlines across traditional news outlets. What is often lacking in this coverage, and sports journalism in general, is the perspective of Asian Americans. This AAJA Sports Task Force scholarship is one way to turn the tide. For more about the AAJA Sports Task Force, visit sportstaskforce.com.
Questions? Email support@aaja.org.
Scholarship Recipients and Press By Year
AAJA Announces 2021-2022 Scholarships, Internships and Fellowships Recipients
July 21, 2022
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The Asian American Journalists Association is proud to announce the 2022 scholarship and internship winners. After careful consideration, winners were selected from a pool of highly qualified and competitive candidates
AAJA Sports Task Force Announces 2022 Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients
April 8, 2022
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Congratulations to Aryanna Prasad, Nathan HaN, Amna Subhan and ANISH VASUDEVAN The Asian American Journalists Association’s Sports Task Force is proud to announce the recipients of the 2022 scholarships and
Announcing the 2021 AAJA Scholarship and Internship Grant Winners
July 26, 2021
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The Asian American Journalists Association is proud to announce the 2021 scholarship and internship winners. After careful consideration, winners were selected from a pool of highly qualified and competitive
Roshan Fernandez Wins 2020 AL Young Sports Journalism Scholarship
May 1, 2020
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The Asian American Journalists Association Sports Task Force is proud to announce Roshan Fernandez as the 2020 winner of the Al Young Sports Journalism Scholarship. Fernandez, a magazine, newspaper
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